Bored and saddened by the current x-men comics status. :(

[rui no onna]

I didn't get any of the first wave of X books except for the ones with Skottie Young variants (Gold, Blue, Iceman). There were just too many new books releasing all at the same time which was made worse by the double shipping of at least the first two issues and $4.99 #1. Also, several premium priced variants that I collect and the start of the deluge of Secret Empire books too close to ResurrXion. Decided I'll just wait on Marvel Unlimited to read all of them and then buy the trades for the ones I'd like to keep.

Astonishing X-Men #1 was an automatic preorder. I like Soule well enough and it's got Rogue, Gambit and Bishop. No double shipping and few #1s coming out at the same time. At least, not ones I'm interested in and none of the #1s coming out had Skottie Young variants which at 3 books per month was using up my budget for 6 books. Because of that, I had space in the budget despite Secret Empire taking up a good chunk.

1. uncanny avengers is nothing without x-men and avengers and the mcu is why marvel has collapsed in sales. they cant claim star wars or blame diversity. the disneyfication of marvel pissed of readers who have been there for 50-70 years.

Maybe it's just me but it actually seems like the 616 universe looked nothing like the MCU movies for a while there.

Two ongoing Iron Man:
Dr. Doom
Riri Williams/Iron Heart and Tony Stark is "dead"/an AI

Thor:
Jane Foster for a couple years but at least Odinson recently had a mini and is coming back

Two ongoing Hulk:
Amadeus Cho, not Bruce Banner
Jennifer Walters, also not Bruce Banner

Only ongoing Hawkeye:
Kate Bishop, not Clint Barton

Captain America, I'm giving a pass. At least Falcon is familiar to the general public thanks to Anthony Mackie's excellent performance and him taking the Captain America mantle after Steve Rogers retires seems natural. Although, the Hydra!Cap storyline might be hard for the average moviegoer to accept.