Next week...

...it's the first issue of Captain Britain and MI-13, the Excalibur replacement from the writer of last year's highly enjoyable Wisdom series.  I'm looking forward to this one.  There's also the first issue of GeNext, a five-issue miniseries by Chris Claremont about the next generation of X-Men, set in a world where the series took place in real time.  Wolverine #63 completes the "Get Mystique" arc, while Wolverine: The Amazing Immortal Man and Other Bloody Tales (no, really, that's the title) is a one-shot with three stories by David Lapham.  X-Men Origin: Colossus is a one-shot about Peter's back story.  X-Men: Legacy #211 begins a new arc, "Sins of the Father."  And New Exiles #6 has a biplane on the cover. 

Late

Due 19 April 2006: The original shipping date for Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk #3.  Lest we forget.  Issue #3 slipped initially from 19 April to 17 May, and several weeks after missing that date too, it was finally rescheduled for 12 July.  Then it was rescheduled again, to 9 August.  And then it was 20 September.  And then it was 25 October.  And then the week after that, they changed it to 1 November.  Then, in mid-October, they moved it to 27 December.  And then, in December, they pulled it from the schedules altogether.  Allegedly, Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk will be rescheduled for a later date - although frankly, I don't believe it for a second - so I'm leaving it on the list for now.

Due 27 February 2008: Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1, now rescheduled for 28 May.

Upcoming

Due 21 May 2008: Aron Coleite takes over as writer on Ultimate X-Men with issue #94.  He's from TV, so there's a fifty-fifty chance we'll never see issue #95.   Wolverine: Origins celebrates 25 issues, by finishing off the Deadpool arc and reprinting the whole of New Mutants #98.  (Who the heck do they think is reading this book?  Daniel Way and Rob Liefeld in the same product?)  X-Factor #31 sees riots in Mutant Town.  And X-Men: Divided We Stand #2 is the second of two short story collections.

They're joined by Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1, rescheduled from 28 February.

Due 28 May 2008: Angel: Revelations #1 begins a revamp of Angel's origin story (which, if we're being honest, always needed a little work).  He also gets a solo story in X-Men: First Class #12.  Uncanny X-Men #498 continues the retro San Francisco storyline, while X-Men: Legacy #212 - it's biweekly - visits the Hellfire Club..  Wolverine: First Class #3 begins a High Evolutionary two-parter.  X-Force #4 has more Purifier-killing.

They're joined by Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1, rescheduled from 28 February.

Meanwhile, Excalibur Classic vol 5 gets into filler stories and "Cheerleaders from Heck."  Wolverine: Origins gets a fourth trade paperback, containing the Captain America arc (one of the better ones).  And there's a second volume of X-Men: The Complete Onslaught, presumably for nostalgists who've lost their original issues.

Due 4 June 2008: Cable reaches issue #4, and he's still fighting Bishop.  Wolverine: Dangerous Game is just what we've all been waiting for - a Wolverine one-shot about the evils of foxhunting.  And Young X-Men #3 sees the kids face off against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.  There's also something called the Astonishing X-Men Sketchbook Special, which is basically a trailer for the next relaunch.

X-Factor Visionaries collects a fourth volume of Peter David stories from the nineties, and the Kitty Pryde & Wolverine miniseries from the 1980s gets a long overdue collection.

Due 11 June 2008: The "Secret Invasion" crossover continues in Captain Britain and MI: 13 #2.  Chris Claremont's alternate reality X-Men series continues in GeNext #2.  New Exiles #7 visits a world stuck 400 years in the past.  Wolverine #66 begins "Old Man Logan", an alternate future storyline by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven.  And X-Force Special is a one-shot with a double-bill of Wolverine and Warpath stories.

There's also the eighth hardback of Ultimate X-Men, and the paperback edition of Wolverine: Enemy of the State.

Due 18 June 2008: Ultimate X-Men #95 features Ultimate Alpha Flight.  And X-Factor #32 reaches a turning point.

Due 25 June 2008: Uncanny X-Men #499 wraps up the "Divided We Stand" arc.  Wolverine: First Class features... the Knights of Wundagore?  Uh, okay.  Wolverine: Origins #26 begins an uncharacterstically concise two-part arc about the origin of Daken.  X-Men: First Class #13 guest stars Machine Man.  And X-Men: Legacy #213 continues digging into the past.

Last updated: 11 May 2008