Marvel in January 2008 (Part 2 – Mutants)

Click here for a list of the comics published in january 08UNCANNY X-MEN #494
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by BILLY TAN
Cover by DAVID FINCH
Variant Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
MESSIAH COMPLEX PART 10
The Marauders are back on the hunt for the messiah baby. They’re a step ahead of the X-Men, but how will they fare against the new X-Force? Also, the traitor reveals his (or her) plan for the baby and alters the landscape of the battle dramatically. Who benefits from the actions of this wildcard, if anyone?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-FACTOR #27
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by SCOT EATON
Cover by DAVID FINCH
Variant Cover by JIM CHEUNG
MESSIAH COMPLEX PART 11
The death of an X-Man reveals answers to some of the mysteries surrounding the new mutant, and creates a host of questions. The baby falls into the hands of a major player in the conflict, but things aren’t always as they seem. And it’s high noon for X-Force, the Marauders and the X-Men.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

NEW X-MEN #46
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST & CRAIG KYLE
Penciled by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Cover by DAVID FINCH
Variant Cover by MARC SILVESTRI
MESSIAH COMPLEX PART 12
Showdown. The X-Men vs. The Marauders vs. X-Force vs. The Acolytes vs. New X-Men vs. Predator X. Will the victor get the spoils and claim the baby? Whatever the outcome, the future of mutantkind begins here!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN #207
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO
Cover by DAVID FINCH
Variant Cover by JIM CHEUNG
MESSIAH COMPLEX PART 13
The stunning conclusion to Messiah CompleX. Everyone has an agenda, but do any trump the child’s destiny? Mutant savior or mutant destroyer, the combatants may come to regret their roles in this fight. And what becomes of the X-Men in the wake of the biggest fight of their lives?
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

WOLVERINE #61
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM
Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM
“LOGAN DIES”
This is it. The final chapter! Logan battles Scimitar, Shogun and Lord Shingen for his very soul! Will he survive? Probably, but with an arc entitled « Logan Dies, » you can never be sure. Part 5 (of 5).
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #21
Written by DANIEL WAY
Penciled by STEVE DILLON
Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
“THE DEEP END,” PART 1 (OF 5)
He’s a born killer, highly trained in the art of violence. He’s a man out of time, living without fear of death. He’s the best there is at what he does…and he’s about to do it to Wolverine. Enter: DEADPOOL!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

CABLE & DEADPOOL #49
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA
Penciled by REILLY BROWN
Cover by SKOTT YOUNG
Deadpool and his ragtag group of cronies travel to the Savage Land in search of a device that will help rebuild the nation of Rumekistan in Cable’s honor. But things go amiss when they discover that the device is already spoken for…and not even the swarthy KA-ZAR or his sabretooth sidekick ZABU have been able to intervene! Ferocious action and raucous hijinks ensue!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN:
EMPEROR VULCAN #5 (of 5)
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Penciled by PACO DIAZ LUQUE
Cover by BILLY TAN
The star-shattering conclusion! Everything has been building to this…Polaris versus the Imperial Guard. Marvel Girl versus Gladiator. And finally, brother versus brother. Havok makes his final stand against Vulcan, whose power dwarfs his own. Who will control the M’Kraan Crystal? Will the Shi’Ar Empire break apart, or unite? What is the fate of the Scy’ar Tal? And will any of the X-Men survive to tell the tale? The answers will surprise you.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #8
Written by JEFF PARKER
Pencils & Cover by ERIC NGUYEN
In the strangest swamp in the world, untold horrors await the young mutant team. Only one even stranger creature can walk this unfathomable realm intact. The X-Men face a nightmarish future… possibly the true one—when they JOURNEY INTO FEAR.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

EXILES: DAYS OF THEN & NOW
Written by MIKE RAICHT
Penciled by VARIOUS
Cover by FRANCIS TSAI
100 issues after the team was first assembled, the Exiles are launching into an all-new direction in this month’s New Exiles, but in this exciting one-shot, the spotlight settles on one piece of unfinished business from their epic run. Quentin Quire’s world is facing destruction that, by all rights, should never have happened. Sounds like a job for the Exiles…only they’re nowhere to be seen. Now, it’s up to Quentin to find the heroes, before his entire planet faces the consequences. Join him on a journey across a Multiverse of worlds saved by the original team in a tribute to the reality hopping series, written by Mike Raicht, the first editor of the original series!
48 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

NEW EXILES #1
Written by Chris Claremont
Penciled by Tom Grummett
Cover by GREG LAND
Variant Cover by MICHAEL GOLDEN
Beginning a new era for the Exiles — with a new team, and a new mandate, to safeguard the fate and future of the Omniverse. New leader, new members, new worlds, new adversaries. They’ve barely begun to get to know one another when they’re thrust into their first mission — summoned to a world where the dawn of the historic Marvel Age turns out instead to be a prelude to global catastrophe. Meanwhile, back at the Crystal Palace, Sage struggles with a psychic curse that may well make her the new team’s greatest liability.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99