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Marvel has provided CBR with first looks of the upcoming X-titles in April 2009.


ASTONISHING X-MEN #29
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils & Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
“GHOST BOX,” PART 5
The penultimate chapter of the opening epic by the superstar team of Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi. Are you ready for the secret of the Ghost Box?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CABLE #13
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Pencils & 50/50 Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI
50/50 Variant Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
“X-FORCE/CABLE: MESSIAH WAR,” PART 2
The sequel to 2007’s MESSIAH COMPLEX continues here! Cyclops has complete faith that his son, Cable, will do everything he can to protect the so-called mutant messiah — who he believes will save mutantkind. But he also knows what havoc former X-Man Lucas Bishop has wreaked in the nightmarish future. So now he’s sent his black ops team, the X-Force, on a risky, time-traveling mission to save Cable and the child, completely unaware that there’s something else waiting for them in the future. Something not even Bishop was counting on…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #508 & #509
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Covers by GREG LAND
Uncanny X-Men #508 Wolverine Art Appreciation Variant by LAURA MARTIN
The X-Men get up to the delicate art of living as the Sisterhood plan their imminent demise. The Science Team gets to work, trying very hard not to kill one another first. Simon Trask gains traction in the California state legislature, muscling PROPOSITION X to an emergency ballot vote. If it passes, mutants past and present, powered and otherwise, won’t be allowed to breed… all this and a friend returns as a foe and ready for murder. Oh, things are getting ugly.
32 PGS.(each)/Rated T+ …$2.99 (each)

X-FACTOR #42
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by VALENTINE DE LANDRO
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
After the shocking events of the past few issues, MADROX has learned that in X-FACTOR, anything can happen. And in this issue—everything does! Separated from his teammates and involved in a war he never expected to see, he can only look back on the days when the team stood together. Now—the rebellion has begun!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-FORCE #14
Written by CRAIG KYLE & CHRISTOPHER YOST
Pencils & Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
Variant Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
“X-FORCE/CABLE: MESSIAH WAR”
STRYFE STRIKES! Cable and X-Force’s greatest nemisis returns! The X-event of the decade continues in MESSIAH WAR, and things go from “bad” to “worst case scenario” as X-Force and Cable struggle to keep Hope alive. While Cyclops fights to keep X-Force’s involvement a secret in the present, Cable and Wolverine butt heads in the future over control of the child. Making matters worse, a member of X-Force abandons the team as an army of darkness descends upon them, leaving the team a man down with their backs to the wall. Past, present and future collide as the war for Mutantkind’s survival continues. Part 3 (of 7)
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

X-MEN: LEGACY #223
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by SCOT EATON
Cover by LEE BERMEJO
70th Anniversary Variant Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Wolverine Art Appreciation Variant by MORRY HOLLOWELL
“Salvage”
It’s the moment of truth for Danger and Professor Xavier as the seeds planted in ASTONISHING X-MEN finally bloom. Prof. X kept a sentient being almost as a slave and now that she is free of her bonds, Danger will take her revenge. And this time, the X-Men aren’t there to help him. It’s the beginning of the end of Professor Xavier’s part of X-MEN LEGACY! Part 4 (of 5)
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99


Is anyone intrigued by Land’s new cover? LAAAAAAAAAAND!

And that’s it folks; I excluded the dozens of Wolverine titles. You can check out the full solicits here: CBR: Advance X-Solicits, April 2009

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