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

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

The past, present and future collide for a mutant civil war in Marvel Comics' upcoming X-event from Brian Michael Bendis, X-Men: Battle Of The Atom. Take a look at some great artwork from Frank Cho in this unlettered four-page preview after the jump.

By MarkCassidy - Jul 30, 2013 10:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Comics
Source: Via Newsarama

"Hank McCoy brought the original X-Men into the present in the hopes of changing the course of history and stopping Scott Summer’s mutant revolution before it even begins. But as the young and confused X-Men try to cope with their devastating futures, the team begins to unravel from the inside. And just as mutant civil war is about to hit its boiling point, an unexpected third party comes in to change the game—the future X-Men! They’ve traveled back in time with a warning—the original X-Men need to go back to their rightful time or they will be the final nail in mutantkind’s coffin. They risked everything to come to the past and won’t leave until the All-New X-Men are back in the past. Three X-Men universes collide in the biggest war mutantkind has ever seen, and you won’t believe how it all plays out. One thing’s for sure—no reader will come out unscathed! Who will become unlikely allies? What is S.H.I.E.L.D.’s master plan? What are the consequences for altering time and space? Most importantly, what will determine the fate of our favorite superheroes?"












X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM #1
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art by FRANK CHO
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Wraparound Variant by FRANK CHO
Variant Cover by JOE MADUREIRA
FOC - 8/12/2013, On Sale - 9/4/2013

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TheWolverine08
TheWolverine08 - 7/30/2013, 10:44 AM
I'm getting tired of the X-Men and their numerous events based on their puerile arguments changing the Marvel U.
TheWolverine08
TheWolverine08 - 7/30/2013, 10:50 AM
Frankly, in the past couple of years I have grown tired of the X-Men (besides Wolverine).

There incessant, puerile, arguments with each other that mirror soap operas have worn thing with me. Most of them have become hypocrites (Cyclops and Beast are glowing paragons of this), and their constant whining and arguing with the Avengers for not holding their hands like children doesn't make me pity them, it just makes me grow less fond of them.

Honestly, I really don't understand why the X-Men are focusing on regular humans hating them, and thinking that they are their biggest threat, because the X-Men are their own worst enemies.
KrazyForKomix
KrazyForKomix - 7/30/2013, 11:00 AM
They HAVE become the problem. When was the last time they stopped a bank robbery? Not in years, Super squabblers, that's all they are.
Crawler
Crawler - 7/30/2013, 11:05 AM
The only X-Man I'm tired of is Wolverine.
TheWolverine08
TheWolverine08 - 7/30/2013, 11:12 AM
@KrazyForKomix Quoted for the truth.
GLprime2814
GLprime2814 - 7/30/2013, 11:14 AM
Whatever happened to the days when the Chen fought villains and common criminals, or the days they just hung out by the pool and played a good ol game of baseball.
Now it's all road rules real world challenge and "what do you mean you people?" arguments.

Oh and where the [frick] are all the villains while the heroes are to busy fighting heroes?
Seriously would think its a perfect opportunity to finally take over the world.
NBAfanaddict
NBAfanaddict - 7/30/2013, 11:20 AM
Everything in comics seems like an "Event" now. Gotten to the point where I wonder "Do they do anything besides fight?" They have no time between these massive "Events"
Luis75
Luis75 - 7/30/2013, 11:29 AM
I hope this upcoming X-event is better then that Avengers:Age of Ultron garbage.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 7/30/2013, 11:33 AM

@Django Okay that was very uncalled for.
Minato
Minato - 7/30/2013, 11:33 AM
I love how Kitty is now leading the people she has looked up to her whole career.
sameoldthing
sameoldthing - 7/30/2013, 11:35 AM
Frank Cho is easily in the Top 10 comic book artists..terrific work from him as always.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 7/30/2013, 12:42 PM
I am not their daughter Django! That's gross
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 7/30/2013, 1:34 PM
Omg how did you find that pic of me !?!??
ChanceX74
ChanceX74 - 7/30/2013, 1:38 PM
What I get tired of is all these events that spawn from what would be infinite numbers of possible alternate universes coming back to say that if the course they are on in the present doesn't change it will be a disaster.

This is the key problem with time travel stories. If anyone goes forward to "the future" it's never really the future because they'll always change it. On the other side, since it can always be changed, there's an infinite number of possible futures to stave off which means there would always be someone different showing up to change the course. It would be never ending.

Future X-men come to send past X-men back to the past or else. This would cause a ripple in another alternate X-future who would be compelled to come to the present to send future X-Men back to the future... or else. Another group of further future X-Men might come to send future X-Men back before they send past X-Men back because doing so might cause their bad future.

Future Avengers catch wind of all the turmoil and how Battle of the Atom maybe caused their bad future so they come back to present Avengers to urge them to stop all future and past X-Men, and next thing you know it turns into AvXvAvXvA...

On second thought... hire me, Marvel. I think I've come up with your next overblown company wide crossover: Everyday of Future's Past's Future.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 7/30/2013, 2:37 PM

@Django because that is Lana Del Rey in my icon! I love her.
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/30/2013, 2:55 PM
huge x-men fan,i need to read this.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 7/30/2013, 3:06 PM
Hahaa heeeey you don't know what I look like
Battabing
Battabing - 7/30/2013, 3:21 PM
Another X-Men event? And why would they give it to Bendis? Didn't anyone read Age of Ultron?

Also, Jean Grey just might be the most annoying character in comics right now.
silverhawk
silverhawk - 7/30/2013, 4:14 PM
@battabing, yep Jean Grey is kind of annoying in this series.
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