EXCL. PREVIEWS: "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man," "First X-Men"

[CBR News]

Marvel has provided CBR with exclusive previews of two of next week's new releases: Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez's "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" #13 and Neal Adams and Christos Gage's "First X-Men" #1


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[Swashbuckler]

I am VERY curious to see the sales on "First X-Men".

[graffiX]

I think I'll be passing on First X-Men.

[damage_inc]

Seems like it might be another attempt to frame Magneto in a heroic light.

[AcesX1X]

i'm excited for first x-men. it looks like the only place to catch a decent wolverine these days.

[Flameworthy]

First X-Men looks super boring. Was this book really necessary? I wish Marvel would stop messing with past continuity so much.

[Imraith Nimphais]

Wasn't the plot "young scared kid coming into his powers blows up himself and Wolverine" used already when Claremont came back to Uncanny X-men? tsktsktsk.

[Swashbuckler]

It's also the same story Austen wrote about Northstar joining the team, though his issue was actually emotionally amazing and not some cheap cash grab like this clearly is.

[Jackraow21]

Wolverine looks big in those pages. Guess they are going for a Hugh Jackman vibe, which makes me wonder if he'll have an expanded role in the XMFC sequel (hence them shoe-horning Logan into the pre-X-men continuity in the comics)...

[graffiX]

I just get the impression (from this preview and the past interviews) that they are retconning Logan into more of a teacher/mentor role like he currently is in WaTXM.

I have not kept up to date on my Wolverine continuity (it changes annually) but I thought he was a killer/black ops operative before joining Department H and definitely before joining the X-Men?

NOW it seems like they are saying "well he still did that 'killer' stuff, but BEFORE all that and AFTER the war he was a teacher and leader of a mutant squad."

He's the headmaster of a school now....I can buy that. Character progression and all that. But now this is retcon is trying to tell me he had this role before.

[DexterSinister]

i'm excited for first x-men. it looks like the only place to catch a decent wolverine these days.

That's going to be X-Treme X-Men for me.

[NGK2008]

That's going to be X-Treme X-Men for me.

And Uncanny X-Force for me. At least for a while.

First X-Men looks about as bad as I'd expected when the project was announced, which is a shame because I don't dislike Gage's writing. But this seems more like a contrived series to: justify Wolverine in a teacher role as graffiX mentioned + maybe open the doors for Wolverine to make an earlier appearance in First Class movies + give Neal Adams what he wants...rather than be driven by a strong story. Oh, well. I'll just ignore it from here on out.

[Hariel0079]

Yea I'm gonna pass on First X-men

[Askani's Flame]

So wait, this series takes place in 1970's Harlem and before the creation of the X-Men(by the looks of things)? So I take that the 0-5 are going to be from the 90's then . . .

Pass.

[xhx23x]

The preview isn't interesting at all, but I am still curious enough to check it out.