More X-Force Annual Preview Pages

New pages for the X-Force Annual announced earlier. I should say, I certainly do not look forward to reading this book. Actually, this Annual makes me angry - Wolverine has his freaking share of ongoings, minis, solos and guest appearances! And so does or new "He's in so many books I'm starting to hate him"-King - Deadpool. Maybe the writers forget that X-Force is a complicated team and its actual leader is Cyclops and this team actually HAS other members. And putting them on two (or less) pages doesn't make it X-Force comics. I think X-23, Warpath, Elixir and Domino made enough this year to deserve to be in they're own annual comic book. Disgusting. And Deadpool - yeah, he might join the team, maybe even in this book, but still, annual should be about all team members. If you still haven't given up on hope to see the team in much more than just the preview pages - just look at the cover. Still, Laura is on the list of people to play some role in one of the stories smiling like she never does and already telling us she'll be badly out-of-character-written, so who knows?

Awesome X-23 by Mike Choi

Yes, this picture has been out for some time now, sorry I couldn't post it earlier. This is brilliant - a birthday gift from Mike Choi to Craig Kyle.

X-Solicits for February 2010

NATION X #3 (of 4)
Written by CHUCK KIM, GRACE RANDOLPH, CORY LEWIS & OTHERS
Penciled by GABRIEL HERNANDEZ WALTA, JAMES HARREN, CORY LEWIS & OTHERS
Cover by DUSTIN WEAVER
Danger is back with the X-Men and it’s time to pay for the death of her first victim, Wing, in ASTONISHING X-MEN. First in line for pay-back is Armor. Meanwhile, Magik has banished Anole to Limbo, but why? Cannonball’s hands are full dealing with the incoming military jet threatening the mutant’s new home. All this plus a story that is so top secret we can’t tell you who is writing it or drawing it or who it’s about!

X-FORCE #24
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST & CRAIG KYLE
Pencils & Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
Variant Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
NECROSHA PART FIVE (of SIX)
Death comes to X-Force! The final battle begins as X-Force storms Necrosha to find and kill the Black Queen...but there are 16 million of her slaves between them and her. As the team's least likely member goes on a suicide mission to save Warpath, Selene achieves her heart's desire…and someone doesn't walk away from this fight.

X-MEN: PIXIE STRIKES BACK #1 (of 4)
Written by KATHRYN IMMONEN
Penciled by SARA PICHELLI
Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Pixie, X-23, Armor, Mercury and Blindfold face a new kind of hell: high school! Things get even worse when Pixie’s mother shows up on Utopia demanding to see her daughter. Discover the truth about Pixie, inculding the answer to something even SHE doesn’t know: the identity of her father- one of the most dangerous X-Villains ever!

X-Force Annual #1

Unexpected, behind our backs, something horrible appears: X-Force Annual #1
It might be not as scary us it looks, but holy ####, the art is so bad it almost tells me to kill myself. It really reminds me of this horrible "Times and Life of Lucas Bishop" art. Just look at X-23's face. But, I guess it will be one of the million Wolverine comics and "X-Force"'s name only is there to get the readers, so it doesn't matter. I am almost certain that the only part of other team members we'll get to see is the one in the preview. Is it a good or a bad thing - I have no idea.
The second part is more interesting, though!

X-FORCE ANNUAL #1
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN, CRAIG KYLE & CHRISTOPHER YOST
Art by JASON PEARSON & CARLO BARBERI
Cover by JASON PEARSON
Wolverine is sent into the heart of a Hydra base alone. His mission: like a needle in a haystack, he's tasked with bringing in one specific Hydra agent. But why? And what does this mission have to do with the dwindling mutant population and X-Force? (Autor's comment: Nothing.)
Plus, a NECROSHA BONUS FEATURE!! The Black Queen's forces are consuming Utopia. The X-Men and X-Force fight for their lives. And amid the chaos, a squad of resurrected Acolytes have come for the former White King of the Hellfire Club...Magneto. But what they find instead is much, much worse: DEADPOOL! The Merc With a Mouth (and Loa) joins the fight in 'UNDEADPOOL.'
40 pages /Parental Advisory.....3.99

Hero Initiative Wolverine 100 Project

Terry Dodson's drawing for Wolverine 100 Project featuring Wolverine and X-23. The drawing was done with pencil, Pitt and Copic Markers on a blank-cover Wolverine : Weapon X #1. This will be featured in the Wolverine 100 book and will be available for auction. For more details - click here. You can see other Wolverine covers here.

X-Force #21 Preview

Cover by: Clayton Crain
Writers: Craig Kyle & Chris Yost
Pencils: Clayton Crain
Inks: Clayton Crain
Colored by: Clayton Crain
Lettered by: VC's Cory Petit

The Story: Necrosha continues here! The resurrected dead lay siege to the X-Men's headquarters, and the fight to survive the Black Queen's vengeance begins. But while Warpath and Wolverine realize what's happening, they may be too late to stop it. Because Selene is already well on her way to achieving ultimate power half a world away. And as the rest of the X-Men fight mutants back from the dead, Wolfsbane struggles to survive a very different threat. Plus! The long awaited return of the Vanisher. Part Two (of Six)
In Stores: November 11, 2009

P.S.: "Is Elixir in a save place?" - Awwwww! ^^ Haha

Another Homage X-Force Cover

New homage ("Underworld") variant cover from X-Force #23 by Clayton Crain.