Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Knights of X #3 Spoilers

Spoilers: Roma and Saturnyne meet to teach Shogo a lesson, showing him a vision of the Knights of X battling through the scrying pool. Roma and Saturnyne warn Shogo that he needs to watch one of his friends die as a knight must know sacrifice.

Back to the Crooked Market, Gambit’s team works together to subdue the Furies. Gambit and Rachel end up arguing as he wants to rescue Mad Jim Jaspers while Rachel wants to follow Betsy. The argument is interrupted when the Furies bring Mad Jim for his public execution.

Meanwhile, Betsy’s team makes their way to Sevalith, taking down a number of vampires with Arthur’s army following their trail. Betsy’s team reaches Death, who’s being kept imprisoned by the vampire Countexes. While Death rejects their offer to be rescued, he helps Rictor understand Apocalypse’s annotations in the Grimoire.

Death tells the tale: When Krakoa was founded, Apocalypse sought Absolon Mercator and took him to a desert land. Apocalypse revealed he had retrieved the Siege Perilous and asked Mister M to keep the Siege Perilous with him and turn the desert land into a kingdom of his own. Apocalypse requested Mister M to keep his kingdom closed off until a great sacrifice was made, at which point he should open his kingdom to mutantkind.

Betsy’s team spends the night in the sewers of Sevalith, and Rictor deduces he must be the one to be sacrificed. As the psychic rapport between Rachel and Betsy is restored, Betsy decides to put the quest on hold and has Shatterstar teleport them to the Crooked Market. The Knights of X reunite and fight the Furies together. The townsfolk suddenly turn against Mordred, and Rachel deduces hist mutant power must be making people want to fight him. Gambit and Meggan team up to rescue Mad Jim Jaspers when Merlyn suddenly appears before them. Gambit uses a magic card he had stolen from the Starlight Citadel against Merlyn and claims he once was Death. Gambit’s trick backfires (or is he in the know?) as he dies holding the “death” tarot card. Roma and Saturnyne have Shogo watch Remy’s death as it is “necessary”.

A page of Apocalypse’s Grimoire has Apocalypse musing about how the Horseman of Death is the hardest role to fill. Death must not be a bad man because Death is selfless as he must be ready to die himself.

Thursday, June 16, 2022

X-Solicits for September 2022

Note: Knights of X has not been solicited for September. Whether it concludes at #5 as previously informed by Amazon.com or is only skipping a month remains to be seen.

Judgment Day #4,  Immortal X-Men #6, X-Men Red #6, Marauders #6, Legion of X #5 and X-Terminators #1 have all been rescheduled and pushed back from prior months.

A.X.E.: Judgment Day #4 (of 6)
Kieron Gillen
(W) • Valerio Schiti (A)
Cover by: Mark Brooks
Variant Cover by: Salvador Larroca
Variant Cover by: Peach Momoko
Men of A.X.E. Variant Cover by: Ashley Witter
Variant Cover by: Luciano Vecchio
Cat Variant Cover by: Chrissie Zullo
Virgin Variant Cover by: Mark Brooks
The clock is ticking and midnight looms. It’s not too late.

A.X.E.: Judgment Day #5 (of 6)
Kieron Gillen
(W) • Valerio Schiti (A)
Cover by: Mark Brooks
Variant Cover by: Inhyuk Lee
Women of A.X.E. Variant Cover by: Lucas Werneck
Variant Cover by: Peach Momoko
Wraparound Variant Cover by: Todd Nauck
Variant Cover by: Terry Dodson
Virgin Variant Cover by: Mark Brooks
It’s too late…

Immortal X-Men #6
Kieron Gillen (W) • Michele Bandini (A)
Cover by: Mark Brooks
Quiet Council Variant Cover by: Phil Noto
Beyond Amazing Spider-Man Variant Cover by: Cafu
Stand for Judgment – An A.X.E. Tie-In!

Judgment comes and the Quiet Council grows suspiciously quiet. An exception: Do you think a man so devoted to the Hellfire cares one jot? Let’s find out.

X-Men Red #6
Al Ewing
(W) • Stefano Caselli (A)
Cover by: Russell Dauterman
Arakko Variant Cover by: Taurin Clarke
Beyond Amazing Spider-Man Variant Cover by: David Nakayama
Battle for the Broken Land – An A.X.E. Tie-In!

Planet Arakko chose peace over war. Now war has chosen them. The monstrous arsenal of the Eternals is on the march. The Arakkii must defend their broken land according to the ancient laws… but against an enemy even older than they are, can the old ways win? Or is a new Arakko about to be born?

X-Men #15
Gerry Duggan
(W) • C.F. Villa (A)
Cover by: Martin Coccolo
Trading Card Variant by: Russell Dauterman
Miracleman Variant Cover by: Terry Dodson
Fear The Children!

The Children of the Vault – hyper-evolved humans from a society whose time moves much faster than our own. Each time the X-Men defeat them, they retreat to their home, evolving further to a new, more advanced generation. This time, they will not be stopped so easily.

X-Force #32
Benjamin Percy
(W) • Robert Gill (A)
Cover by: Joshua Cassara
Miracleman Variant Cover by: Peach Momoko
The Hunt For X Continues on Krakoa! – An A.X.E. Tie-In!

Kraven takes his hunt to Krakoa, to prove he is the apex predator—and not even the mutants, the so-called dominant species, are a match for his prowess. Will this spell the end of X-FORCE, and mutantdom as we know it?

Marauders #6
Steve Orlando
(W) • Andrea Broccardo (A)
Cover by: Kael Ngu
Even Odds of Destruction – An A.X.E. Tie-In!

The Progenitor has risen! Now he visits each and every one of us, and we’re given a chance to justify our lives. Sounds heavy, right? The Marauders agree! Who proved their right to life? Who failed? And if we survive, just how excited is Orchis for a chance to scapegoat mutants for Earth’s brush with destruction? All this...and Detective Lockheed!

New Mutants #30
Vita Ayala & Alyssa Wong
(W) • Alex Lins & More (A)
Cover by: Rafael De Latorre
Variant Cover by: Bob Mcleod
Variant Cover by: Bill Sienkiewicz
Variant Cover by: Rob Liefeld
Design Variant by: Rod Reis
Marvel’s Voices Community Variant Cover by: Leonardo Romero
Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of X-Men’s Youthful Misfits!

Throughout the past forty years, New Mutants has remained a timeless yet contemporary voice for the marginalized youth who must grow up in a harsh, cruel world. In this supersized issue, Vita Ayala, Rod Reis and more craft a mosaic love letter dedicated to the mutant youngsters who have become the beacon and hope of a new generation of X-Men. Commemorating classic and new characters alike, this collection of shorts celebrates four decades’ worth of the joys and tribulations of being young, brave and gifted in the world of X. The issue will also feature a fourth-wall-breaking Deadpool short by special guest writer Alyssa Wong.

Legion of X #5
Si Spurrier
(W) • Jan Bazaldua (A)
Cover by: Dike Ruan
Power is in the Eye of the Beholder!

Skinjacker Triumphant! The bodysnatcher-supreme rampages through Legion’s mind... A horned god of mischief! Nightcrawler discovers the identity of the fugitive deity at last... Conspiracy on mars! Weaponless Zsen slashes open the awful truth... and it all crashes together. P.S. Just when you thought things couldn’t get more breathless... here comes Ora Serrata. And she sees. through. you.

X-Terminators #1 (of 5)
Leah Williams
(W) • Carlos Gómez (A)
Cover by: Federico Vicentini
Variant Cover by: Arthur Adams
Design Variant Cover by: Tom Muller
Variant Cover by: Skottie Young
Variant Cover by: Inhyuk Lee
Variant Cover by: Terry Dodson
Enter the Grindhouse of X!

When Jubilee and Boom-Boom agree to take Dazzler out for a night on the town to console her after her nasty breakup, they have no idea they’re about to be kidnapped and put into elaborate death traps for their efforts! What are three girls with the power to blow things up to do? Leah Williams and Carlos Gómez put the X in eXploitation in this tale of blood, sweat and revenge!

Knights of X #3 Preview

Knights of X #3
Writer: Tini Howard
Art by: Bob Quinn
Cover by: Yannick Paquette

The Story: The fall of the Knights of X! Gambit and his team gain a momentary victory over the Furies in Crooked Market, but as the group is hit by another wave of attacks by Merlyn's army, Rachel Summer's connection with Captain Britain is severed before she can call in reinforcements. In Sevalith, the Captain and her team face off against blood thirsty vampires as they seek out a lethal potential ally. Their quest required ten knights to begin, but no one said anything about the end. A knight dies here – and the hateful quest goes on.

In Stores: June 22, 2022