X-Force #23 Preview

COVER BY: Clayton Crain
WRITER: Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost
PENCILS: Clayton Crain
INKS: Array
X-FORCE has a new mission: KILL SELENE. As Utopia burns, Wolverine and the team heads to take down the Black Queen and rescue one of their own, but they have no idea what they're in for when they arrive on the shores of Necrosha. The biggest X-Force story yet continues as Selene's Inner Circle begins to tear itself apart, and the truth about Wolfsbane is finally revealed. PART FOUR (of SIX) Parental Advisory …$2.99
IN STORES: January 27, 2010 

Advance X-Solicitations, April 2010

NEW MUTANTS #12
Written by ZEB WELLS
Penciled by IBRAIM ROBERSON
Cover by ADI GRANOV
Variant Cover by DAVID FINCH
IRON MAN BY DESIGN VARIANT
by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
SECOND COMING, CHAPTER THREE
Fall of a New Mutant?! The X-Men are hot on the trail of Cable and Hope and meet Bastion’s forces head-on, in the form of Bastion’s capo William Stryker and his Purifier army. Stryker’s forces score one casualty early, but who wins the battle? At the same time the New Mutants are hitting Bastion’s second-in-command, Cameron Hodge. But going up against Hodge and 100 of his soldiers is way out of their league and one of them won’t walk away from it.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #523
Written by MATT FRACTION
Penciled by TERRY DODSON
Cover by ADI GRANOV
Variant Cover by DAVID FINCH
IRON MAN BY DESIGN VARIANT by MIKE PERKINS
SECOND COMING, CHAPTER TWO
The race to find Cable and Hope is on, but who will get to them first? Will it be Cyclops and the X-Men or Bastion and his mutant-hating cabal? Cyclops isn’t waiting for the answer to that as takes the fight directly to Bastion with the New Mutants!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-FORCE #26
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST & CRAIG KYLE
Penciled by MIKE CHOI
Cover by ADI GRANOV
Variant Cover by DAVID FINCH
RIP VARIANT by TBA
IRON MAN BY DESIGN VARIANT by TBA
SECOND COMING, CHAPTER FIVE
As the X-Men make their desperate attempt to get Hope to Utopia, the battle will cost them one of their own.  Nothing will ever be the same.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99





X-MEN: PIXIE STRIKES BACK #3 (of 4)
Written by KATHRYN IMMONEN
Penciled by SARA PICHELLI
Cover by STUART IMMONEN
The illusion of high-school reality comes crashing down on Pixie, X-23 and the other X-Girls and it’s not pretty. They’re being held by a demon king who, shockingly enough, doesn’t have their best interest at heart. The X-Men are coming to save the day, but will it matter? The secret of Pixie’s parentage is out and no one will ever look at her the same way again.
32 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

Making of X-23

This is interesting. Visit this link to see how a X-23-statuette is made.

   

Pixie: Making it on Her Own

COVER BY: Stuart Immonen
WRITER: Kathryn Immonen
PENCILS: Sara Pichelli
INKS: Array
COLORED BY: Christina Strain
LETTERED BY: Robert Steen
THE STORY: 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! Rated A …$3.99
IN STORES: February 10, 2010
One of the X-Men's youngest members flies into her first extended solo adventure with X-MEN: PIXIE STRIKES BACK #1 on February 10, from writer Kathryn Immonen and artist Sara Pichelli. The four-issue limited series will take Pixie and her teammates Armor, Mercury, X-23, and Blindfold and send them to any teenager's nightmare: high school. But according to Immonen, all may not as it appears.
"How can I break this to you gently-it's not actually a real high school," the writer informs us.
"From Pixie's perspective, everything is super perfect. From everyone else's, the exact opposite of super perfect, but it's hard to fight back against something you can't see or control. And that's all I'm going to say about that!

The story will also explore the relationships Pixie and her fellow teammates share in a new light.
I'm really keen, in this story, to take a hard look at what these girls mean to each other," explains Immonen. As teammates certainly, but maybe more importantly as friends and almost sisters. And Pixie's going to have a lot to answer for by the time we're done. She's proved herself pretty easily to them all the way along. It may not be so simple for her from here on in."
It's got mutants and magic! A demon from the past! Nefarious plans! Stabbings! Very scary school nurses! Girls talking in bathrooms! And Sara Pichelli and [colorist] Christina Strain are knocking it all right out of the proverbial park!" Source

Nation X #2 Preview

COVER BY: Dustin Weaver
WRITER: John Barber
C.B. CEBULSKI
Becky Cloonan
Tim Fish
PENCILS: Becky Cloonan
Tim Fish
INKS: Array
THE STORY:
IN THIS ISSUE: Jubilee returns to the X-Men, Gambit has trouble adjusting to life on Utopia, Northstar deals with the distance that island living necessitates and No-Girl has to save all the X-Men from a foe living right under their noses. Part 2 (of 4) Rated A …$3.99
IN STORES: January 13, 2010 

X-POSITION: Craig Kyle and Chris Yost

Nice interview with our beloved writers. Have fun! Source.

Do you plan on leaving any drastic changes to make a big exit on your excellent run?
 
Yost: Before our run is over, the cast will change.
Kyle: Yes, quite a bit - from top to bottom. 

Are there any X-23/Hope scenes planned in either "X-Men: Second Coming" or "X-Force?" Hope seemed to form some sort of attachment to Laura, and they need to meet up again!

Yost: That will be touched on soon, if not already. In the pages of "Cable," there is a scene where Hope mentions Laura by name. And if it's not out yet...spoiler!

 Any news on that third "X-23" miniseries?

Kyle: For now, that story's kind of on hold. There's lots of stuff coming with X-23 in the future, so for fans of her, there's wonderful surprises on the way. As for Chris and I writing that third story? For right now, that's been put on ice. We've had a lot of success and a lot of happy fans with the first two minis, and the last thing we want to do is put out one that is half-cooked.
 Chris and I are up to our eyeballs in work right now, so to do that kind of final chapter of our work with her - the timing isn't right. If we can't give it our best, we're not going to do it halfway. It's something Chris and I would love to do, but I wouldn't look for it in the near future...unless Chris goes behind my back and does it without me.
Yost: I've already started it.

Kyle: [Chuckles] Look for it in 2010!
Yost: January 2010.
Kyle: Can I at least get a copy?
Yost: No.

How about "X-Force: Sex & Violence?" Is there a release date for this yet?

Yost: It's not on the schedule yet, but issue #2 is pretty much wrapped. Or, if not, it's close. And I know we say this every time, but - ohmigod! It is spectacular.
Kyle: When it does come out - and I think it will probably hit before we're out of the series - it will be worth the wait when it hits the shelves.[...] It's going to be a beautiful and twisted and screwed up and dark and funny and sexy andeverything kind of book.

Awesome X-23 VS Lady Deathstrike Diorama

The latest to join the line of Marvel collectibles is the X-23 VS Lady Deathstrike Diorama. This dynamic scene depicts two of the Marvel Universe's most furious mutant sirens in the heat of battle with claws bared. The X-23 VS Lady Deathstrike Diorama is cast in heavyweight, high-quality polystone, then hand-finished and hand-painted to exacting standards. Each piece is individually painted and finished, each with its own unique quality and detail that is the trademark of a handcrafted product. The X-23 VS Lady Deathstrike Diorama is the perfect addition to any Marvel display. Watch the video presentation.