Welcome to Comic Sense, a weekly look at some of the best and worst of what the comic industry has to offer. This week the shelves were full of X-Books, so that’s what we’ll be focusing on. Mutie haters go no further, it’s Comic Sense X-Men Edition. (Note: X-Force 5.1 also came out this week, but it was sold out at my shop and won’t as a result will not be featured.) … Uncanny X-Men Annual Writer: James Asmus Illustrator: Nicholas Bradshaw Publisher: Marvel Comics Uncanny X-Men Annual is the first of a three part story dealing with a team…
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Because it’s more fun to be a mutant than a light, anyway. In the last few months, X-Readers all over the world saw something that they had not seen for quite some time. Following the Second Coming crossover it was strongly hinted that Hope, Scott Summers’ own Mutant Messiah, would bring on a wave of new mutants. And while things certainly haven’t returned to pre M-Day levels with mutants becoming the dominant species, and riots at Xavier’s, we have been introduced to the “Five Lights.” For those of you keeping score at home, the five lights are the first “new”…
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  Marvel is pleased to present your fist look at Generation Hope #2, from the electrifying creative team of writer Kieron Gillen and artist Salva Espin! Spinning out of Uncanny X-Men comes the most important tale of mutantkind’s struggle for survival. Hope Summers’ return brought about the activation of five mutants’ latent gifts in violent and unpredictable ways. Now the fifth light has laid waste to Tokyo. Can Hope, Wolverine, Cyclops, and the rest of their team take down the final mutant? Find out in Generation Hope #2!   GENERATION HOPE #2 (OCT100654) Written by KIERON GILLEN Art by SALVA…
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