Welcome Ladies & Gentlemen. Battle Report comes back with a MASSIVE update and return. We will catch up to date on all things AvX. We are gonna catch you up on all the hard-hitting action and events since the last battle report. There is a LOT of ground to cover. So, sit back, hold on tight and brace yourselves cause this will be a bumpy ride.
Avengers vs. X-Men Round 6
If you thought things were crazy before, the first part of the second arc of Avengers vs X-Men will make you go nuts. The Phoenix Five (Cyclops, Emma Frost, Colossus, Magik & Namor) lead the X-Men into helping the world proactively. They grew crops in deserts. They end wars. The Phoenix Five, under Cyclops' direction, mean business. They rebuild Utopia into a stronger country ... more so than it ever was; which gives Magneto glee while Charles Xavier does not seem to fond of the methods of the Phoenix Five.The Avengers, particularly Captain America, Iron Man and Black Panther, are finding all the work that the Phoenix Five are doing disturbing and set the Avengers to go after Hope. Yet, before they go, there is an exchange on how to KILL the Phoenix Five if need be. At which point, Beast is disgusted and quits; stating that he no longer has a home on either side.
Back on Utopia, Hope talks with her grandfather, Cyclops, about how the Phoenix still calls to her but Cyclops tells her that she does not deserve the power; even though she was chosen to be the true Phoenix host. The Phoenix Five start an attack on the Avengers, stating that the Avengers are now looked upon as renegades. Yet, before they can collect Captain America ... Scarlet Witch arrives. Cyclops touches her, which hurts him. The Avengers escape while Cyclops orders for Scarlet Witch's head after they escape with Hope, who is more than willing to leave with the Avengers.
New Avengers # 25-27
The Phoenix/K'un L'un Connection is established as a former Iron Fist was also the host for the Phoenix at one point. And there are legends of the Phoenix fighting a crimson demon ... who points at a particular heroine on the Avengers. It moves from past to present as the Avengers are able to get Hope and have her, Spiderman and Iron Fist take her to the city of K'un L'un.
Secret Avengers #28
AvX:Versus #4
Psylocke vs. Daredevil. Phoenix Emma Frost vs. Thor. And that fight get brutal as Emma gets shattered during the battle.
Avengers vs. X-Men Round 7
Almost picking up where the last issue left off, the Phoenix Five are after the Avengers. Yet, the Avengers know that the Phoenix Five are not found of Scarlet Witch or her powers. They hatch a plan to use special disguises to make multiple people look like Wanda as they fight the X-Men on multiple fronts. Several Avengers are taken captive while Hawkeye is also burned alive. Scarlet Witch, once again, proves herself being able to hurt the Phoenix Five, teleporting Namor back to Utopia from the other side of the world. Yet, at the end of the issue, Emma makes out with Namor and convinces him to go attack Wakanda.
Avengers Academy #32 & # 33
Uncanny X-Men # 14 - #16
UNIT's control of Danger has her taking down the Generation Hope kids and rewriting their memories. Meanwhile, the main story of these issues deal with Sinister making his ultimate play against the X-Men, hoping to get the Phoenix Five in order to control them. And he attacks the Extinction Team with legions of Sinisters, Madelyn Pryor & Gambit clones. His castle bases rests on top of a clone of Krakoa. And it looks that he is enough of a match for the Phoenix Five; leaving Psylocke, Storm, Magneto and Danger to the rescue.
X-Men Legacy # 268
While there are some details of the Phoenix Five dealing with a countries issue of war, this issue focus's on Frenzy and her brother. Readers get a good look to see where Frenzy's head is at these days.
Wolverine & the X-Men # 12
Focused on Rachel Grey, Rachel fends off the Avengers as she is tasked with hunting down Wolverine and the Avengers. Rachel is definitely not happy about this as she wonders if she did the right thing. After a disturbing talk with her father, Cyclops, Rachel ends up tracking down Hope ... then letting her go. (Good job Rachel. You are an awesome aunt.)
Avengers vs. X-Men Round 8
It is devastation. It is gore. It is a Phoenix Namor, bringing a large tidal wave into Wakanda. Wakanda is devastated by this attack and the Avengers Assemble, with Scarlet Witch as they go all out against Namor ... and win. Finding that once they defeat a Phoenix powered member of the Phoenix Five, it leaves them and splits between the remaining hosts. Plus, Professor Xavier threatens Cyclops to stop this and Cyclops decides NOT to heed his old teacher.
New Avengers #28We see Spiderwoman, Hawkeye and Luke Cage escaping from their cells on Utopia as they fight off Magma, the Cuckoos and more, only to be stopped by Phoenix Colossus, Havok, Polaris, Gambit and Psylocke. They look as if they still are going to escape when .... oh no. It was a dream. Made by Unit and Danger. Nice try though.
Wolverine & the X-Men # 13
The origin of Warbird. Plus, an angry Gladiator, who is the Emperor of the Shi'ar. The Death Commandos and more. Gladiator takes on the Phoenix Five ... and Loses.
X-Men Legacy # 269 -270
Rogue takes center stage these issues as we look at how far she has come. It is the long anticipated rematch between Rogue and Ms. Marvel ... which she wins. When Phoenix Magik shows up, she introduces Rogue to the new prison they have been sending the Avengers . .. a mountain that Magik has transformed to be part of Limbo. This leads to Rogue deciding to help Ms. Marvel ... only to have them fight Phoenix Magik ... and lose. Ms. Marvel is put back to her hellish prison while Rogue is banished to another dimension.
Avengers #28
Red Hulk deals with why he's even involved in this conflict then decides to try to assignate Cyclops. And he gets his big Hulk self beaten badly by the Phoenix Five for his trouble. They even break Red Hulk's arm!
Wolverine & the X-Men # 14
Phoenix Colossus drops by the Jean Grey School, being looked after by Kitty Pryde with flowers. The two go on a date and Colossus pops the question. And Kitty says ... NO. Meanwhile, Iceman, Rachel, Angel and more decide to defect from the Phoenix Five's side.
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| The King and Queen of Mutants Take a Stroll. |
Wakanda starts to work on healing itself as Black Panther annuls his marriage to Storm after she admits that he was right. (BOOOOOOOOOOOO!) The Avengers numbers are dwindling till Scarlet Witch works her magic while Spider-man gets his moment to shine as he takes down BOTH Phoenix Colossus and Phoenix Magik by himself. Now, the Avengers got most of their comrades back: Spiderwoman, Luke Cage, Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye, Thing & Thor. The stage is being set for the final showdown. And the only 2 Phoenix bearers left are Cyclops and Emma Frost.
AvX Battle Results:
Red Hulk vs. Phoenix Five Winner: Phoenix Five
Psylocke vs. Daredevil Winner: Draw
Magik vs. Hawkeye Winner: Magik
Spiderwoman, Hawkeye & Luke Cage vs. Utopia Winner: Danger & UNIT
| Dogpile Phoenix powered Namor. |
Rachel Grey vs. Iron Fist Winner: Rachel Grey
Rachel Grey vs. Black Widow Winner: Rachel Grey
Scarlet Witch vs. Namor Winner: Scarlet Witch
Scarlet Witch vs. Magik Winner: Scarlet Witch
Scarlet Witch vs. Cyclops & Emma Frost Winner: Scarlet Witch
Gladiator vs. The Phoenix Five Winner: Phoenix Five
Death Commandos vs. The Phoenix Five Winner: Phoenix Five
Wolverine vs. Cyclops Winner: Cyclops
Rogue vs. Ms. Marvel Winner: Rogue
Rogue & Ms. Marvel vs. Magik Winner: Magik
Captain America & Black Panther vs. Emma Frost Winner: Emma Frost
Emma Frost vs. Avengers Academy Staff Winner: Emma FrostEmma Frost vs. Sentinel Winner: Emma Frost
Emma Frost vs. Entire Avengers Academy Winner: Avengers Academy
Emma Frost vs. Thor Winner: Emma Frost
Iceman vs. Spiderman Winner: Spiderman
Sinister vs. The Phoenix Five Winner: Sinister ... kind of.
Namor vs. The Avengers Winner: The Avengers
Spiderman vs. Magik & Colossus Winner: Spiderman
Injuries
Where do I begin?
- Emma as shatter and put herself back together.
- Hawkeye was burned alive then healed by the Phoenix Five
- Namor got a few concussions after that battle in AvX Round 8
- Red Hulk's arm was busted with some other parts of him.
- Almost everyone has cuts and bruises
- Storm & Black Panther's marriage is pretty much broken
- Wolverine has burns, cuts, broken bones and more.
- Colossus's mind must be so messed up as he has the Phoenix & the Juggernaut in him. Well, had the Phoenix.
- Rachel is hurting mentally because of being forced to hunt down the Avengers and her own niece.
- Iceman was shattered several times.
- Rogue must deal with demon power and getting thrown into another dimension.
- Sentinel is dead.
- Hawkeye, Spiderwoman, Luke Cage & Gen Hope all got mind fucked by Danger & UNIT
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| Spidey gives Hope a pep talk about a person's moment in time. |
And those are just for starters.
NOTES
We are seeing the beginning of the end.
- The Illuminati are coming back together for this event which means they may use the Infinity Gauntlet.
- What will Professor Xavier's role be if he goes up against Scott and Emma.
- The X-Men seem to be leaving Scott's side. Which means ... WOLVERINE WAS RIGHT.
- The Avengers Academy might be ending soon with the recent announcement from Tigra and Hank Pym that they are closing the school.
- No matter what happens, both the X-Men ... well, Scott's X-Men more than the others and the Avengers are gonna need some major looks into their leadership. It is clear that this whole situation could have been avoided with better leaders.
- What the hell is up with Havok & Polaris showing up but no lines? And siding with Scott?
- Spiderman proves why not only he deserves to be an Avenger but why the group NEEDS him.
- Scarlet Witch is a BAD BITCH! Werk it mija!
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| She is saying "Yes, I'm Back. And I'm a Baaaaaaaaaad Bitch!" |
- Where are Scarlet Witch's sons? I would figure they would want in. Well ... Speed more than Wiccan.
- Carol giving Rogue the benefit of the doubt and said that she proved herself speaks volumes on how far these women have come.
- Emma maybe getting too corrupted by the power, hmm?
- Storm and Black Panther's annulment is pure BULLSHIT!
- Again, Scarlet Witch is a BAD BITCH!
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In # 9 I admired the strength that Spiderman showed. It was really an iconic moment for one of the weakest players(power-wise)to make a big impact, also I'm surprised Colosses didn't kill him a' la Superboy Prime or a Black Adam manner. And is the phonex force making the Phoenix Five plain weird or stupid? Because the scene where Colossus had put crab legs on wales and then says "he forgot they cant breath on land" made him seem reckless and plain stupid. I'm really hoping this series ends on a high logical note.-A.R.M.
ReplyDeleteWell, it is winding down and I am very happy that Spiderman proved himselve invaluable. #9 proves that any Avengers team isn't gonna do as well without him on it. Him and Wanda it seems. As for Colossus, between the Phoenix powers and the Juggernaut abilities ... I will say that his stupidity comes from both those powers, his artistic side and some poor writing. Piotr is creative but Peter proved that you need your soul to really making something beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to argue that Wolverine was right, because you can argue that the conflict between the Avengers and the Xmen is what is corrupting the Phoenix this time. Hope was supposed to be the host, but Iron man changed that. Even when they were causing happiness around the world, they STILL were attacked. One could argue that none of this would have happened if both teams combined to HELP Hope from the start. It can also be argued that Emma, Magick, Collosus, and Namor were probobaly the worse Xmen to have the phoenix, as each one is heavily tainted in darkness to begin with. Notice how Scoot "so far" hasn't been corrupted. It'll be interesting to see what he does next issue with the Avnegers and Hope.
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