First Look: X-MEN - BATTLE OF THE ATOM #1

@maddpanda531: no. The upper right. Not upper left.

Looking awesome :)

@allstarsuperman: You mean the Sentinel? Which has already existed for nearly 50 years?

I'm reading this sounds interesting to have the three timelines around at the same time, interested in seeing how it plays out. I love X-books I love events and here we have an X-event hahaha

I would love to be a lot more excited, but sadly, for whatever reason having been as excited for this story, and i really hope they dont make All New X-men character leave, i like the idea of having a young Jean Grey around, and as a fan waiting for her to go ham and kill everyone :p

heheheh a fanboy can always hope i suppose

Exactly! Wolverine kills if it's what he thinks it is necessary regardless of any other heroes opinion. Who made him judge, jury and executioner? Just because that's how he's been doing things all his life it doesn't make him right. Rogue in Uncanny Avengers is also an Avenger so it's not a case of the X-Men whining to the Avengers. Wanting to rip scarlet witch's head for "no apparent reason"? What seriously? The decimation of mutantkind perhaps?

love it!

Frankly I'm finding the words "biggest battle" completely hyperbolic within the context of comics

Damn. Looking at the scans, seems like young Cyke might die.

I really hope that doesnt happen lol.

Both Cyclops an Wolverine have made 360s in their views on thing an.if u deny that then your must not have been reading schism. The writer obviously wanted to give Cyclops wolverines morals An Wolverine cyclopes morals. Now they've gone back to each originals morals but they have done 360s

But as for the the the X-men i cant wait for it to see if it will even be any good lol. So far it sounds like a bishop cable things "ive traveled from a future where Beast decision to bring the past x-men to the futrue yada yada yada u know the rest lol

But i could be good as long as they tell the Story right.

Another event from Marvel!? Ugh

@dr_cheesesteak: agreed, "ain't nobody got money for that"

Reminds of that terrible crossover with the Dark Avengers, which cost me a lot of money and had none of the Dark avengers fun !

@the_stegman: I see what you did there. ( + )

Looking good I must say! Wish I had the $$$ to fork over to try this, but I'll definitely check it out from a bud of mine whom I know is getting it ^_^

OMG, I want this and I can't afford it. :(.

I find the Cornell Wolverine to be off target. I wouldn't recommend it, but I keep reading because I feel they may do something interesting.

@baberaham_lincoln:

Wolverine by Paul Cornell is good right now, but slightly missing out on it's potential to be great. Savage Wolverine though has been completely awesome, and all the art on every arc has been ridiculously gorgeous.

@wolverine08: Sorry i insulted you too. Yeah, i get your point and i have to say, i agree with what you're saying. I just get so passionate when it comes too defending Cyclops and his X-men, like your passion for Wolverine, and honestly I admire that. I'll definitely check these out and respect. Also, what's your take on the current wolverine run by Paul Cornell? is it any good? and is Savage Wolverine any good as well?

Cheers =).

@baberaham_lincoln:

Oh ok. Check out these stories, Wolverine: Origin, Wolverine by Chris Claremont (probably Wolverine's best story), Weapon X by Barry Windsor Smith, Wolverine: Enemy of State, Old Man Logan, Coyote Crossing, Adamantium Men, Logan, and Law of the Jungle.

I listed a lot of stories here, but out of all the ones I mentioned, I'd recommend you start with Wolverine: Origin by Paul Jenkins, Wolverine by Chris Claremont, and Weapon X by Barry Windsor Smith. These three stories will really help you understand what Wolverine is all about.

Also, sorry that I insulted you. I didn't mean any disrespect, and I was only voicing my dislike with the fact that it seems most X writers nowadays have all the X-Men do stupid, illogical, and out of character things just to justify drama, drama, and more drama. It feels like cheap storytelling to me.

This event just sounds really dumb.

I mean, what is the point for keeping the past X-Men in the present? And Jason Aaron makes some really bad new characters...

I'm sorry, but not a fan. Especially of grown Molly Hayes.

@wolverine08: Dude, I'll be honest. I have not read a Wolverine only story (read things that ALWAYS have him), so i've been judging him based on his appearances in team books or a more than one character book, and even from that, he's boring. So if you have any recommendations, by all means go for gold and tell me any good wolverine stories i can read.

You say I have fanboyism for Wolverine, yet you have a clear bias against him. If you actually read great Wolverine stories, you would actually know that Wolverine is a lot more than just a "killer with no direction". I'm not a fanboy, and quite frankly, you're the ignorant fool who judges people so capriciously here, not me.

@wolverine08: Oh wow, i'm not really a cyke fanboy (Mr Majestic), if i was my username would ALSO be based around him like someone here. I Just really appreciate his character growth, and how he's evolved into something more. Unlike Wolvey who's just the same killer with no real direction in his character (Marvel don't know what to do with him). Your earlier posts were blatantly blaming Cyke while disregarding the Scarlett Witch's wrong doing during the House of M. BOTH were under influence of some external force...

As to your fanboyism over Wolvey, i don't care, to each their own. But your arguments on how wolverine does what he does because that's what he was meant to do (which is killing) and Rogue's attempts at hurting Wanda just because she's an Avenger (REALLY??) is purely out of ignorance...

Cyclops has become completely different from what he was a while ago. I see no reason to like Cyclop's team because of that.

That I can totally agree with. The reason I still like Cyclops' and Cable's teams is that they still have the renegade feel that the book did back when Claremont was writing it.

Ok, it seems people missed what I was trying to get across. What I don't like about the current X-Men is the fact that writers have them constantly do illogical, out of character things just to justify drama, drama, and more drama.

@baberaham_lincoln:

You're a Cyclops fanboy, just look at your avatar! Do you like your own puerile logic now? I agree that Wolverine has done some questionable things, but saying that Cyclops hasn't is just being willfully ignorant. Scarlet Witch lost her sanity during House of M, so I don't blame her for her actions, just like I don't blame Cyclops for his actions while the influence of the Phoenix Force. Finally, a word of advice, just because someone doesn't agree with you, you don't go on a rant calling them a fanboy and an idiot. Caprende?

Given it's Bendis mainly at the helm, it'll likely be clumsy and lacking attention to detail, but still kind of fun.

I'm expecting pretty much the opposite from Infinity.

Not a fan of the artist, but I'll still get it.

I don't think I've enjoyed x-men since wheddon on astonishing but I'll give this a shot when its out in a hard cover

I think it's really interesting that Cyclops has become the opposite of what Xavier taught him to be. And All this time traveling might get a bit confusing, but that's why I like it :) If anyone can handle this story its Brian Michael Bendis. X-Men will always be my favorite comics to read. But with Uncanny Avengers I've started to read more Avengers titles and I've been pleasantly surprised. I always thought the X-Men felt a little confined from the rest of the Marvel Universe. I think it's nice to them mingling with the Avengers as it gives me a good excuse to check out some Avengers titles. X-Men for Life!

@theblackhood: too true. Wolverine's boring now. My favourite scene in any X-men book has to be in Uncanny X-men #3 or 4, where Cylops just tells the Avengers to go to hell =D. BADASS! Wolverine has no right to call anyone a murder or killer, or anything for that matter... he's too infected with bullshit, up to the point where his words mean nothing anymore...mwahahahaha XD

That's robot looks is a ripoff of robot from invincible.

Aye...I am so tired of Wolverine now, his varnish has obviously faded. He just doesn't have the appeal anymore since he has caught the "Spider-man" (Parker version) syndrome (when the power that be decided to place Spidey in almost every story arc just because this would boost sales of a book).

Agreed 100%. Cyclop's and Cable's teams are the only two I can stand any more because the rest of the X-men have become the Avengers' boot lickers thanks to Wolverine. My favorite scene in AvX is all the mutants attacking Wolverine and calling him a traitor to mutants, because he's really become a tool of the Avengers for no other reason than the writers wanting to put him on twenty teams. I mean they had an issue of Age of Ultron that they solicited as "Wolverine vs Wolverine". How much more do we need to see of that knuckle dragger?

I don't disagree with you with regards Logan, but I chalk that down to bad writing.

Marvel needs to figure out what they want Wolverine to be ... and stick with it. The only real consistency the character has seen was at Claremont's hands well over a decade ago. Not surprisingly, that was the only time he wasn't interpreted by a dozen different writers and their mothers and all in as many titles.

Wolverine should, first and foremost, remain an honorable warrior - a conflicted man fighting back his bestial nature (due, in part, to his mutation and his troubled past) whilst living the code of bushido to the best he knows how. That struggle should remain at the core of the character IMHO - along with the violence seething just below the surface. But his struggle, his code, should remain sacrosanct. Should he fail to do so from time to time? Hell yes. But the story and situation should warrant it and it should mean something. All too often, his rationale behind "killing" is too loosely handled. Far too irrational - even bordering on twisted. I daresay the Claremont Wolverine would have a serious bone to pick with today's Logan half the time.

As stands, Wolverine is all over the damn place - agreed. And we, the fan base, scarcely know whether he's coming or going half the time. Just my two cents on the matter.

/rant.

So this is the continuation of All New X-Men? It bleeds into this story from that one?

Damn Frank Cho. I'll be getting this in trade (if the reviews are good that is).

or maybe because the scarlet witch made her own people into an endangered species...thats probably the more logical reason not just because she is an Avenger...even thought the main fact that she is still an Avenger after committing Genocide is still something i cant figure out.

Looks amazing

Ugh, I can't stand crossover story myself. For example, if I want to read Wolverine story, then it should be about Wolverine story only (guests are welcomed). I just hate the fact that whenever I read Wolverine story and, the next issue, all I'm seeing is he is in the middle of battle with 100 of other heroes that left me scratching my head, "What the hell is going on?" *sigh* Oh well. Usually, when it comes to a lot of crossover events, I just wait for the hardcover collection to save confusion, time and money.

@wolverine08: You're a wolverine fanboy, just look at your damn username. Only thing i agree was Beast being a hypocrite, but Cyclops?!?? noonoonoo. At least his allegiance is still true to the Mutant Race, unlike Wolvey with his double agency of both factions, avengers and X-men. You're an idiot, did you forget House of M? Wanda's doing was MAJOR... -_-

Or it could be the fact that Scarlet Witch is the reason mutants almost went extinct...

...and she a got a free pass for it b/c she wasn't in her right mind. Yet the same group who gave her that pass wants to hunt down Cyclops for killing when he wasn't in his right mind. Yet you call the X-Men hyprocrites.

Please if you're going to debate (even on the internet), don't leave out half the facts to make a point.

Yeah, I'm done with the X-Men, I find most unbearably annoying. Might check out the trade...in Barnes & Noble.

@dr_cheesesteak: why don't you do it like I do with all Marvel books... Wait for the trade (or HC)!

In that way you get six in a nice hardcover shelf ready for a few bucks less, since you always get HCs/trades really cheap, even right when they come out. Buying the floppies is such a hassle, man and most books read way better collected.

@osian2: Like I said before, if Wolverine thinks someone is threat, and they need to be put down, he'll kill them regardless of what others think. He won't do the job half way and incapaciate enemies, he'll finish the job done and kill. That's how he has done it for the 120-125 years he has been alive, and that's how he'll keep doing it until he's dead. Just look at Uncanny Avengers for an example of X-Men whining at Avengers. Rogue(an X-Man) has wanted to basically rip Scarlet Witch's head for no other apparent reasons than that she is an Avenger.

@shadowx:

I'm not saying the Avengers don't argue from time to time, but unless your blind, it's quite obvious that for at least the past 5 years all the X-Men have is argue among each other like immature teenagers.

@wolverine08: Wolverine kills when he believes it needs to be done even if nobody else agrees. There are also countless occasions where he could have incapacitated enemies rather than kill them.

The X-Men are not constantly arguing with the Avengers. Other than in AVX they haven't had much interaction with them and in the current x-books the Avengers have appeared for about 1 issue and then the series would move on.

Other than the crossover between All New and Uncanny the X-men haven't been arguing with each other.

@wolverine08: and civil war, its aftermath, and secret invasion, etc are.exactly? The avengers being perfectly happy with one another?

The x-men dont wan the avengers involved with their stuff. That was the whole point of AvX. The X-men believed it was their problem and didnt want the avengers to help or deal with it, because whenever its been a mutant problem before they were the only ones to deal with it.

@osian2:

Wolverine kills people if it has to be done. That's how it has always been for him. And yes, the X-men are always constantly having arguments with the Avengers about not supporting their cause. Quite frankly, they just look like whiny children. All X-Men stories now are about them arguing among each other. It's grating to read.