SECRET COMIC VARIANT COVER BY SCOTT KOBLISH SCOTT KOBLISH, Danilo Beyruth, MIKE HAWTHORNE, Tony Harris & MORE (A)ĪCTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

GERRY DUGGAN, CULLEN BUNN, BEN ACKER, BEN BLACKER, MIKE HAWTHORNE, Tim Seeley & MORE (W) Personally, I’d recommend this comic as a jumping on point for anyone who hasn’t been keeping up witht this storyline, especially since its going to include Ben Acker and Ben Blacker of Thrilling Adventure Hour. Issue #7 also serves as the character’s 25th anniversary so it’s interesting to see how far along the character’s come since whatever he was on the cover of “New Mutants” #98. I’m stupidly on board with the latest volume of “Deadpool.” Gerry Duggan’s quickly establishing himself as one of my favorite writers for Wade Wilson by making him(?) a corporate figurehead in charge of his own team of mercenaries in Deadpool gear. And when the Clear Mountain Project purports to offer evil mutants a chance at rehabilitation, it’s up to the X-Men to investigate! As things go wrong, they’ll face some of their decade’s fiercest foes, like Cyber and Omega Red - but who on Battleworld is the Shadow Queen?! With the X-Men in deep trouble, will anyone step up to save the domain of Westchester from a future of fear and hatred? How about an X-Force ’92 lineup featuring Cable, Deadpool, Domino, Psylocke, Archangel and Bishop? Could this totally tubular tale be any more ’90s? Collecting X-MEN ’92 (2015) #1-4.

Revisit a blue-and-golden age for the X-Men in Battleworld’s most animated realm! The ’90s-era team is as uncanny as ever: Professor X, Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Rogue, Gambit and - yes! - Jubilee. This month, the trade for “X-Men ’92” is labeled #0 which means we’re probably going to see an ongoing or limited series out of this, especially since not many of the “Secret Wars” trades came with a #0 label besides other continuing ones like “A-Force.” While “X-Men ’92” wouldn’t exactly be my first choice for a continued “Secret Wars” series (‘sup Future Imperfect), we’re glad to see former MC fella Chad Bowers possibly getting more Marvel work, if our prediction comes true.

As per usual, we try to look into some of the particulars of Marvel’s solicitations to look towards the future.

X-Men '92, Vol. 0 by Chad Bowers