UNCANNY MARVEL! Part 1

THE UNCANNY X-MEN #43
Written by RICK REMENDER
Plot by EXCITER
Art by CHRIS BACHALO
“X-MEN BLUE BLOOD” part one “THE GILDED AGE”
While on the hunt for escaped international terrorist Daken, the X-Men are waylaid in England by... Elizabethan era nobility? Kitty Pryde awakens to find herself in the year 1599! But it’s not quite the 1599 she remembers from the history books. For example, the Queen... has claws!
After Kitty uses her powers of intangibility to defeat a gang of highwaymen, the peasantry bows before her. She quickly learns that mutant powers are a gift from God almighty and signify the divine right to rule - that’s why all monarchs are mutants. Brought to the palace of Queen Elizabeth the Best There is at What She Does, obviously some relation to Wolverine, Kitty is welcomed as a heretofore unknown noblewoman and pressed into the Queen’s service. For centuries the eldest son of the English Monarch has inherited the throne - but Elizabeth has no children, and if she dies King Henry the Blue of Scotland will unify the crowns and rule both kingdoms. That makes Elizabeth a tempting target, and rumors swirl that Henry has used his Highlands Science-Magic to concoct a way to neutralize her healing factor. Can Kitty keep the Queen alive while simultaneously trying to discover who sent her to this alternate past, why she’s there, and how exactly the descendants of her teammates have become feuding royalty?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #40
Written by MATT KINDT
Plot by BANEOFKINGS
Art by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
“ONE, TWO, THREE, COME FLOAT WITH ME” Part 3 of 4 “REDRUM”
Theme Song: Omega R.E.D – Fight Back Now
• The torment of SUNFIRE at the Overlook Hotel in Colorado has slowly driven him insane, so that when he returns to the present and to Maine, a brainwashed Shiro Yoshida finds himself forced into attacking the STEPFORD CUCKOOS, who find themselves without their powers and trapped in the hotel without a way to call for help. Despite this - but they still outnumber Sunfire five to one. But this isn’t the Sunfire they know – this is a twisted shadow of his former self, driven by a desire to kill.
• Meanwhile, MAGNETO, JAMIE MADROX, POLARIS and QUICKSILVER stage a break-out of an Abstergo high-tech security building. Armed with the tools and knowledge of how to defeat PENNYWISE, they head into the sewers below Derry – intent on destroying him once and for all. But will even the combined strength of these mutants be enough to defeat the face of fear itself?
• And finally, after calling in some favours to make the trip from Canada to Maine in record time – JIMMY MCGILL waltzes drunk into the police station which contains a de-powered ALEX SUMMERS and a Yellow-Jacket-less CHRISTOPHER NICHOLSON, intent on saving the day and freeing his old friends. But by now the anti-mutant mob has spiralled out of control into and into a frenzy, and time is running out before they take their first victim. Can Christopher Nicholson be trusted with his Yellow-Jacket suit to escape without bloodshed?
32pgs/Rated T…/$2.99

X-23 UNLEASHED #7 – ***FINAL ISSUE***
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS
Written by KELLY THOMPSON
Art by JOE QUINONES
“CANADIAN NOWHERE” Part 3 of 3 “ALL-IN”
Theme Song: B.B. King – When the Saints Go Marching In
X-23 and GAMBIT have made it to the Canadian/American border but must now make the long journey south to New Orleans. They have been told it is a safe haven for mutants – but little do they know the city is no longer what it once was. When they arrive, they come across a ghost town, an abandoned city half-underwater and no mutants or magical creatures of any kind in sight. Instead, the city is in the middle of martial law – and now the newcomers to town have just been captured and locked in an anti-mutant camp. Thankfully for Remy, the camp’s commander isn’t always by the book and is willing to let them leave – provided Remy can beat him at a game of Poker, which no inmate has ever been able to do. Thankfully the guard doesn’t know Remy’s true identity as Gambit yet – which gives him the upper hand. Meanwhile, X-23 runs into an imprisoned DANGER who may be able to help lead a mass breakout during the high-stakes card game. But she may have trouble convincing Gambit to come with them – as he is convinced he can beat the Camp Commander at his own game. But even if they do make it out of New Orleans – is this the end of the dynamic duo?
32pgs/Rated T…/$2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #42
Written by JUSTIN JORDAN
Plot by BANEOFKINGS
Art by CHRIS SAMNEE
“ROAD TRIP” Part 3 of 3 “ENTER THE MOUNTAIN”
Theme Song: The Byrds – The Times They Are A-Changin’
Deep inside a mountain in Colorado, the next generation of mutants is being held captive by William Stryker, having been told that not only is it for their own good, but it is also because there is no other option – according to Stryker, the Cold War has turned hot and now the world outside is a wasteland. Desperate to prove him wrong and get their revenge, PROFESSOR X and MAGNETO have enlisted their old ally/nemesis, the vampire MARCEL GERARD, to help them take down the stronghold from the inside. But the longer the mutants spend inside the mountain bunker, the more they start to believe Stryker’s claims that the world outside as we know it is over. And what happens… when it turns out that he’s been right all along, and they emerge in an alternate 21st century - where the world has been turned into a desert wasteland?
32pgs/Rated T…/$2.99