Luke Cage's Thunderbolts

The Time Daredevil really became the Devil of Hells Kitchen / Shadowland...

Deadpool post secret wars: Deadpool, Spider-man / Deadpool and Deadpool's Mercs for Money

Deadpool 6 : We get the introduction of Deadpool 2099, who seems to be Wade's Daughter with Shiklah, who has imprisoned Wade for some reason. Not digging the 2099 arc.



Deadpool 7: Wade discovers that Sabertooth is the one responsible for killing his parents ¿?¿.



Deadpool 8-10: Wade takes vengeance on Sabertooth, but Creed has a secret, and its the fact that Pool is the one that had killed his parents he just tagged along, but he doesn't want to reveal this to Wade.

Happy with Pool vs Tooth




Deadpool 11: Deadpool 2099 battles Deadpool 2099, which is Wades other daughter Ellie who saves her captured dad.

Stop 2099

                                                    

Deadpool 12-13: Pool teams up with Daredevil, Luke Cage and Iron Fist have to protect a questionable client that has Typhoid Mary hot on their heels.


Spider-Man/Deadpool 3: Spidy tags along on a mission with Deadpool and his Mercs for money to stop Styx and Stones from killing the worker at a Bolivian drug lab. And Spidy discovers that Pool has a daughter.

Spider-Man/Deadpool 4: Deadpool and Spidy go for a night on the town, this is the comic book ever, jajaja, and Pool kills Peter Parker.

Spider-Man/Deadpool 5: Pool realises that he made a mistake killing Peter Parker so Pool goes to the land of the dead to save Peter.
Lasting Effects:
•    Pool makes a deal with death.
•    Peter crosses paths with Mephisto which goads him over what he lost, he doesn't remember the one more day deal.
Spider-Man/Deadpool 8: Spidy and Pool battle the new Villain that had contracted Wade to kill Peter Parker.

The Good: Pool actually teaches that poor people that are involved in the drug trade need help out of the industry, leading Peter Parker to invest in these people.

Daredevil Netflix Season I, II + Jessica Jones Netflix Season 1+ Luke Cage Season 1+ IronFist / Review and Breakdown

Iron Fist 

Well, finally I got around to review this Netflix series which personally was a total let down because the trailer seemed to kick ass. Now  I discovered this character just like Luke Cage, mostly because they would appear together, so check out the section on Luke Cage below in the post. But unlike  Luke Cage this character from what I know has more of a cult following, like Moonknight, he has had a series of titles over the last few years that seem to be excellent, that explore the Iron Fist mythos, adding a lot of meat to the character.
Now the whole debate over if an Asian should have played the role, just really pist me off, because people that are bitching about this about this aren't people that read comics in the first place, it just not who the character is, a product of his time and this is important to the character. Him being white adds to that jaded and disconected  nature of the character. It's funny because on the other hand Marvel is trying to mix things up with racial, ethnic and gender issues in their comic and comic fans are all pist off because of this, even though some interesting stories are being pumped out, "people, there is an Asian Hulk that is totally awesome what else do you want", buy the title to help the existence of asian characters.


Now debate aside the series sucks, it feels like the stretched material for six episodes into 13 episodes. There are moments that it is boring and it felt like a soap opera at moments, hey at least my wife liked it. So let break down a review this steaming pile MEH. Spoilers !!!


Characters:      

          

Heroes:


Iron Fist/Danny Rand (Finn Jones): The Iron Fist that in this series is pretty unlikable, he's an immature, impulsive asshole. The man has gone through 15 years of training he should be much more disciplined than the idiot we get in this series. He is one of Marvel's best fighters, which can give Wolverine a run for his money, but in this series, he keeps getting his butt kicked. And Why does he not use his Iron Fist ever? It seems like the writters didn't know what to do with it.  

Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick): I found this character totally meh, the whole twist that she was part of the Hand, was pretty uninteresting.


Antagonist:


Davos (Sacha Dhawan): This character appears to take back Iron Fist to that magical Kung Fu place, and Rand just acts like a brat evading his responsibilities, I just wanted Davos to kick Fist ass and take him back to end the series.


Villains:

Ward Meachum (Tom Pelphery): Oddly Enough the Meachums where the only characters that I liked in the series. I like the Evolution in Ward and his downward spiral because of his drug addiction.

Bakuto (Ramon Rodriguez): I know nothing of this character from the comic, from what I read he never crosses paths with Iron Fist. He's an Ok antagonist; I didn't like that he was a leader of a rival faction of the Hand, the series, in general, made the Hand to complicated.

Harold Meachum (David Wenham): I loved this villain, he's over the top crazy out of nowhere at moments, and he brings the only interesting stuff to the plot.

Madam Gao: Even though I liked her in Daredevil, here I found here to be tedious.



Sporting Cast:

 Joy Meachum ( Jessica Stroup): She seems to be the only character that acts like a normal person, the thing is when she appears get ready to be bored.

Clair Temple (Rosario Dawson): The Night Nurse is back, she shoehorned into the plot it just kills me.

Issue Summary:

Repercussions and Lasting effects:

·         I Guess Danny will become a defender


The Bad:

·         The series has it fair share of dull moments, where nothing seems to happen, they just talk and talk. It seems that they had material for six episodes and they stretched it into 13.

·         Iron Fist gets his butt kicked a lot in this series, Netflix people please understand he's one of Marvel best fighters, he can go toe to toe with some major heavy hitters.

·         He almost never uses the Iron Fist, ¿why?, I would use it all the time, but I guess if he does this he would outclass the stupid minions that he has to fight in this series

·         The actor that play Iron Fist, obviously didn't practice enough Kung Fu and it shows, and the fights in general are poorly executed. 

·         Danny Rand acts like an immature prick most of the times and is plane stupid in others, 15 years in a monastery didn't teach him anything.

The Good:

Room to improve

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Luke Cage is a character that I've discovered in my Marvel trading cards series I and III during the early 90's (note I started collecting trading cards before the comics themselves), and I always wondered  why I didn't ever see Cage pop up in any titles that I collected at that time Spider-man, New Warriors, Darkhawk, X-men and Hulk, like other street level character did. The first comic that I had with Cage in  was in  the mid 90's Heroes for Hire run which I enjoyed a lot it was like a Avengers B-side team that was pretty over the top, but when Marvel rebooted the Avengers, in the early 2000's, he was added to the team, and at first I found it odd for some reason, but I learned to enjoy the role of this character on the team and in comics in general.

The Luke Cage Netflix series is very different from Daredevil or Jessica Jones, it takes its time to build up the story, and I had issues at first with this slow pacing, I had gotten used to that in every DD episode there is action, or in Jessica, there is some kind of plot twist. With Cage, you have to wait for a little and let the character evolve, and when you see the complete series, you appreciate this aspect because it makes the experience much richer. So let go with my breakdown of this series and note Spoilers

Spoilers:

Characters

Heroes:

·         Luke Cage (Mike Colter): The characterization of Cage is just perfect, and I enjoyed that we get an origin episode. I never realized how political a character like Luke is, especially now, being a bullet proof Afro-American is a big political statement. The series actually addresses some important social issues that affect some Afro-Americans communities that are suffering (like many others)  gun violence, drugs, organized crime, police brutality and state corruption, Luke pretty much can handle all of these things, but his strength can't give him the upper hand in defeating a corrupt system.  

·         Misty Knight (Simone Missick): My introduction to this character was in her own Heroes for Hire series that came out in the mid-2000's, but she made a couple appearance in old school X-men comic that I had. In this series, she plays a cop that because of certain situations she is put at odds with Luke, but at the end of the season, she has grown tried how criminals take advantage of the system and might become a vigilante herself.

Villains:

·         Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes (Mahershala Ali): I have never seen this character before in the comics, and it was a letdown to see him as an African American Kingpin, but like Fisk they humanize him in a way that you feel for the dude, you understand that he's sort of a victim of  circumstances that he lived as a child, and out of nowhere they kill him, catching  me totally by surprise.

·         Hernan "Shade" Alvarez (Theo Rossi): For some reason, this guy reminds me of a younger Clark Gregg, he's like an evil Phil. Even though he represents Diamondbacks interest, he has his own agenda, making this character interesting.

·         Willis Stryker/Diamondback (Eric LaRay Harvey): At moments this character seems out of place he's the only one that acts like an over the top Power Man villain from the 70's, being over the top, but I like the fact that he gives Luke the chance to show off his powers.

·         Mariah Dillard / Black Mariah (Alfre Woodard): All I can say about this character is that I loved to hate her, she's  a legit politician that has ties to the underworld that drags her down and when that happens shit hits the fan.

Antagonist:

The Police: They play an interesting role in the series

Supporting Charters:

Night Nurse: Claire is back, she seems to be the Phil Coulson of the Netflix-verse, the glue that will lead to the creation of the defenders.

Lasting Effects:

·         Cage ends up back in prison.

·         The dude that gave Cage his powers starts to experiment on Diamondback. 

·         Reference to Colleen Wing in the final episode means Iron Fist can't be too far.

    

The Good:

·         Man what an excellent soundtrack with R & B, Rap, Hip Hop mellow Jazz, this is something that was missing in the Netflix-verse and in the MCU universe in general with the exception of Guardians of the Galaxy and the first two Ironman movies.

·         They bring in Hammer Tec.

    

The Bad:

·         Two episodes too long, the season lags just a little Luke gets shot and has to get fixed

     

                  

Overall: 8 out of 10

Daredevil Season II

DD season II is much better some aspects compared to season one,  everything related to Punisher is just incredible, but the Electra parts of the season is just sluggish and uninteresting.

Now the first part of the Season DD clashes with Punisher over how to fight crime, but they actually have a battle of ideologies that we have seen in the comics, but it's taken to a whole new level, this part of the story is so gripping that a binged watched those episodes. The second part of the season centers on Electra reappearing in Matt's life and if you know the comics you know that the hand can't be far behind, the thing of this part of the season is that even though it explores DD past it isn't as good as the first part and even lags at moments.    

Spoilers:

Characters

Heroes:

Daredevil: Daredevil in this season he has his values and ideology put into question: ¿is he really doing the right thing?, the Punisher shacks thing up for Matt, while Electra brings a different conflict into DD life being an old flame of his that has gotten in trouble with the Hand and she really affects Matt's personal life.

Villains:

Kingpin: Man when this dude pops up in the season he steals the show, even in prison he's still very powerful, and pragmatically make a deal with the Punisher caught me off guard. I can't wait till he gets out and it seems he starts to suspect the Matt is DD

Nobu and the Hand: The hand has arrived in NY ready to fill the power void that the Kingpin has left, which has a particular interest in Hell's Kitchen. It cool to see how the Hand actually gives DD a hard time in the fight their stealth abilities give Matt a hard time.

Antagonist:

Punisher: I never liked this character, I have issues with guns, but in this series, they really humanize the character you understand what makes him tick, he's not just a one-dimensional hellbent dude out for vengeance, he an utterly broken man that misses his family, and has gone through hell.

Electra: I don't like this character in the comic, and she doesn't win me over in the series. She hard to identify with, too crazy and her plot twist was sort of meh, the contrast with the Punisher as such a compelling character makes her insipid.

Stick: In this season we learn more about his past relationship with DD and Electra, and how he's out to destroy the Hand.

Supporting Charters:

Karen Page: This character starts to become an investigative reporter, for Ben's newspaper, this aspect of the series reminds me of Marvel's cult classic Front Line, she leaves Matt's and Foggy's law practice behind to uncover the real story behind the Punisher.

Foggy: This character plays the loyal friend that pretty much gets his heart broken by his best bro, he tries to be there for Matt, but DD just pushes him away destroying their friendship.

Night Nurse: Claire is back in a couple of episodes having to deal with an invasion of the Hand to her hospital.

Lasting Effects:

·         DD get his signature Billy club.

·         Karen becomes a journalist.

·         Foggy joins another legal law practice.

·         DD detaches himself from his life as Matt.

The Good:

·         Punisher more Punisher.

·         References to Stiltman and Gladiator to old school DD villain.

·         DD vs. Punisher wow

The Bad:

·         Electra

Overall: 8

Jessica Jones Netflix Season 1

Now I walked into this series with very little idea about this character, because I have never read her comic book series, but she did pop up in the New Avengers as Luke Cage's wife, and I knew that Purple man/Kilgrave was the villain of the series because he was the main villain her comics and I have a couple of issues where Luke totally clobbers him referencing what had happened in her series.

Now the plot basically is that Jessica is restarting her life after her encounter with the evil villain Kilgrave that basically destroyed her life, she tries to become a private investigator, but in one of her first cases she discovers that Kilgave wants to have her back again and basically will tries to make her life as miserable as possible to break her will.

Characters

Heroes:

Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter): She is an interesting take of an anti-hero, she's just not a good person, but she has a good heart. She suffers from PTSD from her encounter with Kilgrave, but she grows as the series goes along she finds to strength to confront him, especial when he start to target her friends.

Luke Cage (Mike Colter): Luke Cage becomes Jessica's love interest, but she keeps a terrible secret from him, related to Kilgave's. With the introduction of Luke, I can't wait till his solo series comes out.

Villains:

Kilgrave/Purple Man (David Tennet): I discovered this character in the pages of X-Man and latter on the pages of the Thunderbolts. In this series he probably the sickest Marvel Villain in the MCU and his mind control powers are insane and very different, I really don't want to spoil too much about this character that is fascinating, but the series is actually able to humanize him at moments which caught me by surprise.

Antagonist:

·         Will Simpson / Nuke (Wil Traval): This was a real surprise to see this character pops up, Nuke is freaking obscure character from Daredevil, Wolverine, and Captain America's rogue gallery. At first, I thought he was US Agent with another name, but when he popped those pills, my nerd's brain went tripping I knew this guy was bad news.

Supporting Charters:

·         Patricia "Trish" Walker (Rachel Taylor): It took me a while to realize who this character was too and was a pleasantly surprised to see how the series bring in the cult character that I think predates Marvel Itself and that could become Hellcat, in this series she's Jessica adoptive sister and best friend, she the optimist that contrast nicely with Jessica pessimism.

Lasting Effects (Spoilers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!):

·         Set up Luke Cage's series

The Good:

·         It does intertwine a little with the Daredevil's series.

·         Great Villain better than most that are popping up in the MCU movies lately.

·         Jessica isn't you cookie cutter hero, she has issues.

·         Cool to see how the series explores the pros and cons of Luke Cage's powers

·         Series works best in Noir mode.

The Bad:

·         Series lags just a little to episodes too long, ten would have been just fine.

Overall: 8.5 out of ten

Daredevil Netflix Season 1

Man what a  surprised I had, when I saw this series for the first time, I had very low expectation thanks to the Ben Affleck Daredevil of the early 2000's and even though I'm a big Marvel fan I never really got into Daredevil, so I was blown away to see how good this series was.

So let's dive into the basic plot of the first season without spoiling too much, Daredevil becomes the protector of Hell's Kitchen, while at the same time the Kingpin starts to consolidate his power in New York's under world establishing alliances with rival gangs: the Triads, the Yakuza, Russian Mob and Leland Owlsley. Now DD crime fighting has altered the criminal status quo and Kingpin take advantage of the situation to remove the other gangs from the scene, but inevitably DD clashes with Fisk to take him down.  

Characters

Heroes:

·         Daredevil/Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox): As I said before I never cared much for old Horn Head, but this series sparked my interest in the character, I like how Matt had to deal with his faith, profession, his powers, his  past and upbringing that were in conflict, and we get to see how he evolves and reconciles the deferent aspect of his person  to start to become a  crime fighter.

Villains:

·         The Kingpin/Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio): I was astounded how well the series treats this character: he has issues, he's very complex and driven, he not your every day villain he actually thinks that in the long run he will bring good to the community by doing a lot of bad shit, Vincent's acting is just incredible the best in the series.

·         James Wesly (Toby Leonard Moore): I'm not sure that this character is in Daredevil comics or he's original to this series, but I loved his role as Kingpins right hand man and his only true friend.

·         Leland Owlsey ( Bob Gunton): One f the first original Daredevil villains, in this series he works as the financial arm of the mob, bending wall street to its knees to do Fisk's bidding, but has a plan to screw Kingpin over.

·         Nobu: This character is the head of the Yakuza, but seems to bring more to the table possibly tied to the hand.

·         Gao: Leader of the Triads that has a mysterious agenda.

Antagonist:

·         Vanessa Marianna ( Ayelet Zurer): This character  become Kingpins girl friend as the season progresses, now what makes her interesting is that she's sort of intoxicated with Fisk's power and she starts to like the perks of the mob life, pushing Fisk to finally make his move to take over.

Supporting Charters:

·         Karen Page ( Deborah Ann Woll): She's the secretary of Matt and Foggy's legal practice, and a victim of Kingpin's actions in the underworld. Now Karen is hellbent on making Fisk pay for destroying her life and she joins forces with Ben Ulrich to expose Kingpin to the world and put him to justice.

·         Franklin Foggy Nelson(Elden Henson): He's Matts' partner at the Legal practice  and his best friend, the character adds tons of heart to the series.

·         Ben Olrich (Vondie Kurts-Hall): This character is from the pages of Spider-man he's a journalist that is in search of his last great story but he's bitten more than he can chew when trying to expose Wilson Fisk.

·         Night Nurse (Rosario Dawson): She play the role of fixing Matt up after each of his  battles and he always ends up pretty beat up, this series is very realist with this.

·         Stick: Blind mentor to Daredevil that enters in conflict with his old student over his methods, plus if Stick is in the series Electra can't be far behind.

Lasting Effects (Spoilers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!):

·         Kingpin ends up behind bars.

·         DD gets his light body Armor, his classic red costume.

·         Matt and Foggy become important lawyer that protect the week in Hell's Kitchen.

·         With the Kingpin gone there is a power void in the Kitchen.

·         Maybe Gladiator is coming down th line
The Hand is coming and Stick will be back

The Good:

·         Pacing of the series is slow, but in a good way, it takes it's time to build things up creating anticipation, for example we don't get to see Daredevil in his red costume until the last episode.

·         Kingpin is one of the best and most interesting villains in Marvel's movie and series universe, after Loki.

·         Great action, the fight in the hallway in episode 2 was incredible.

·         A Couple references to the larger Marvel Universe and Atlas Comics

Overall: 9.5 out of 10 Netflix give me Stiltman

Marvel's Multiverse II: Top Ten Age of Apocalypse and House of M Characters + Summaries Age of Apocalypse and the House of M Issue

I decided to mash up in one post the summaries of  my to favorite  marvel crossover dystopias that are the almost exact opposite from one another the Age of Apocalypse and the House of M. And to start off this post I'm going to rank my top ten favorite new character and reinterpretation of classic X characters from marvel marry mutants in the Age of Apocalypse .

10: Generation Next is a million times more interesting than 616 Generation X that they had replaced in this realty. Colossus and Kitty just kicked ass as the leaders of these messed up kids.

9: Spiraling out of Generation Next you have the disgusting looking villains ever, Sugar man, that being able to escape the Age of Apocalypse to marvel 616 he quietly became a relevant character lurking in the shadows, over looming in Genosha being the one responsible of the Mutate program.

8 AOA Sunfire  new image is one of the most interesting reworks in this realty, and this look ended up in Marvel 616 twice, please marvel don't try to use his old costume anymore it looks dated.   

 7: The introduction of Morph as the comic relief for this realty worked and he became a fan favorite, a alternate version of him ended up as a member of the Exiles.

 

6: Mr. Creed/Sabertooth and Wild child  as tooth's side kick just was a fantastic idea, I always wondered way Marvel didn't try harder to pair these guys up more in 616, and I must say that Wild child as character  had tons of potential but has been very under used in the 616 universe in general. While Mr. Creed ended up as a main member of the Exiles.   

5: AOA Cyclops is a bad ass, even though he lost a eye he's a rebel that question orders quietly, he had his own agenda, not like the 616 Cyclops  that up  untill the 2000's he was just  a one dimensional boy scout.

 

4: Dark Beast is Hank Mc Coy gone wrong and thank fully he ended up in Marvel 616 to make things miserable for the original Beast, becoming his arch enemy.  

 

3 Holocaust/Nemesis: What a cool but under used villain, he has such untapped potential.

2: Weapon X/Weapon Omega/ Wolverine is one of the coolest Logan incarnations ever, even though he's a hero he's lost most of his moral code, up better said warped morals,  leading him to do some messed up stuff like bombing his old buds the X-Men and latter becoming the new Apocalypse.

1 Blink a fan favorite that ended up being a star in the Exiles comic, the crazy thing few people actually remember the first time she appeared in the Phalanx covenant and seemingly died. Marvel please bring her back in her own series.

My Top Ten, House of M Characters:

Magneto uses special redesigned Sentinels to enforce his rule of law, and they look freaking awesome.



















Iron man as usual get a new and super cool armor for each crossover, and this one looks like something out of Robotech.





















 HM Hulk, is  all covered up in ceremonial aboriginal makings, and he takes over Australia and becomes a badass head of state.

 HM Thunderbird is alive and well in this reality and he's a police task force that is out to take down Luke Cage.

HM Avengers is one of the most interesting reimaginations of this crossover, and this  team because even though they are good gays they are not on the right side of the law.  

















 Liquid Metal Doom hass  formed a pretty evil fantastic four to protected Latveria.




















 This realties Winter Soldier has Captain America's shield but works as an assassin.



















 


The HM Spidy has a really cool costume, but the best thing about him is how the whole story arc just destroys his life.

Magneto has become the ruler of the free world and in  this  story arc show that he acts like illustrated despot that has to get his hands dirty every once in awhile.

Layla Miller is a super original and fantastic character that is born for this crossover, and over time made things really interesting  in X-Factor, she the best thing to come out of a crossover in a long time.

















Age of Apocalypse Summary

In the aftermath of Legion's quest, Xavier has died and Magnet is left to fulfill his dream, but things have gone terribly wrong Apocalypse attacks and takes over the United States and sinks the planet in a global War. Only the strong survive and homosapiens most be cleaned from the face of the Planet.

Characters:                                                    

Heroes: Magneto, Weapon X, Mr. Creed (Sabertooth), Scarlet Witch, Storm, Jean Grey, Iceman, Rogue, Colossus, Generation Next, Magik, Cyclops, X-man

Villains: Apocalypse, Dark Beast, Sugar Man, Gideon, Candra, Havok, Dead man Wade (Deadpool), Donald Pierce, Hulk, Daredevil, Inhumans, Maximus.

Antagonists: Mr. Sinister, Imperial Guard, Silver Samurai

Supporting cast: Human Council, Angel, Destiny, John Proudstar, Star Jammers, Gatway, Tony Stark, Gwen Stacy, Donald Blake.

                                                              

Issue Summary:

·         X-men Chronicles 1(XC) Magneto forms his version of the X-men; Apocalypse makes his first move and attacks the US. But while the X-men engage his forces, Apocalypse’s son Nemesis attacks their base and kills Scarlet Witch.

Age Of Apocalypse One Shot: Story how Wolvy meets Mariko and battles Silver Samurai for the first time.

·         XC 2 X-men battle the Wolverine (he isn't Logan) a heavy hitter from Apoc’s ranks, but we see in this issue that there is some internal conflict among Mags team. 
Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Magneto’s X-men go to the Moon to rescue Sunfire, and are confronted by Maximus and his genetically altered Inhumans. 

Age Of Apocalypse One Shot: Story about how Tooth befriends Wild Child, and escape prison.

Age Of Apocalypse One Shot: Colossus tiered of endless battle is offered by Magneto to become the teacher of the next generation of Young Mutants.

 

·         X-men Alpha Bishop the only survivor from Earth 616 is confronted by Onus and his force, Magneto’s X-men saves Bishops life. Bishop reveals what really happened in the past with Xavier to the X-men and that there reality is wrong and most be corrected.

·         Astonishing X-men (AX) 1 Mags put a plan into motion to fix realty and end Apocalypse.

·         Amazing X-men (AMX) 1 Storms team heads to aid the exodus of humans to Europe.

·         Generation Next (GN) 1 Colossus and his young students receive the mission to find Magik.

·         Weapon X (WX) 1Wolvy and Jean head to Europe to meet up with the Human Council.

·         Factor-X (FX) 1 Cyclops has his doubts about his role with Apocalypse and Sinister goes rogue.

·         X-man (XM) 1 Forge finds a errant mutant called Nathan Grey, and he’s freaking powerful.

·         Caliber-X (CX) 1 Nightcrawler to Avalon to find Destiny.

·         GE 2 Gambit and his team find themselves with the Shi’ar’s Imperial Guard and get saved by the Star Jammers.

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·         CX 2 Nightcrawler discovers that Mystic’s terrible secret.

·         XM 2 Forge starts training X-man.

·         FX 2 Cyclops helps Polaris escape Dark Beast’s lab.

·         WX 2 Wolvy battles Donald Pierce and also part ways with Jean Grey.

·         AX 2 Mr. Creed battles Holocaust.

·         GE 3 Gambit and crew actually steals the M’Kraan Crystal.

·         XM 3 Sinister kills Forge.

·         FX 3 Jean Grey is captured by Dark Beast, we discover more about how Wolvy lost his hand and Cyclops loses his eye. Cyclops rebels and liberates Jean.

·         AX 3 X-men’s battle against the Infinities rages on.

·         AMX 3 Apocalypse attack preemptively Mags and Captures him.

·         CX Apoc’s force attack Avalon, Juggernaut dies, Crawler defeats Wade.

·         WX 3 Wolvy finds the man he’s looking for Gateway; he’s going to help the human surprise attack Apocalypse.

·         Universe X 1-2 Human council tries to broker a deal with Mikhail the fourth horseman of Apoc, but everything goes south and all hell breaks loose.   

·         WX 4 The Human Council start the invasion, Wolvy got to make sure Donald Pierce doesn’t get in the way.

·         GE 4 Strong Guy Betrays Gambit and steals the crystal for Apocalypse. 

 GN 4 Colossus and the Gen next kids are able to rescue Magik from the Sugar man. But Colossus sacrifices his whole team to do this.
XM 4 X-man discovers more about his origin and battles Mr. Sinister.

·         AX 4 Blink battles Holocaust in a final showdown, but he gets away.

·         FX 4 Cyclops is a wanted man; Cyclops battles Havok and defeats him.

·         CX 4 Shadow King Attacks Avalon Nightcrawler and his crew defeat him but Doug Ramsey is killed.

·         AMX 4 We discover Multiple Man is where they get Apocalypse cannon fodder. Banshee defeats Abyss. X-Teams unite to start the final assault on Apocalypse.

·         X-men Omega 1 X-teams battle against Apocalypse’s forces, thanks to Majik and the M’Kraan crystal Bishop travels to the past and fixes the time line. 

Age Of Apocalypse One Shot: Magneto make a deal with Sinister not to hunt him down and he'll will not tell anyone that he didn't stop the Nuclear attack.

Repercussions and Lasting effects:

·         X-man, Dark Beast, Holocaust, Nightcrawler and Sugar man end up in Marvel 616.

·         Blink and Mr. Creed end up in the Exiles. Also Morph even though he’s not the same Morph from AOA verse.

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·         Magneto Kills Apocalypse.

·         Wolvy Kills Havok.

·         Colossus kill Shadow cat

·         Gambit kills Colossus

The Good:

·         It’s my favorite X-men Crossover

·         Some really cool version of my favorite heroes and some are cooler than the originals.

·         Introduction of Blink, I know her first appearance is during the Phalanx cross over, but here is where she leaves her mark.

·         Some super cool X-men line ups.

·         In Universe X you discover what happed to the none Mutant heroes.

Rating: 10

Age of Apocalypse  (II)

The X-men have to hunt down a new menace that his attacking them from the shadows.

Characters:

Heroes: X-Men, Jean Grey

Villains: Sinister, North Star, Aurora, Puck, Xorn/Paige Guthrie, Cannonball, Jay Guthrie, Cloak, Dagger, Suaron, Syrin, Hellions, Morlocks

Supporting Cast: Beak and Magneto's little kid.

Issue Summary:

·         AOA 1-6: Kirika is sent to find Wolverine that has gone into hiding in Canada, after battling Puck she finds Logan, while Magneto use his X-Men to hunt down  rogue and evil mutants like the Hellions and the Morlocks. Wolvy and X-23 battle North Star and Aurora in their trek out of Canada.

·          X-Men battle the Guthrie's but it`s a distration so Page/Xorn take vengence on Magneto for leaving behind in the Sugar man's pens.

·         The X-Men defeat the Guthrie's with help of Psylocke

·         The Guthrie's where helped by Sinister, so the X-men set out to find him and discover that Jean Grey is alive and under his control, the X-men battle Sinister and his Sinister Six and defeat him

Repercussions and Lasting effects:

·         Jean Grey is alive.

·         Magneto falls from grace, thanks to the revalation that he made a deal with Sinister during the aftermath of the fall of Apocalypse, and that he didn't stop the nuclear attack Jean did.

·         Kirika/X-23 seems to be Wolvy's daughter with Mariko.

·         Quicksilver dies.

·         Magneto goes to prison, Jean becomes the leader of the X-men

The Bad:

·         Psylocke just pops out of nowhere.

·         One of the Sinister Six members identities isn't revealed but he looks like a fat Havok.

·         On a tomb stone Robert Drake appears dead but he appear in X-Force as one of the AOA refugees that ends ups Earth 616.

The Good:

·         Lots of Japanese Mutants, ¿I wonder why? maybe the writer.

Rating: 9

Uncanny X-Force 19.1: The X-Terminators hatch up a plan to clone the dead Scarlet Witch to use her as a bomb to end all mutant to save the final human city, when Weapon Omega/Aoa Wolverine arrives with his Black Legion and  kills Magneto and Rogue. Plan back fires and Jean Grey with Sabertooth/Mr. Creed lose their powers.

The Good:

·         Origins of  the Prophet

Lasting Effects:

·         Jean and Tooth are left powerless.

Age of Apocalypse 1:  X-Terminators Team goes  up against Daredevil  who is trying to find a man that seems have come from Earth 616.

The Good:

·         Introduction of Azazel into the AOA universe.

·         Tooth and Grey dealing with their lose of power.

·         Introduction of Prophet (William Stryker), Fiend (Francesca Trask, Zora Risman, Gaydon Creed (Horror Show) and Goodnight (Donald Pierce).

Age of Apocalypse 2: Sugar man and Beast have broght back Cyclops from the dead with the celestial life seed. X-Terminators almost don't make out after the run-in with Cyclops.

Age of Apocalyse 3: Havok, Emplate, Dead man Wade are  also brought back from the dead, X-Terminators arrive to stop Dark Beast and Sugar man from bring back more heavy wait mutants.

Age of Apocalypse 4: Goodnight trick Hulk in joining them to attack the Sugar man laboratory destroying everything, but Prophet bring back Penance (M) and Colosus.

Lasting Effects:

·         Weapon Omega seeming kills the Hulk.

The Good:

·         it's sort of explained why Donald isn't techno organic

Age of Apocalypse 5: Prophet and Jean try to recruit Quintin Quire but he ends up killing himself.

The Good:

·         We discover how Logan became the new Apocalyse.

Lasting Effects:

·         Prophet take blood from Quire

Age of Apocalypse 6: Penance is back and becomes a challenge to Weapon Omega's control, and secretly side with the X-Terminators.

  

Age of Apocalypse 7: The Prophet and his team go to Latveria in search of Doom the only one with information of the Celestials the creator of Apocalypse's death seed, the Info that can end Weapon Omega reign.   

Age of Apocalypse 8: The Prophet plays Doom and actually out smarts him, and gets the information he wanted by cutting off his head.

Age of Apocalypse 9: Jean Grey on the run from Omega's forces, that are hot on her heals.

Age of Apocalypse 10: Sugar man creates a pill with the information extrated from Doom that will stop Weapon Omega, while Jean is confronted by Logan, when Mr. Creed jumps in but gets his butt kicked.

Age of Apocalypse 11: Goodnight using Kid Omegas brain traps the Shadow King, Logan's most dangerous minions. While Jean tricks Logan into taking the death pill.

Age of Apocalypse 12: Weapon Omega's is gone and the good Logan is back, Penance becomes the new Ruler.

Age of Apocalypse 13: Fallout from the last issue, Logan hunt down Scott Summer, end of the series  

House of M

 

Scarlet Witch has created a perfect realty where mutants rule the planet and have a relatively good coexistence with humans, but this Utopia becomes a complete dystopia when the world’s heroes start to realize that everything is a lie.

Characters:                             

Heroes: Photon, Hulk, Scorpion, Inhumans, Namor, Black Panther, Luke Cage, Hawkeye, Iron Fist, Moonknight, Tygra, Misty Knight, Punisher, Mockingbird, Black Cat, Cloak, White Tiger, Doctor Strange the Thing

Antagonist: Erik Josten, AIM,  Magneto, Scarlet Witch, Magneto, Shield, Shang Chi

Villains:  Purple Man, Hydra, Exodus, Onus, Apocalypse, the Red  Guard, Sabertooth, Nuke, Winter Soldier, Mimic, Willis Stryker, Thunderbird, Tasmaster, Blob, Avalanch, Boom Boom, Feral, Kingpin Typhoid Mary, Bulleye, Gladiator, Electra, Doom, Quicksilver

Sporting Cast: The Kree

Issue Summary:

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·         House of M 1: The Avengers and X-Men head to Genosha to give a super hero intervention to the Scarlet Witch, by a petition of Xavier that sustains that her powers are out of control, but when they arrive  Scarlet Witch rebuts realty.

·         House of M Civil War 1: After the death of his daughter Magneto starts to searching the world for mutants like himself, during this time he allies himself with Apocalypse for a time till they have a falling out.

·         House of M Civil War 2: Magneto has declared war on humanity tired of mutants being hunted down, here he meets Xavier.  Magneto's forces attack Genosha that uses mutants slave labor.

·         House of M Civil War 3: Magneto conquers Genosha and frees it mutant population, and forges alliances with the Inhumans, Atlantis and Wakanda, while the US government sends a task force with Mimic, Winter Soldier and Nuke to kill Magneto, but instead kill Xavier.

·         House of M Civil War 4-5: Magneto in retaliation of Xavier's assination take down the whole US government.

·         Avengers House of M 1: Cage arrives to New York City after Magneto's take over, Luke seeks revenge against Willis  Stryker  and becomes the underground protector of Sapien City  taking down most of the crime bosses of NY city, joining force with Hawkeye, Moonknight, Iron Fist and Tygra .

·         Avenger House of M 2: FBI inspector John Proudstar/Thunderbird creates a taskforce to take down Cage's crew, but sends Misty Knight to infiltrate them first. Cage's team and Thunderbird battle leading to the death of Tygra.

·         Avenger House of M 3: Misty turns on Thunderbird and joins Cage, Luke starts to join forces with other gangs like the Shang Chi's Dragons and the Wolves/New Warriors but find that Kingpin will not fall into line . Cage takes vengeance on Taskmaster for killing Tygra. Thunderbird makes a deal with Kingpin.

·         Avengers House of M 4-5: Kingpin and Thunderbird set a trap for Cage and his crew, Luke is able to defeat them exposing Thunderbird heavy handed policing, leading to Magneto to come down hard on John  Proudstar.

·         House of M 2: Scarlet Witch has rebutted reality into a Utopia and Magneto is the leader of the free world ruled by mutants and Wolverine is the only one that knows that everything is wrong, thank to so many mind implants Logan remembers what had happened.

·         House of M 3: Wolvy on the run saved by Luke Cage's crew.
 Uncanny X-men 462: The House of M has started and it has wrecked the Multiverse, Captain Britain does his best to stop the Jaspers that has been reborn.

·         House of M 4: Wolvy meets Layla Miller who also knows what happened and has the power to wake people to remember what has happened.

·         Spider-man House of M  1-5: Peter goes totally  crazy with the revelation that this realty isn't real that he actually take up the Green Goblin persona.

·         Thunderbolts 11: Erik Josten tries to spark a war with the Kree, so they can topple Magneto.

·         Exiles 69-72:  Exiles new mission is to stop the Proteus that has reborn thanks to the Scarlet Witch, after battling the Exiles Proteus take Mimic as his new host body.

·         Incredible Hulk 83-86: Hulk joins forces with AIM to stop human oppression from the Mutant leaders in Australia, but after defeating Exodus Hulk realizes that AIM has some evil plans that he has to stop.

·         House of M 5: With Layla, Logan and Cage amass army of Heroes to take down Magneto who they think used Scarlet Witch to create this reality.

·         Fantastic Four House of M 1-3: Doom tries to trap Magneto in pocket Universe.

·         Black Panther 7: Magneto sends Sabertooth to kill Panther who is becoming a thorn in his side. Panther takes care of him easily, so Mags sends Apocalypse but with help of Blackbolt, Panther's friend  the menace is dealt with.

·         House of M 6: Heroes gear up for attack.

·         House of M 7: The battle rages on, its reveled to Doc Strange that Quicksilver is the responsible for the whole mess and Magneto is pist and kills Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch lashes out with a spell "No More Mutants".

·         House of M 8: Everything is back to normal but most mutants have lost their power and Scarlet Witch goes into hiding.

Repercussions and Lasting effects:

·         Most Mutants are depowered.

·         Wolverine gets his memories back.

·          Hawkeye comes back to life, and takes up the Ronin persona

·         Layla Miller is introduced, she latter joins X-Factor

·         Not everyone remembers what happened

·         Proteus causes all kinds of grief for the Exiles

The Bad:

The Good:

·         Magneto isn’t necessarily a villain he’s a head of  State that gives him a new dimension.

·         Winter Soldier using Captain Americas Shield.

·         Cool see Thunderbird in this crossover.

·         It's pretty messed up who Spidy get to have a kid, be maried Gwen Stacy and his uncle Ben is alive and then be told it a lie.

·         The whole plot twist making Quicksilver the responsible for what happened was just fantastic.

·         No More Mutants, priceless.

·         Doom mom was alive in this realty and she knows how to manipulate Victor

Intresting to see a Wolverine driven Crossover that doesn't have him hacking and slashing

Rating: 10