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Immortal Iron Fist #21 cover

I heard rumor about something from Duane Swierczynski in which Warren Ellis gave him an idea to write a comic about the Immortal Iron Fist in the future… in 3099 to be exact and I wasn’t sure when we devoted readers would see such a crazy issue. As luck would have it, that issue came out this month and boy was it strange.

As far as Immortal Iron Fist goes, this whole 3099 thing is way out of the ordinary. I may not know much about Duane Swierczynski but somehow, he managed to pull this issue off and work it to be extremely cool. Being based in the future always makes me skeptical for some comics, but this being so damn far in the future I really can’t argue with what occurs in this issue outside of how out-of-nowhere-awesome it is.

**some spoilers after the break**

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Dead of Night Featuring Warewolf By Night #1 Cover

My first impression when viewing the solicitations for the new year for the big 2 comic book publishers was “this is it?” Honestly, it felt a little underwhelming. Considering the fact that Marvel is coming off their big cross-over event, Secret Invasion and in the midst of a whole boat load of X-Men stuff, you’d think that more would be happening. Same for DC, where they are set to finish up their big cross-over, Final Crisis, is post-Batman R.I.P. and is also finishing up Superman’s major New Krypton story arc. But then I dug a little deeper and pulled out a whole bunch of great gems to get excited for. And I’m sure there’ll be more, as many Marvel solicitations are still classified until Secret Invasion wraps up next month. January is shaping up to be a pretty good month to be a comic book fan. And guess what, it is also my birthday month. So, faithful readers, I expect each and every one of you to go out and get me a comic book for my birthday. Seriously. Do it! But until then, read on for some previews so you can decide which one to get me…

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King Size Cable Cover

Foregoing the typical monthly installment of the saga of the time-traveling Cable and his first-mutant-born-since-m-day baby, Marvel released King Size Cable, to the delight of Cable fans everywhere. Instead of the normal 24ish page story, we were treated to a 50-something page epic story starring our favorite bad/good guy, Bishop.

While not necessarily important to the main Cable storyline, King Size Cable is no less an important supplement to the main Cable monthly series. What we have here is Bishop’s side of the story, and we get a little more perspective into why he is hunting down Cable and the baby. In addition, we get an important insight into how Cable has managed to stay one step ahead of Bishop thus far. And, in probably the most interesting revelation out of this story, we find that the baby can now walk and talk. I was shocked, as in the last issue of Cable, she was still a pretty small infant. Are we progressing faster in the story now? Will we see her grow up faster and start to see her childhood and young adulthood soon? And does this mean the Cable book will be rejoining the main time-line sooner rather than later? Only time will tell.

More reviewing below the jump!

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Well I just read Uncanny X-Men #500 and Brubraker and Fraction never cease to amaze me. That team up is got to be the best writer team out there. It all started with Immortal Iron Fist. Those two revolutionized the boring stagnate character of Danny Rand and made him an accessible flawed character of the 21^st century and I have a feeling they are going to make their run in Uncanny X-Men unforgettable.

With cover art by the great painter Alex Ross (Marvels) this is a “can’t lose” book. The art for this issue is by Greg Land and Terry Dodson. In my opinion, Greg Land has got to be one of the most underrated artists in the business. This guy drew Ultimate Fantastic Four with Mark Millar. He covered, my favorite arc of the series: Tomb of Namor. I love this guy’s art and I really think you will too.

Back to the comic. Uncanny X-Men #500 was a double, 40 page issue with 2 prologues and 2 epilogues. A doozie of a story. It starts off with the mutants moving to San Fransisco where they are accepted. That really makes sense in that city. Granted I have never been there but I feel like anyone and everyone is welcome there.

**spoilers after the break**

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I’ve been reading Immortal Iron Fist since the current series began and I have dug it a lot. It’s probably one of my favorite series right now (next to X-Factor and Invincible) and this week I was just blown away.

Given that Matt Fraction ended his run with issue #16–which I was dumb and somehow didn’t realize–I was a tad skeptical at how this new arc was going to take off. Lucky for me, it ended up being fucking amazing and it seriously blew my mind. From what I’ve been hearing from Comic Con in San Diego, Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker (who co-wrote the first 16 issues together) are saying their series is going to look lame compared to what is coming from Duane Swierczynski in the near future… Really with one issue in I can already see it getting amazing. (Although, I loved the tournament from Fraction and Brubakers run).

**more review and spoilers after the break**

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It is Tuesday again and you know what that means: it is time to preview the comics coming up this week. It’s a bit of a slow week again but that doesn’t mean you should skip the local shop this week. There is one biggy that you should definitely go out and pick up this week: Uncanny X-Men #500!

Seriously, this is a pretty big deal. I mean, round numbers tend to be a big deal, right? But beside the cleanness of the number 500, there is a lot of awesomeness going on in Uncanny right now that makes this issue a big one. First, this is the first issue that has the X-Men in San Francisco, their new permanent home. Second, we are wrapping up the previous arc, which is always fun. However, don’t expect much action in this issue, other than setting up the next arc. The main baddies from this arc were pretty well taken care of last month. And the last reason you should pick this up: it’s a double size issue!

Oh wait! Did I forget to mention that we have new writers, too? I did? Oh, well, shit, guess what, the amazing team behind Immortal Iron Fist is taking over! Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker are sure to blow our collective minds with their outstanding writing.

Simply stated, this is probably going to be the best comic of the month and if you are an X-Men fan, you probably already have it reserved. If not, stop reading this and call your local comic book shop to make sure they have a copy for you! I guarentee this one will sell out.