Up & Coming (Part 2)
WOLVERINE #54
Written by Jeph Loeb, art and cover by Simone Bianchi.
It's time for round five! Ever wonder why these two just can't get along? The reason cuts deeper than you think. Much deeper. And this time, one of them isn't walking away.
32 pages, $2.99. in stores on May 30
WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #14
Written by Daniel Way, penciled by Steve Dillon, cover by Marko Djurdjevic.
"Swift and Terrible," part 4 of 5. The origin of Cyber revealed! Struggling to maintain consciousness after his first blood-soaked confrontation with his vicious offspring Daken, Wolverine is forced to turn to the one man whom he can never trust for help: Cyber! How does the man once known as Silas Burr factor into Wolverine's past...and his future?
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 9
X-FACTOR #19
Written by Peter David, penciled by Khoi Pham, cover by Pablo Raimondi.
X-Factor is trapped in the middle: On the one side, the population of Ex-Mutant Town is in danger of boiling over as the X-Cell, apparently re-empowered by Pietro, endeavor to rally the rank and file against X-Factor. On the other side, the government, ready to move in with everything from armies to Sentinels. Will Madrox decide to tell the truth behind M-Day...and will anyone believe him?
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 16
X-MEN #199
Written by Mike Carey, pencils and cover by Chris Bachalo.
"Condition Critical," part 2 of 3. The X-Men are one issue away from 200...and let's hope Cable and Rogue can make it! Facing a nearly indestructible enemy, both Cable and Rogue will need to make choices that will alter their lives forever.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 23
X-23: TARGET X #6
Written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, pencils and cover by Mike Choi.
The Facility has taken everything from X-23? her mother, her new family, every chance for a normal life? but now, X-23 is going to make it all stop. She's going back to the beginning, to the man whose DNA led her down this path, the man she blames for it all? Wolverine.
48 pages, $3.99, in stores on May 16
ULTIMATE X-MEN #82
Written by Robert Kirkman, pencils by TBA, cover by Yanick Paquette.
"The Underneath," part 1 of 2. After rejecting and shunning the X-Men, Nightcrawler is out on his own. Feared and hated for his appearance -- he seeks refuge in the sewers, a subterranean safe-haven for mutants known as The Underneath, and the home of The Morlocks.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 9