And the cover got changed.
Kitty looks better, less of a chest.

Personaly...I say **** the continuatiy.
I care about the comics being fun and entertaining.
If I want a huge series, I will go read the Star Wars comics,books, and games.

This looks like it will be fun. ^.^

2. I was going to complain that the list of team 2 left out Banshee, but I checked and he left the X-Men with #129.

3. Speaking of crappy retcons, I'm glad that the solicitation copy was written as if the execrable "Deadly Genesis" retcon never existed.

4. Vincent Paul Bartilucci -- I'm 53 years old. If you're another fan young enough to be my kid who is complaining about being old, don't expect any sympathy from me.

5. I love "X-Men: First Class". Not only are our heroes allowed to be heroes, but it's funny. (Pity the Scott who successfully took on a Sentinel even without his powers in XMFC #6 grew up to be the twit who expected the New X-Men to follow his order after he blasted Rockslide and is sending a squad to kill a person -- if necessary -- when he can't be sure that person is guilty.) Sure, he and his teammates tended to obey their teacher when they were teans, but Xavier had their love, trust, and respect. I don't think the current students feel any of those things for Scott. Yes, David, I agree that it would be nice to have the Marvel Adventure books, Power Pack mini-series, and XMFC in a separate continuity readers may enjoy without being depressed about the present-day stories.

6. Aside from Prof. X, Nightcrawler is the only reason this female fan still reads "Uncanny". I thought Beast was cute (my first "X-Men" v.1 was #47 and my last, until 2003, was #138), until that dreadful story that made him blue and furry. Perhaps we'll get to see some good Logan-Kurt scenes in this book. I'm not a fan of Logan or Kitty, but I am a fan of stories that don't turn heroes into villians in all but name or are crossovers that derail stories & relationships I'm already interested in.

I suppose Kitty is in this to attract teen female readers.
Well, "Cable & Deadpool" and "X-Factor" v.3 became two of my favorite comics even though I didn't care about any of the characters when I first started reading them. I guess I'll give this one a try.

It also brings up some interesting questions - like why Nightcrawler would want to be best friends with Logan, of all people?
Over the years, he has never even wavered in his devotion, while Logan, quite frankly, has a pretty pitiful track record of returning the favor (I think he's been there for most other X-men more than he has for Kurt).
I'm not willing to chalk it up to "Well, Kurt's just that swell of a guy", because that's just lazy. I want to know WHY Kurt likes Logan so much when he's surrounded by people who could probably do a better job in the friendship department, clash less ideologically and without the risk of getting him killed to boot.
So what is that connection that keeps Kurt coming back? What does he see in Logan? Does he know/guess just how violent Logan can be and, if not, would knowing change matters? In Wolverine #140, he told Logan that he sometimes felt as if he didn't even know him. In Rucka's Wolverine #6, he promised, that if Logan went mad, he'd die trying to stop him. (This was, of course, later conveniently ignored by Millar - when Logan was brainwashed by Hydra and attacked the X-mansion, Kurt was nowhere to be seen!)

Just saying - Nightcrawler fan or not - there's story material there and given how much we see of Logan, it's absolutely ridiculous how neglected this friendship has been. I don't need a mini or ongoing with the two, per se - I just want the relationship to be used. Be it in Uncanny or the Wolverine title or anywhere else.

I think it’s just that female X-Men fans tend to really, really love Nightcrawler, and not a whole lot has been done with him in the past ten years or so.

Bingo. Really, not much else goin' on if you're a female X-fan...Wolverine has too much chest hair, Cyclops is a stick (until he's in a relationship, at which point he becomes a really creepy stick) and Beast, while entirely romantic in theory, is too much of a stretch in reality.

So it's Nightcrawler...or Gambit. They're both all sensitive and have exotic accents and stuff, but liking Nightcrawler means you can respect yourself in the morning.

Anyway, back to the issue at hand: I like the idea a lot, on condition that Wolverine is not limited to constantly being the fall guy for precocious sitcom kid antics. If it's possible to use the word 'sensitive' in this context, the relationship could be a lot of unexpected fun.

Ultimate Nightcrawler displeased me as well. That was the last straw with that title for me. You know who wouldn't have written a story like that annual where Nightcrawler goes crazy? Fred Van Lente! And now we get to see him write Wolverine and Kitty at the height of their respective popularity! WOOOOOO!

Oh well…what does Marvel care about readers who have been loyally reading this stuff for twenty years or more?

I think they care, in the sense that those types are most likely to buy the books, regardless of quality of style.

Oh well...what does Marvel care about readers who have been loyally reading this stuff for twenty years or more?

But I'm not really all that bothered. I just kinda wonder why everyone thinks that cover shows how the duo will be shown through the series. And how someone could possibly make a book similar to First Class, but include characters like Sabretooth.

I will give this book a shot, but I can't say I have high hopes of 13-year-old Kitty being written as anything other than 20-year-old Kitty who's a little more whiney and sniffley.

And also, I think it's REALLY REALLY STRANGE to say "oh, part of reason why I picked Wolverine and Kitty was to attract female readers!" Dude, I never ever liked Wolverine until I started reading X-men for OTHER characters. There are definitely girls who love him! And now I do like him as well. But I remember utterly despising him before I got into other characters. He's not easily accessible for girls, especially younger female readers. Kitty, though one can argue for her mary-sue-ness, is a good hook for girls, but seriously - pairing her up with a more accessible man would make loads more sense.

I also think the premise of the book would work better if it were Wolverine and Jubilee. Sure Kitty was his first X-daughter, but Kitty was never, ever as dependent on Wolverine the way Jubilee was. Plus, the rest of the team was like Kitty's family also, especially Ororo. Jubilee was exclusively Wolvie's girl!

And also as a fangirl, I'd take my hat off for a Wolverine/Nightcrawler series, especially if it took place in that age.

But what I'd REALLY like to see would be a "first class" like book for the Second Genesis team. That would rock! You've picked an age of gold - why on earth would you focus on only two characters?? It was the entire team that gave it that awesome dynamic. It's time they had some respect.

Oh, thank God. I thought I was alone.

C'mon -- RollerDisco Sprite with RollerDisco Dazzler and Wolverine? The SOVIET SUPER-SOLDIERS?! Oh, Darkstar, My Darkstar!

I think it'll be a great way to get to the basics of Wolverine and Kitty, while touching on a lot of Characters and stories CC himself didn't really touch upon. No Brood, no Storm drama, and not too much of the X-Men themselves from that period.

I think it's a fantastic angle, and will hopefully make for some great stories! Count me in, for sure!

See, I need a third because I don't enjoy, and therefore am not buying, the other Wolverine books.