Showing posts with label Chris Claremont. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 9, 2004

Aliens Versus Predator | Comics

The Aliens AKA Xenomorphs are the most fierce being that have ever existed in the furthest corner of the galaxy. These murderous creatures were found at first by the humans in the 22nd century by the crews of spacecraft USCSS Nostromo on the planetoid LV-426 and Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley was the lone survivor of that encounter.

But humans were not aware that somewhere out there a very dangerous humanoid extraterrestrial species called The Yautja, lives to hunt on these genocidal beings for sports and is known as the Predators. The Predators travel planet-to-planet for game hunting as part of a century old ritual and the Xenomorphs are one of their prime subject as these savage beasts are extremely dangerous to be trifled with on any given day.

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Aliens Versus Predator | Comics

The Yautja are the "Hunters", who captures and then breed the Xenomorphs as part of their hunting culture whom they recognize as "Serpents". A human female, Machiko Noguchi were allowed among the ranks of the Hunter Clan once to slay the Xenomorphs alongside them. It appears that the Yautja were visiting Earth and many other planets for more than over centuries and they have a hunting relationship going with the Xenomorphs over time.

Though most of the time the Predators carry out the game-hunting of Xenomorphs in a distant uninhabited planet, sometime the situation gets way out of the hand where the humans are trapped in the middle of a war between two deadliest species of the galaxy and pays the ultimate price with their lives.

For more information on Aliens Vs. Predator comics series, you can check out these links below.

Aliens Versus Predator (Comics) Wikipedia


Aliens Versus Predator (Comics) Wikia



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The Eternal Feud

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Aliens Vs. Predator Omnibus Volume 01


Aliens Vs. Predator


Aliens Vs. Predator – The Deadliest of the Species


Aliens Vs. Predator – War


Aliens Vs. Predator – War


Aliens Vs. Predator – Eternal


Aliens Vs. Predator Omnibus Volume 02


Aliens Vs. Predator – Booty


Aliens Vs. Predator – Thrill of the Hunt

Aliens Vs. Predator – Civilized Beasts

Aliens Vs. Predator – Three World War

Following the success of launching the 20th Century Fox sci-fi film character Aliens and Predator in two different line of limited series with each containing a story of its own timeline, Dark Horse Comics were intending to do some more with the characters. So, Chris Warner came up with the idea of a crossover between the series titled Aliens Vs. Predator.

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The Deadliest Extraterrestrials

The theme was first introduced on the pages of Dark Horse Presents #36 in 1990 which later spawned as a major follow-up of limited series and crossover with other comic book characters like Batman, Superman, Judge DreddDarkness, Witchblade and The Terminator. The franchise has also inspired two motion picture; Alien vs. Predator in 2004 and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem in 2007 to hit the theaters.
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Friday, July 16, 2004

Fall of the Mutants | Comics

In Dallas, Texas, members of the mutant adventurer team X-Men were out looking for their recently de-powered mutant teammate Storm and engaged in a fight with mutant terrorist Mystique and her group of reformed villains sponsored by the government now is known as Freedom Force. Their fight is interrupted when cavemen, demons and strange creatures starts popping out in the middle. So, both team decides to work this thing out together.

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Fall of the Mutants | Comics

During the fight, the precognitive mutant Destiny had a vision of many heroes dying and things from primitive ages like caveman and dinosaurs starts appearing around them. Their former foe Adversary was the person responsible for this sudden chronal disorder and he appears to be invincible for the heroes.

Storm actually was with mutant inventor Forge at that time to and they are transported to another dimension where they lived for a year and reconcile their love. Forge then tries to restore her mutant powers forever. Though Forge have currently managed to jump-start Storm’s mutant powers back but in order to defeat their foe, he cast a spell that apparently costs the life of Colossus, Dazzler, Havok, Longshot, Madelyne Pryor, Psylocke, Rogue, Storm and Wolverine.

Meanwhile in Manhattan, X-Factor team is transported to the celestial ship of the eternal mutant Apocalypse and offered a place in his new world order. Upon denying, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Caliban and Iceman are all forced to face Apocalypse's Four Horsemen and to their surprise, one of them turned out to be their long dead former teammate Angel, who has become the embodiment of Horseman Death under the influence of Apocalypse.

The clash between the Horsemen of Apocalypse and X-Factor reaches New York and the timely intervention of Power Pack actually saved a lot of property damage. During their battle, Iceman's apparent death made Archangel rethink his decisions and made him switch sides. As X-Men and X-Factor were trying to sort out their troubles, New Mutant member Bird-Brain meets his creator, Ani-Mator.

For more information on Fall of the Mutants crossover, you can check out these links below.

Fall of the Mutants (Comics) Wikipedia


Fall of the Mutants (Comics) Marvel Wikia



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Four Horsemen of Apocalypse

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X-Men – Fall of the Mutants Vol 01

X-Men – Fall of the Mutants Vol 02


X-Men – The Fall of the Mutants (Softcover)


X-Men – The Fall of the Mutants (Hardcover)


"Fall of the Mutants" is a crossover comic-book event from Marvel Comics that was released on 1988, centering on the monthly ongoing series like Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor and New Mutants. Writer Chris Claremont (Captain Britain, Contest of Champions II) pitched this crossover's plot along with artist Marc Silvestri (Cyberforce, The Darkness), Walter Simonson (Orion, Star Wars) and Bret Blevins. Fall of the Mutants was quite a long saga at that time, collecting more than thirty issues from three major X-Titles.

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Rebirth of the Mutants

Following the huge success of this crossover, a game titled “X-Men II – The Fall of the Mutants” was released by Paragon Software in 1990. This crossover event was preceded by legendary "Mutant Massacre" arc, where Angel lost his power of flight and is recruited in this story by Apocalypse in exchange to become his servant. This crossover is followed by the remarkable "Evolutionary War" crossover event.
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Monday, June 7, 2004

Mutant Massacre | Comics

A young mutant named Tommy and her boyfriend Richard Salmons of Hellfire Club were chased in Los Angeles, California by a mysterious group of hostile mutants who goes by the name Marauders. It appears that the Marauders were only looking for an underground group of mutants who call themselves The Morlocks.


Tommy is then killed by the Marauder named Scalphunter after Richard was taken down on a train yard and upon finding out the secret hideout of the Morlocks, The Marauders unleashed a massive carnage and slew hundreds of innocent mutants mercilessly. After witnessing such horror, Gambit who were leading one of the Marauders team under the order of Mister Sinister to the sewers unaware of their true intentions, fled with a mutant child who would later be known as Marrow.

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X Men – Mutant Massacre | Comics

On response to a call for help, the team of X-Factor and X-Men reaches the spot separately to battle The Marauders and help the remaining Morlocks alive. Angel of the X-Factor got pinned to the wall by Harpoon, leading to the amputation of his wings later. Trying to save RogueShadowcat got stuck in her phase form after being attacked by Harpoon. Nightcrawler and Colossus also got heavily injured by Riptide.

What came up next is a legendary battle between two feral mutants of Marvel Universe; Wolverine and Sabretooth when the former was wandering inside the tunnels looking for survivors. These two animals tore each other apart as they could in the heat of the situation. They went on to a second round but Wolverine left the fight to save the life of a Morlock. Sabretooth even reached to X-Mansion secretly and destroys Cerebro but there he was confronted by Psylocke before Wolverine could arrive and she took the fight outside so that Victor Creed couldn't hurt any other students.

The vigilante hero Daredevil and The Mighty Thor have also crossed paths with The Marauders during this massive slaughterous event. Thor's intervention is the only reason why X-Factor got out of the mess with minimum causalities on their rank and he later cleanse the sewer of the dead with his power, which also causes some to believe that Power Pack has also perished within.

For more information on Mutant Massacre crossover, you can check out these links below.

Mutant Massacre (Comics) Wikipedia


Mutant Massacre (Comics) Marvel Wikia


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The Genocidal Run

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01. Uncanny X-Men 210


02. Uncanny X-Men 211


03. New Mutants 46


04. Uncanny X-Men 212


05. Uncanny X-Men 213


06. X-Factor 09


07. X-Factor 10


08. The Mighty Thor 373


09. Power Pack 27


10. The Mighty Thor 374


11. X-Factor 11


12. Daredevil 238


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X-Men – Mutant Massacre (Softcover)

X-Men – Mutant Massacre (Hardcover)

Considered as one of the top notch Marvel Comics crossover, "Mutant Massacre" is a major crossover that took place in 1986. The creative team of the events is writer Chris Claremont (Captain Britain, Contest of Champions II), who is famous for his run on Uncanny X-Men, Louise and Walter Simonson (Alien – The Illustrated Story, Star Wars). When Chris Claremont came up with the idea of the story then Walter Simonson suggested him to make the plot a crossover of the then three major monthly series so that it will not be overlong for the readers.

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Introducing The Marauders

To do the artwork John Romita Jr. (Avengers Vs. X-Men, World War Hulk) along with Walter Simonson and Sal Buscema (Defenders, Eternals) joined forces. Also goes by the name "Morlock Massacre", this surprisingly successful major crossover has tied-in with a several monthly ongoing series of that time including X-Factor, New Mutants, Power Pack, Thor, and Daredevil apart from the regular Uncanny X-Men ongoing series.
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Monday, December 15, 2003

Sabretooth | Comics

Victor Creed was a mutant who was abused by his father for his feral mutation all his childhood and in return he killed him before fleeing home. He grew up to be a blood-lusty person who would meet his life-long arch-nemesis Wolverine when he attacked the Blackfoot tribe Logan was staying with and killed his lover Silverfox after brutally raping her.

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Sabretooth | Comics

During the mid-60's, he joined Team X and received the code-name Sabretooth. Later, he got recruited by Gambit in Mr. Sinister’s team of Marauders for the infamous “Mutant Massacre”. Professor Xavier took Creed to X-Mansion, seeking for his redemption but he escapes injuring Psylocke and Archangel. Soon, Sabretooth is forcibly rolled in a government funded X-Factor but he only left a trail of bodies behind.

Apocalypse pitted Sabretooth and Wolverine in a fight to chose his Horseman of Death. Not only he lost the battle, his adamantium was given to Logan. When he was chased by the Children of the Vault, Sabretooth came looking for sanctuary and joined the X-Men, only to betray them next. Logan apparently killed him but Creed later resurfaced as the leader of Hand (Back In Japan) with Mystique.

Following Professor X's death during “Avengers Vs. X-Men”, Magneto joined Cyclops' team of X-Men and Mystique proceed to reform the Brotherhood with Victor. Sabretooth eventually took his enemy’s mantle after the "Death of Wolverine". As the moral AXIS of heroes were inverted, Magneto enlisted him alongside Carnage, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Loki and others.

For more information on Sabretooth comics series, you can check out the links below.

Sabretooth (Comics) Wikipedia

Sabretooth (Comics) Marvel Wikia

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Loner Victor Creed

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Origin II (Softcover)

Origin II (Hardcover)

X-Men – Origins

Wolverine – Wolverine's Revenge (Softcover)

Wolverine – Wolverine's Revenge (Hardcover)

Wolverine Origins Vol 03 – Swift and Terrible

New Avengers By Brian Michael Bendis Vol 02 (Softcover)

New Avengers By Brian Michael Bendis Vol 02 (Hardcover)

Avengers 1959

Wolverine – Tales of Weapon X (Softcover)

Wolverine – Tales of Weapon X (Hardcover)

X-Men – Mutant Massacre (Softcover)

X-Men – Mutant Massacre (Hardcover)

X-Men – Phalanx Covenant

Spider-Man – The Assassin Nation Plot

Amazing Spider-Man By David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane Omnibus

Spider-Man/Punisher/Sabretooth – Designer Genes

X-Men – Fatal Attractions

Sabretooth – Death Hunt

X-Men – The Age of Apocalypse Omnibus

X-Men – Age of Apocalypse Omnibus Companion

Sabretooth – Back To Nature

Team X/Team 7

Identity Disc

Sabretooth – Open Season

X-Men – Supernovas (Softcover)

X-Men – Supernovas (Hardcover)

Wolverine – Sabretooth

Wolverine – Back in Japan (Softcover)

Wolverine – Back in Japan (Hardcover)

Wolverine – Sabretooth Reborn (Softcover)

Wolverine – Sabretooth Reborn (Hardcover)

All-New X-Men Vol 02 – Here To Stay

Uncanny X-Men Vol 03 – The Good, The Bad, The Inhuman

Wolverine Vol 02 – Killable

Death of Wolverine (Softcover)

Death of Wolverine (Hardcover)

Death of Wolverine – The Logan Legacy

Avengers & X-Men – Axis (Softcover)

Avengers & X-Men – Axis (Hardcover)

Uncanny Avengers Vol 01 – Counter-Evolutionary

Served a lifetime as the primary villain for one of Marvel’s most popular hero Wolverine, the fictional character Sabretooth was created by Chris Claremont (Captain Britain, Contest of Champions II) and John Byrne (Darkseid/Galactus, Uncanny X-Men). Even though, Victor Creed would make quite a regular appearance on the pages of Uncanny X-Men in the early period, he first debuted on Iron Fist issue #14, in 1977.

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The Most Feral Mutant

During the character’s decade-long fan-favorite run as a villain of X-Men and Wolverine himself, he was also part of many of the titles and teams aside from the one’s mentioned above like Avengers Unity Division, Astonishing Avengers, Avengers 1959, Hellfire Club, Hounds, Weapon X and the Wolverines. On several occasion he also tangled with Spider-Man, Daredevil and Punisher.

Despite him being portrayed as a villain in the regular continuity, Sabretooth is a depicted as a hero in the Age of Apocalypse reality. In live-action movie, actor Tyler Mane and Liev Schreiber has respectively played the role in X-Men (2000) and X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).
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