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Badrock / Wolverine - Savaged
Importance Rating: 2.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Chap Yaep Writer(s): Jim Valentino Release Date: June 1996 Variant Covers: A. Standard Release Variant. B. "Special Comicon Edition!" on Image logo. Trade Prints: Top Cow/Marvel: The Crossover Collection Vol. 1 Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Tyrax, the inter-dimensional warlord, establishes a base in the Savage Land. Sauron joins the Savage Land Mutates as a supporter, hoping that Tyrax’s mutagenic machine will rid him of Karl Lykos forever. Wolverine arrives in the Savage Land on a vacation and is spotted by Sauron. After learning of a “master plan,” Wolverine sends a distress call to the X-Men. A freak electrical storm allows Youngblood’s Badrock to pick up the call. Badrock arrives in the Savage Land and teams up with Wolverine, one of his favorite superheroes. After helping Zabu free Ka-Zar, the heroes face Tyrax and his mutated Dinosauroids. When Tyrax insults Sauron, he absorbs Tyrax’s life energy. Karl Lykos asserts his personality and uses the mutagenic machine to force Sauron to become human again. With Lykos’ help, the Dinosauroids are defeated. Tyrax escapes through his dimensional portal, and Badrock offers Wolverine a ride home.

Battlebooks: Gambit - Gambit: Streets of Fire
Importance Rating: 5.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Claude St. Aubin Writer(s): Alfred (Al) Leonardi Release Date: 1998 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: This comic can be used to play a game, similar to a card game. Each issue is a different character. -
Comic Summary: In the late nineties the Lost World RPG system was briefly revived (and revised) again for use in a series of comic books. The Battlebooks started out with characters from the Marvel Universe and later expanded into other comics. Two cards were bound into the comic book. One listed the rules and identified the features of the game. The second card was the character's Maneuver Card which listed the actions the character could take in combat. Each player picks a character and game books are exchanged so each player has a book that depicts POV illustrations of the opponent attacking. Maneuvers are simultaneously selected and the matrix encoded into the books determines the results of each exchange.

Be X-Tra Safe With The X-Men #1 - Safety Net
Importance Rating: 1.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): David Boller Writer(s): Marvin Mariano Release Date: 1996 Variant Covers: None. Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: This comic was only available at Blockbuster Video during their safety events. -
Comic Summary: The X-Men teach young childrent how to stay safe from strangers. Saving Terrance from a look a like X-Man and teaching him to go to a policeman if he lost or needs help getting home. There is also activities to play in the back of the comic.

Biden's Titans vs Elon Musk #1 - Untitled
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Shawn Remulac Writer(s): John Barron Release Date: July 2023 Variant Covers: A. Standard Variant B. Standard Variant C. Standard Variant D. Standard Variant E. Holofoil Variant F. Blank Variant G. Real News Retailer Variant Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: Is not canon Gambit, it is a parody of Gambit played by Johnny Depp. -
Comic Summary: Billionaire tyrant Elon Musk has finally gone too far in his quest to con-troll the world, and only one superhero team can stop him: Biden's Titans! And now, America's favorite presidential supergroup have gained a new teammate-the mutant/actor known to mankind as Johnny Depp! Sadly, the Titans also attract a dangerous new enemy-Depp and Musk's angry ex, Amber Heard! The Biden's Titans saga stupidly continues in this shocking fourth chapter. (And hey, covers A-D connect to form one massive image, man!) Includes bonus pull-out poster!

Bishop #2 - One Man's Posse
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Carlos Pacheco Writer(s): John Ostrander Release Date: January 1995 Variant Covers: A. Newsstand Edition A. Marvel Legends Reprint Variant Trade Prints: Bishop: The Mountjoy Crisis Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: Bishop has a nightmare. In it, he finds the X-mansion destroyed, and all of the X-Men killed. As he wonders what happened, he finds a sole survivor running through the hallways: Jean Grey. Jean says it’s their own fault they’re into this mess, and never should have trusted him. On that moment, Jean is shot by... Bishop himself? Bishop stares in disbelief at an evil version of himself, and that’s when he wakes up screaming. He’s in the infirmary of the school, where Forge explains he manage to repair the projector Bishop gave him earlier. He made Shard part of Bishop’s brainwaves now and, even though she’s a hologram, Shard is as real as she ever will be. Shard and Bishop have a discussion with Professor Xavier about how to properly deal with Mountjoy. Shard believes Bishop should have killed Mountjoy when he had the chance, regardless of him hading absorbed Storm at the time. Bishop agrees with Shard and returns to his former career as an X.S.E. agent, meaning he can kill in the line of duty. And if that means he has to resign as an X-Man, so be it. He and Shard leave and continue their search for Mountjoy. Mountjoy, in the meantime, has absorbed another victim, and uses it to move downtown in the hopes to find Bishop and Bantam, so they can end their dispute. Both Bishop and Mountjoy infiltrate in the local police station, where Bishop first hoped to learn more about Mountjoy’s whereabouts. When a battle between Mountjoy and Bishop occurs, they go back outside. Mountjoy steals a police car and Bishop drives on a bike he got as a gift from Forge and Wolverine, and the two chase each other on the freeway. When Bishop fires at Montjoy’s place, an explosion takes place, which takes them both out. Bishop wakes up a few minutes later, only to find himself back... at his own future timeline?! He is helped up by his sister Shard, who’s... alive?! Bishop wonders if he dreamed his entire time with the X-Men or not, and if he ever even left this time era. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Bishop #4 - Final Reckonings
Importance Rating: 6.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Carlos Pacheco Writer(s): John Ostrander Release Date: March 1995 Variant Covers: A. Newsstand Edition Trade Prints: Bishop: The Mountjoy Crisis Fun Facts: Gambit is also featured in two advertisements within the comic. One for fruit snacks. Another for the X-Men Sega Genesis Game. -
Comic Summary: Mountjoy, having possessed Bishop’s body, enters Xavier’s school where he attacks the present X-Men. He successfully absorbs Gambit, Psylocke and, later, a visiting Archangel. However, Bishop manages to break himself free and faces Mountjoy in combat, though Mountjoy defeats him and next wants to absorb Professor Xavier. Bishop makes a plan, for which he needs Shard’s help. She lures Mountjoy to the Danger Room, where Bishop simulates a battleground of their future timeline. He attacks a distracted Mountjoy and eventually takes him down, but can’t bring it in his heart to kill him, as Shard wants him to do. However, Mountjoy then recovers and attacks Shard, wanting to kill her. Shard orders Bishop to fire one last blast to take them both down, but Bishop is worried it will ruin Shard’s holographic matrix, meaning she’ll be lost again, this time forever. Shard doesn’t mind and Bishop does as told. The absorbed X-Men are freed from Mountjoy’s body, and the villain himself is down as well. Unfortunately, Shard’s holographic image is too badly damaged due to the blast and, after the two siblings say they love each other one final time, she fades away. Having witnessed everything from the Danger Room’s control room, Professor X explains to Beast that Bishop has truly grown and changed since becoming an X-Man, and believes that he embodies what his dream is all about. Also, Charles believes that by not killing Mountjoy, Bishop has finally truly become one of them. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Bishop: The Last X-Man #2 - Wish You Were Here
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): Joe Harris Release Date: November 1999 Variant Covers: A. Newsstand Edition B. Standard Release Variant Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: Gambit appears in this title as the Witness from Earth-9910. -
Comic Summary: Bishop wakes up in a refugee camp, where he is about to be tortured by Scorch, who thinks he works for the Chronomancer. The Witness of all people intervenes and reveals to Bishop that the Chronomancer is Fitzroy and cryptically tells Bishop that he has come to this time period to stop Fitzroy once and for all. Bishop is confused as to what is happening and Scorch is skeptical that he is Bishop from the X-Men legends, though Link, a telepath, is able to confirm that Bishop is who he is. Jinx takes an immediate liking towards Bishop and gives him a tour of the camp, informing him that all of these people are there because the Chronomancer and his Chronotroopers took everything they had. Scorch is angry to learn that Bishop knows the Chronomancer and asks why he didn’t stop the man when he had the chance. The two get into a fight that looks grim for Bishop, but he is able to absorb enough heat from Scorch’s flames to defeat the man, though at the same time he proves that he had the power to defeat Fitzroy, but did not and now these people are suffering for Bishop’s mistakes. Bishop and Jinx talk in the forest, where Jinx shows him an X-Men badge she found as a child. She is about to kiss him when Michael comes out of the forest. Before explanations can occur, the Chronotroopers attack the camp. Meanwhile, Fitzroy has captured Shard and reveals that he still loves her and has plans for them in the future. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Bishop: The Last X-Man #3 - Walk This Way
Importance Rating: 3.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): Joseph Harris Release Date: December 1999 Variant Covers: A. Newsstand Edition Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: Gambit appears in this title as the Witness from Earth-9910. -
Comic Summary: Bishop hides Michael in the forest and tells him to stay, while he fights off the Chronomancer’s troops in the refugee camp. Bishop joins the battle with Nom, Jinx and Scorch, the latter revealing to Bishop that the Chronotroopers came looking for him. Jinx falls down a slope and finds herself by a mass grave, filled with the burning remains of the camp’s residents. Nearby in a tent, Link tells the Witness that they must go, but the man cryptically tells her that he is not escaping this time. He tells Link to tell the survivors to go to Dunduine and tells her not to worry about the leadership, which will work itself out. A Chronotrooper attacks the two and Link escapes, while the Witness charges up the attacker with kinetic energy and both are obliterated. Michael is attacked by two Chronotroopers, but Bishop saves him, though he is disheartened after discovering the bloody body of Merrian. The battle ends with few survivors: Michael, Bishop, Nom, Scorch, Jinx and Link. Bishop tells Michael that they will work on a plan to go home immediately, but Michael convinces the despondent Bishop that these people did not die at his hands and he cannot blame himself. What he can do is find whoever is responsible. Bishop agrees and, upon hearing where the Witness wanted them to go, he rallies the survivors and wipes away their M’s and, instead, replaces them with X’s. Meanwhile, Bantam voices his concerns to Fitzroy, who dismisses him and claims that he is not mad. Bantam is not so sure, though, as Fitzroy kills five children prisoners, after convincing them that they are playing a game. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Bishop: The Last X-Man #5 - The Kith Trilogy, Part 2: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Geroge Jeanty Writer(s): Joseph Harris Release Date: February 2000 Variant Covers: A. Newsstand Edition Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: Gambit appears in this title as the Witness from Earth-9910. -
Comic Summary: Bishop and his team have been brought to Kalin, the king of the Kith. He tries to negotiate for the freedom of their teammate, Nom, and the citizens of Dunduine, but that plan backfires. Kalin reveals that he and the others like him are the last of the Kith and want to live their final days in glory. Bishop, Scorch, Link and Jinx attack the Kith. While Bishop tries to rechannel some energy, one of the Kith creatures sneaks up on him and attacks him from behind. Bishop loses control over the energy and accidentally releases it, causing a cave-in. Kalin and the other Kith fly up in the skies to attack Dunduine, and Bishop and his friends fall into the deep caves below, along the way getting separated. Scorch, Link and Jinx wake up together and find the lost citizens of Dunduine trapped in stasis bags. Nom is also with these people, and the three young mutants free them all. Meanwhile, at Dunduine, Michael is kidnapped by mysterious, hooded people. Back in the cave, Bishop finds an imprisoned Kith member called Kinlan, who is the rightful heir to the throne and who got betrayed by his evil brother. Bishop and Kinlan become friends and plan to stop Kalin together, but realize they can’t do it alone. After freeing the citizens of Dunduine and Nom, he, Scorch, Link and Jinx are also captured by the hooded men and arrive in a sewer of Dunduine. There, they are welcomed by both Michael and none other than... the Witness?! He is apparently not dead as earlier believed, and wants Bishop’s team to rescue the city. The Witness has also called in the help of the legendary yet mysterious group called “Clan Hellfire.” Bishop finds the people his team rescued earlier and also enlists their help into defeating the evil Kith, and together with Kinlan goes back to Dunduine to finish the job. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Bishop: The Last X-Man #6 - The Kith Trilogy, Part 3: The Battle of Evermore!
Importance Rating: 5.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Michael Ryan Writer(s): Joe Harris Release Date: March 2000 Variant Covers: A. Newsstand Edition Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: Gambit appears in this title as the Witness from Earth-9910. -
Comic Summary: Bishop and Kinlan arrive in Dunduine and help out in the battle against the Kith. While Scorch and Jinx bravely fight as well, Link goes back to make sure Michael and the Witness are all right. In their hideout, Witness and Link share a talk with Link, promising to always trust the Witness. She is also introduced to the mysterious Samarra of the House of Shaw, and her companions, Fold and Trickster. After Nom kills one of the Kith, the citizens of Dunduine give him the proud nickname of “Kithslayer.” More Kith are destroyed and the rest realize they are being defeated. Kinlan faces Kalin in the air and eventually kills his evil brother. Meanwhile, Bishop is attacked by the Chronotroopers, but gains the aid from Samarra. Due to the heavy battle damages, the wall of Dunduine collapses and destroys all of the troopers. Having successfully saved the day, Bishop and Kinlan take their goodbyes from another, with the both of them wishing the other good luck. Jericho is reunited with his lost daughter, Justina, and the other formerly imprisoned citizens. He thanks Bishop and the others for their help. Later, the Witness and Michael meet up with the team and the Witness decides it’s time to give some answers. However, Samarra wants to save the questions for later, and has Fold and Trickster teleport everyone away. Up to the next fight! (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Bishop: The Last X-Man #7 - A New Day Yesterday
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeantry Writer(s): Joseph Harris Release Date: April 2000 Variant Covers: A. Newsstand Edition Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: Gambit appears in this title as the Witness from Earth-9910. -
Comic Summary: Bishop and his team have been brought to an old house. However, while they are protected by the Witness and the mysterious Clan Hellfire, and aren’t allowed to leave the house. While Link, Jinx, Scorch, Nom and Michael argue with the Witness about all that’s happened and that he still keeps secrets from them, Bishop is being held private in a room with the beautiful Sammara Shaw. Sammara prepares Bishop for what’s about to come, and admits she’s intrigued by him. She and Bishop make love but, after that, Bishop discovers that Sammara abandoned him in a dark, deep tunnel. Meanwhile, Scorch tries to admit his true feelings for Jinx, but she refuses to let him, as she refuses to make the same mistakes from the past. While searching for an exit, Bishop is shocked to discover... an half-broken Sentinel-unit?! The unit, calling itself Gol-19, reveals to Bishop the last story of the X-Men of this timeline. He also came with a message, that the X-Men wanted Bishop to find more people like him as they could help him in his upcoming battle. After the Sentinel “dies,” Sammara, Fold and Trickster appear behind him again and transport him back to the Witness and the others. There, Bishop warns the Clan and the Witness he won’t be manipulated by anyone, but will do what has to be done to stop the Chronomancer. But first, he wants to make a little detour and visit the site where the X-Men fought their last great war. Meanwhile at his castle, Fitzroy has his servant Bantam lock the door of their prisoner, who is revealed to be none other than... Shard! Fitzroy wants Shard to love him again, but is angered by the fact she doesn’t, despite his devotion to her. Later, he contacts Sammara through a portal, and asks her what things they have to discuss, ignoring the fact that they are sworn enemies for a while. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Bishop: The Last X-Man #14 - The Chronowar, Act 3: Remain In Light
Importance Rating: 3.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Georges Jeanty Writer(s): Joe Harris Release Date: November 2000 Variant Covers: A. Newsstand Edition Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: Gambit appears in this title as the Witness from Earth-9910. -
Comic Summary: Bishop and the Chronomancer face each other in combat. At the same time, the Morlocks, the refugee army and the Kith bravely fight against the Chronotroopers. Scorch drags the badly injured Jinx away from the battle, hoping to save her life. He finds an abandoned temple in which he is reunited with Link and Michael. Scorch asks Michael to stay here with Jinx, but she refuses to be left behind. She quickly recovers and rejoins the battle. Once there, the team receives the unexpected help of Nom and his fellow giants. Back at Fitzroy’s castle, Shard thinks she has to do something about the battle, but still lies in chains. She finds a piece of glass, looks at her chains and knows what she has to do. Fitzroy absorbs some of Bishop’s energy, which is too much for Bishop to handle, and he falls back. Fitzroy walks over to his portal and is ready to become a god. On that moment, Shard meets up with Bishop, though she had to cut off one of her arms in order to free herself. She wants Bishop to stop Fitzroy in any way possible, so she lets her brother absorb all of her energy. Bishop re-channels his sister, and fires the energy at Fitzroy before he jumps into the portal. However, the blast misses and gets fired inside the portal. Fitzroy laughs and jumps inside, but Bishop jumps at him and holds Fitzroy back. The portal starts to close down, and Bishop is too angry to let go. Just as he realizes what he’s doing, Bishop wants to let go, but then the portal closes around Fitzroy, and he vanishes alongside with it. Bishop lands into the snow, but glows with energy. The remains of the portal strike in Bishop’s body, causing an explosion, and as the dust clears... Bishop is gone! Only his X-badge remains. Scorch, Jinx, Link, Nom, the Witness, the Kith and Michael are all unsure about what’s going to happen next. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Black Panther, Vol. 4 #8 - Wild Kingdom - Part 2: House Of Paine
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): David Yardin Writer(s): Reginald Hudlin Release Date: November 2005 Variant Covers: A. Newsstand Edition B. Standard Edition Variant Trade Prints: X-Men / Black Panther: Wild Kingdom Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: The X-Men find an unconscious man lying nearby the Black Panther and think he has gone insane. When the man tries to reach out to the mutants for help, the Panther pulls him black and closes the X-Men in behind a door, so he can deal with the situation alone. Despite Storm’s warnings to trust T’Challa, Havok orders Rogue to burst open the door with her flame powers. She does, and the X-Men begin their battle against the Panther. During the battle, Rogue tries to help the attacked man out, and then he shows his true colors. He’s actually a mutant himself, and absorbs Rogue’s powers! He attacks the other X-Men succeeding in absorbing both Iceman’s and Wolverine’s powers. Havok manages to hit the man and makes him fly through the roof. Once everyone is calmed down, the Panther reveals that their enemy is called Erich Paine, a former resident of Genosha, who transformed people into becoming mutants. Paine also activated his own latent mimicking mutant powers, so he had powers on his own, which he can turn on and off by a single touch on his arm. Paine did this because he knew that, no matter where he was, the X-Men would some day come after him, so he took some precautions. T’Challa was in the lab to try build a containment suit for Paine, so he couldn’t harm the X-Men. Feeling stupid, the X-Men, minus Storm, initiate a search for him. Storm and T’Challa talk about the former romantic feelings they once shared, with Ororo refusing to let T’Challa break her heart a second time. She takes on T’Challa’s warnings that some people are being harassed by hunters, and Ororo leaves to protect them. Returning to her role as the Goddess of the Desert, a bare-naked Storm locates and helps a poor mother and her child. Meanwhile, the other X-Men get knocked out by powerful gas, and Paine strikes Wolverine down with the help of his absorbed adamantium claws. A few moments later, he contacts his boss and has imprisoned the X-Men in separate containment cells. Paine informs his boss that, after a final payment his job will be fulfilled, and he can also have the X-Men: as a set, single… or in parts! He opens Lorna’s cell, holding a chainsaw ready. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Black Panther, Vol. 4 #9 - Wild Kingdom - Part 4: Jungle Boogie
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): David Yardin Writer(s): Reginald Hudlin Release Date: December 2005 Variant Covers: A. Newsstand Edition Trade Prints: X-Men / Black Panther: Wild Kingdom Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: In the city of Niganda, a riot breaks out when one man doesn’t believe that Storm is a goddess. Back inside the base, the X-Men scout the area hoping to locate the Red Ghost, so they can bring him back to Dr. Paine and have Polaris released. As they locate him, the Ghost panics and turns invisible again. Wolverine smells something and, in a big room, they find the Black Panther fighting Dragon Man! Wolverine wants to kill the creature, but the Panther holds him back, thinking he can tame it. With one single, hard punch in Dragon Man’s face, he succeeds. At the same time, the super-apes are thinking about releasing a deadly virus and ignore their master’s commands. Rogue catches up on the Red Ghost and knocks him out. Scared of the X-Men’s various mutant powers, the Red Ghost agrees to work with them to find a way to stop Paine, as he dislikes the man too. They return to Paine, but he refuses to release Lorna, as he wants the X-Men to do more dirty jobs for them. A battle breaks loose, which eventually ends with the Red Ghost killing Paine by ripping his heart out of the guy’s chest! After T’Challa rescues Lorna out of her cage, the X-Men go after the Ghost, who disappeared again. He locates his apes, and laughs at their plan to release their virus and start a new “Ape Age.“ The X-Men and the Panther find them as well. Iceman finishes the job by freezing both the virus, the Ghosts and his apes up, and T’Challa takes the virus so his scientists can take a look at it. The X-Men depart, with Storm sharing a kiss with the Panther and deciding to take some time off and stay in Africa for a while. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net)

Black Panther, Vol. 4 #31 - Size Matters
Importance Rating: 3.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Francis Portela Writer(s): Reginald Hudlin Release Date: December 2007 Variant Covers: A. Newsstand Edition Trade Prints: Black Panther: Little Green Men Fun Facts: Technically, the Gambit in this issue is part of an illusion to convince Black Panther that Storm and her fellow X-Men are having an orgy that he is invited to. -
Comic Summary: With Zombies chomping at their heels, the new Fantastic Four take another wrong turn on the dimensional superhighway. And this time, they've landed in the middle of the Sub-Atomica Universe! Can a skirmish with Psycho-Man be far behind? It's clobberin' time.

Blockbusters of the Marvel Universe - Untitled
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Gus Vazquez Writer(s): Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Michael Hoskin, Ronald Byrd, Stuart Vandal, Chris Biggs, Madison Carter, David Wiltfong, Markus Raymond, Rob London, Kevin Garcia, Mike O'Sullivan Release Date: March 2011 Variant Covers: A. Newsstand Edition Trade Prints: None. Fun Facts: None. -
Comic Summary: The chronicle of the Marvel Universe is filled with mind-blowing events — and, in this book, we begin recording them in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe-style! Covering events from all eras of Marvel history! The Earth-shaking (The Great Cataclysm! World War II! House of M/M-Day!), the universe-changing (Operation: Galactic Storm! The Annihilation War! War of Kings!) and other significant moments in the lives of your favorite Marvel characters (the Richards/Storm Wedding! Lost in Space Time! Armor Wars!). Plus many more!

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