Kris Anka Talks Redesigns

"And just to speak for myself, modesty was never a factor. I never approached Storm's, or Psylocke's, or Spiral's designs with the sole intention of hiding their skin. The amount of real estate that ended up being covered or not was ENTIRELY dictated by my attempt to respect the character. There was no "Psylocke has to be fully covered because it would be indecent for any of her skin to be showing". I wanted to have her covered because I felt that a character who is performing stealth assassinations would want as little would-able flesh showing."  Full Article

Uncanny X-Force #4 Art

Uncanny X-Force #4 Spoilers

Spoilers: Issue starts with Spiral still trying to escape Bishop. Meanwhile, Psylocke continues to fight the Demon Bear now inside Bishop's psyche on the Astral Plane. During Psylocke's battle a white owl warps the Demon Bear away and warns Psylocke that they are fighting the wrong enemy and that another psychic is who they should be after. Psylocke is then ejected from the astral plane and back to reality with Storm and Puck. Spiral can't run any longer and decides to fight back against Bishop. Fantomex and Cluster watch from a far, and Dark Fantomex ambushes both of them. Bishop defeats Spiral and grabs Ginny and a giant Owl avatar emerges from Bishop and into Ginny. Ginny then vanishes while Storm and Puck defeat Bishop. Spiral gives up now that Ginny is seemingly gone. Psylocke confronts Spiral and tells her to pick up her sword and fight her. Spiral defeated, physically and emotionally, doesn't fight back. Psylocke reflects and leaves Spiral to herself. Storm comforts Psylocke and tells her she still loves her regardless of the bad choices she has made recently. Wolverine takes notice of their activity via internet and is taken by surprise. Ginny then reappears elsewhere with a group of people all possessed by the evil entity that was previously possessing Bishop.

"X-Men" Variant Cover by SkottieYoung

"X-Men" Variant Cover by Mike Deodato

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Uncanny X-Force #4 Preview

Uncanny X-Force #4
Writer: Sam Humphries
Art by: Ron Garney
Cover by: Kris Anka
Variant Cover by: Ed McGuinness

The Story:
• The first arc comes to a crazy climactic end!
• What have Fantomex and Cluster been up to while Bishop has been killing the rest of X-Force?

Ultimate Comics X-Men #26 Art

"X-Men" Variant Cover by Mark Brooks

Ultimate Comics X-Men #26 Spoilers

Spoilers: Psylocke gives Kitty's gun back to Jimmy and says he owns her. General Ross and his army are ready to seize Utopia. Ross tells Kitty that her deal with Captain America has been declared null and void and that Utopia, its inhabits and everything they created has been transferred back to the US. The mutants have 12 hours to leave the place and will be taken into custody. Meanwhile, Psylocke influences Jimmy telepathically to do as she orders and says that in all this time he's the one she enjoyed using the most. A sniper from the US army fires a bullet straight to Kitty's head. Ross saves Kitty and orders stage two to begin. Elsewhere, Psylocke arranges a meeting between Jimmy and Mach Two and telepathically influences both to make a deal. Mach Two's outcasts will join Kitty's mutants against the human forces. Kitty addresses all mutants, saying that they should meet aggression with resistance, not violence. Jean Grey decides to help Kitty cement her victory so after all is said and done she may bring them into the fold united under Tian. Little does Jean know that Psylocke is spying on her...