Official MU X-23 figure in the works.

Thanks to CTR, we now know an X-23 Marvel Universe figure is in the works. She'll be sporting what the newest Female body sculpt and articulation will be. Well, read the points of interest yourself.

Curto: The only exception being Kitty Pryde. Basically, We NEED another body type for female figures! Can you tell us anything on this...when we will see that?

Vonner: Yes, we're working on one now in fact.

Curto: Cool. Any hints on who will be the first character to debut it?

Vonner: Um...the character will be a fan-favorite. We're looking at it being X-23. She'll have some new points of articulation in there, we'll address the elbows, hips, and other "regions". This will be our new female figure from now on, and we'll have other "adjustments" as we go along.

Really, it was a toss-up between X-23 and She-Hulk. But the She-Hulk body type was limited because we really can't get a lot of mileage out of that body type. There are really only a few female characters that fit that body type in the Marvel Universe. We want to do a She-Hulk, but we have to think about things from a tooling standpoint, where else we can use the molds.

Curto: Right...well, there's at least 5 different costumes for She-Hulk by herself, and I can think of other characters like Titania, Thundra, and a few others that would fit that bill. But I understand what you are saying...she's considerably bigger than the typical female super-hero.

Vonner: Right. There are other other female characters with that body type that we can touch on, but X-23 offers more variety for us. Plus, here's another thing about X-23...that's Craig Kyle's favorite character.

Curto: Yeah, because he created her for the X-Men Evolution cartoon series...

Vonner: Exactly. Well, he's a real good friend and he's a fan of the line, and he's currently working on this little movie called THOR...he basically pinned me up against the wall and said "X-23. 'nuff said!" and he's kind of a big dude, so I didn't want to challenge him.

Curto: Nice. She's another character that's had a number of different costumes over the years. Which costume will this figure be for her: the "Fang" outfit, X-Men suit, or the X-Force costume, continuing to build that team?

Vonner: It will most likely be the X-Force costume. We already have Wolverine, Warpath, and the fans voted for Archangel for the Marvel.com exclusive. So this will flesh out that team more.

The interview goes further indepth about the line and upcoming selections, be sure to check it out.

Now excuse me, I have to go scream like a little girl in glee.

X-23 Ongoing!

A new X-23 ongoing will be starting soon, according to solicits from Marvel.

X-23 #1
Written by MARJORIE LIU
Penciled by WILL CONRAD
Cover by DANNI SHINYA LUO
Variant Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Variant Cover by GABRIELE DELL'OTTO
Women of Marvel Variant by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC
After the events of Second Coming and the stunning conclusion to X-Force, X-23 strikes out on her own in this all-new ongoing series, written by best-selling author MARJORIE LIU, spinning out of the events of Wolverine #1! X-23 has never had an easy relationship with the rest of the X-Men, but when she learns someone has taken down Wolverine, she must step up to fill his shoes.
40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Starts in September.
Marjorie Liu you might remember from her previous work on the X-23 oneshot. She'll get her chance to prove her skill at writing Laura in an ongoing. So if you were unsure about the oneshot, you'll get a chance to see how well she'd handle the character under prolonged usage. Let's hope she builds on the massive dynamic that Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost have left her with. From the science, and subtle nuances, to the psychology, and doesn't misinterpret the groundwork they've already put forth, while also giving us new, accurate and in character stories with the challenges Laura still has to face.

Long Hiatus Blues...

Due to recent life events, I've been stuck away from writing, and working on things more than I'd like. Thankfully, I'm due for a reprieve soon. I hope to get this blog and my other two back on track as my life slowly starts to settle back down.

Again I apologize for this long hiatus. In the future I hope to cover a myriad of more topics, as well as the retro-reviews I'm missing. This will include more fan art appreciation, other fan blog appreciation (yes, they have to be out there somewhere, I can't be the first to attempt this), and more mock-ups and rants from an idle fan.

So here's to the future. No longer have a reason to leave this state.

Snowflakian Custom Figures

So I tend to get bored on slow news days, no new comics to read, and I'm procastinating retro reviews. Over the past several months of nothing new mentioned in MU relating to X-23, I've decided to start making customs of her.

Months later, now I've got 6 different custom figures of her that I thought I'd share.

X-Men Evolution Covert Ops Suit from the intro.



X-Men Evolution (Cat Girl anime stylized) X-23



Academy X (Fox Movie-Universe stylized) Graduation Costume.



X-Force



Plain Clothes with cowboy hat.



DarkHawk Armor X-23 (A 'What if X-23 found an Order of the Raptors Amulet' Variant.)



More of this work can be found over at ToyArk.

X-23 New One Shot today!

A new X-23 One Shot is being released today. So remember to go by your local comic shop. Spoilers will abound later as I pick up my copy.

Written by Marjorie Liu, with art by Alina Ursov.