#xmen vol 2

[xmencovered]

X-Men Vol 2 1 / Published: August 1991 / Artist: Jim Lee

[xmencovered]

X-Men (2021) #9 / Published: March 02, 2022 / Artist: Pepe Larraz

X-Men (2021-) #9 cover by Pepe Larraz

[newx-menfan]

[florientius]

Every highlight from DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE dir. Shawn Levy (2024)

vol.2 baby

look at logans face. he doesn't wanna be there. cant relate.

THE SWAGGER. NEVER WAS HE MORE SWAGGIER THAN HERE.

WOOOIMBOUTTAMAKEANAMEFOMYSELFHERE (the fucking gore and explosions look absolutely fantastic for him. his real potential sadly lies in 18+ movies where he can use his full powers 😟)

CAVILLERINE

my elektra 🥰🩷

ladypool

Honorable mentions to the ones i havent found good pictures or gifs to:

x23 putting on her pink, floral sunglasses before the big fight.

spam.

the proposal

all the past xmen villains 💞

the fact that fucking tj miller wasnt in this.

HE HAS RISEN BBYGIRL

bye bye bye

height accurate wolverine.

logan leaning into dp's gun in the bar. my heart has shattered there.

AND BC IM A SHAMELESS SLUT, THE BEST MOMENT OF IT ALL. ENJOY:

the hair/fur took me out ngl,, like thats what sold it to me. being horny on main is fine until ppl see what ur horny about. well its the hair for me here specifically. like the abs help, but with the hair this is 12/10 would absolutely devour

[positivelybeastly]

I'm new to comics and love beast. Is there any comics with beast that you'd recommend? There's so many xmen comics and idk where to start.

Hello there, friend! Getting into comic books is damned hard, but, thankfully, resources like Reddit, Tumblr, and Marvel Unlimited (or your pirating site of choice) all make it a lot easier to get into them these days without having to worry about being confused.

Well. You'll still be a little confused. Comic books are convoluted. But at least you'll be able to engage with them on your own terms. :) And, it's worth it. Mostly.

I'll tell you straight out that if you want some good entry points, like, this is my first X-Men comic, what do I read, I'd recommend the following:

X-Men: First Class (2006)

X-Men vol. 2 (1991)

New X-Men vol. 1 (2001)

Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 (2004)

X-Men vol. 6 (2024)

As for Beast specific recommendations? I have a ton!

For Beast as a character, being examined in his own right, I would recommend the following:

X-Men Origins: Beast - a retelling of his origin, updated with modern art and writing. Written by Mike Carey, whose work you should generally look into if you like X-Men - he focuses a lot on characters like Rogue and Xavier, but also on Beast, which is handy for our purposes!

X-Men: Unlimited vol. 1 #10 and vol. 2 #10 - so, this may be somewhat confusing to a new comic reader, but comics have volumes. This is when a comic of a certain title ends, and it's then relaunched with a new creative team, usually with a very different story.

So, X-Men: Unlimited is an anthology series that tells unconnected stories that fit in other places, between other comics, and there were two different volumes of it, one in the 90s, and one in the 00s. Both volumes have an issue #10 that focuses on Beast, and I'd recommend them both! Vol. 1 #10 especially would be, in my opinion, required reading if you really want to get into Beast.

Amazing Adventures vol. 2 #11 through #17 - the first stab at giving Hank his own solo series, from back in the 70s! Don't let the age get you down, I find this series to be actually fairly modern and easy to get into, and it's a nice sort of superhero/horror blend of tones that I find really effective.

X-Men: Endangered Species - this is a Beast solo story dealing with the aftermath of the Decimation, the event where Scarlet Witch removed the powers of 99% of the world's mutants. It's quite dark, but I think it's probably one of the best examinations of the character in the medium, and it works as an excellent sequel to Unlimited vol. 1 #10. Most of the context you need is given to you in the comic, which is handy. :)

X-Men: S.W.O.R.D vol. 1 - this is kind of a team-up comic, kind of not? The context for this is reliant on reading another run that I'll be recommending, but trust me, it's worth it. This is an outrageously funny book with a good emotional core, and it really captures Beast's essence, as a dual sided goofball jokester with a heart of gold and the intellectual moralistic do-gooder who can't leave well enough alone. One of my favourite comics of all time.

For Beast as part of a team, I would recommend the following:

X-Men: First Class - a prequel book set during the days of the Original X-Men, this series bounces between Cyclops, Angel, Iceman, Marvel Girl and Beast a fair bit, but even in issues that don't focus on Beast, he's still a part of the story and quite well written. Very slice-of-lifey, with a lot of charm to it.

X-Men: Season One - a retelling of certain stories from the original 60s run of X-Men, this is a pretty good one-and-done graphic novel that does change a few things, but keeps the spirit intact and tells you a lot about these characters and how they relate to one another. Just watch out for Iceman's Bieber hair.

Avengers vol. 1 #137-211 - this is a pretty long run of comics that features Hank's initial tenure on the Avengers, and will occasionally require a bit of reading around to make sure that you're reading the Annuals in the right place - usually, the comic will tell you to go read Annual #6 or whatever, but if you find a lot of stuff has happened and the story jumped ahead without you, chances are, it's in an Annual. Very variable in quality, but if you want to see classic Beast in all his glory, there's some really good stuff here, especially the foundation of his lifelong friendship with Wonder Man.

The Defenders/New Defenders vol. 1 #96-152 - probably one of my actual favourite run of comics ever. Beast joins the team a little later than #96, but if you jump in when Hank does, you'll be just a little confused, so it's best to start at #96 and go from there. Especially once Hank reforms the team to the New Defenders in #125, he basically becomes one of the very main characters and gets a lot of focus. Absolutely love this comic.

X-Factor vol. 1 #1-70 - the first six or seven issues of this are pretty bad, but it really comes into its own once it starts being written by Louise Simonson, who makes it much more soap opera, more character driven, gives all the characters a lot to do. There's a lot of crossover with other books, but usually it'll just tell you what to read if you want to know more about a part of a story in little editor's notes!

X-Men vol. 2 #1-95 - the classic 90s run; not my personal favourite, because it's pretty confusingly plotted, but if you want something that hews extremely close to the 90s cartoon, this is that to a tee, to the point where a lot of stories and characters were adapted to and from the comics directly!

New X-Men vol. 1 #114-156 - a landmark run on X-Men by Grant Morrison, this evolves Beast into a new form and changes up his character in a new, tragic manner that, personally, is my favourite iteration of the character. Very high concept sci-fi, occasionally quite confusing and problematic, but extremely good stuff, imo, and essential for getting into modern X-Men.

Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #1-35 - a sort of sequel to New X-Men, this is again an extremely good entry point into modern X-Men, and it's very, very classic while still progressing the story. Just a note - when you read issue #24, do NOT go to issue #25, you need to go and read Giant Size Astonishing X-Men instead, THEN go to #25. I know, it's confusing, I'm so, so, so sorry, comics are just like this. This is the comic that leads straight into S.W.O.R.D pretty much.

Wolverine and the X-Men vol. 1 #1-42 - a more zany, school focused book, Hank is part of the wider cast here, but he does get some spotlight issues, and I do enjoy him here, especially his relationship with Broo. There are crossovers with Avengers vs. X-Men and other events in here, but those events are kinda sort skippable because they're bad. If you feel confused, you can read them, but I don't necessarily recommend them.

X-Men vol. 6 #1-ongoing - the current run of X-Men, written by Jed MacKay! To put it very bluntly, Beast went through about a decade of being quite badly written and slowly turned into a scummy villain through the recent Krakoa era, which I was not a fan of. There are individual issues between 2013 and 2024 that I can recommend, but if you like Beast, I would not recommend reading them, because I think that they are pretty bad and not fun to read. This is me being kind. But the new series picks up after that's all fixed, and Beast is getting a lot to do in this series, so I'd recommend it!

X-Men: From the Ashes Infinity Comics #15-18 - a supplementary comic that focuses on Beast, best read alongside the above X-Men run I recommended; it can give you all the context you need for where Beast is at, and why he's feeling the way that he is. A very, very good read, way exceeded my expectations, and I'm really pleased I can actually recommend modern comics for Beast again!

These are the main runs I would recommend! There's a lot more, if we want to get esoteric, and I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot of material - Beast has been around for 60 years, he's been in a LOT of stories - but if you want to get stuck into X-Men comics and really immerse yourself into the world and the stories, there's a lot of really good material here!

Welcome to the X-Men comics, friend! Hope you survive the experience!

[corsairesix]

i want to get into xmen but idk hwo :(

Great! There are a few ways to start reading X-Men, so I'm gonna go through a bunch of them.

Start with Giant-sized X-Men #1. X-Men had a run in the 60s that was canceled, and Giant-sized is the beginning of the 70s relaunch. Most of what you'd know from popular osmosis of the X-Men is going to come from this era from '75-'90, and it's mostly written by one writer, Chris Claremont. It's a great era, if sometimes of-it's-time. You can see it transition from a fun villain-of-the-week comic to one of the most iconic comics of all time.

After Dark Phoenix Saga. DPS was a really big event that brought in a bunch of people, so immediately after there was a comic that basically summarized everything prior to that. This is still in the Claremont era, but Dark Phoenix is really the turning point where it becomes the iconic 80s X-Men that people think of. Good place to start mid-Claremont-run.

Grab any classic collection from your library. Your local library will probably have collections of either events or just large chunks of the run. In the 80s, comics were sold at newsstands/spinner racks, so every comic was assumed to be someone's first, and any information you needed to know was pretty clearly exposited. The big events include Dark Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past, Mutant Massacre, and Fall of the Mutants. Inferno and X-Tinction Agenda are really good too, but require a little more context.

Choose a student team. Every once and a while, X-Men will introduce a new crop of students. The books tend to be self-contained and focused on just that group. The big generations are New Mutants ('80s), Generation X ('90s), and Academy X (2000s). The first two are in books of the same name, but Academy X goes across two books--New Mutants Vol 2 and New X-Men Volume 2: Academy X. New Mutants is my personal favorite, followed by Generation X.

New X-Men. New X-Men was launched right after the movies brought in a lot of new fans, so it's friendly to new readers. At the same time, it's written by Grant Morrison, so it's some weird mystic wizard shit. The only thing you need to know is that Magneto took over a country called Genosha and Cyclops is traumatized through recent comic events (the details don't matter).

Krakoa era. Five years ago X-Men had a soft relaunch where mutants establish a nation on the living island of Krakoa. There are a bunch of books in this era, and are fairly cohesive, with lots of crossover between them. Luckily, the first era of books are collected in trade paperback as "Dawn of X." It's recent enough that your local library will probably have it. The reading order is House of X/Powers of X, Dawn of X 1-15, and X of Swords and then you can find the reading order going forward online. There are a lot of really good comics in this era.

Now! The Krakoa era just ended, and the new era going forward is less cohesive, so you can pick a comic you like and read just that! A bunch of new books just launched, so find a book with some characters you like. Gail Simone's Uncanny X-Men has a lot of fan favorites--Nightcrawler, Rogue, Gambit, Jubilee, and Wolverine. Just pick any that look good!

In general a good rule for getting into comics for the first time is that there will always be something that it's referencing that you might not have read, and that's fine. Most comics will explain what you need to know, and you should just roll with the rest.

[marvelman901]

Wolverine vol 2 102 (1996)

Unspoken Promises

Written by Larry Hama

Penciled by Adam Kubert

Inked by Dan Green

Colors by Joe Rosas

Lettered by Richard Starkings and Comicraft

Cover by Adam Kubert

While Wolverine has an inner monologue about his childhood, he fought criminals in the Bronx, where he also met Elektra...

#wolverine #xmen #canadian #elektra #daredevil #deadpoolandwolverine #larryhama #adamkubert #guns #90s #feral #savage #xmen97 #train

[rikebe]

Do you have a favorite X-men comic run? 👀

HMMMM id say my all-time favourite x-men run is def Excalibur Vol. 1 (1988)! It's the perfect sweet spot of a fun, well-written story with silly parts and great character moments, and it's filled to the top with soap-opera drama that we so dearly miss in modern x-men comics. I think the team is pretty much the perfect size to give everyone room to shine, plus the art is done (for the most part) by my all-time favourite x-men artist Alan Davis who's kind enough to draw kurt in tiny shorts over and over again. truly a hero. the cast is great (kurt, kitty and rachel are all favourites of mine and i really like meggan! brian is also there) and it's just a damn good time

other than that i have terrible taste so a lot of my personal favourites are in that 2012 - 2018 dead zone where the xmen were kind of a worthless brand they were trying to kill off so they just did WHATEVER. i love wolverine and the x-men, i love all-new x-men, amazing x-men, gen x 2017, all those weird middle children that were kind of balls to the wall are really fun for me, in part because that's when i started seriously reading comics so they hold a special place in my heart, but also because i kinda prefer x-stories that aren't so grandiose and all-important and world ending, and more character focused and creative, which is why a lot of the krakoa stuff really didn't catch me.

i also (big shocker) really love everything Academy X (so New Mutants Vol 2 (2003/2004) and then New X-Men Vol 2 (2004 - 2008) and the Hellions Mini (New X-Men: Hellions) and probably some more i'm forgetting right now) though those should definitely be read with a grain of salt, and if anyone's interested i'll gladly provide content warnings because they are DEFINITELY needed.

i could go on longer bc ive read a looooot of comics in my years (i could talk for hours about the pros and cons of reading akihiro comics for example. or random solos that are really good.) but yeah these are the ones that come to mind immediately! without making the list too long lol

[laurajameskinney]

hang on i just remembered ultimate xmen vol 2 (i think it was the second one. the one jimmy is in) i should make a list of all the minority groups mutants are explicitly used as a metaphor for bc holy mother of god was it not good.

[xmencovered]

X-Men (1991) #6 / Published: March 10, 1992 / Artist: Jim Lee

[ahaura]

Who are ur fav comic characters

omg what a fun question !!! my top 2

cassandra cain/batgirl ii - she's probably my all-time favorite, for better or for worse batgirl vol. 1 (2000-2005) is etched into my heart.

kitty pryde/shadowcat - im not at all familiar with the xmen but started reading the original excalibur run and she's my favorite character in it.

honorable mentions: kate bishop/hawkeye (from matt fraction's run); natasha romanoff (the name of the rose, phil noto's run, etc.); the collective titans (especially donna, victor, raven, and roy); maika halfwolf (monstress, though i'm not caught up on recent issues); saya and marcus (deadly class - i need to reread but oh boy); talia al ghul (haven't started on any specific runs it's purely thru osmosis); liz sherman (?) (i don't remember a lot from the hellboy comics but i know i liked her) and, of course, kurt wagner (see above comment about xmen) <3

[newx-menfan]

[keycomicbooks]

X-Men #96 (2000) Alan Davis and Mark Farmert Cover, Alan Davis Pencils & Story

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[petermustdie]

ok i dont recommend watching them chronologically cus there r spoilers in the end credits for some of the movies so my recommendation is to watch it in order of release SO here's it in release date order

- iron man

- the incredible hulk (don't watch this tho if u do just watch the end credits and all u need to know is that bruce banner tries to replicate the super soldier serum and fails miserably and gets turned into a big green guy and also the actor changes anyways)

- iron man 2

- thor

- captain america the first avenger

- avengers assemble

- iron man 3

- thor the dark world (a shit movie but it establishes the tesseract which is relevant in the future movies)

- captain america the winter soldier

- guardians of the galaxy vol 1 (a must watch oh my god i love all the gotg movies)

- daredevil s1

- avengers age of ultron (this was my fav avengers movie growing up but idk how it holds up today cus i haven't watched it in ages)

- ant-man

- daredevil s2

- captain america civil war (an absolute must watch like this is THE movie)

- doctor strange

- guardians of the galaxy vol 2

- spider-man homecoming (i love spiderman)

- thor ragnarok (the BEST thor movie)

- black panther

- avengers infinity war (again a MUST watch)

- ant-man and the wasp

- daredevil s3

- captain marvel

- avengers endgame (also a must watch)

- spider-man far from home

- wandavision (a must watch for a future movie)

- the falcon and the winter soldier (not a must watch but it's a good series imo)

- loki (a must watch cus it establishes a LOTTTT)

- black widow

- shang-chi

- eternals (don't listen to the haters cus this movie is actually good and really cinematically beautiful)

- spider-man no way home (yowch good luck if u haven't seen it already)

- hawkeye (not a must watch but it introduces a new character who might be relevant in the future of marvel but IDK)

- moonknight (also not a must watch but it's a good series except for the ending)

- doctor strange multiverse of madness (this is an ass movie but u do have to watch it i fear)

- ms marvel

- thor love and thunder (a lot of people REAAAALLLLLYYYY hated this movie but i enjoyed it but also i haven't seen it since i watched it in theatres so)

- she hulk (just a bad series i wouldnt reccomend)

- wakanda forever (i haven't watched this but i've heard good things)

- quantumania (haven't watched this either and haven't heard good things but ryan bergara is in it so)

- guardians of the galaxy vol 3 (i did watch this and it was GOOD)

- secret invasion (havent watched this cus i've heard bad things)

- the marvels (i've heard mixed things but i haven't watched this yet)

- echo (also haven't watched)

yea i kinda stopped being a marvel fan after they made disney+ series cus theyve gone a bit downhill i fear also there are other good marvel shows (not the disney series) that i haven't included because they're not extremely relevant to the overall plot but i'd still recommend watching them (i'll also do another reblog with the xmen movies)

CALLING ALL MARVEL FANS

So recently, I have been getting into Marvel. However, I have no clue what order to watch all the films/series in. On Google, it misses films out, etc. Can any Marvel fans please give me the best order to watch them chronologically? Not in order of release date necessarily, but in the order that makes the most sense, so I won't be watching a film that takes place after the events of a previous one before the previous one. Thank you so much in advance to anyone who helps out (no worries if not) and bye!

[marvelman901]

The Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix vol 1 2 (1996)

Unnatural Selection

Written by Peter Milligan

Penciled by John Paul Leon

Inked by Klaus Janson and Shawn Martinbrough

Colors by Kevin Somers

Lettered by Richard Starkings and Comicraft

Edited by Mark Powers

Cover by John Paul Leon

Apocalypse convinced Nathaniel Essex (Mister Sinister) to join him, but Essex had his doubts.

Meanwhile, Cyclops and Phoenix tried to stop Apocalypse...

#xmen #apocalypse #mrsinister #mistersinister #cyclops #jeangrey #phoenix #hellfireclub #johnpaulleon #klausjanson #petermilligan #marauders #shawnmartinbrough

[radiantandwithopenarms]

Some highlights from X-men vol 2 #94