The fan-favorite Marvel Unlimited anthology series is back! X-Men Unlimited returns on Monday, December 6 in the exclusive Infinity Comic format. X-Men Unlimited #13 kicks off the “X-Men: Paradise Lost” arc, an 8-part storyline set within current Krakoan continuity.
Writer Fabian Nicieza teams with artist Matt Horak, and edited by Jordan White, for X-Men Unlimited’s latest saga! Read the first part of “X-Men: Paradise Lost” in the Marvel Unlimited app now, and read new chapters weekly every Monday.
The nation of Krakoa may be made up of 99.9% mutants, but not every problem is one an X-Gene is perfectly fit to handle. Thankfully, they still have friends out there in the larger world they can call on… friends like the Unstoppable Juggernaut. Oh, and Deadpool, if you can call him a friend.
Magneto is back and his Acolytes, lead by Exodus, are bringing mutants to their sanctuary Avalon to protect them from the oncoming epidemic known as the Legacy Virus!
Story: Scott Lobdell, Peter David, Fabien Nicieza, Larry Hama, Shana David, Joe Quesada, J.M. DeMatteis Art: Brandon Peterson, Joe Quesada, Jan Duursema, John Romita, Jr., Jason Pearson, Chris Bachalo, Richard Bennett, Greg Capullo, Andy Kubert, Adam Kubert, Ken Lashley, Roger Cruz, Chris Batista, Buzz, Tom Grummett, Jae Lee, Chris Sprouse, Paul Smith, Darick Robertson, Matt Ryan Ink: Al Milgrom, Dan Panosian, Dan Green, Mark Farmer, Matt Ryan, José Marzab, Jr., Andrew Pepoy, Richard Bennett, Cliff Van Meter, Bob Wiacek, Jimmy Palmiotti, Scott Hanna, Kevin Conrad, Terry Austin, Tom Palmer, Keith Williams, Josef Rubinstein, Mark Pennington, Cam Smith, Randy Elliott, Randy Emberlin, Mark Nelson, Bud LaRosa, Hilary Barta Color: Marie Javins, Ariane Lenshoek, Glynis Oliver, Tom Smith, Steve Buccelato, Kevin Tinsley, Ericka Moran, Joe Rosas, George Roussos, Mike Thomas Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos, Richard Starkings, Bill Oakley, Pat Brosseau, Steve Dutro, Lois Buhalis, Jon Babcock, Dave Sharpe
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I went dollar bin diving again the other day, and I must say I was quite excited about the comic I ended up finding: X-Men Unlimited #15. I’ve made no secret about my fondness for Maverick over the past year or so, and his solo series from the late 90’s remains one of my favourite runs to this day. I had always read in the recap pages for that series a quick blurb about events that had occurred in a previous X-Men comic featuring Maverick and Chris Bradleybut I never had a chance to find the comic, and over the years I forgot about it.
Imagine my joy, then, when I saw it in the dollar bin.
I didn’t recognize the issue immediately, instead grabbing it because Maverick was battling Wolverine on the cover (which is the exact reason I purchased Maverick #4 so many years ago), so when I opened the comic and saw the synopsis, I was quite excited. Stupidly so, even, because of my unreasonable level of enthusiasm for anything Maverick (except, maybe, his tenure as Agent Zero, but I did buy all of that anyway because… well…), because this book I just picked up for a dollar was one that I had given up looking for because I couldn’t remember the name of it. That I finally had a copy of this comic was fantastic, but after wanting it for so long, now that I have read the comic, did the story meet my expectations?
That’s a loaded question, really, but the long and the short of it is that it did. It really did.
X-Men Unlimited #15 is one of the those comics that’s a standalone story that has a little bit of a background to it, but everything you need to know is covered very well in the recap page. The standalone story featured in the comic itself, Second Contact, is in many ways a classic X-Men story. It has all the hallmarks from the anti-mutant terror, the fear of an unknown in the form of the deadly Legacy Virus, and a real human element.
It is probably one of the best X-Men comics I have read in years, and I’m sure the inclusion of Maverick has some bearing on that – for me any way – as did the price I paid for the comic, but despite my lofty expectations for this comic after finding it after twenty years, it more than met them, and not just because of the characters within the pages. As the issues comes to a close, you realize that this isn’t a comic with a happy ending, and X-Men Unlimited #15 is all the stronger for it.
As a dollar bin find, this was probably one of the best I could ever hope for; I think that it’s a good sign that I’d have willingly paid $5 or more for the issue, and had I done so, I don’t think I’d have been disappointed.
Story: Howard Mackie Penciller: Duncan Roleau
Inker: Rob Hunter Colors: Shannon Blanchard Letters: Richard Starkings
Rating: Worth A Dollar
