Line #56 ComicBook/LegionOfX


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4	''Legion of X'' is a 2022 comic book series published by Creator/MarvelComics. It's written by Creator/SimonSpurrier, initially with art by Jan Bazaldua and color art by Federico Blee.
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6	Set in the shared Franchise/MarvelUniverse, the series is part of the wider ComicBook/XMen line and is one of several new books launched for ComicBook/DestinyOfX, the third phase of the long-running [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] saga. It's effectively a SequelSeries for Spurrier's previous X-Men series, ''ComicBook/WayOfX'', which starred many of the same characters.
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8	After defeating Onslaught, Nightcrawler and Legion have formed a squad with three jobs '''Keep the Peace! Keep the Law! Keep the Spark!''' They will preserve the culture, and way of Krakoa and mutant happiness with the help of Pixie, Dr. Nemesis, Dust, Forget-Me-Not, Juggernaut, and Blindfold.
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10	The series ran for 10 issues before ''ComicBook/SinsOfSinister'', a BatFamilyCrossover set in a BadFuture, replaced it with a limited series called ''Nightcrawlers''.
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12	After ''Sins of Sinister'', ''[[ComicBook/XMenBeforeTheFall Before the Fall: Sons of X]]'', a one-shot prelude to the ''ComicBook/FallOfX'' storyline, serves as a finale for ''Legion of X''. Following that epilogue and the 2023 Hellfire Gala, Spurrier will be continuing Kurt's storyline into ''ComicBook/UncannySpiderMan''.
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15	!! Legion of Tropes
16	* AbusiveParents: While [[spoiler:Margali]]'s never been a saint, she willingly accepts a job from Orchis to transform mutants into bloodthirsty monsters, including her own adopted son. [[spoiler:When Kurt finds her, Margali shows no remorse, instead taunting him and literally removing the hope from his soul before leaving him for Orchis to collect]].
17	* AdvertisedExtra: Dust is on the first cover, and was mentioned in the publicity material, but plays a very small part in the series. Her role in the Legion means that she's rarely in human form or investigating alongside her colleagues.
18	* AndIMustScream: Uqesh the Bridge, Ora Serrata's predecessor, lives on as a severed head in a closed box, pleading for the mercy of death. His power is too useful to lose, though, so the box is opened whenever Arakko needs to force a troublesome god to manifest.
19	* BackForTheDead: Warlock's father, the Magus, returns in a flashback showing that Nimrod's killed him. Legion breaks the news to Warlock.
20	* BackFromTheDead: Ruth Aldine (aka Blindfold) is back after being dead since ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018''.
21	* BadassBoast: Switch, the [[GrandTheftMe body snatcher]] haunting Krakoa, gives one regarding his exploits, both against Krakoa's mutants and against unsuspecting humans.
22	* BelligerentSexualTension: Averted. Mr Sinister believes that he and Dr. Nemesis have this. He's wrong, Nemesis flat out hates him.
23	* CallingTheOldManOut: Blindfold confronts Xavier in his dreams demanding he reconcile with David, as the latter's obsession over the former's neglect is holding him back from his full potential. She effortlessly dismantles his arguments and excuses; saying that David has far more capability than he gives him credit for ''not'' acting on the trauma his neglect and abuse inflicted and the notion he couldn't have known David existed is a transparent lie. This reduces Xavier to tears.
24	* ContinuityNod: Birdy, resurrected at the end of the ''ComicBook/Sabretooth2022'' series, is mentioned to be working with the Legion as a counsellor.
25	* CrossoverCosmology: The Franchise/MarvelUniverse already has many different deities from across human history. The first issue of ''Legion of X'' adds the Hurrian pantheon, worshipped by the people of the same name who lived in Iraq, Syria and Turkey around 2000 BC. That said, we only meet sky god Teshup the Thunderer, and after Ora Serrata [[DeadlyGaze carries out her judgment]], he's [[WeHardlyKnewYe not part of that universe any more]].
26	* DeadlyGaze: Ora Serrata's power means that anyone she sees and actively ''looks at'' will cease to exist. She demonstrates on the unfortunate sky god Teshup the Thunderer.
27	* DecapitationPresentation: Uqesh the Bridge's still-living severed head is kept in a box on Arakko. His successor Ora Serrata has someone open the box and brandish him so that his powers can force Teshup to appear.
28	* TheDisembodied: Blindfold was resurrected but rejected placement in her husk because her precognition brought her nothing but pain. Free of her physical form on the Astral Plane, she's capable of using her clairvoyance to instead remain in the present and detect psychic impressions from deep space, which is how she learns of Magus' death at Nimrod's hands.
29	* DoYouWantToCopulate: Once Nightcrawler confirms that he's not bound by a vow of celibacy, Weaponless Zsen makes her interest very clear.
30	-->'''Weaponless Zsen:''' Good. You're very pretty. Your skin reminds me of a lichen that grows on the battlefields of Amenth. We ought to $%&#.
31	-->'''Nightcrawler:''' [-- Wuh.--]
32	* DreamLand: Blindfold describes the part of the Astral Realm that she, Kurt, and Weaponless Zsen travel to as the dreams of Krakoa and its people.
33	* EroticDream: Kurt is embarrassed when the Astral Realm reveals to Weaponless Zsen that he has these about her.
34	* ForTheEvulz: According to Switch in his BadassBoast:
35	-->'''Switch:''' I've emptied bank accounts and past diktat through the mouths of leaders. I've made deals in borrowed blood. I've showed you-- you smug [[SymbolSwearing $%&@#&$]] with your perfect bodies and your polycules and your indifference to death-- I've showed you how fragile your little identities really are. And yet? The simplest explanation never even occurs to you-- It's fun.
36	* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:Xabi's HeroicSacrifice leaves him justifiably forgotten. Out of the team accompanying him, only Lost was wearing the earplugs that allow Xabi to be remembered despite his power, and they're shaken loose in the final battle]].
37	* GrandTheftMe: Mutant bodysnatcher Switch is attacking Krakoa's population this way.
38	* GreenEyedMonster: Forget-Me-Not pulled a date with Lost where they apparently hit it off. This leads to him acting jealously snippy when Lost demonstrates familiarity with Nightcrawler's home and how to enter it.
39	* HandsGoDown: In Issue #7, when Nightcrawler asks if anyone has any questions that are ''not'' about the horns that are now growing out of his forehead.
40	* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:Warlock, corrupted by Nimrod, asks Doug to kill him before he destroys all of Krakoa. Doug can't bring himself to do it, so Xabi does]].
41	* InstantlyProvenWrong: Disgusted by seeing Legion share his power with Xavier, Mother Righteous checks on Vox Ignis, thinking they know not to share power. To her surprise, they're empowering Juggernaut the way most spirits of vengeance empower their rides.
42	* KeystoneArmy: [[spoiler:Nimrod's Krakoan sentinels aren't entirely independent, and they fall within a couple of seconds when Xabi kills Warlock's and cuts off Nimrod's connection to the island. Not quickly enough to save Xabi from their retaliation, though]].
43	* KillTheGod: The first issue shows that the Arakkii use the head of Uqesh the Bridge to forcibly manifest any god that tries to proselytize their people. They then all engage in trial by combat, where the only option is to yield or die.
44	* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler:Ora Serrata, holder of Arakko's Seat of Law, is eventually revealed as a DirtyCop and antagonist for the first arc. However, the arc is set prior to the war shown in the ''[[ComicBook/JudgmentDayMarvelComics Judgment Day]]'' event, which started publication in other comics at the same time. A ''ComicBook/XMenRed2022'' tie-in, released on the same day as the crooked cop reveal, revealed that Ora Serrata's still in her post at the end of the arc, when that conflict reaches Arakko]].
45	* MouthfulOfPi: [[spoiler:Margali Szardos]] incapacitates Dr. Nemesis by forcing him to try and calculate pi to the final digit.
46	* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The Spirit of Variance that's bonded to Banshee is revealed to be a Spirit of Vengeance that decided RevengeIsNotJustice and seeks alternative ways to go about avenging innocents. [[MirrorCharacter It was persecuted by its peers as a mutation]] and they banded together to ensure its destruction.
47	* MythologyGag: Pixie claims Magneto does an uncanny impression of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing Gandalf]].
48	* NayTheist: The Arakkii, warriors that they are, refuse to worship any god that does not prove worthy of them by winning in combat against ''all'' of them at once.
49	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: One of the many consequences apparent with moving Arakko to Mars is that there are a lot of opportunistic gods on the lookout for new worshippers. The Arakkii have been [[TrialByCombat vehemently]] [[NayTheist rejecting]] them multiple times, which is inconvenient because they do it all together.
50	* {{Oculothorax}}: Ora Serrata, holder of the Chair of Law on Arakko's governing Great Ring. A baby-like human body atop a single huge, floating eye. Her head is a couple of tentacles, like a slug's eyestalks, looping round to the back of her eye upon which she sits.
51	* OhCrap: Hurrian deity Teshup the Thunderer, who has found new worshippers among the Arakki, gives a small "oh crap" when he's forced to manifest and face judgment. He's not wrong, either, as Ora Serrata [[DeadlyGaze annihilates him]] when he fails to triumph or yield a few pages later.
52	* OnlyInItForTheMoney: [[spoiler:Margali Szardos doesn't care about Orchis' agenda either way, but she's helping them out because they're paying her.]]
53	* PoisonousPerson: A downplayed example. Paulie "the Pall" [=DiCosta=] has some level of PowerIncontinence, with smoke regularly emitting from his body. It’s revealed that long-term exposure to his presence led to his wife's death, either causing or aggravating lung cancer.
54	* PowerPerversionPotential: In Issue #4, Zsen comments how Nightcrawler's tail contributed to make sex with him that great.
55	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: As shown in ''ComicBook/WayOfX'', Kurt's a bit of a mess, Legion’s a total mess, Nemesis is a mad scientist, and [[OnlySaneMan Pixie and Dust]] are the ones trying to hold things together. Now they're joined by Xavier’s stepbrother Cain Marko and Forget-Me-Not.
56	* RedIsHeroic: The Team all has red in their outfits.
57	* SequelSeries: Directly follows on from Spurrier's ''ComicBook/WayOfX'' series; is in turn followed by Spurrier's ''ComicBook/UncannySpiderMan''
58	* SeriesContinuityError: The ''ComicBook/{{Judgment Day\|MarvelComics}}'' tie-in issue (#6) expands on [[spoiler:Isca's betrayal of Arakko and murder of Idyll the Future Seer]], as initially seen in ''ComicBook/XMenRed2022''. However, it depicts the wrong [[spoiler:victim, her grandfather Idyll the Ancestor (as seen in flashbacks to Arakko's war with Amenth, decades in the past). He's identified as male in dialogue too, so it's not just an art error]].
59	* TokenHuman:
60	** Juggernaut is the only member of the team that is not a mutant, being a human empowered by magic.
61	** Subverted with Weaponless Zsen - Kurt initially assumes she's human, as the Arakki refer to mutant gifts as "weapons", but it's just that her power isn't relevant to combat.
62	* TrialByCombat: The Arakki justice system involves challenges in the Circle Perilous. Not all challenges are combat, but many are. Losers yield or die. Fleeing a challenge is considered a great crime in its own right and deserters are hunted down for execution.
63	* UnseenNoMore: Ora Serrata's been mentioned in previous books featuring Arakki mutants, but has never actually appeared, remaining TheGhost. The first issue of ''Legion of X'' finally introduces her.

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