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fishtaco
03-20-2006, 04:06 PM
http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/article/showquestion.asp?faq=11&fldAuto=284

CIVIL WAR: X-MEN will be a lot of fun. David Hine of X-MEN: THE 198, SON OF M and DISTRICT X fame tackles the writing chores while the great Yanick Paquette makes his triumphant return to Marvel as artist of the four-issue limited series. X-MEN: THE 198 cover artist Juan Doe returns for another dose of powerful and iconic covers.

People who have been reading the X-Men books over the past few months know that mutants (and the X-Men in particular) have had their hands full since the events of M-Day and Decimation. With The O*N*E and the Sentinel Squad camping out on their front lawn, the X-Men’s lives have been anything but easy. Now, with the start of Marvel’s Civil War, the X-Men soon find that the harder they try to stay out of this war, the more they get drawn right into the thick of it.

Expect to see everybody who’s everybody in this series—the Astonishing X-Men, the 198, X-Force, Sentinel Squad and The O*N*E.I'll give it a try, but only because Domino, Bishop, Archangel, and Shatterstar are in it. If I'm not impressed by issue 2, I'm done with it. Crossovers are very rarely cool in my book. painter John Watson will be doing some amazing X-Men covers for us very soon. Yay!! This guy rocks!!n my mind, four guys defined the “look” of the X-Men that we all associate with everyone’s favorite mutants: John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Paul Smith, and a few years later, Jim Lee. Other great contributors include John Romita Jr, Marc Silvestri, Frank Quitely and Chris Bachalo, but those first four guys I mentioned are really the cornerstones of the X-art world, in my opinion. imo, the best X-artists are Jim Lee (Harras treatment aside), JRJR, Marc Silvestri, Bill Sienkewicz, Bret Blevins, Neal Adams, Salvador Larroca, and Alan Davis. It makes me feel hungry…not sure why. Seriously, though, it’s wonderful to see these two characters interacting…they have such a rich history with one another. I won't be reading it, but I'm still glad Jubes has a spot in the fold somewhere. If I were in charge, Wolverine would be the only book that Logan appears in, as well as Jubilee. They would go on adventures in Madripoor and fight the Reavers, and stuff. Because he’s the best he is at what he does? Not good enough. If the right writer has the right idea, we’ll consider it.Heh. Gaia.

Beast
03-20-2006, 04:08 PM
http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/article/showquestion.asp?faq=11&fldAuto=284

I'll give it a try, but only because Domino, Bishop, Archangel, and Shatterstar are in it. If I'm not impressed by issue 2, I'm done with it. Crossovers are very rarely cool in my book.
It's not a crossover, it's a tie-in. :p

Faded
03-20-2006, 04:21 PM
I'm glad for more Clayton Henry. I think he'd be great for New X-Men.
I've enjoyed Juan Doe's covers, so I'm happy about that.
I think cameos are probably what are gonna get me for Civil War: X-Men.

Teacher student reunion including Northstar?!?! Yay!!! Hopefully it doesn't result in one of them dying. Always a worry these days.

Good to know the other kids will appear in Astonishing. Pats to Joss.

Not excited about Karima. New Excalibur maybe?

Oh and the Gaia question is cute. :) Not that I'm particularly interested in her, its nice to have stories involving long lost characters like her.

Will.S
03-20-2006, 04:59 PM
So it seems like what people have been speculating about Bishop might be true in that he'll be pro-registration and be a long term type of enforcer of the registration act. I'm glad that David Hine is writing it since he has a great handle on Bishop from District X and he's writing some really good stuff right now.

X-Men Civil War sure seems to have some important stuff going on with the 198 characters and Angel so I can't wait for it. I'm also interested in Sunfire and Gambit's whole deal after Blood of Apocalypse since one would think that they wouldn't show up so soon after being turned to horsemen. Perhaps Gambit will be the team's ongoing villain.

Hi-Fi
03-20-2006, 06:08 PM
So I guess Bishop will leave the X-Men...

Kids in Astonishing are probably Hisako, Blindfold and Cuckoos.

Kids in X-Men are probably Bling! and Onyxx.

Midnite
03-20-2006, 07:01 PM
drrrroooooooooooolllllll

jawbreaker
03-20-2006, 08:41 PM
the guy's name is Juan Doe, heh...

Keith_Martineau
03-21-2006, 07:24 AM
Pipe dream...
Can you imagine Travis Charest doing an arc or ongoing stint on one of the X-titles?

Nobbel
03-21-2006, 12:23 PM
Seems they are hinting Karima will join one of the teams

Will.S
03-21-2006, 01:21 PM
Pipe dream...
Can you imagine Travis Charest doing an arc or ongoing stint on one of the X-titles?
Nah dude, imagine Travel Foreman on an X-title....droool.

BTW now thinking about it, does Bishop joining the gov't and being pro-registration as well as not having a huge problem with the 198 given tags make sense given that he has the "mutant" brand on his eye and comes from a Sentinel dominated era?

Maybe he's realizing that in this 616 timeline things are going to be different but I would have thought that he, like Rachel, would have been as mad about the current situation and things kind of spiraling out of control.

Frank
03-21-2006, 03:56 PM
Who`s Ronald Moore?

jawbreaker
03-21-2006, 08:23 PM
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