New 'Captain Britain' Book Teaser

If you can identity the artist, feel free to comment below.

Captain Britain by Yannick Paquette

X-Men Monday #171 – X Me Anything With Jordan D. White

AIPT: While on the topic of telepaths, X-Fan Lystra said with Betsy Braddock banned from Britain, claiming Krakoan citizenship, and possibly going on multiverse adventures, what significance do you feel the Captain Britain mantle holds for her? It feels like the name and colors don’t match with her mission statement anymore.

Jordan: I think that’s Britain’s problem. [Laughs] I mean, she was chosen for the mantle and the Captain Britain Corps are bigger than any one country. She was chosen for the mantle and sinister forces within the British government are conspiring to deny her that right. For her to just abandon it would be just giving up and letting them win. And I don’t think that she has any interest in doing that. I also don’t think she’s ready to abandon Britain. So I don’t expect that story’s over. I think you will see future developments on that.

AIPT: When might we see those future developments?

Jordan: I can’t say but it won’t be too long.

August 2022 Sales Ranking: "Knights of X" Ends With a Whimper

Comic Book Revolution: Knights of X #5 continued its free fall as it plummeted from the number #79 spot to the number #143 spot. Now, to be fair, Knights of X #5 was released on August 31, 2022. However, a number 143 ranking is so awful that even it Knights of X #5 was released earlier in August its sales ranking still would have been outside of the Top 100.

Again, pay attention to the writers of these poorly performing titles. You will notice the same names resurfacing again and again. This title is a Tini Howard “gem.” Knights of X failed when it was Excalibur. We know that Marvel is already canceling Knights of X and is going to replace it with a similar title penned by Tini Howard. And we all know that the new title will also be a sales failure. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I am pretty sure that is the slogan for the X-Men editorial staff.

The full ranking for X-Books:

12 X-Men #13 A.X.E.

18 Immortal X-Men #5 A.X.E.

25 X-Men Red #5 A.X.E.

34 X-Men #14 A.X.E.

40 X-Men Legends #1

43 X-Force #30 A.X.E.

66 Ms. Marvel & Wolverine #1

74 Gambit #1 (Of 5) (Resolicitation)

81 New Mutants #28

84 Legion Of X #4

102 X-Men ’92 House of XCII #3 (Of 5)

107 X-Force #31 A.X.E.

112 Marauders #5

113 Gambit #2 (Of 5)

116 X-Men Unlimited X-Men Green #1 (Of 2)

122 X-Men ’92 House of XCII #4

133 Wolverine Patch #5 (Of 5)

143 Knights of X #5

190 X-Men Hellfire Gala #1 (Resolicitation)

Cover Layout for Upcoming Book Teases Captain Britain

 

Allegedly, a Marvel artist posted this layout for an upcoming cover on their Social Media. The characters featured appear to be Rachel, Betsy (donning a new costume) and Brian. If anyone can identify the artist, please let us know in the comments section.

X-Men Monday Call for Questions with Jordan D. White

 

AiPT!: X-Men Senior Editor Jordan D. White is returning to X-Men Monday for another round of questions. Accepting Questions About: Anything X-Men. Click HERE to submit your questions. Deadline: Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 5 PM EST. No spoiler questions will be selected.

We encourage you to send as many questions about Betsy as you can, particularly regarding when we will see her again or the mission statement of her new book. Unfortunately, AiPT! is heavily affiliated with the X-Office (gotta get those exclusives somehow), so any question criticizing Tini Howard's take on Betsy, as polite or valid as it may be, will obviously not be selected.

Commissions by Angel Solorzano and Romina Jones

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Knights of X #5 Art

 

Knights of X #5 Spoilers

Spoilers: Mr. M explains he had the Siege Perilous pulverized to create the realm of Mercator, but that he needs all ten Knights to remake it. While Shogo approaches the Knights bringing Roma and Saturnyne with him, with Merlyn following their trail, the Knights decide to investigate a mysterious card castle. They deduce Gambit might be there and that the castle represents his heart. While investigating, Arthur emerges from a scrying pool and pulls Mordred with him. The Knights just leave them behind to their fates. Later, they come across a number of Gambit statues representing Remy at different points in his life. Rachel uses her chromoskimming powers to find the real Gambit among the different timelines. A manifestation of Wrongslide emerges, and the Knights think Wrongslide represents Gambit’s fear of being resurrected wrong once he goes through the Resurrection Protocols. Gambit appears as his “Death” person and attacks the Knights. After a brief battle, Betsy frees Gambit with her psychic sword. Sunfire appears and cleanse Gambit with fire just like he did when they were both Horsemen of Apocalypse together. Gambit is confused when he suddenly sees Rogue rushing to his arms. With all ten Knights together, the Siege Perilous opened up as a door from Mercator to Krakoa. Many Krakoan mutants come to help the Knights, squashing Merlyn’s army (Yes. The final battle is reduced to a single splash page). Next page is the mutants celebrating their victory. Arthur and Mordred somehow are on good terms. Brian offers to tutor the young Mordred. Betsy tells Rachel that what they did to Gambit can be done by any other telepath and that death in Otherworld is fixed now (It makes no sense). Betsy returns to the Starlight Citadel to meet Saturnyne, Roma and Merlyn. She proclaims herself a free agent now and declines any allegiance to Saturnyne or Roma. As for Merlyn, she sentences him to death by beheading him. With the Captain Britain Corps by her side, Betsy decides to patrol the multiverse for whatever reason and asks Rachel to join her.

Tini Howard’s brilliant, exciting new direction for Betsy, which she described as “Betsy’s greatest ride yet” is essentially New Exiles Part 2. May God help us all in these trying times.

Knights of X #5 Advanced Preview