Kick-Ass (5 Stars)

Kick-Ass – A Bloody Love Letter to Comic-Book Culture

Tone, Premise, and Subversion

Kick-Ass, directed by Matthew Vaughn and written by Vaughn and Jane Goldman, adapts the Mark Millar / John Romita Jr. comic in a way that both celebrates and satirizes superhero tropes. Rather than giving us gods or mutants, we get Dave Lizewski, an ordinary teenager obsessed with comics who decides, “Why don’t I become a real-life superhero?” That childlike, fanboy impulse is the film’s emotional core; Dave isn’t doing this because of a tragedy or responsibility, but because he’s enamoured with the fantasy.

This setup allows Vaughn to play both ways: he delivers gloriously over-the-top violence, but also underlines how absurd and dangerous it would actually be for a normal person to try to live in a comic book world. Critics have noted that the film doesn’t simply lift comic book characters into reality; it “rips out comic-book pages and pushes the real world inside the gleeful chaos” of pop-violence. 

Characters and Performances

Dave / Kick-Ass (Aaron Johnson): He’s likable, naïve and badly out of his depth, but Johnson gives him enough sincerity that we root for him. Vaughn and Goldman don’t make him a parody; he’s a genuine wish-fulfilment figure, but one who pays a heavy price for his idealism. 

Hit-Girl / Mindy (Chloe Grace Moretz): Arguably the show-stealer. Despite being an 11-year-old child, she’s a trained, ruthless killer, spouting profanity and executing her targets with lethal precision. Her performance is shocking, morally dissonant and deeply rooted in comic-book fantasy. She’s what happens when the pages come alive, but without editorial restraint.

Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage): A vigilante father with a clearly twisted philosophy, he’s reminiscent of Batman-ish figures, but not without his own emotional baggage. 

Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong) & Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse): They provide the criminal opposition, with Red Mist’s turn especially resonating in the film’s blending of comic-style melodrama and real-world danger. 

Violence, Ethics and the “Comic-Book Fantasy”

One of Kick-Ass’s most provocative aspects is its use of violence. It’s graphic, gleeful and unapologetically cartoonish, but it’s also grounded in a world that, for the main characters, is very real. While the violence feels stylized, the characters’ emotional stakes remain believable. 

This tension between fantasy and realism is central to the film’s commentary on comic book culture. On one hand, it’s a cathartic expression of fan-power fantasy: costumes, vigilante justice, “saving the innocent.” On the other hand, it doesn’t shy away from the darker side: what if real people got hurt, or worse? Kick-Ass scratches the itch that a lot of comic fans have – the dream of being a hero – but it also warns that the dream comes with real risk.

The film also taps into the modern, Internet-inflected superhero culture. Dave’s early vigilante efforts go viral, and his fame spreads online. This reflects how, in the real world, superhero fantasies and cosplay are deeply intertwined with social media and celebrity.

Impact and Legacy

Kick-Ass hasn’t just remained a cult favourite; it also helped pave the way for more irreverent, R-rated takes on the superhero genre. Its willingness to lean into adolescent boredom, fanaticism and violence resonates with fans who grew up loving comics but also craving a more adult, subversive spin.

In some ways, Kick-Ass is a paradox: it’s a celebration of the fun of comic books, but also a critique of their fantasy escapism. By putting “real people” into these absurd situations, it highlights both the joy and the danger of wanting to be more than human.

Importance of Comic-Book Culture in Kick-Ass

1. Inspiration vs. Reality: Dave’s journey begins because of his love for comics. This is not just surface-level, it’s his framework for understanding heroism. The film explores what happens when “comic-book logic” is applied to the real world.

2. Satire and Celebration: The film simultaneously pays homage to superhero violence and mocks it. It leans into gore, exaggerated fights and “superhero theatrics,” but never loses sight that these are real stakes for real (non-superpowered) people.

3. Vigilantism and Fan Fantasy: Kick-Ass taps into the fantasy many comic-book fans harbour: putting on a costume, righting wrongs, being a hero. But it also raises ethical questions about vigilantism: what is gained, and what is lost.

4. Internet & Meme Culture: By making Dave’s exploits go viral, the film mirrors how modern “heroes” might arise not from secret lairs but from YouTube, social media and viral videos. It’s a reflection on how comic-book culture intersects with 21st-century pop culture.

5. Subverting Traditional Superhero Morality: Unlike classic superheroes who often have strict “no killing” codes, Kick-Ass’s protagonists do kill. Hit-Girl especially embodies a darker, more pragmatic (or nihilistic) interpretation of superhero justice. Despite her young age, she's the most deadly character in the movie; she kills 42 men, more than the kill count of Kick-Ass (4 kills) and Big Daddy (23 kills) combined. This subversion is part of what makes the film feel more “for grown-up comic fans.”

Conclusion

Kick-Ass is a bold, audacious film that wears its comic-book influences on its sleeve; but it isn’t just fan service. It interrogates the fantasy of heroism by placing it in a gritty, often brutal real world. Through its characters (especially Hit-Girl), it asks: what does it mean to live out comic-book violence? What do we sacrifice when we chase that dream?

The high kill counts underscore that this isn’t a sanitized, family-friendly superhero story. It’s violent, morally complicated and deeply rooted in the darker corners of comic-book imagination. For fans of comics and cinema alike, Kick-Ass remains a provocative, unsettling and strangely cathartic ride.

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Kick-Ass (5 Stars)

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is currently the favourite actor to become the next James Bond. That must mean he won't be picked, because the favourite actor never gets the role. The studios like to keep us in suspense. He was interviewed for the role over a year ago, but nothing has been revealed.

"Kick-Ass" is in 98th position in my top 100 list. Only 98th? Don't say "only". Every film in my top 100 is a work of genius. I don't know how many films I've seen in my life, before and after I started writing my blog. It must be thousands. So putting a film in 98th place is a great honour indeed. It's impossible to say how many full length films have been made since 1915, when "Birth of a Nation" was released. The consensus is that about 500,000 films have been made worldwide, but that's a very rough estimate. Accepting that estimate, "Kick-Ass" is in the top 0.02%.

It's a film that's grown on me. The first three times I watched it, I only gave it 4½ stars. My tastes have changed? Maybe. Looking back, I don't know why I didn't give it five stars from the beginning.

Size matters?

Not always. Mindy Macready might be a small girl with small guns, but she always finishes on top. You know what they say: the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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Wish (5 Stars)

I don't usually read reviews before I go to the cinema. I only make an exception when it's a film that I'm going to watch with my grandson Oliver. I want to have an idea whether he'll enjoy it.

When reading about "Wish" it was discussed in the same breath as "The Marvels". "Yet another Disney box office failure". The reviews were mostly negative, but the trailers looked so splendid that I had to take Oliver to the cinema. My question is, how have the critics got it so wrong? It's a film that has all the magic of the old Disney films made in the 1960's and earlier. It's a perfect film for children and adults. I watched it dubbed into German, even the songs, but I want to watch it in English as soon as possible.

King Magnifico has studied magic and is able to grant wishes. All of his subjects hand over their wishes to him, and he seals them in magic bubbles until he has a chance to grant them. Once a year there's a festival, at which he picks one of the wishes and grants it.

I think you can already see what the problem is. The king has thousands of subjects, so one wish per year isn't enough. A young girl called Asha who works for the king challenges him, and she falls into disfavour. She makes a wish, and a star falls from the sky and promises to help her. Indirectly. The star doesn't do magic, but it gives Asha the power to do magic.

The king sees Asha as a threat, and his true nature is revealed.

The songs are beautiful (even in German), the animation is beautiful, and the story is spellbinding. It's not a film that deserves to be a box office failure, whatever the critics say. Please go and see it while it's still in the cinemas.

On another matter, my local cinema has started to show films in Ukrainian. I find that wonderful. "Wish" is the first of two films.

Deadpool 2 (5 Stars)

Dancer's Top Films #38

Stan Lee doesn't actually make a cameo in "Deadpool 2", but he appears briefly in one of the trailers. He's even addressed by name. Deadpool emerges from a phone booth after changing into his costume.

Stan Lee: "Wow, nice suit!"

Deadpool: "Zip it, Stan Lee!"

This is Marvel dialogue at its best!

The first Deadpool film was so good that I didn't think the sequel could possibly live up to it. I was wrong. I remember sitting wide-mouthed in the cinema on 20th May 2018. When the opening credits rolled (at the 15 minute mark) I already knew that it exceeded the quality of the first film. The humour is similar. The repeated breaking of the third wall is similar. But something is better. Maybe it's the tastefully inappropriate placing of music. I don't know. I just know it's better, and I have great hopes that "Deadpool 3" will be just as good, whenever it's finally released.

This is the second film in Marvel's X-Men franchise in which someone comes from the future to change the past. The first was "Days of Future Past". Cable, a super-soldier from the future, travels back in time to kill Firefist, the mutant who will be responsible for murdering his wife and daughter. When Cable arrives Firefist is still a 12-year-old boy called Russell Collins. Russell is at a turning point. He's a troubled youngster, due to being tortured by the staff of an orphanage run by the Essex Corporation, an organisation that trains mutants to become mercenaries, but he's not truly evil. Cable says that he'll turn evil after his first kill, which is due to happen soon. Deadpool sees the good in the boy and wants to persuade him not to kill anyone. This is ironic, because Deadpool himself is a killer.

Deadpool has contact with the X-Men, but the only team members he sees at the X-Men mansion are Colossus, Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Yukio. It's a running joke that the other X-Men are missing because the film had a limited budget.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead introduces Yukio as her girlfriend, making them the first openly lesbian couple in a Marvel movie. Yukio is possibly the same character as Yukio in "Wolverine", but it's not clear. Her role in "Deadpool 2" is too minor to make a comparison possible. Logically, they would have to be different characters, because "Wolverine" takes place shortly before "Deadpool 2", yet Yukio looks much younger in the latter film. But when has there ever been any logic in the X-Men continuity?

A bigger problem is a brief cameo by the other X-Men, who are in the mansion after all, though unseen by Deadpool. This was an outtake from "Dark Phoenix", which was being filmed at the same time. "Dark Phoenix" takes place in 1992, so the X-Men should look a lot older in "Deadpool 2", which takes place 25 years later. Even taking into account the rewriting of the timeline in "Days of Future Past", the scene still doesn't fit.

But don't worry about inconsistencies. Just accept the film for what it is. It doesn't take itself seriously, so neither should you.

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Kick-Ass (5 Stars)

Dancer's Top Films #98

This was a last minute addition to my top 100 films list, added the same day that I started my countdown. It was a tough decision. I didn't want to push the film in 100th position out of my list. I'm ashamed to name the film, because it's a classic that deserved to be included.

I've already watched "Kick-Ass" six times, according to my blog's flawless records, so today I did something different. I listened to the Director's Commentary, but in the Dancer Style (TM). That means I listened to the commentary with the film's subtitles turned on.

The commentary added a few things that were useful to help me understand the film better. Matthew Vaughn repeatedly complained about not having a big enough budget. He pointed out various scenes that he didn't consider were good enough. I suppose that an artist is his own worst critic, because I really didn't see anything wrong with them.

"Kick-Ass" was filmed in a mixture of Canada, America and England. In an early scene Aaron Johnson was walking along a New York Street, but the scene was actually filmed in Hamilton, Canada. When he turned the corner, the scene was really filmed in America. It must be difficult for actors to maintain the continuity with jumps like that.

In this scene Mark Strong was supposed to kick Hit-Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) in the face, but he refused. It was against his principles to be violent to a child. I don't understand that. In the same scene he punched her in the face twice. Everyone knows the punches weren't genuine, and the kick wouldn't have been genuine either, but he still refused to do it. Weird.

This is an excellent film. Is it better than the film I ejected from my list? I don't know. By the time I finish my countdown at the end of this year I'll probably be pulling out my hair in frustration at all the errors I've made.

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Deadpool 2 (5 Stars)

This week I finally bought myself a 4K resolution television set. I've been using the standard 1080p resolution since December 2008. I had a 32" television from 2008 to 2012, a 42" television from 2012 to 2016 and a 40" television from 2016 to 2020, all with a 1080p resolution, The downgrade in 2016 was necessitated by moving to Germany. I couldn't take my television with me, so when I arrived in Germany I used the television that was already available.

My new television is 43". Ideally I would have preferred to buy a larger television with OLED technology, the current state of the art, but my space is limited. In my room I have to sit about 1.80 meters away from the screen, so a larger television set would be overkill.

After extensive research, I decided that this television was the best available at this size. At first I was disappointed that the frame is white. Every flatscreen television I've ever owned has a black frame. However, after a few hours sitting in front of it I've grown used to its appearance.

I bought the television from Amazon. I wanted to delay buying a 4K Blu-ray player, but once I had the television in front of me I was impatient. My old Blu-ray player wasn't good enough for me. I jumped on the bus and went to Saturn, an electronics store in Stuttgart city centre. I'd already decided on the Sony UBP-X700 Blu-ray player. It's not the best Blu-ray player on the market, but it's the best in its price range. At Saturn the Blu-ray player costs 25 Euros more than Amazon's price, but they offer a price match guarantee, so I bought it for Amazon's price.

After experimenting with snippets of films on Netflix and Amazon Prime, I finally sat down to watch my first full film with the new equipment. I picked "Deadpool 2", the theatrical version. It's a standard Blu-ray, so it was upscaled to 4K, and the picture was perfect. I currently only own one 4K Blu-ray, "John Wick 2", because the multi-format package (Blu-ray plus 4K) was the same price as the standard Blu-ray alone. I'll have to watch it some time in the next few days.

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Deadpool 2 (5 Stars)

When I sat down to watch this film I realised it was an extended version, not the same version that I saw in the cinema earlier this year. The Blu-ray I've bought has both versions, so I'll have to compare them. The theatrical version (surprisingly) doesn't have an after-credits scene, but the extended cut does. Censorship? I remember reading that there was some controversy about the baby Hitler scene. It's a moral question that has been asked before. If you know that an innocent little baby will grow up to kill millions of people, does that make it right to kill him?

This film doesn't have a Stan Lee cameo, although his face does appear in artwork painted on a wall. It makes up for it by having a Stan Lee cameo in one of the trailers. Unfortunately, the trailers aren't included in the disc's extra features.

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American Animals (4½ Stars)

This is the 15th film in the Stuttgart Fantasy Film Festival.

This film has already been shown in cinemas in most other countries, but since no official German release is planned it was shown at German film festivals instead. The film is a box office flop, which I consider surprising. It's very well made, highly entertaining, and even the critics like it.

At the beginning the film makes the statement, "This film is not based on a true story; this film is a true story". I assume that the director means that he has made an effort to tell the story as accurately as possible. The action in the film is frequently interrupted by the real life characters talking about the film. Sometimes they contradict one another, for instance, "That's Warren's memory of the event. I remember it differently".

In 2003 two students decided to steal several books from the Transylvania University's library, including a first edition of John James Audubon's "The Birds of America", allegedly the world's most valuable book with a value of $12 million. Realising the job was too big for them they added a third, then a fourth student to their number.

The film shows the mishaps that are inevitable when inexperienced criminals try to act as a team.

Overall this is an excellent film which I look forward to seeing again.

Deadpool 2 (5 Stars)

Any worries I may have had about "Deadpool 2" were unfounded. It's brilliant. It surpasses the first film in its excellence. It's my favourite film of 2018 so far. It even surpasses "Avengers: Infinity War" in quality. I can't praise it highly enough.

"Deadpool 2" has the same comic banter as the the first film, complete with dialogue that breaks the third wall, but it also has some very serious scenes, especially in the first half. It's the contrast between these scenes and the comedy that make it a stronger film than the first.

I was particularly happy to see the return of the Juggernaut. He was shown in "X-Men: The Last Stand", but the film didn't do him justice. Vinnie Jones portrayed him as a comic character, which I consider inappropriate. He was one of the most deadly villains of the X-Men in their early years.

The film cleans up the continuity with the first Wolverine film, in which Deadpool appears as a very different character, in both appearance and personality. Deadpool goes back in time and kills his alternative self. Thank you. He also does away with his alter-ego in the DC universe by going back in time and killing Ryan Reynolds before he could star in "Green Lantern".

I can't say anything else without giving away spoilers. This is a film that everyone should watch. Marvel fans will laugh out loud at the subtle in-jokes, but even those less acquainted with the comics will find it hilarious.

X-Men: Apocalypse (4 Stars)

This is the first time that I've watched "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and "X-Men: Apocalypse" back to back. Almost back to back, at least. They were two days apart, but that's still close enough for me to make a direct comparison. More than anything I noticed a difference in the pacing. "Days of Future Past" moves fast and keeps the viewer excited throughout the movie. "Apocalypse" moves slowly, and even when there's action it doesn't last long. There's too much stop and start.

Apocalypse isn't successful as a villain. What I mean is, at no point do we have the slightest sympathy with him. He's just a Big Evil with no redeeming qualities. Compare him with Magneto, who makes us cry when we see the inner suffering that makes him do evil things.

William Stryker is an even worse villain. Who is he? Comic fans will jump up and answer that question immediately, but we can't assume that cinema audiences have read hundreds of comics before buying their cinema ticket. The film should explain to us who he is, but it doesn't, leaving him as a blank slate.

After making the film Olivia Munn, the actress who plays Psylocke, said that she wants Psylocke to have her own film. Let's not laugh that off as the empty request of an actress who thinks too highly of herself. I think she could pull it off. Unlike most of the characters in the X-Men films she actually looks like the character she's supposed to be playing, including the costume. She didn't have much screentime, and there was absolutely no background story. (The same applies to Angel. There was poor character development throughout the film). In the comics she's a heroine, but a solo film could pick up where "Apocalypse" ends, showing her as a villainess seeking redemption, struggling to get back tothe right path. The public would love a film like that.

I'm still not sure about my rating. I always have problems rating X-Men films. Maybe four stars is too high, but that's what I'll stick with for now. I might think differently next time I watch it.

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X-Men: Days of Future Past (5 Stars)

This is the fourth time I've watched this film, and my rating has been bobbing up and down like a yo-yo. Evidently I don't know what to make of it. Who knows what I'll rate it next time! Today the story gripped me like it hasn't in the past. Maybe I was just in the right mood for the film. That's why I could never be a professional film critic. I'm much too erratic.

Hank McCoy is apparently a Star Trek fan. He has one eye on Bolivar Trask, the other on Star Trek reruns. By a strange coincidence the episode being shown is "City on the Edge of Forever", in which the Enterprise and its crew has to travel into the past to change the present.

Jennifer Lawrence appears as Mystique and shows that blue is beautiful.

Or do you prefer her with a normal pink skin? It's hard to choose.

There's a newspaper shown in the film. Wolverine is checking it out, holding it in place with his unenhanced bone claws. But take a closer look at it. The first two columns are about the peace treaty between America and Vietnam, but in the third column everything breaks down. The text is about the murder of Isidore Fink, the owner of a small laundry at 4 East 132nd Street. It's strange that this report is in a 1973 newspaper, because the murder took place on 9th March 1929. As if this weren't bad enough, the same text is repeated in the fourth column. That's all very sloppy.

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Kick-Ass (5 Stars)

In my review of "Avengers: Age of Ultron" yesterday I talked about the two Quicksilvers. Aaron Johnson has been playing Quicksilver since "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (2014), and Evan Peters has been playing Quicksilver since "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (also 2014). What I forgot to mention yesterday is that the two actors had already appeared together in a superhero film in 2010: "Kick-Ass".

Aaron Johnson plays Dave Lizewski, a schoolboy who decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers. Evan Peters plays Todd Haynes, one of Dave's best friends, a schoolboy who is happy being just a schoolboy. Four years later they both became Quicksilver. I wonder which one of them is faster.

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X-Men: Apocalypse (4½ Stars)

This is a film based on a Marvel villain who was first invented in 1986, when Marvel's non-canon period had begun. For that reason I'll make no attempt to reconcile Apocalypse with the comics, whether it was the Uncanny X-Men or any of the other myriad X-Men spin-off comics.

Apocalypse is said to have been the first mutant. This jars with me, because the whole premise of mutants is that they were a new arrival in the 20th Century. This is briefly mentioned and dismissed in the film: "We always assumed that mutants didn't arrive until the 20th Century, but we were wrong". So Stan Lee was wrong? I'm sad that he gave his approval to the film by appearing in a small cameo. Doesn't he realise what they're doing with his valuable creations, twisting and distorting them however they wish?

I'm not sure that "X-Men: Apocalypse" is even retaining continuity with the previous X-Men films. I shan't comment any further until I have a chance to watch all the X-Men films in release order, starting with the adult X-Men films and then continuing with the prequels.

Apocalypse is shown as the ruler of Egypt in 3600 BC. In the middle of transferring his consciousness into the body of another mutant he's betrayed, and his pyramid is destroyed. In 1980 he's awakened by the prayers of his loyal servants, who are unfortunately destroyed as he arises. He intends to destroy the world and recreate it in his own image, but first he searches for four mutants to support him, his "four horses of the Apocalypse". He selects Magneto, Psylocke, Storm and Angel, who he considers to be the world's strongest mutants. Only later does he discover Charles Xavier, who he considers to be the strongest mutant of all.

Once more the Phoenix force is shown to be part of Jean Grey's mutant powers. That annoys me every time it's said. I might not care if Apocalypse is shown differently from the comics, but Jean Grey should be portrayed accurately.

Nevertheless, this is a good film, full of action and excitement. Michael Fassbender proves once more that he's the best Magneto, giving the character even more emotional depth than in the first films.

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Kick-Ass (5 Stars)

Big girls don't cry. Nor do little girls.

This is the last film I watched in 2016. It's a good way to end the year. It's a brilliant film in so many different ways. It's not so much a parody of super-hero films, it's more of a deconstruction. I've never read the Kick-Ass comics, so I can't comment on how faithful the film is to the original source material. What I can say is that the way it copies and almost plagiarises Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film is amazing. Scenes are subtly copied in passing, so subtly that the similarities could be missed on idle viewing.

This was the first film that I saw starring Chloe Grace Moretz. At the time it was a curiosity. A 12-year-old action heroine? So weird. Since then I've seen her in many other films as she's grown older, and I've observed her talent as an actress developing. Watching "Kick-Ass" again today I can recognise that she already had immense talent at an early age. I can hardly wait to see all the wonderful films she will make over the next 50 years.

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X-Men: Days of Future Past (4½ Stars)

Empire Magazine is well known for publishing its monthly magazines with alternative covers to tempt collectors to buy multiple copies. In January 2014 they outdid themselves. 25 different covers were printed to advertise "X-Men: Days of Future Past". Moreover, the covers could be arranged side by side to make one large picture. I doubt many people have invested in all 25 copies, so here are the 25 covers. You can click on any image to reveal its context between the two images left and right.

1. Sentinel - Moderately powerful mutant-hunting robot.

2. Havok - Absorbs cosmic energy and releases it in plasma blasts.

3. Toad - Super-strong legs, prehensile tongue, gross paralysing mucus.

4. William Stryker - Mutant-hater, military man, nutjob.

5. Bolivar Trask - Robotics genius, mutant-hater, smooth political operator.

6. Mystique - Shapeshifter.

7. Beast - Superhuman strength, agility, speed and furriness.

8. Quicksilver - Runs at supersonic speeds.

9. Magneto - The master of magnetism.

10. Professor X - The world’s most powerful telepath.

11. Wolverine - Accelerated healing, enhanced senses, retractable bone claws.

12. Bryan Singer - Puppet master, franchise creator, director.

13. Wolverine - Accelerated healing, enhanced senses, adamantium-laced skeleton, retractable adamantium claws.

14. Professor X - The world’s most powerful telepath.

15. Magneto - The master of magnetism.

16. Storm - Mastery over the elements.

17. Rogue - Absorbs the mutant abilities of anyone she touches.

18. Warpath - Super-strong, near-invulnerable, and he can fly.

19. Kitty Pryde - Phases through solid objects.

20. Sunspot - Solar-powered super-strength and near invulnerability.

21. Blink - Teleporter.

22. Iceman - Creates and manipulates ice.

23. Bishop - Absorbs energy to redirect it in kinetic blasts.

24. Colossus - Transforms his skin into organic steel.

25. Future Sentinel - Super-powerful mutant-hunting robot.

Click here to see the covers combined as a complete picture. Most web browsers will allow you to scroll left and right. Unfortunately the image has been compressed to 60% of its original size due to limitations of Google's blogger software.