Another Killer Teaser for Uncanny X-Force #18

The Dark Angel Saga running through Uncanny X-Force has been a truly epic storyline, taking us through the depths of Warren Worthington's soul and through the Age of Apocalypse, and it all comes to a head in issue #18.

Clearly this issue is a big deal, as this is the third teaser image in as many days released by Marvel. Click here and here to see the first two.

What do you think? Is Psylocke going to do away with Warren for good, or vice versa? Or will the two of them finally exorcise the demons that have been living inside of Angel since Apocalypse first got his hooks in him?

Let me know what you think, and make sure to pick up Uncanny X-Force #18 when it hits stores on December 7!

Dark Angel vs. Fantomex in New Uncanny X-Force #18 Teaser

Following yesterday's teaser for Uncanny X-Force #18 featuring a clash between Dark Angel and Dark Beast, Marvel has released another promo for the final issue of the Dark Angel Saga today. This one sees Dark Angel and Fantomex, locked in what appears to be a battle to the death.

Here's the press release Marvel issued accompanying the teaser image:

Don’t miss the shocking conclusion to the critically acclaimed Dark Angel Saga from the blockbuster creative team of Rick Remender, Jerome Opeña & Dean White, this December in the polybagged Uncanny X-Force #18!

Think you know the outcome? Join the conversation on Twitter with #XForce!

UNCANNY X-FORCE #18 (OCT110676)
UNCANNY X-FORCE #18 SPOILER VARIANT (OCT110677)
Written by RICK REMENDER
Pencils by JEROME OPEÑA
Colors by DEAN WHITE
Cover by ESAD RIBIC
FOC – 11/14/11, ON SALE – 12/7/11

Uncanny X-Force #18 Teaser: "You Are A Grave Disappointment."

The Dark Angel saga comes to a close in Uncanny X-Force #18. Marvel is teasing the end of the epic with this image of Dark Angel and Dark Beast, with one calling the other a "grave disappointment."

I'm a big fan of this title - It's been one of my favorite Marvel books since it launched, and it's the most consistently high quality X-title IMHO.

Uncanny X-Force #18, written by Rick Remender with interior art by Jerome Opena and cover art by Esad Ribic, hits stores on December 14.

Regenesis: Meet Wolverine's X-Men

After one of the longest teases ever, the X-teams who will be leaving Utopia for Westchester under Wolverine's leadership after the events of Schism - also known as the 'Gold Team' - have been revealed.

Wolverine seems to have made off with Cyclops' entire family, that's gotta sting.

Whose side are you on? Which team will you choose?

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WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #1 
Written by JASON AARON 
Art & Cover by CHRIS BACHALO 
Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW 

X-MEN LEGACY #259 
Written by MIKE CAREY 
Art by KHOI PHAM 
Cover by CLAY MANN 
Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW 

UNCANNY X-FORCE #19 
Written by RICK REMENDER 
Art by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ 
Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW 

X-FACTOR #230 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Art by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO 
Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW

Adam Kubert's AoA-ish Uncanny X-Force #12 Variant Cover

Mmm... Apocalypse-ish. Adam Kubert's variant cover for Uncanny X-Force #12 conjures memories of 1995's 'Age of Apocalypse' event, which included the Kubert-illustrated Weapon X mini. What's it all about? Read on!

Press Release

Adam Kubert Covers UNCANNY X-FORCE: THE DARK ANGEL SAGA

Marvel is proud to unveil superstar artist Adam Kubert’s, scorching variant cover to the second installment of the Dark Angel Saga coming this July in Uncanny X-Force #12! The red-hot creative team of Rick Remender and Mark Brooks send Wolverine’s black ops band of deadly mutants to take on the whole Age of Apocalypse! If they fail, Warren Worthington will be no more and the Dark Angel inside him will raze the Earth! Get in on the action packed return to the Age of Apocalypse, with a variant cover from one of the artists who started it all in Uncanny X-Force #12 Kubert Variant!

UNCANNY X-FORCE #12 (MAY110691)
UNCANNY X-FORCE #12 KUBERT VARIANT (MAY110692)
UNCANNY X-FORCE #12 I AM CAPTAIN AMERICA VARIANT (MAY110693)
Written by RICK REMENDER
Penciled by MARK BROOKS
Cover by ESAD RIBIC
Variant Cover by ADAM KUBERT
I AM CAPTAIN AMERICA Variant by CHRIS STEVENS
Parental Advisory …$3.99
FOC – 7/4/11, On-Sale – 7/27/11

'We Are All Cylons' Explores the Transformative Power of Battlestar Galactica

How deeply entrenched in pop culture are the notions posited in Ronald D. Moore's re-imagined Battlestar Galactica that man and machine are destined to become indistinguishable?

Exhibit A: Deathlok and Fantomex share a moment in Uncanny X-Force #8, by Rick Remender and Billy Tan.

Of course, characters like Deathlok are an example of the notion that the ideas which drive BSG aren't necessarily new, but tap into primal hopes and fears that man has in fact been wrestling with for a long time, periodically surfacing in our literary creations like Frankenstein.

But I digress.

Exhibit B: Ilana Rein's documentary We Are All Cylons, the documentary which premiered this evening (Monday April 25) at the Sci-Fi London Film Festival.

From Wired:

The identity question even extended to the filmmaker, who spent only about $8,000 to produce We Are All Cylons. Rein claims that during the editing process she began to think the way she believed a Cylon would. This influenced her musical selections and led her to do things like use TV static to make scene transitions.

“I allowed the possibility that [BSG writer and executive producer Moore] created a show that sent a signal — quite like the “All Along the Watchtower” riff that activated the sleeper Cylons — to people like me in order to ’spread the message’ that we are in fact all Cylons,” Rein said. “So part of my creative process was to begin thinking of myself as part Cylon. A lot of the edits I made were what I imagined a computer would do.”

Check out the trailer above, and Rein's website has info on where you can catch the full-length feature, which is currently scheduled to show in New York,  Detroit and Ann Arbor, MI.

And now, Psylocke's areolas.

I'm sorry, were you expecting something else? I kinda thought the headline was fairly clear.

Extreme close-up of Esad Ribic's super-detailed cover to Uncanny X-Force #2.

Celebrate Uncanny X-Force Day!

Uncanny X-Force Day is nearly upon us, so rejoice! Unless you're Domino and Wolverine rewards you for a three-issue violent hate-sex romp by not including you on the new team roster. In that event, go do something morally ambgigous, in keeping with your character - rob a bank owned by slaveowners? I dunno, you'l figure it out. Stay strong, girl!

UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 variant cover by J. Scott Campbell

Here are the details on Uncanny X-Force Day, from Marvel:

X-Force fans unite! Uncanny X-Force Day is upon us! With the historic release of Rick Remender and Jerome Opena's UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 to comic stores everywhere, it's party time - X-Force style! Participating retailers will be celebrating Uncanny X-Force Day with free stuff, exclusive variants and so much more! Here's some of the cool stuff to look out for when you get to your participating local comic shop:

Free Exclusive Greg Land Limited Edition Print! Limited Edition Variants for sale from artists like J. Scott Campbell, UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 variant cover by J. Scott Campbell Rob Liefeld, and more!

Download the full list of Uncanny X-Force Day participating retailers here!

Remender teases new 'X-Force' members

via Digital Spy

Further details have been announced concerning the plot behind Marvel's newest X-Men ongoing series.

Uncanny X-Force will be written by Punisher scribe Rick Remender with artwork by Jerome Opena, and will continue a number of plot threads left open after the recent crossover Second Coming.

The series follows main character Wolverine as he goes against the wishes of X-Men leader Cyclops and reforms the lethal force black ops squad with a number of new members including the likes of Deadpool, Fantomex, and Psylocke.

When speaking with IGN, Remender confirmed reports that returning villain Apocalypse will bring with him four newly-created characters to act as his Four Horsemen.

"These are being referred to as the 'Final Horsemen'," Remender explained of the new arrivals. "This is Apocalypse's last big push to implement the Age of Apocalypse."

Apocalypse has been a mainstay villain of the X-Men since his creation in 1986, last appearing in Peter Milligan's 'Blood of Apocalypse' arc in X-Men.

"If left to his own devices, he's going to kill people," Remember said. "And there's no imprisoning him and these guys recognise that."

Remender went on to tease that the currently-announced roster for the team will not be its final membership.

"Axel [Alonso] and I are huge fans of the characters that are coming on," he said after confirming that new characters would be joining the team at some point.

Uncanny X-Force #1 is scheduled to be published October 6.

Please say Maggot, please say Maggot - I'm sorry I mean please for the love of god don't say Maggot!

Rick Remender's totally tasteful enough not to go there, but he has such fun watching fans get all pissy that its just a teensy bit possible, god help us all.