And I am angrier than ever. Why are X-Fans such masochists? Even more than Teen Titans fans but slightly less than Legion fans. God damn.

I’m an on-off X-Men reader, but I haven’t kept up in the last few years. Mostly because, well look at the cycle. So before going back, I asked longtime and hardcore X-Fans what I should expect. Most wondered why I even do this, I get more than enough masochistic RAGE from Teen Titans.

So here’s what happened while I was away:

Shadowcat is back:

We last saw Kitty Pryde at the end of Joss Whedon‘s very successful run in Astonishing X-Men, arguably one of the best arcs in the past decade. She’s freed from her giant intangible hollow bullet circling space forever and is back on earth, but with a catch: she’s stuck in her intangible form and can’t speak without wearing a suit. But she gets better. Don’t ask how but she does. But who brought her back?

Magneto joins the X-Men:

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Oh look, it’s Friday, and that means us Comicgasm monkeys have to write reviews to satisfy your comic book urges! Even if our reviews are a day late so it really won’t mean anything because I’m pretty sure you’ve already read these issues and our opinions would be pretty much superfluous! How’s this for a filler intro!

First, apologies for the lack of articles. You see, RJ, Fiel and I have been stuck in the mountains of Tibet where we discovered a secret tribe of hot Tibetan women. The welcome fellatio we received from them was so intense this blog actually stopped churning updates.

To make it up for you, Lady Bullseye and I have set up this little slapstick routine, where one of us ends up with a concussion…

Thanks for taking one for the team, Lady Bullseye! (continue reading…)

… Jeph Loeb writes this majestic piece of dialogue.