X-Men #17 Spoilers & Art

Spoilers by Magnus: Beast meets up with Kymera and asks why they're taking Shogo into a battle zone. Kymera says that he's important and she needs him to stop the "Bloodline" defense. Beast decides to trust her. Storm and Rachel fly the X-Jet in close, and get attacked by the forest. Rachel's lost all contact with Monet, so Storm decides to attack the forest with a giant heatwave. Kymera and Beast meet up with Psylocke and the students, and Kymera pleads for Storm to stop. She does, and they find Monet in the forest, with the guards having passed out from heatstroke. Storm also asks Kymera why she's brought Shogo, at which point Kymera cuts Shogo's thumb open and rubs his blood on a nearby plant, explaining that Bloodline is coded to The Future's DNA, so Shogo's blood will work it too (and cause it to "reboot"). The Future yells in anger, Jubilee goes vampire mode and busts out, only to find The Future dead, crushed by vines. Meanwhile, Shogo has apparently been poisoned by the plant, so Beast injects him with Arkea to heal him. The last page is Storm reading a letter from Kymera, explaining why she's deciding to leave.

X-Men #16 Spoilers

Spoilers: Teon and Sprite recover after being injected with the Arkea sample. Meanwhile, the X-Men get ready to fight the Future and retrieve Jubilee. Sabra and Gabriel send files on The Future to Storm; Rachel asks Kymera about future events; and Psylocke mobilizes the X-kids. After some researching, the X-Men track the Future’s most probable whereabouts at the Adirondacks. Back to the Future, he expects the X-Men to exchange Shogo for Jubilee, but she assures him they won’t even consider this offer. The Future then gives his minions a sample of his blood to activate the “Bloodline” defense. Monet is sent to do some recon around the Future’s hideout, but is trapped by the forest, which seems alive. Kymera reveals it’s the “Bloodline”, a living ecosystem. Kymera tells the X-Men they have to trust her and bring Shogo there. Psylocke takes a team of Hellion, Rocklisde and Anole to fight the Future’s minions and get intel on the “Bloodline” system. After Beast brings Shogo, Kymera moves on with her plan.

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X-Men #16

Writer: Brian Wood

Artist: Matteo Buffagni & Gerardo Sandoval

Cover by: Terry Dodson

The Story:

• The Future has come calling…and he wants his son Shogo back!

• But will Jubilee and the X-Men let their bouncing baby boy go without a fight?

• Spoiler alert: Hell no!

X-Men #15 Spoilers

Spoilers: Kymera tells the X-Men that in her future, the Future infiltrates the school, kidnaps Shogo and maims Jubilee permanently. Storm decides to take any measures necessary to prevent that; the others agree. Jubilee visits Teon and Sprite in Beast’s lab. Beast plans to inject them with a “brain dead” sample of Arkea in order to replicate its self-repair ability in said patients. Kymera is worried they’ll change the timeline, but Ororo assures her that her staying in the present already did that. Later, the X-Men guard the school. Psylocke detects the Future posing as a gardener and attacks him. He adapts to her powers and easily overcomes Betsy. The Future enters the school and shoots at Jubilee, retrieving her body.

Bromo-Superior: When Julian is unable to defeat the medieval soldiers, Psylocke comes to his rescue and shoots at his attacker.  At first, Hellion is upset that the X-Men won’t let the kids prove themselves, but Betsy tells him the man she killed was her Danger Room boyfriend. She wanted to teach them how things go different in the real world where one can’t just reboot the program.

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X-Men #15

Writer: Brian Wood

Art by: Matteo Buffagni, Phil Briones

Cover by: Terry Dodson

The Story:

• A generational saga/war unfolds... mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and one poor mall rat named Jubilee caught in the middle...

• The JGS has always been a school. Is it time to become an army? Or will their differences prove their greatest asset?

In Stores: June 18, 2014

X-Men #14 Spoilers

Spoilers: Rachel and Monet chase the man who attacked Teon and Sprite. Before they lock his psyche, he warns that the “future” is coming. Back at the school, Psylocke reinforces the security while Storm asks her daughter Kymera if she knows anything about the situation since she’s from the future. Rachel and Monet get the man back to the school and imprison him in a polymer shielding. Along with Psylocke, they decide what to do with him. Storm calls the three of them for a meeting in the Danger Room. Ororo informs that as of now they’re an official team and wants them to vote on a leader. Suddenly, the girls hear an explosion coming from the east wing: the shooter has escaped. Jubilee rushes to the girls and ask for their help since the man is coming for Shogo. Storm orders her to find Kymera. With the aid of her Panther, Kymera manages to take the man down, but he becomes a human time bomb and explodes. From outside, Shogo’s father says phase two of his plan is about to begin.

Brom-Superior: Psylocke trains Hellion to be a leader for his fellow teammates in the Danger Room program.

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X-Men #14

Writer: Brian Wood

Art by: Clay Mann

Cover by: Terry Dodson

The Story:

• The Jean Grey School is under attack, leaving a young X-Man dead on the school’s front lawn.

• Jubilee’s worst nightmare has come to pass... and the future’s being rewritten.

• Clay Mann (GAMBIT) joins Brian Wood for a terrifying new chapter in X-Men history!

In Sotres: May 21, 2014

X-Men #13 Spoilers

Spoilers: At an undisclosed location, a mysterious man breaks out of a prison. He knows he’s running out of time and wants his infant son to be his heir. His child is Shogo. At the Jean Grey School, Monet trains with Rockslide; she wants to be ready once the Sisterhood attacks again. Psylocke and Storm meet at the Hangar. Betsy wants Ororo to be active as before and more of a leader instead of a headmistress. Jubilee takes Shogo to Beast for a checkup. Hank assures her the baby’s healthy. At the security office, Rachel reminisces about Sublime breaking up with her and leaving. At the school front lawn, the kids play baseball and Teon is shot at the chest. Beast takes care of him and assures the shot was to wound only. Meanwhile, Sprite passes out after drinking water at the School. Jubilee receives a text message from Shogo’s father warning her he’s coming back for his son and to kill everyone at the School.

Back-up: Hellion, Rockslide, Anole and Broo decide to form a team and train at the Danger Room, which is running a medieval program. They struggle with it until Psylocke appears before them saying they hacked into her program.

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X-Men #13

Writer: Brian Wood

Art by: Clay Mann

Cover by: Terry Dodson

Variant Cover by: J. G. Jones

The Story:

Bloodline, Part 1

• Jubilee is haunted by Shogo’s past… or is it his future?!

In Stores: April 16, 2014

X-Men #12 Spoilers

Spoilers: After Ana Cortes terminates her own life, the Sisterhood uses her body to resurrect Madelyne while Deathstrike and Arkea now inhabit the same body (that of Reiko). With the aid of John Sublime, the X-Men track Arkea Prime to Japan where they take the Sisterhood by surprise. Monet takes on the Enchantress and makes Amora rethink her alliance to Arkea. Psylocke takes on Typhoid Mary and easily defeats her. Storm and Rachel face Arkea, Madelyne and Selene. Madelyne subdues Rachel, but Storm offers Maddie and Selene a deal: the X-Men will let them go because they’ve come for Arkea. Maddie warns that she’ll recruit a new Sisterhood before leaving with Selena. Arkea is left alone. The X-Men warn her that they’ve isolated all Arkea impact points and have neutralized 90% of them. Arkea has nowhere to go. Karima shoots at Arkea’s brain with a gun designed by Sublime which will only eliminate Arkea, not Lady Deathstrike. Arkea is terminated. In the end, Karima decides to leave the team and work with Sabra and Gabriel. Meanwhile, the X-Kids and Jubilee manage to overcome the Sentinels.

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X-Men #12

Writer: Brian Wood

Art by: Kris Anka

Cover by: Terry Dodson

The Story:

• Conclusion to Ghosts

• The Sisterhood is fully formed, and the battle for leadership begins!

• The X-Men must choose…take down the Arkea Sentinels or go after the Sisterhood.

In Stores: March 19, 2014

X-Men #11 Spoilers

Spoilers: In New York, Deathstrike/Ana and the Enchantress buy Selene’s body preserved as airborne particles on the black market. Amora employs black magic and resurrects Selene. Aboard the Cortes yatch, Rachel, Storm and Karima meet Psylocke and Monet. They all agree the yatch was a red herring. Monet argues that the Sisterhood is recruiting new members and since Deathstrike was brought from the dead, they may end up facing newly-resurrected enemies. Arkea meets Selene and subdues her and reveals they still need one more member: Madelyne Pryor. Sabra informs the X-Men that the genetic materials of Selene and Madelyne were purchased on the black market. Back at the School, Quire is responsible for watching over Sublime. Meanwhile in Japan, Ana tells Typhoid Mary to kill her while she suppresses the Deathstrike persona. Ana says she just wanted to have some fun, but what Arkea is up to is too much for her. Arkea orders Ana to stop and calls her to resurrect Madelyne. Ana doesn’t oblige and stabs herself.

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X-Men #11

Writer: Brian Wood

Art by: Kris Anka

Cover by: Terry Dodson

Variant Cover by: David Marquez

The Story:

AN ALL-NEW SISTERHOOD! The X-Men have taken down super villains, aliens and their own future selves…but never all at the same time! Lady Deathstrike has put together an all new Sisterhood, her own illuminati to take down the X-Men and take over the world. Recruiting the likes of Typhoid Mary and Enchantress, her cabal go on a global hunt for the most powerful of them all…an enemy who holds the X-Men responsible for her almost-destruction. Meanwhile, M settles in and Rachel comes to terms with her relationship with Sublime.

In Stores: February 19, 2014

 

X-Men #10 Spoilers

Spoilers: Lady Deathstrike decides to resurrect the dead in order to face the X-Men and achieve her goals. At Dubai, Gabriel Shepherd retrieves Monet. Monet flies to the X-Jet to meet Storm and Psylocke, while Gabriel stays to clean the site. Gabriel manages to destroy the Arkea activation in Dubai, but here are many others around the globe. Elsewhere, the Ana persona is at odds with the Deathstrike persona in regard to Arkea, feeling things have been getting dangerous. However, they all agree to follow Arkea’s plans. Manwhile in outer space, Pixie and Rockslide track a box belonging to the Jean Grey School, and plan to throw it into the sun. Back at the school, Beast runs some tests on Sublime. Rachel and Sublime argue and end their relationship. Back to the X-Jet, Psylocke and Monet plan to approach Arkea by surprise, jumping out of the jet into the sea and not using any kind of tech. Betsy and Monet swim towards Ana’s yatch right before the Sisterhood’s jet lands on it. Arkea reveals to Deathstrike who she wants to resurrect. Deathstrike is worried as she thinks these two women are way too dangerous. Arkea disregards her remarks and tells her to obey and do as she wishes: they’ll resurrect Madelyne Pryor and Selene, the Black Queen. At the Catalina Island, Jubilee, Pixie, Hellion and Bling! regroup as they find out Old V1 Sentinels that had sunk decades ago are now under Arkea’s control. Karima, Quire, Mercury and Oya are aboard a jet above the island to keep an eye on the Sentinels. Once the Sentinels emerge from the sea, the X-Men realize they cannot be simply dismantled, so Pixie and Bling! face them up close.

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X-Men #10

Writer: Brian Wood

Art by: Kris Anka

Cover by: Terry Dodson

Variant Cover by: John Cassaday

Animal Variant by: David Lopez

The Story:

AN ALL-NEW SISTERHOOD! The X-Men have taken down super villains, aliens and their own future selves…but never all at the same time! Lady Deathstrike has put together an all new Sisterhood, her own illuminati to take down the X-Men and take over the world. Recruiting the likes of Typhoid Mary and Enchantress, her cabal go on a global hunt for the most powerful of them all…an enemy who holds the X-Men responsible for her almost-destruction. Meanwhile, M settles in and Rachel comes to terms with her relationship with Sublime.

In Stores: February 5, 2014

X-Men #9 Spoilers

Spoilers by Seriena: The team splits up: Jubilee and Karima are trying to track down Deathstrike, while Monet is out in Budapest. Storm and Psylocke are meeting Sabra and Gabriel Shepherd. Rachel is interrogating Sublime, and comments that anything between them was a terrible idea. Sublime abruptly senses Arkea becoming aware again. Jubilee and Karima find Deathstrike (and company) and tell Rachel, who updates Monet and sends her after them. Storm and Psylocke are trying to get Sabra and Gabriel to help defuse any international incidents they might cause while hunting down Arkea. Deathstrike, Enchantress, and Mary arrive at a base of operations (body shoppe) in a skyscraper in Dubai. Reiko, Deathstrike's accomplice, assures them that everything is secure/safe/etc. before taking the Arkea sample out. Things don't go as planned and Arkea promptly possesses Reiko. She then hacks the entire 'secure' network. Deathstrike offers the Sisterhood to Arkea in exchange for power. Arkea agrees. Monet arrives in style, ready to wipe out the entire seven floors the Sisterhood's body shoppe is in. Unfortunately, Arkea's managed to restore Enchantress's power, and she and Deathstrike confront Monet while Mary evacuates Arkea. On the way out, Arkea decides she wants to find two more of the X-men's enemies. Back at the school, Rachel and company are realizing that Arkea's changed targets from Sublime to the X-men. Monet puts up a fight, but can't overcome Enchantress. Arkea starts popping up all over the planet, and something is going wrong with Karima. The story ends with a number of Sentinels at the bottom of the ocean reactivating and marching off.

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X-Men #9

Writer: Brian Wood

Art and Cover by: Terry Dodson

The Story:

Muertas, Part 3!

• Lady Deathstrike’s new Sisterhood set their sights on the X-Men, and Psylocke is in the crosshairs!

• A foe awakens... and neither team might be able to handle her!

In Stores: January 22, 2014

X-Men #8 Spoilers

Spoilers: Typhoid Mary breaks into the Jean Grey School. Psylocke chases her after Mary retrives a box containing all data and files on Karima and Shogo and a live sample of Arkea. Rachel calls Sublime to warn him about the Arkea situation. Sublime plays dumb, but he's actually in Colombia, facing Deathstrike. Sublime attempts to make Deathstrike realize how dangerous Arkea really is, but it's useless. She's inclined to use Areak to further her own plans. Mary arrives and hands the live sample to Deathstrike. Sublime is surprised to learn that the sample is inert, realizing that there's a way to kill Arkea. Mary uses her powers on Sublime and finds out about four other locations where they cand find samples of Arkea. Mary and Deathstrike leave in pursuit of the other samples. Psylocke gets to Sublime and takes him back to the school. Meanwhile, Deathstrike and Mary heads to Norway where a meteror has struck two months earlier. They accidentelly meet the Enchantress who's been exiled and stripped of her powers by Thor. At the school, Monet interrupts Jubilee and Bling's chat, asking Jubileee to tag along on a mission. Back at Norway, Deathstrike finds the meteorite with Arkea's sample. She promises to give Mary and Enchantress whaterever they desire if they help her gather the other samples. A new Sisterhood is born.

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X-Men #8

Writer: Brian Wood

Art & Cover by: Terry Dodson

• Lady Deathstrike is building an all-new empire and the X-Men will be her calling card!

• Without her tech, Karima struggles to remember who she was.

• And introducing… Monet!