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Astonishing X-Men # 14

By Mark Rodriguez Havok is having a hard time trying to get back into the good graces of fellow X-Men and superheroes after he was temporarily a supervillain. He tries to form team with Beast but now both are under attack by the Reavers that are out to capture Mr. McCoy! Just then Banshee came in to help! I was waiting quite a while for this issue, and I never expected to have found and bought it during my Las Vegas trip. The issue opens with Banshee literally screaming the Reavers to pieces, but he flies around ignoring his friends. Havok blasts one of the Reavers into a wall and intends to question him, but the guy snaps his own neck. Just then Beast is held at gun point by one of the Reavers. Warpath suddenly busts in through the window behind them and slices the Reaver's head off. Beast thought Warpath was part of Havok's team, but he didn't know about this either. Warpath is surprised Banshee is alive and says he was sent by Kitty Pryde to keep an eye on Hav...

Astonishing X-Men # 13

By Mark Rodriguez In Dazzler's recent one-shot, Colossus went over to recruit Allison into the X-Men once again, as they are in the state of rebuilding. After trying to leave the superhero life behind and focus on her music, but she eventually decided give it a shot once again. Now she joins the current line up of Colossus, Beast, Warpath and Havok at the start of a whole new adventure. Let's see how this goes. 'Until our Hearts Stop part 1' opens with Havok trying to fight off a monster and knocking him into a building with his energy blasts. Just then the Avengers, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Captain Marvel, Black Panther and Ghost Rider show up. I wasn't expecting to see the Avengers here. The only one missing is She-Hulk but I guess we can assume she's in the car with Ghost Rider? And poor Carol, what have they done with you? It turns out the monster was one of Mole Man's creatures that got loose and the Avengers agreed to peacefully bring him back....