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Happy Mid-Week Mini Christmas, Geeks and Geekettes! We're back with Longshot Saves The Marvel Universe #4!  Wait, a minute. Didn't I, like, JUST review this comic? Why, yessiree, I did! Longshot Saves The Marvel Universe #1 However, this being issue #4, is the end of the mini-series. And what a series it was! Magic! Chaos! Alternate realities! Mind-controlled heroes! Cameos galore! Longshot's abilities go haywire when he runs into cosmic entity, The In-Betweener, and a corrupt cosmic cube. He gets thrown into another reality where the Chaos and Order sides of  The In-Betweener are split and everything is wonky. Order is running SHIELD's magic-policing division and Chaos is trapped by his twin. Brother. Otherself. Guy. In order to restore reality, bring the two halves of the In-Between together, Longshot has to save the cosmic cube (in the form of a demon trapped in a teddy bear named Mr. Dapples) from the Order half while dodging the rampant des...

Amazing X-Men #1 - The Quest for Nightcrawler Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Ed McGuinness Nightcrawler has always been one of my favorite characters since I was a child. I was saddened when he died, but anyone who's ever read more than 6 issues of X-Men, we knew he'd be back eventually. And Amazing X-Men #1 is where that happens. Nightcrawler is in Heaven, but it's just short of paradise for Kurt. He was a flirtatious swashbuckler, a man of faith and belief, and now he sits in Heaven twiddling his thumbs. He's not ready for eternal rest. He has more to do, so he feels. What he really feels, is bored. Until Dad shows up for a visit. One of Marvel's most interesting and underused villains, Azazel, attacks Heaven. Meanwhile, on the mortal coil, Angelica Jones, Firestar, shows up at the Jean Grey School as their new teacher. Nervous, anxious, and unsure of what to expect, Angelica's met with the usual chaos and disorder that follows Wolverine's X-Men where ever th...