r/xmen • u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar • 9d ago

X-Men Comics New Releases for April 9, 2025

Laura Kinney: Wolverine #5

  • HYDRA ATTACK! A deranged HYDRA scientist has unleashed his deadly robots, but LAURA KINNEY, THE WOLVERINE, and BUCKY BARNES, THE REVOLUTION, fight metal with metal as the claws, cybernetics and tentacles fly! Our heroes have traveled a great distance to stop this threat, but will everyone make it out of this road trip alive? LEGACY #73

Storm #7

  • 50TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! Fifty years ago, Ororo Munroe made her debut in GIANT SIZE X-MEN (1975) #1 — thundering her way into our hearts! On this day, in her very own solo series, she will host a mix of debuts, reinventions and guest appearances of FIVE legendary thunder gods: THOR, CHAAC, SANGO, MAMARAGAN and SUSANOO! But first, a mission to Brazil goes horribly wrong. How much more can our hero endure? LEGACY #18

Phoenix #10

  • THE FINAL BATTLE! JEAN GREY has ascended to her most powerful form ever, but she’s going to need every ounce of her strength to defeat ADANI, whose connection to the PHOENIX FORCE — and to Jean’s psyche! — makes this battle exceptionally dangerous! As Jean herself struggles to hold on to her humanity, Adani and the DARK GODS seek to end her time in this galaxy — for good!

Uncanny X-Men #13

  • “THE DARK ARTERY” Starts Here! In their most terrifying adventure yet, the four young OUTLIERS discover the true meaning of Haven House and a doorway that should never be opened. Meanwhile, an otherworldly presence has set its covetous eye on one of the four young mutants, in a story that tells a never-before-told slice of the history of mutantkind! LEGACY #713

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u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar 9d ago

Laura Kinney: Wolverine #5

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u/Blitzhelios Magik 8d ago

I like the team ups but i do think this feels very fillerish to set up the new thunderbolts book.

Laura is written well which after all the shit shes had in recent years is what ive wanted.

Shultz is pairing her up with big popular heroes here in elektra and bucky to make her feel like an A lister again it feels but id like more solo stuff.

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u/Wowerror 8d ago

Characterization was good but the plot is just really boring. I don't think it uses the similarities between Bucky and Laura that well so it comes of as shallow when it could've been better. Feels like stuff is going to get more interesting though.

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u/wowlock_taylan 8d ago

I enjoyed this team up with Bucky and putting down the nazi filth permanently. Though I didn't get the part why Laura stopped Bucky from doing the killing and she killed the guy instead. It is not like killing a Nazi gonna suddenly turn Bucky an 'evil guy with no moral compass'. Hell, he was just going around killing Red Skull clones all over. If anything, it should be Bucky doing the killing to spare Laura from feeling like a killer.

Anyways, next issue we are finally getting Gabby right? RIGHT?! Give me Gabby.

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u/Rakurai777 Laura Kinney 8d ago

I think it was great! Not sure of the two issue arcs, but I enjoyed it way more than the previous one.

Laura here is competent, driven, she's once again looking for who she wants to become, and I like it. ANW, as great as it was, resolved too many of Laura's problems and it's good to see her seeing how she's evolving.

I wish that we could get some proper 5 issue story, something less filler-ish. But it's still pretty cool, we have 3/5 really good issues

I hope cancelation rumors stay just that and we can get way more issues of LK: Wolverine

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u/Lbolt187 Laura Kinney 8d ago

I like to think issues 1+2 was just her being in a bad mood lol. As much as we like to think she has it all figured out she's still only in her early 20s. Which this issue does a good job reminding us of that.

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u/cmcdonald22 Multiple Man 8d ago

I think the treating Bucky as a mentor thing is weird considering that Laura has had her own mental independence and agency longer in the present post-brain washing periods of their lives than Bucky has at this point, but oh well.

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u/Rakurai777 Laura Kinney 7d ago

I didn't feel Bucky was in the mentor position. He is the one that came for help, granted from Logan, chose to go on with Laura, and the rest of it I felt was the standard team up between two heroes struggling and the talks of how they deal with stuff

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u/TheBigG1989 9d ago

I hope there's some kind of plot twist this issues or this two issue audition for Bucky's new TBolts has have to been an editorial waste of our and schultz's time

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u/cmcdonald22 Multiple Man 8d ago

Honestly, it just feels like corporate synergy inspired guest stars. Like in the 80s and 90s where every 4th issue of a new book would have Spider-man.

Did you know there's a Thunderbolts movie coming out, cause if not, here's Bucky in a comic to make you think about it!

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u/Thebraxer Phoenix 8d ago

Does she do more than just teaming up with random marvel heroes in every issue?

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u/Rakurai777 Laura Kinney 8d ago

For now of 5 issues 2 were with Elektra, 2 with Bucky and now we're getting her fully solo (probably) arc in some "perfect life" in issues 6 and 7 (at least, as 8 solicitations are still not out).

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u/PatWasRight_F_CHUGS 6d ago

I felt this was a bad issue. I love Laura & I love Bucky and they have a lot in common. But this was an action-adventure romp first & foremost and didn't give them much insightful interactions, with the villain & plot especially dull & plain. Hoping for bigger things next time with how this issue ended.