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First Look: AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #6

Did you read AVX #5? Something finally happened. Spoiler below if you haven't read it yet.

I've been on the fence with Avengers Vs. X-Men. We haven't really seen much happening besides members of both teams fighting. But with this week's AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #5, something finally did happen. Something pretty big. The Phoenix Force has been on its way to Earth to claim its new host. All eyes were on Hope Summers. What finally happened once the Phoenix Force arrived?

That's a bit of a spoiler if you haven't read the issue. But Marvel has released a first look at issue #6. Proceed if you want to know, if you've read the issue or have already heard.

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The all-powerful Phoenix Force has found not one, but FIVE hosts and in Avengers VS. X-Men #6 – their mission is clear, remake the Marvel Universe in their image. Kicking off the world changing second act of the comic book event of the year, the blockbuster team of Jonathan Hickman and Olivier Coipel show fans just what Pax Utopia looks like through the eyes of Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Colossus & Magik! How will Earths Mightiest and the other X-Men respond to this new development? And what role will the Scarlet Witch play once she enters the conflict? Find out in Avengers vs. X-Men #6!
Here comes the pain as all your favorite super heroes enter the battle—and only one team will emerge victorious! Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime comic event in, Avengers VS X-Men #6, on sale now in comic shops everywhere, on the Marvel Comics app, and the all-new Marvel Comics Webstore!

Which team will reign supreme? Join the conversation on Twitter with #AvX!

For more on Avengers VS X-Men, please visit http://avx.marvel.com
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AVENGERS VS X-MEN #6 (MAY120637)

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN

Penciled by OLIVIER COIPEL

Cover by JIM CHEUNG

Variant covers by NICK BRADSHAW & OLIVIER COIPEL

FOC – 6/11/12, On-Sale – 7/4/12

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Good job Marvel at ignoring Phoenix continuity.

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The art is way better. I am digging this story a lot.

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I want to know how Colossus can contain both the Juggernaut powers and the powers of the Phoenix and if he's got both he should be about the strongest thing on the planet

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The character assassination of Cyclops and the X-Men begins. Can't wait until October when we get the X-Avengers led by Marvel's favorite token mutant, Wolverine.

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Whatever.

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Cyclops + Phoenix = Bad Feelings.

And my bad feelings say 'Dude now they're f*cked.... anyway is DC doing some awesome stuff :D'

@lifeboy said:

Eeewwww........... Cyclops is wearing panties! :b

That's super-gross :S

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I really don't get what Marvel is trying to accomplish with this crossover. I feel like every time they have a new crossover the stakes have to get higher and higher and higher which really sours the whole objective of storytelling. There comes a point when you need something that's more understated so that the fantastical things have more emphasis and this is really just over-indulgent.

Also, what is with the contempt for the X-men? I have a feeling it's just bitterness over the fact they can't wriggle their way out of their contract with Fox so they don't see the X-men as valuable intellectual property.

Just give us Jean Grey back and stop all the bull, Marvel.

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A lot of people on here are saying they are making the X-men the bad guys because Marvel loves the Avengers so much right now....WHO CARES VILLAINS ROCK. I hope the extinction team (poor magneto I wanted to see him get a new costume so much) kills at least 2 avengers.

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I smell at the end of AVX a "FLASHPOINT" like reset...yes I've said it and like that Marvel will erase all the mess up they've done since Civil War. Thanks DC for bringing a boost for Marvel to do what needs to be done lol I've said sarcastically .

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Colossus is badss the rest rather suck

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I like the costumes (except maybe Namor...) and we have some awesome stuff, like Cyclops being a living battery of power for the Phoenix (see Phoenix endsong, the Phoenix feeds from his optic blasts) now holding it, which means nearly unlimited power, Colossus combining it with Cytorak (he regained his old look, but if Cain didn't lost it until someone told Cytorak, I think Peter still has it) or Magik now having access to both the Phoenix and the Limbo.

That said, this is an obvious (and lame) plot device so they can make those characters do horrible things without damaging their characters as they're possesed and can't be blamed for their actions (like Wolverine being possesed around 100000 times).

@Malonius said:

y'know...you can't really divide infinity. Phoenix hosts usually get all creepy what with the entity's cosmic concerns beyond our mortal ken. Why would Scott of all people think he could control it. I thought part of his disagreement with Cap was that he felt the X-Men were better equipped and experienced to manage, not control, the Phoenix coming to Earth.

I didn't feel like his plan was to take control by himself. What happened was because of what Ironman did, no one was expecting that to happen. If you read uncanny x-men this month, Unit tells a story of something similiar happening before, with a Messiah and 5 lights, but as the lights weren't with Hope when that happened, Unit wondered what would happen then.

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ok...did NOT see this coming

But I don't see how these where the ones chosen out of the mutants that are remaining

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@The Mighty Monarch said:

So..... some cosmic force came down and chose a handful of superhumans to possess. Wait, is this AvX or Fear Itself? Marvel's recycling ideas faster than ever.

Truer words were never spoken.
 I read AVX5, and it was just simply disappointing. The most powerful force in the MU reduced to a horrid plot device.
 
They need a reboot. BADLY.
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Most of you would have complained no matter what happened.

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@Lt_Cmdr_Kicker said:

@LordRequiem

To answer your question, there's an issue of Thunderbolts during Fear Itself that touches on Cytorrak & how his host can only contain his power. The Asgardian power overcame Cytorrak & pushed him out of Marko, thus he found a new host in Colossus. I'm hoping for the outcome of Cytorrak returning to the original Juggernaut. But we shall see..

Thats wrong. The whole reason why Colossus ended up as Juggernaut is because they went to Cytorrak and pleaded with him to stop Marko until they pointed out that Marko was causing all that destruction and mayhem in another gods/powers name so he took the power from Marko and gave it to Colossus. Also it wasnt until they got Cytorrak to take the power away from Marko that he became weaker.

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The cover looks awesome!

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This might be wrong, but I thought only psychics could contain the Phoenix Force? Either way, this is kind of dumb and makes the X-men look like the bad guys....

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I feel like they do stories only to get press these days.

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@ARMIV2: lol i thought hers looks the best lol. Might as well have Starfires outfit on

@JoseDRiveraTCR7 said:

The character assassination of Cyclops and the X-Men begins. Can't wait until October when we get the X-Avengers led by Marvel's favorite token mutant, Wolverine.

im assuming you joking about X-Avengers but just incase... "are they seriously making this?"

I would love to see the power oc Colossus with both the Phoenix force and the Power of Cytorrak. I think they have been portraying him poorly anyways when shown against the wanna be Hulk. Also everyone (which is weird bc so is hope) seems to think that the Phoenix planned on taking over the GROUP of X-Men when in fact the Phoenix even states it came here to have Hope as it's host, even Cap mentions that Hope no longer wanted too. I still thought it sounded exactly like Fear Itself but at least i am taking the Phoenix at it's word of wanting Hope as its host.

What im curious about is what are it's intentions now? It talked about evolving beyond the humans and mutants... We already have that in the Inhumans, Eternals, and possibly Mr. Immortal.

Also number of things could come out of this:

Restart of mutant gene (IMO Highly likely)

Mutants being hated and persecuted (more then before)

Possible power/ability/x-gene upgrades as a result

new species being born (would be cool but would need to be a distinct difference)

Everything ending up almost completely the same as before M-Day (likely)

Nothing really changing compared to before the start of this arc besides some deaths

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HA I was right....well for now

anyway

Phoenix Force GO!

"ahem"

anyway as cool as this all is, hopefully the writers/artists will do a better job of emphasizing how powerfully they've become unlike "The Worthy". And HOPEFULLY act 2 will finally reveal what Wanda's role is in all of this and maybe what she's been doing the entire time.

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I guess i might finally pick up an issue to this event.

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OH CRAP !!!! WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL???

@broo1232 said:

COIPEL! COIPEL! COIPEL!!!!!

Also that^^^^

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I liked the Wasp outfit Emma is supporting.

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Looks better on Jane!

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Wow, way to destroy the PF Marvel. Anyways... the book over all didn't bother me it's simply the fact the weak plot point of Namor, Cyke, Colossuss, Illyana, and Emma contracting the PF is what bothers me. (also a way not to bring jean grey back for whatever reason... good way not to listen to the fans marvel)

This whole event reminds me more of The House Of M

Now. lets see what, AvX6 is going to do along with the tie-ins.

My predictions for the overall event:

A new team will be formed (i see totally possible, with Hope on it based on the fact she's been running from both sides and asked wolverine of all people for help) Those that will be on it (Wolverine, Wanda, Hope, Cable, Danny Rand)

The Mutants will get repowered

The mutant PR will be set back to Zero square one adding to the hated and fear

Someone is going to Die

Wolverine is going to do something big in the 3rd Act (climax)

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FINALLY THEY GOT A NEW ARTIST. Romita's work looked like that of maybe a junior high school kid who has potential to be a decent artist.

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Finally! Art looks good.

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@DarkKnightDetective: I was just gonna say that.

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No more Romita Jr? I might just start reading this book!!

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@Omega Ray Jay: Drinks on me, folk. Not even Hickman/Coipel's name on cover could make me subject myself to this.

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This makes me miss, Jean :( Why can't we have Jean back? /wrists

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Five issues in and there haven't been any gratuitous deaths yet? They haven't finished killing the New X-Men, and the Generation Hope kids have been waiting to be killed off in a crossover since they first appeared two years ago.

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everyone knew the x-men were gonna be the bad guys in this series. Of course the avengers are gonna win. theyre making cyclops look crazier then ever. i predict someone is gonna kill him probably wolverine at the end of this. if not, maybe becoming a full fledged bad guy...or just jail.

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Coipel! My interest in the series has renewed. The five Phoenix hosts, though... Let's see how this pans out. Watch the X-Men look like terrorists.

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Going from JRJR to Coipel is like going from Bea Arthur to Olivia Wilde. Yes, it is exactly like that.

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even with Hickman writing act two it still isnt enough to get me into this event. but i gotta admit, i wasnt expecting what i saw at the end of Uncanny X-Men #13 and what is on this cover.

maybe when this is all collected in a trade ill read it...at barnes and noble or a libary...for free.

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Whiny little Cyclops gets his way. Damn. Bad parenting skills, Marvel. Shame.

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Coipel and Hickman!!

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Colossus is fashionably challenged. Always has been.

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Great art it seems like. This revelation is...pretty interesting to say the least. Guess it kinda is a full circle thing for Scott but sure wasn't expecting it to the others. Well hell at this point it would be a PIS fight unfairly in favor of the X-Men now it would seem :/

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Well Magik is in full grump mode again

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Finally! Good art!! I wonder what the Scarlet Witch will do, or why she is involved.

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ok read this again, and I still can't wrap my head around the line up of PF X-men...why no include some Avengers as well, I mean what was the point of revealing Iron Fist has a connection to the PF and not make him a host??

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Eh

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@GreenFuse: I miss Jean.. but thor is fighting some mystery women mabey its Jean.. it could be hope or Emma tho

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I'm just so surprised and at the same time I'm not...More like indifferent.

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Called it. Just saying.

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a mess

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I though Psych people were able to host the PF? I'm confused somebody please help me.

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"And what role will the Scarlet Witch play once she enters the conflict?"

Umm, I hope it's something better than "No more Phoenix"...

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@Gambler said:

Colossus is fashionably challenged. Always has been.

Really? I think he looks kinda cool to be honest.