Advanced X-Solicits for October 2008
Monday, July 21st, 2008Marvel provided CBR with advanced X-Solicits for the month of October 2008:
X-MEN: MANIFEST DESTINY #2 (of 4)
Written by MIKE CAREY & CHRIS YOST
Penciled by MICHAEL RYAN & VARIOUS
Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Mike Carey’s Iceman saga continues as things take a dark turn for Bobby Drake with the emergence of an old, deadly foe of the X-Men. Will this spell disaster for our hero or a new chapter in the history of this original X-Man? Also, Emma Frost as you’ve never seen her before. And find out what Boom Boom has been up to since NEXTWAVE!
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99UNCANNY X-MEN #503
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Cover by GREG LAND
Who will save the X-Men from the Hellfire Cult? It’s not Wolverine. It’s not Cyclops. But it better be someone because they’re a minute from death. And who is that mysterious red-head?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
X-MEN: LEGACY #217
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by SCOT EATON
Cover by MIKE DEODATO & RICHARD ISANOVE
“ORIGINAL SIN” PART 2
After his bruising encounter with Cyclops and Emma Frost, Professor X is forced to revisit the biggest challenge and the biggest failure of his career: Logan. But the layers of lies hide one last, deadly secret which goes back to the days of the X-Men’s founding, and the Professor’s timing couldn’t possibly be worse…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
CABLE #7
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Pencils & Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI
Zombie Variant by RICHARD CORBEN
“WAITING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD,” PART 1
When Bishop travels back to the present in search of intel that will aid his search for Cable and the mutant baby, he’s
intercepted by the X-Force! With Cyclops eagerly waiting to interrogate his former comrade, it would appear that the game is over for the time-traveling cop. So why is Bishop smiling? What trick does he have up his sleeve? And what does this mean for Cable and the baby?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
NEW EXILES #12 & 13
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by PACO DIAZ LUQUE, TOM GRUMMETT & MORE
Covers by MICHAEL GOLDEN
& ALEXANDER GARNER
Another double-dose of dimensional deeds dives your way this month! First, in issue 12, Sabretooth and Cat finish their face-off against Madame Hydra and her evil band of crosstime killers. Then, as a new arc begins in issue 13, the Exiles deal with the fallout of their last two missions…oh, and that pesky impending End of All that Is, the death and destruction of the OmniVerse! It’s a double-barreled confrontation that not all of them may survive.
32 PGS.(each)/Rated A …$2.99 (each)
Written by MIKE CAREY & CHRIS YOST
Penciled by MICHAEL RYAN & VARIOUS
Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Mike Carey’s Iceman saga continues as things take a dark turn for Bobby Drake with the emergence of an old, deadly foe of the X-Men. Will this spell disaster for our hero or a new chapter in the history of this original X-Man? Also, Emma Frost as you’ve never seen her before. And find out what Boom Boom has been up to since NEXTWAVE!
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ASTONISHING X-MEN: GHOST BOXES #1 (of 2)
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils by ALAN DAVIS & ADI GRANOV
Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
You met Subject X in the pages of Astonishing X-Men! But what was he really doing and who he was doing it for? Find out in this essential 2-issue tie-in series to Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi’s opening salvo on Astonishing X-Men! Ghost Boxes is about the choices that man made and could have made, and the ripples they cause. Ghost Boxes is about the real stakes of the Ghost Box storyline, and what will happen if the X-Men fail to solve the mystery.
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Cover by GREG LAND
Who will save the X-Men from the Hellfire Cult? It’s not Wolverine. It’s not Cyclops. But it better be someone because they’re a minute from death. And who is that mysterious red-head?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
X-FACTOR #36
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by LARRY STROMAN
Cover by BOO COOK
X-Factor manages to track down Darwin, but will they be able to rescue him before the mysterious Karma organization
completes their experiments? And with it’s forces stretched so thin, can our mutant heroes stand up to the U.S. government when it decides to place Siryn and her unborn child in “protective custody”?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
YOUNG X-MEN #7
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM
Pencils & Cover by BEN OLIVER
Zombie Variant by HUMBERTO RAMOS
MANIFEST DESTINY TIE-IN
The Young X-Men have a brand new line-up… but one of them isn’t a mutant! And doesn’t know it! Secrets are revealed and discovered in this self-contained issue perfect for new readers and fans of the new Manifest Destiny X-Status Quo!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
X-MEN: LEGACY #217
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by SCOT EATON
Cover by MIKE DEODATO & RICHARD ISANOVE
“ORIGINAL SIN” PART 2
After his bruising encounter with Cyclops and Emma Frost, Professor X is forced to revisit the biggest challenge and the biggest failure of his career: Logan. But the layers of lies hide one last, deadly secret which goes back to the days of the X-Men’s founding, and the Professor’s timing couldn’t possibly be worse…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
X-FORCE #8
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST & CRAIG KYLE
Pencils & Cover by MIKE CHOI
“OLD GHOSTS”
The Vanisher now possesses the one thing that can kill every mutant on the planet. Guess who just made X-Force’s hit list? The hunt begins in Japan, but Wolverine and his team aren’t the only ones after him. And in an attempt to make peace with the blood on his hands, Warpath goes to visit his brother’s grave…but what he finds when he arrives means the killing has just begun. Part 2 (OF 4)
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
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