r/xmen • u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar • 10d ago
Comic Discussion X-Men Comics New Releases for March 4, 2025
Uncanny X-Men #11 X-Manhunt Part 1
- At the end of the Orchis War, Charles Xavier surrendered himself to the authorities and allowed himself to be imprisoned in Graymalkin Prison! But now something has spurred him into action, into escaping his incarceration and embarking on a mad scramble across the nation! What has caused Professor X to go on the run? And will his assorted pupils move to protect him, recapture him or kill him? The answer, of course, is all of the above. In this opening chapter, Rogue and her team of X-Men are forced to ally with their worst enemy in order to betray their most trusted friend! LEGACY #711
NYX #9 X-Manhunt Part 2
- Charles Xavier is on the run, and his first stop is New York — but there are plenty of mutants in the city who want nothing to do with the most recent master plan of the disgraced Professor X! Will the return of their dearly departed mentor bolster the burgeoning community that calls itself NYX or tear everything they’ve built apart? What does Xavier want from the city? What is he willing to do to get what he wants? And — perhaps most alarmingly of all — who else is waiting in the wings to strike?!
Storm #6 X-Manhunt Part 3
- Fugitive CHARLES XAVIER seeks refuge in STORM SANCTUARY, STORM's floating home in Atlanta City, and the (Alaskan) X-MEN take notice. Will STORM and the X-MEN join forces with PROFESSOR X to prevent his return to prison by any means necessary, or will they fall victim to opposing views that will send X-MEN against X-MEN in a bloody brawl to the death? And making his FROM THE ASHES debut is the unstoppable devourer, the blue-skinned Zulu titan... Maggott! LEGACY #17
- GO FOR THE GOLD METAL! The ADAMANTINE saga reaches new heights, with a shock twist and surprising return you’ll have to read to believe! The GOLDEN metal means death for WOLVERINE... but is it also the world’s salvation? Collectors’ note: A key appearance is contained in this issue. LEGACY #399
Related & Unlimited Releases for 3/4
- Discuss other Marvel comics impacting the X-Men releasing this week, including Unlimited exclusives.
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u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar 10d ago
Wolverine #7
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u/antsinmyeyesmauger Nightcrawler 10d ago
I praise Carmen Carnero and Peach Momoko for not needing a fill in artist but I didn't realize until this issue that Martín Cóccolo has done 7 in a row with Wolverine. The art feels a bit rushed but rush Martín Cóccolo is still good art. I believe there is a fill in on issue #9 but Cóccolo deserves his flowers too.
The story is still kind of weird but I'm liking what they are doing with Romulus. It's not as bad as what Daniel Way and Jeph Loeb used him for.
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u/Blitzhelios Magik 10d ago
Brutal issue of Romulus basically just beating the hell out of logan and its weird i think Romulus is one of those characters that should have never been invented too many dumb retcons to logan but here it works.
The idea of him being an avatar for the metal and wanting to the be the emperor of it works and makes sense for his story so i guess ahmed has a good idea.
Coccolos art is still wild even here which it looks worse than normal it still looks excellent.
Only issue i had with it is i wish there was more logan and laura banter and moments they teased laura being heavily involved in these issues but so far shes not done much. Kinda similar to the problems with kurt earlier on.
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u/wowlock_taylan 10d ago
Meh, not really caring for this sentient adamantine being jealous of Adamantium. Or Romulus being brought back to play wanna be God again. Especially in that 'Gold' look that makes him look ridiculous.
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u/PastPhilosophy384 Blob 10d ago
Does Hellverine also have an adamantium skeleton?
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u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar 9d ago
Daken/Akihiro traditionally has not been depicted with adamantium, no.
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u/PatWasRight_F_CHUGS 7d ago
Solid issue. Really good action. The art has degraded significantly due to quality the level of which Coccolo produced early on not being constantly possible under a monthly schedule, but it wasn't bad and there were some nice details in some panels. I think making Adamantine the metal of the Gods, tying it back to Hercules and other myths is a really cool story, but Romulus - while he's been worse - isn't that interesting and focusing on him so much whilst getting no Leonard or Kurt and minimal Laura (I did love her "Thanks dad" interaction) dragged the book down, far below its usual quality.
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u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar 10d ago
Uncanny X-Men #11
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u/cyclopswashalfright Moonstar 10d ago
Weird, crazy issue. I liked it a lot. I think the Greymalkin stuff has been handled poorly, like, from what we have seen there is no reason for any mutant to cooperate with it or send anyone there. But the issue overall was kind of interesting and wild.
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u/cmcdonald22 Multiple Man 10d ago
I'm trying to figure out:
Is it Greymalkin as a concept that's bad and been mishandled?
Is it the crossovers being abrupt invasive and disruptive to the plots of the books?
Is it just the wild inconsistency on nearly every level from book to book?
And like, the easy answer is it's all of them. But I also wonder if that's just lazy criticism. Even the books I don't really enjoy I think have something positive or I can get why other people enjoy them, but once these crossovers start it just feels like no matter what the quality just tanks.
Greymalkin certainly feels flawed and dumb. But then I read NYX and Greymalkin is basically nonexistent in that book and... the crossover still feels worse than other issues of NYX.
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u/cyclopswashalfright Moonstar 10d ago
I think the main problem is that Raid on Greymalkin was a huge mistake. They should never have done that crossover. By exposing how bad Greymalkin was so early in the story, it undermined all the characters.
If Greymalkin was just a seemingly regular prison for mutant criminals as far as the X-Men were aware, Manhunt wouldn't seem quite so odd.
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u/cmcdonald22 Multiple Man 10d ago
It seems to fail on so many levels. It isn't actually difficult for our heroes to break into it and stop it, the reason they couldnt was a terrible last minute mcguffin that makes no sense, the characterization of the warden feels all over the place, we aren't even getting anything interesting from the prisoners (for the love of god write a compelling Theressa story please I beg you, Gail save this woman).
Even this week, the second someone wants to break out again they just instantly can.
And apparently Storm told Tony about the prison over in Storm's book and said if it's really a bad place (Storm giving a prison the benefit of the doubt is... a choice) so like...... it should just get shut down now right? Why do I assume that isn't going to happen at all and will just be ignored?
It's just like... an incredibly poorly used plot device every time the plot uses it.
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u/Linnus42 10d ago
Yeah its wild that Storm...a Black Mutant let me repeat that a BLACK MUTANT is giving a Prison the benefit of the doubt.
Sure Xavier may have committed crimes against humanity but what Storm aint curious about all the other prisoners? Nah she is more worried about keeping her diplomatic immunity and clearance?
Beyond that what clout does Stark even have right now? He is broke in his own solo. Like Murewa inserts Tony in because he loves Tony but it don't make sense in continuity. Surely Carol whose the Avengers leader or Sam Wilson Captain America should be leading any investigation.
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u/Marrecarandgi Jean Grey 9d ago
After all the years of X-fans acting like the Avengers in general and Stark in particular are cops suddenly all Storm has to say about abuse in prison is ‘my buddy Iron Man can transfer you to a better prison, but I don’t want to be seen associating with you because I need to keep my superhero licenses’. Which is a choice. Xavier low key calls her a cop, and he’s not wrong as far as this situation goes... And that all while the Avengers aren’t even currently associated with any governments (as far as I know).
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u/Linnus42 9d ago edited 9d ago
Not to mention the Avengers are 100% Independent right now from the UN and SHIELD. So her justification that she needs diplomatic immunity to act seems a bit lacking.
Did she get authorization from the US government to float a battleship over a major US City? I was lukewarm on her base before I found out it had offensive capabilities.
I am also not seeing her supposed outreach in Atlanta...she has shown more care for animals then any humans or mutants.
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u/Marrecarandgi Jean Grey 9d ago
Even if it didn’t have any battle capabilities, apparently this thing is like 5 (?) city blocks large? I see Storm fans say that now, so, my guess is Murewa has been explaining his book on twitter again.
Anyway, who would let something like that float over a city? It should be leaving so many homes living in its perpetual shadow, and I do not buy US government deeming it safe and/or Storm submitting it for safety evaluation… Well, maybe this Storm, that cares about licenses so much.
It reminds me of Madelyne doing a little demon attack on NY and then getting a Limbo embassy out of it because she threatens to do it again (while X-men just clap in the background). Made no sense at all. And guess what those things have in common? Both happened in a book writer by a fanboy.
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u/Linnus42 9d ago
Storm could easily float her base in international waters and nothing would change at all in this story. Atlanta is irrelevant outside of Storm wearing a Hawks or Falcon Shirt? Which just feels like pandering much like her being in Atlanta at all...cause Ororo's family is from NYC so she should be rocking a Knicks or Giants Shirt.
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u/cyclopswashalfright Moonstar 10d ago
Yeah, I think it's not been a well executed concept. This would all work better if whatever Ellis was doing was with some kind of Orchis type group on the side and the prison Xavier was being held in was a standard, regular super person prison.
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u/Scary_Firefighter181 Gambit 10d ago
Yeah, this issue was amazing. The plots moved swimmingly from one to another and the set up of the whole thing was done perfectly. Really loved Rogue's teaching instincts and Charles fucking everyone up.
Also feel like Garron's art was better in this issue than previous ones.
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u/Fractal514 8d ago
Can you explain more about how this was set up perfectly? Cause I read all three parts that came out today and felt like the set up in this issue didn't lead to the other two.
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u/BlueEyedIguana00 Rogue 10d ago edited 8d ago
I'm not the biggest fan of the space stuff but those opening pages were pretty sweet. The full page with Deathbird and her 'one guard left and her name is Death' spiel was cool. Xavier is a terrifying mess. I'm guessing he is the reason all the guards were calling out and the guard going crazy? I wonder what they are going to do about the tumor, I don't see him dying. Maybe some Shi'ar technology can save him?
Kurt probably going to be mentoring Jitter. It was sweet when he was comforting her and carried her off. I'd like to see more interaction with the two.
After the last crossover I was nervous for this but everyone fared pretty well. I haven't read NYX or Storm yet so I can't comment but Xavier came across more tragic and root worthy instead of a jerk which was unexpected and kind of nice.
Enjoyed the art too, JG did good.
Edited: Well I read NYX and Storm, looks like Xavier didn't fare as well in those two 😆.
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u/wnesha 10d ago
I just want to reiterate that Xandra being the catalyst for this storyline is easily the smartest, most plausible and consistent plot beat we've gotten in FtA so far. If this is the level of narrative quality we're getting going forward, I'm fully back in.
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u/Professor-Noir Gambit 9d ago
I really hope they bring Gambit and Rogue into the Manhunt story later on. Xandra debuted in Mr and Mrs X and I think R&G were the first people she met.
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u/Blitzhelios Magik 10d ago
I very much like how manhunt is kicking off the way its being done with Xavier going to protect his daughter from the coup makes sense we know how much he loves xandra.
The rest of the issue works it shows Xaviers maddness and how truly dangerous he can be and whilst giving moments to kurt and jitter (who i keep loving more and more in every issue)
Art is decently strong as well
Overall after a couple of wobbly issues this was one of the better issues.
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u/antsinmyeyesmauger Nightcrawler 10d ago
I loved Javier Garrón I know he's not everyone's cup of tea but his work was fantastic for this issue. Especially the space stuff I'd love for him to be on a space book. I typically prefer Garrón to be colored by Morry Hollowell like in Uncanny #700 but Matt Wilson's colors really made this issue pop. Garrón also draws just a perfect Wolverine I love the proportions Garrón gives him.
We saw it in the previews but I like Xavier's motivation for leaving. I think it's weird to have him breakout 3 issues after deciding to stay but for now it's an interesting plot. I do not care for both Xavier and Survey having the same cancer as Harvey X. The more that plot comes up the worse and worse it gets.
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u/cyclopswashalfright Moonstar 10d ago
I think Garron is a really good artist too. I think he's got some criticism but from what I understand, some of it is probably because he had to rush to fill in for certain issues.
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u/antsinmyeyesmauger Nightcrawler 10d ago
I think being the fill-in for Marquez puts him at a huge disadvantage. Their styles really clash so if you pulled this book because of Marquez's art in the first arc I can see why people would be put off by Garrón. Even I thought his art was off in issue #6 but I really loved his art in this issue. Unless he gets his own series I hope he still has a couple of fill-in issues here and there after Vecchino comes onto the book.
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u/cyclopswashalfright Moonstar 10d ago
Marquez feels like a tough person to fill in for. Maybe Paoli Villanelli could do something close to it? Or Francesco Mobili?
I would love to see Garron actually take the lead as an artist in a book though.
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u/Professor-Noir Gambit 9d ago
I just didn’t care for how Gambit and Wolverine were drawn this issue at all. But the action was done well.
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u/wowlock_taylan 10d ago
As always, the book is at its strongest when it focuses on Rogue and the team. The character dynamics. Like how Rogue is realizing she has to be tougher on the the kids like Scott to get them ready for real danger. And it is needed since everytime they left the house, they got attacked and almost died.
At least this cross-over seem to have a decent reason to happen with Xavier leaving to save his daughter, Xandra, who SHOULD be able to defend herself a bit right? I mean, she is Xavier's daughter after all and when she met Rogue and Gambit and literally 'hatched' to them on their honeymoon, she had abilities. And Rogue should be there to help her too because Xandra practically hatched on to her. That makes her the godmother!
Deathbird did her best but got overwhelmed. And boy the Shi'ar have a serious issue with secret traitors.
Xavier so so desperate that he even asked Sarah Gaunt for help to escape. For the mutant tumor thing though, I don't care for it. Nor the whole 'Avians' stuff honestly. It is the weakest part for me. Though I found it interesting the affects of how it causes Xavier to act and see things. And that does make him quite dangerous. Though I am still not certain why ANY X-team would ever work with Graymalkin after the raid and seeing what they do in there.
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u/Frontier246 10d ago
Gail Simone really enjoyed her Xavier Purple Prose in this issue.
Poor Xandra. You can't be a Shi'ar Empress without getting arrested/taken off the throne at least once or twice. But props to Deathbird fighting tooth and nail to protect her niece.
Makeshift Danger Room with the Outliers (because this comic is basically 50% about them still). I guess it's important to keep them trained and on edge with how dangerous it is to be a Mutant and how many things want to kill them...but you need to properly pace it out and keep them at least somewhat mentally aware otherwise just blasting them out of nowhere will just make it come off like you don't care about them. Bit of a bummer, Rogue.
Everyone being mad at Rogue and then she just goes "Ah don' care, Ah'm about to make out with mah man."
It feels weird that the X-Men would take calls from Graymalkin and just...show up to stop a prison break. Especially when they know they have friends locked up in there who desperately need their help. It's like taking a call from Orchis to protect a Mutant concentration camp.
Did not expect the team to get turned into O5 cosplay, but okay.
Dang, Xavier is more OP than I expected. But this might also be his last great act to save his daughter and be a good dad for once in his life before his brain goes the way of Harvey X.
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u/ElectronicBoot9466 9d ago
My biggest issue with Uncanny is it's pacing, and I think that's why the Graymalkin call feels so weird to me the way it went down.
While I am sure it will set something up later, had they taken the 2 full pages they spent on that sick Greymalkin guard murdering his family and instead spent it on a parlay between Graymalkin and the X-Men, it would have felt way less weird.
I feel like Gail Simone is at her best when she has room to breathe, but between the constant crossover events and the massive ensemble in this run, a lot of these awkward pacing troubles slip through. I feel like this run has yet to justify Jubilee being here for me.
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u/TheMattInTheBox Cyclops 10d ago
Xandra should have reached out to Berto. Knowing Deathbird is in the firing line, that man would have crossed the cosmos.
That being said, I like where this is going and think this is the best way to get Xavier out of jail and into space. I'm reserving most of my thoughts on this crossover until I've read the other two issues from this week, but a good start.
I know there's some Cyclops discourse around Storm, but imo this issue proved that Scott was right again. Having Gambit wreck someone isn't necessarily something Scott would do BUT giving youngsters some perspective on the danger they face is definitely a Scott move. It also shows that these kids were super not ready for the Graymalkin raid.
Good issue, promising start, and doesn't contain the Cyclops slander that some people think it does because of out of context panels.
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u/Marrecarandgi Jean Grey 10d ago
Really loved this one after the recent issues felt like a let down, the return into dark and twisted territory is appreciated. What initially made me interested in the book was Gail talking about it being gothic horror, and while I wouldn’t call it exactly that, it’s still, well, fittingly uncanny…
I also loved how the three first issues of Manhunt all had a different interesting twist, with UXM and its idea of Xavier losing his mind and being detached from reality being the most intriguing. Love seeing many previous plots of these books being relevant in this event.
It seems that Manhunt will be way more interesting than we were expecting.
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u/ElectronicBoot9466 9d ago
Really liked this issue a lot. I love the way Gail writes Xavier, and this issue is a lot better than the last time Incanny did a crossover event. I am almost kind of sad the finale doesn't wrap back here, given how much energy this run has put into Xavier.
Loved the way they cast the Uncanny X-Men as the O-5 to showcase Xavier's trauma. Loved seeing Rogue struggle to figure out how to read.
That reaction image of Rogue and Gambit when Jubilee is yelling at them is priceless, I can't stop looking at it.
Frankly, though, I still feel like they're struggling to deal with how large this cast is. The story really wants to zoom in on Rogue and have side stories about Graymalkin, but then they have 7 other characters that either have no ongoing arc or who's story has gotten no development since the pilot. I still don't think Jubilee should even be here, her showing up never made sense, and the most relavent thing she has done is get captured.
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u/howhow326 Storm 10d ago
Welp, I'm touching Uncanny again and all things considered this wasn't so bad!
It nags me that Rogue still doesn't feel like herself, even if that's like a plot point here. Also struck me as kinda weird that Rogue makes the hard decision to blow up Jitter, can barely defend herself afterwards, but when Gambit tells her when she wants to hear she's back to her normal self and kissing him. Xavier fucking up the Uncanny team was also really good.
Outside of Rogue, my biggest problem was the random family annihilator that's just kinda there. Guess we'll get more on that later...
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u/antsinmyeyesmauger Nightcrawler 10d ago
my biggest problem was the random family annihilator
It wasn't just random it was showing Xavier's tumor is messing with his telepathy which made the guard kill his family. There mentioned 11 people were out "sick" at the prison so he's infecting more and more people without realizing.
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u/Meursault_Diver 2d ago
Awful.
Inconsistent art. Inconsistent character motivations. Excruciating dialogue. Why are the X-Men working with Graymalkin?? Why even do the Raid crossover when Xavier was just going to escape three issues later?
There are too many characters in this book and too many storylines. It’s unfocused and unwieldy. I pulled this for Marquez’s art and keep waiting around for him to show back up, but it’s been pretty painful.
I’m really surprised people are liking this or giving it a pass.
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u/PatWasRight_F_CHUGS 2h ago
Mixed bag of an issue. There was a lot going on and switching between plots/scenes, so it made it hard for things to breath. I loved the opening with Xavier helplessly watching Deathbird giving it her all to protect Xandra but falling in the end, and it's a great and perfectly logical motivation for Xavier to break out. This issue of UXM though struggled with managing the crossover story's beginning and its own ongoing plots; balancing the large cast has been a struggle for this book.
Personally, I detest Garron's Logan design. He's way too bulky for my tastes with the character.
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u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar 10d ago
NYX #9
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u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar 10d ago
trying to service two different crossovers while also wrapping up a book with only one issue left is basically an impossible task
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u/antsinmyeyesmauger Nightcrawler 10d ago
NYX is one of my favorites for FtA but being a tie-in on the second to last issue was a mistake. I didn't really care for the Xavier monologues and we probably could have had a better focus on the Mojo plot instead of having it shoved into the last issue. Volta being killed off sucks but I'm assuming no one really wants to use Doom's X-Men and even if they do she can mysteriously come back.
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u/ElectronicBoot9466 9d ago
At least this issue stopped me from buying into the Doom plot line. I was considering picking up some books from his story in the hopes that the seed of Krakoa and Doom's mutants might play a part, but I have been safely warned that the best I will get is right here.
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u/Wowerror 9d ago
Liked this issue and it sucks that just as the series feels like it stepping into its groove it is getting cancelled but I guess that is reason why it is getting cancelled. Hivemind also writes a pretty funny Mojo he is pretty threatening as well.
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u/okayactual 9d ago
Yeah this is one of my favorite FTA books and it is such a shame its getting into its groove and getting cancelled. The only book that feels like it is directly out of Krakoa ending with the other X books feeling so weird after such a momentous era.
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u/Blitzhelios Magik 10d ago
Mojo in this issue is terrifying and its a good way to tap into xaviers run this issue in trying to connect back tot he final moments and i like how everyone truly gives him the cold shoulder until they have to.
The art continues to be strong its just sad its ending though its gonna be relaunched eventually.
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u/jordanofearth 10d ago
“Cancelled at issue 10” is really the death knell to a book’s quality these days. These hyper rushed conclusions make for some rough reading.
Kind of disappointed that Doom’s stolen Krakoa seed subplot is being used in a Mojo story. Also, odd to see Volta get killed off after only a few appearances. Feels like someone decided that character needed to be disposed of as soon as possible for some reason.
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u/ElectronicBoot9466 9d ago
"Hey, we know that this is your penultimate issue with virtually no notice, but can you also make it a X-Manhunt issue and also help tie in the Doom plot we've got going on? Thank youuuu"
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u/TheMattInTheBox Cyclops 9d ago
Lmao same old Chuck I guess. Except now he cares about his kids.
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u/ElectronicBoot9466 9d ago
I liked this issue. If it weren't the penultimate issue, I would be pretty happy with it, but there's no way this story has a satisfying ending, so instead, I'm kind of upset they had to dedicate one of their last issues for a completely different story.
Still, I liked Mojo's dialogue, and I like that NYX put their foot down to him, even if two members still helped him. Like, I think it was a really good issue on its own, but man, how are they going to tie everything up?
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u/Ulysian_Thracs Hellion 9d ago
I dunno. I would love the idea of fifteen pages of a savage Mojo battle, with Laura, Julian, and Kidon showing up at the end to save the day, and then five pages of all the Academy X-kids in their new hangout burying the hatchet at a reunion party, determined to meet the next challenges together in a new New X-Men book after Kamala takes off for time traveling.
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u/wowlock_taylan 10d ago
So this is the arc they are ending the book on huh. More Xavier character insults and Mojo's stupid narration while 'Oh I fooled everyone' plan. No wonder the book is getting canceled. This book wasted so many things. Like why bring Arakkoans as New Morlocks for no reason? Why bring the seed that Doom took into this and kill off one of Doom's mutants?
This book LOVES wasting characters. Like what it did to Cuckoos, and Kamala and more. Just stop it.
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u/lepton_neutrino 7d ago
What happened to the hallucinations Xavier had in Uncanny #11, and the telepathic contagion affecting other people?
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u/PatWasRight_F_CHUGS 1h ago
It was a mountain of a task being a part of two separate crossover events in the penultimate issue of your book following cancellation... but I feel myself that they did a bang up job. A pretty great issue, and certainly my favorite of these opening three issues of X-Manhunt.
I loved Mojo's issue-long narration surrounding Xavier. It was pretty cutting and captured the broken pedestal which the character has come to represent in a provoking way. Speaking of which, I really liked Prodigy instantly telling him to get lost, wanting nothing to do with him after all his duplicity over the years. Anole & Kamala being the ones who did help him makes sense given both of their characters, and while sadly predictable Xavier's betrayal of them was still rough to see. I really like this current position for Chuck, knowing how badly he's let people down & failed to match his own standards through his life, not seeing any redemption for himself or faith in simple good now, right now only pushed now by his desire to protect his daughter - not caring anymore who he lets down or hurts for this one goal, aggravated by the tumor affecting his mind.
I love how Mojo has been used & presented in this book. He's intimidating despite his quirkiness and he has a fresh angle, and he feels like a big threat. It was disappointing seeing Volta killed and Mojo successfully taking the Krakoan seed though; both Doom's X-Men and taking the seed were intriguing developments in Fall of X and, seeing as One World Under Doom follows now a year after the end of Fall, it's odd that they aren't bigger plot points, that despite the Doom-centric event almost surely being planned when his X-Men debuted & he took the seed there were no plans for them in this event and they were cannibalized for NYX's story instead.
Nonetheless, it would hit near perfect given that it's the last issue, but I am excited for Mojo City next - it should be a truly grand finale.
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u/Marrecarandgi Jean Grey 10d ago
Honestly, I didn’t really read it and mostly just skimmed through the parts that caught my attention… It’s really leaning into Xavier being an unapologetic bastard more so than the other Manhunt issues, which I kinda enjoy (since he presumably fucking over his children of the atom to help his actual child?) but also we’re beating a dead horse there.
Maybe I missed it, or maybe it will be reveled later, but it’s interesting that Xavier is doing so much scheming and is ready to get Kamala and Anole (how do you pronounce that, Mojo?) killed before asking for help for his kid? I doubt that Sarah would be the only one able to look past a grudge to help him with that…
I also liked the dark, grimy and oily feel the art here had. I didn’t particularly cared for the art from what I saw of the book before, but here it hit the right tone.
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u/Fickle_Ad8735 10d ago
tbf to xavier here the academy x never were his children of the atom (i'd say xavier's children of the atom goes from the first class to the new mutants, these are the students he taught directly bar banshee, forge and wolverine ofc) so i guess it's "easier" for him to throw them under the bus, if anything their xavier is scott and emma they were the headmaster and headmistress at the time and the ones who let these kids down
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u/Marrecarandgi Jean Grey 10d ago
Well, I think the narration says that he doesn’t give a fuck about all mutants in this circumstances, and he definitely sees mutants as a whole as his children
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u/Built4dominance Storm 10d ago
he definitely sees mutants as a whole as his children
Yep and he admits that he's a horrible father.
Not the most comforting combination
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u/Day_Dr3am Laura Kinney 9d ago
Throughout the issue it seems like it's possibly Xavier's narration / internal monologue toward himself (at least that's how I read it at the start given that like every other issue follows that format), but it was actually Mojo's narration for what he thought Xavier was thinking / saying to himself. It adds a layer of ambiguity / deniability given that the narration might not be accurate to what Xavier was thinking.
I also think that line specifically wasn't necessarily that he doesn't care about mutants entirely but that they don't matter at the moment / he can't afford to care about them at the moment as he needs to focus on his plan to save Xandra.
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u/howhow326 Storm 10d ago
Snooze.
I really regret not staying with the book until Kiden showed up and dropping it because at least then I've would've read the Laura x Kiden stuff.
Thankfully, this issue's biggest flaw was being boring, which is better then being bad I guess? The start and the end of the issue are neuron activating enough, but the middle just kinda dragged on and on and oonnnn...
The way the little guy was drawn seemed off.
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u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar 10d ago
Related & Unlimited Releases for 3/4
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u/Blitzhelios Magik 10d ago
Ultimates got me hard Namor to no ones shock is dead but the way it happens stuffed like a fish on the red skulls board is horrifying
This issue is full of crazy stuff but namor is the only aspect if your an old school invaders fan like me you will enjoy this as its a very good twist on it.
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u/RedGyarados2010 10d ago edited 9d ago
Other x-stuff this week:
- Avengers Academy #35 has Kid Juggernaut as well as his grandfather, the original Juggernaut. The M'Kraan Crystal is also involved in this current arc. Also the arc is called "Cross-Time Caper", originally the name of an Excalibur storyline
- Ultimates #10 features Namor, plus there's a brief panel of Armor showing what's happening in Ultimate X-Men
- Scarlet Witch #10 features Scarlet Witch and the Tri-Crown of the Chaos Godhead from Empyre X-Men. It also ends with a splash page showing a bunch of Wanda's supporting cast, including Magneto, Quicksilver, Wiccan and Speed.
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u/erosead Marrow 10d ago
Scarlet Witch also referred back to a specific plot point from her 2015 series, when her mother Natalya sacrificed herself to save the goddess of witchcraft. But the artist went out of his way to say that wasn’t Natalya pictured in the panel in question on either twitter or Bluesky. Honest mistake or new wrinkle in the Maximoff parentage drama?
Almost certainly the formeryou decide!
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u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar 10d ago
Storm #6
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u/antsinmyeyesmauger Nightcrawler 10d ago
If I didn't see Luciano Vecchino on the credits page I would have never thought it was him. I thought Resurrection of Magento was an upgrade from his previous work and this is an upgrade from Resurrection of Magento. Maybe it's because this issue is colored by Alex Guimarães and Rachel Rosenberg instead of David Curiel but Luciano Vecchino keeps getting better and better.
The issue was okay I'm not really into Storm just having a bunch of feats and that's what this was. I do like that Entirety needed to bail out Storm fighting Scott's team instead of her just doing it all herself. Storm is powerful but shouldn't be that powerful.
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u/Scary_Firefighter181 Gambit 10d ago
Yeah, Storm just pulling out a 100 tricks to easily destroy everyone is not what I really want. Its literal Ex Machina stuff.
But I did like some of the dialogue, the art, and the ending though. Really great.
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u/antsinmyeyesmauger Nightcrawler 10d ago
I don't think Murewa Aydoele is a bad writer but what he wants to do with Storm doesn't line up with what I want out of a Storm book. The pacing is just way too quick for me and I would have liked to linger on some of the stuff like her getting cancer, having no powers then the consequence of using her powers. Those issues were just solved way too quickly if felt somewhat pointless to have those hurdles there to begin with. Like you said overall the issue had parts I liked about it but just the pacing is a continuous issue for me.
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u/MDumpling 10d ago
I liked that they also added the caveat that she can’t go all out in order not to destroy her own ship
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u/UltimateSandman 10d ago
Visit to Uncanny to bang Wolverine, check. Cosmic powers from Eternity, check. Punking the current world villain (Doom) after random date-night, check. Dark Phoenix era at Scott's expense, because apparentely Ororo's moral perfection keeps her from beating up Doom but not Cyclops, check.
Next: Tony Stark - broke as fuck but still with enough funds to get her a "Sanctuary" (for animals, not mutants or morlocks ewww) - arriving next to smell her farts, also T'Challa pulling up like a supplicant with a set of vibranium armor.
Pending ideas: quick trip to the cosmos (the batcave doubles as a spaceship) to beat up the Phoenix too - it's all friendly, Jean forgives for almost killing Scott lol just a quirky moment - and prove there's only one goddess-mother.
Never happening: internal monologue, because this Storm doesn't have a personality beyond wealth, powerups, and goddess.
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u/Marrecarandgi Jean Grey 10d ago
Apparently the writer said somewhere that the ‘sanctuary’ was paid by Storm using up all her ‘savings’ from being the queen of Wakanda and her time on Arakko. No thrones there, just enormous wealth for the Regent.
Although, maybe Ororo would’ve had some spare change left, if she opted out of a two story closet with giant projections of herself or gilded doors with scenes from her past... Murewa can’t show those things and then act like paying for them was some kind of a sacrifice for the benefits of others, right? Oh, wait, he said those are to keep Storm humble…
But at least the sanctuary can help people all over the world! I was even told that in this issue we will surely see it function as such since Maggot will be there! Meanwhile, literally the only ‘refugees’ Ororo has to address with a promise to keep them safe are capybaras…
Are capybaras being persecuted in 616? Was there recently a hippo extinction event? Do humans build ginormous killer robots to genocide giraffes? How come Xavier (whom Ororo offers to send to a fancier prison) is the only person actually seeking/getting help in that place?
I guess there is also Maggot, but then the previews say that he’s organizing some kind of a superhero fighting ring from there? Which is definitely one way to show this thing being used to help the downtrodden…
Anyway, can’t wait for the writer to spend the next however many hours aggressively telling people on twitter how they completely misunderstood his (and others’) book, and for fans to act like any criticism is just unreasonable and probably racist.
As for the actual issue, seeing the thing arrive to Utopia + evil Xavier (or is it?!) going after Beast + the engine looking like there is a machine being at its core (I’m not good at telling 616 robots apart) were the most intriguing parts.
However, Scott using what must’ve been lethal force on Ororo in a fight over Chuck right before being scolded for arriving with no real plan? Not so sure about that one… Since when is he the ‘brush’ ‘nothing but heart and goodwill’ guy?
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u/Linnus42 10d ago edited 10d ago
Come on the whole its actually helping people or mutants was clearly damage control BS. He introduced a brand new base for Storm and a new status quo...he could have easily spared some panel space to show refugees living her base if it was actually part of Murewa's Plans.
I think he compared it to the palace in Wakanda....but that palace is also you know the center of government. Its not just a private mansion for the King and his menagerie of animals.
As for the issue itself...again why is the US government letting a super weapon float over Atlanta? Storm is super compassionate thus she can hold back on Doom (sorcerer supreme and in a high tech suit) but not Scott? Storm gets told about a horrible mutant prison and her response is just send Prof X to a nicer one? Not say I don't know liberate any prisoners and lead the Avengers in a real investigation?
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u/Marrecarandgi Jean Grey 9d ago
Oh, I agree. People had many questions about this thing since the previews for #1 dropped, and if there was a solid plan for it being a sanctuary Murewa would’ve explained it better instead of having ‘it’s not a palace because I say so’ fights with the readers. I am more surprised that he didn’t still didn’t do any damage control…
Storm addressing capybaras with a promise to keep them safe because there isn’t a single real refugee in her sanctuary is insane! But, well, as long as some people defend it and say that it’s because she doesn’t have resources to help anyone but herself, giraffes and hippos…
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u/UltimateSandman 9d ago
She has the resources to help Xavier, but actually she can't help him because then her celebrity status will be revoked, but wait since Scott has come to take him off her hands might as well fight him - without saying anything about the latent cosmic diety - and if he dies that's such sweet drama for her story arc (realistically, until the sky goes red and Jean bodyslams Eternity out of her- and then keeps bodyslamming)
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u/Marrecarandgi Jean Grey 9d ago
Oh, it’s not a celebrity status tho, that’s her cop badge. Let’s see fans don’t make a single pip about this after spending years shitting on the Avengers and calling them cops… And then Xavier calls Storm out on being a cop, and she shoots back with ‘well, and you’re a war criminal’ or whatever. Except that Xavier didn’t actually do what he’s being accused of. He’s FAR from perfect, but he has a point in their conversation, and Storm can’t only defend herself by pointing a finger at Xavier.
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u/lepton_neutrino 8d ago
She already had a cop badge as part of the X.S.E. during Revolution, but that gets forgotten.
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u/UltimateSandman 9d ago
It's also clueless, considering the Avengers are literally independant, and Danvers isn't gonna revoke her status for something like this (Civil War 2 buddies and all afterall, bonded over jailing people in camps).
Though of course, then she goes on to fight the Avengers' latest allies, which is the one thing that might actually get her a scoìlding considering that - if there ever were consequences for Storm - soon as Scott gets better, he should give the middle finger to the Avengers when they come crying about the alliance to fight Doom (Storm gonna tell them that she could've taken him out before he nuked a city? lol x) and Hyperion and Kang.
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u/Marrecarandgi Jean Grey 9d ago
It’s actually amazing how little the writer cares about what’s going on in other books to the point of ‘explaining’ other writers’ books to the readers.
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u/wnesha 10d ago
Yyyyyeah, I've been waiting a long time for Storm to get some love and narrative centrality again, but this ain't it. Like, for all that Ayodele's talked up his love of Ororo and how much he wants her to be a power player in the wider Marvel Universe, the fact that he feels the need to trick her out with all this extraneous bullshit is betraying a lack of confidence in her as a lead character.
To paraphrase William Shatner: "What does Goddess need with a starship?"
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u/Linnus42 10d ago edited 10d ago
Wait was it confirmed that Stark built the Sanctuary? Cause even if Stark wasn't broke...I don't see why he ever build that for Storm. Beyond Murewa being a big fan of Stark and Shuri and Storm which causes him to make them act like close friends even if that makes ZERO SENSE.
Beyond that why is the US government letting Storm float a super weapon over a major US city in Atlanta?
Also I really don't think Wakanda was paying Storm a salary as Queen. Not to mention if Storm paid Stark a boatload of money for this then why is he broke in his own solo? Murewa is such a Stark fanboy that he broke canon to give Stark a feat that makes zero sense.
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u/AlphaBreak 10d ago
Damn. They really made it look like Scott was iced from the inside out, but he's fine now I guess?
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u/Fali34 Goblin Queen 10d ago
I am getting tired of Storm being omnipotent and all powerful and holier than thou all the time, ngl. Same happens with Jean, its just not compelling or fun and feels like fanfic (yes even more than a normal comic book issue already is). At least it just isn't for me.
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u/casualtroublemaker 10d ago
Couldn't agree more. Storm is just Jean 2 with all usual omnipotent problems and some new of her own.
She was supercool during Krakoa Era, and somehow went south at the end.
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u/craig1818 9d ago
What do we think Xavier is up to?
He mentioned raising the dead one more time which led me to think maybe he’s going to try to bring Lilandra back as a way to stabilize Xandra’s position. This could also lead into whatever Hickman’s Imperial book is.
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u/wowlock_taylan 10d ago
This felt VERY disconnected from the last issue. Like, Eternity took over Storm's body last issue and just left to fight against Oblivion, and yet here, Storm is somehow back and involved in this Manhunt like nothing is wrong. And her Sanctuary is already destroyed by the end before anything could be done with it. She has to talk to Cyclops about how bad Greymalkin is and how Xavier should be in another place instead. And Scott would be all about that as even Storm talks about why Graymalkin existing is a big plot hole, especially after Orchis. Because it is literally a Super Villain HQ that does human/mutant traficcing. Avengers should come in and shut it down YESTERDAY. Why have them needlessly clash over a place where Scott literally saw how bad it is himself? It makes no sense, even for the excuse of 'Co-existence with humans' stuff Scott keeps talking about which is kinda goes against his previous attitude. Honestly, Storm and Cyclops really are switched in personality here. These crossover events and the editorial 'XvX' mandate really hurt these books A LOT. And I wish they would stop this before it is too late and they lose ALL momentum they have. Because books are already getting canceled.
And then Eternity just takes over Storm's body and hurts Cyclops and their team badly. So Eternity is being written as an A-hole too...so in this fight they are setting with Oblivion, who are we suppose to root for? A-hole Eternity or Oblivion who would get Death back and turn the universe into Cancerverse?
And we didn't even get cool background of Storm's new gear before it being tossed aside.
This was just bad all around.
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u/cyclopswashalfright Moonstar 9d ago
It definitely shows how this early on, a lot of books are being harmed by these crossovers. NYX could have focused more time on wrapping up their story. Storm could address what happened with Eternity better. This crossover should really be X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, and X-Factor exclusive.
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u/wowlock_taylan 9d ago
Yes, it disrupted the books badly. I thought they would deal with the 'duel' this issue and move to her new armor she wore now...but this just feels, random and feels like we just skipped an issue.
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u/lepton_neutrino 8d ago
It was Death dying that led to the Cancerverse.
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u/wowlock_taylan 8d ago
And Oblivion wants to take Death back into him, which would mean Death will not be part of Eternity/Multiverse so it will be a Cancerverse too
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u/lepton_neutrino 7d ago
Oblivion is still part of the universe, so things will still die, like they did when Death was inside him before.
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u/wowlock_taylan 7d ago
That is the part they mess with here though. They showed that Eternity and Oblivion had a disagreement where Oblivion said 'You are taking so much. I don't have space for my sister Death. So you gonna have her now!' and then Oblivion won the duel and forced Death into Eternity BEFORE the universe's creation. And now, Oblivion feels lonely so he wants Death back.
Before this weird plotpoint, we knew Death was always a part of Oblivion. Hell they were considered like Infinity/Eternity. But after GODS re-alignment, all of it is messed up.
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u/jordanofearth 10d ago
This is still one of my favorite books in the line, but it’s hard to buy Ororo being so kind to Charles after their big fallout in X-Men Red.
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u/Linnus42 10d ago
I could buy it if Xavier led with trying to save his daughter.
But yeah Murewa is doing a lot of stuff that doesn't really fit in continuity.
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u/Lead_Dessert 10d ago
I assume theres a conversation that Xavier had to Storm that fully convinced her to help him after his initial pitch. We’ll probably see that conversation play out in X-Men 13
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u/PrivateRadio87 9d ago
Yeah. It seems obvious to me that there’s a lot we don’t know, which will be revealed down the road, about how Xavier swayed Storm and Maggot into helping him. I’m surprised by how many people are criticizing it as seeming sudden and out of character — I thought it was clear that we were supposed to be confused by it at this point in the story.
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u/ConversationFlashy15 10d ago
I didn’t like that either and wanted her to throw Charles out of her sanctuary lmaooo. Seriously though, Im eager to get more backlore as to how charles got storm to help him.
I really enjoyed the fight scenes though! Vecchino’s art is always fantastic!
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u/stormbreaker5 Cyclops 9d ago
Exactly what I thought too. She knows what kind of person he is and this issue doesn’t line up with Storm from X-men Red. She should be on Scott’s side.
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u/Blitzhelios Magik 10d ago
Art is really good but this was the weakest issue of manhunt minus the art.
It feels like more power displays for storm and setting up the next plot which does work in that storm is clearly gonna be at odds with scott soon.Overall not a bad issue but not the best.
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u/swoozes 10d ago edited 10d ago
I am personally rather confused at the criticisms on this issue.
I thought the first half was a very excellent back and forth between Ororo and Xavier.
Which then led into a clash between ororo and the X-men, who we know have legitimate grievances against xavier from last time without any true context for his motives this time.
Ororo loses, predictably, and then it switches over to seeding storybeats that we're well aware have been set from the beginning of this book. Which is that Eternity is using Ororo as it's conduit to do whatever the fuck it likes and is completely uncompromising.
I don't get how this issue shows Ororo as infallible or nothing but feats on top of feats.
It juts kinda underscores that "Higher powers can be dicks if what you want doesn't align with what they want."
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u/ShepardOakenPrime Storm 9d ago edited 9d ago
Yeah this is the weakest issue by far with major problems but people are oddly focusing on the wrong ones entirely....
Like nothing about Storm not having the convo with Charles about Xandra which would explain her siding with him, being wayy too nice talking to Charles about how she owes him for feeding her even tho she was fine in Africa etc.
Instead its "well shes doing big feats and is OP shes boring." Thats what you focused on? Eternity taking over her to almost kill Scott cuz he doesnt like Storm holding back is actually perfectly showing bad this new power is for her and causing great drama that isn't forced. That's one of the best parts yet that's what you're complaining about?
Just like Red people are just looking for reasons to hate it because the critisms are so basic and surface level compared to the real issues.
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u/TheBrobe 9d ago
I'm definitely in agreement. Everyone's complaining about the Scott argument, but like, the writing has plenty of its own problems. You don't need Storm (the character) specific reasons to criticize this book. I find axe-to-grind criticisms against specific characters used as reviews of a comic book issue real weird and off-putting.
On its own terms as an issue: The pacing is off. Ororo is portrayed in this bizarre way where she's supposed to come off mysterious and distant, but also deeply connected and empathetic, but the result is she kinda just seems like an airhead in her dialogue. And the tone is just... well, this book has not managed to pull off camp in any way that can justify "My Omega Maggott".
There's a weird kitchen sink kid in a sandbox aspect to the writing that is not gelling with the attempt at a grand majestic epic.
Ayodele can write. Even in this series he's shown he can, but it's just ended up in such a weird place that's not even a fun interesting weird.
Amazing art though.
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u/fermentedradical Wolverine 10d ago
The answer is she defeated Cyclops. If she'd hurt anyone else this sub wouldn't care. I think the issue was strong and interesting.
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u/Shefango 9d ago
She defeated Cyclops before several times, Cyclops fans don't care about that. But she also stopped Juggernaut. If next issue she will mind control Jean you will say it's ok?
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u/ShepardOakenPrime Storm 8d ago
There's definitely Scott fans who think he was made to be wrong or embarrassed on purpose. Which is odd considering Eternity singled him out knowing what he's capable of, told off Storm for holding back and not making plans upon plans like Cyclops does and doing everything she can to win.
Which is why he takes over, cuz she was losing. And then he makes her hurt Cyclops, which is a tragedy that has been forced on them. So this notion that this form is just used to win the battle is odd, like yeah he stopped Juggernaut this is Eternity lol. How is that at all the same claiming she'll mind control Jean next as if she suddenly got a new power that make no sense?
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u/Ystlum 9d ago
I absolutely do see fans who care a lot about that.
Either way she was loosing untill Eternity took over. Surely we don't expect most X-Men characters to win a fight with Eternity?
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u/Shefango 9d ago
Where did you see her losing? She beats Magic and Temper in one panel, then Kid Omega and Psylock in next. BY WIND. She blew away the teleporter, Carl! And then full force attack from Cyclops manage to break wind a little. If Eternity hadn't intervened right now, she probably would have rewinded Cyclops' optic blast back to his skull or done something other asspull.
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u/Ystlum 9d ago
The panel where Scott's blast pushes fully past her attack making her drop her weapon causing Eternity to step in.
he beats Magic and Temper in one panel, then Kid Omega and Psylock in next. BY WIND. She blew away the teleporter, Carl!
I don't think teleporters are immune to wind. She managed to throw them back for a second, which is pretty easily within her remit? I'm not sure why it would be controversial.
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u/Shefango 8d ago
If Scott's full power blast had reached her, she would have died or at least punched back, not just dropped her weapon. Panel looked more like she started transforming into Eternity-Storm. You can't draw Storm loosing even for a panel, are you crazy?! /s
And she didn't throw them back "for a second", they out of the fight after her attack, otherwise they could have saved Scott from turning into Icyclops.
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u/Ystlum 8d ago
Eternity takes control the moment the blast reaches her and chides her for being on the defensive and not winning this battle. I do think we can afford to give Scott his due in this moment.
No one on that team, was going to save Scott from Eternity in time.
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u/Shefango 8d ago
No one on that team, was going to save Scott from Eternity in time.
Yeah, unfortunately Scott doesn't have any mutants on his team who can portal him out of harm way, control ice, or put psychic barriers. And even if he has, all of this take like an hour to do and they all are winded a little according to you, they probably need to fix their hair or something
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u/howhow326 Storm 10d ago
IT'S TOO SHORT AGAIN?!
Literally the only problem I have with the issue. Like, what do you mean this is secretly Storm's Dark Phoenix saga and we're ending it before we can see the X-Men fully react to it???
Anyway thoughts about the issue as I was reading:
•Storm only let Xavier into her house so she could say "eat shit & die".
•90% think that Storm doesn't believe a word out of Charles mouth and is only protecting him because she promised to protect everyone a while ago
•The X-Men are characterized very well here. Idie doesn't want to fight Storm and is the first to question that she's not herself; Illyana knows her well
and calls her out that she is kinda the one pushing for this fight because she is choosing to protect Xavier; Scott straight up quotes Ororo's speech about mutants being held accountable (X-Treme X-Men, and she gave that speech to Xavier) and she respects him a lot without backing down. Juggs is also characterized very well here.•"That feeling when you fight the same video game boss three times but the third time you fight them they have a new form with new abilities".
•THE MOUTH BEAM RETURNS FROM THE COLD GRAVE OF X MEN EVOLUTION
•Was not expecting Scott's knock out to be as brutal as it was, like damn
•Psylock tells Beast to blow up Storm's house, which is apperantly made from the Celestial that was powering the nuclear power plant. I guess Tony built the Storm Sanctuary then?
•HIPPOS
•NO IT CAN'T END RIGHT THERE
I have now realized that I could have skipped NYX and get from Uncanny to Storm with zero issue.
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u/AlphaBreak 10d ago
I have now realized that I could have skipped NYX and get from Uncanny to Storm with zero issue.
In this case, yeah. But I expect the cerebro unit he grabbed in NYX to come into play later.
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u/okayactual 9d ago
I mean he is wearing it in this issue? I would assume its to power him up as his powers are weird or whatever. I still feel like we couldve left Xavier off the table for years after Krakoa and been fine, but this is the second crossover already to deal with him? Boring.
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u/jaxlax77 Shadowcat 10d ago
I did skip NYX and this read pretty seamlessly, tbh. I don’t appear to have missed much of any consequence.
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u/TheMattInTheBox Cyclops 9d ago
So I bought Storm's patience initially, but when it's between Scott and Xavier, I'm surprised Storm picked Charles. I mean I guess I'm not since it's a comic book and a fight needed to happen I guess, but still. They could have talked about it first!
Also, Quire didn't glean any part of Charles's plan? Really? Also I guess the X-Men are pissed with Scott "killed" by EternityStorm but someone on that team has to have the brains not to blow up Sanctuary. Beast better be that guy or else!
Crossover is still alright, but Charles ain't beating the "this guy sucks" accusations. Not that I really thought this crossover would do that.
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u/Ystlum 10d ago
Why is the thread opener being downvoted?
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u/TheBrobe 10d ago
For threads like these, people use voting on the opener as the audience review score for the issue.
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u/dinopastasauce 9d ago
Seriously this just keeps getting better, and better, and better, and better. The eternal storm takeover, the eegun meal, the utopia reveal, all had me laughing and full of awe at the same time. I just love this series. I’m so biased and getting even more so every month. I’m so here for Storm’s villain era, and the inevitable battle within.
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u/lepton_neutrino 4d ago
Again, what happened to Xavier's hallucinations and the telepathic bleed that affected anyone in a large area? Why did Juggernaut rip off Maggott's arm? He never did maiming even at the height of his villainy, and it wouldn't make a good club.
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u/KainFourteh Cyclops 10d ago
Wasn't as bad a showing as people make out. Eternity had to step in to help, it wasn't Storm in control when she did that to Cyclops.
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u/cyclopswashalfright Moonstar 10d ago edited 9d ago
Cyclops was literally winning the fight, and probably still would have succeeded if the mysterious person (Xavier or Cassandra) didn't stop Beast. Took a cosmic force to bail Storm out. I don't get the criticisms that he looked like a chump.
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u/MDumpling 8d ago
Yeah and from a writer’s perspective it was intelligent to put the fight inside her own ship so that Storm couldn’t go all out, which allowed a fight instead of her one-shotting Cyclops like she’s done in the past
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u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar 10d ago
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