X-Men: Messiah Complex- Chapter Seven
Friend or Foe?
"I know you’re right, Layla. You usually are. It’s just…It’s unbelievable. Back in our time, mutants are a dying breed. But if we manage to survive all that…then this is all we have to look forward to? What kind of future do you call that?"
— Jamie Madrox/Multiple Man
X-Factor Vol. 3 #26 is Chapter Seven of Thirteen in the Messiah Complex event. It was written by Peter David, pencilled by Scot Eaton, inked by John Dell and Andrew Hennessy, colored by Frank D’Armada, lettered by Joe Caramagna and edited by Nick Lowe. It has a cover date of February 2008.
At the destroyed Xavier Institute, Cyclops and Professor X argue over Cyclops decision to send the deadly X-Force after Cable and the mutant baby. Professor X thinks it's extreme, while Cyclops thinks Xavier needs to get out of the picture and not interfere with Scott's leadership. In snowy Canadian mountain, Lady Deathstrike and a team of assassins has tracked down Cable and the baby, and initiates combat.
Tropes:
- Bad Future: 80 years into the future, Layla and Dupe!Madrox explore a mutant relocation camp in Brooklyn. Madrox begins to wonder what they are fighting for.
- The Bus Came Back: After six chapters of being a non-entity, Predator X returns and devours poor Peepers.
- The Chase: Both the X-Force and the Reavers are in Hot Pursuit of Cable who has the Mutant Messiah and both are willing to kill him.
- Foreshadowing: Proudstar predicts the baby’s name when he is talking to Rahne Sinclar/Wolfsbane.James Proudstar/Warpath: But that baby- -That baby is Hope. For our species.
- Ink-Suit Actor: Under the pencil of Scot Eaton, Charles Xavier is a dead ringer for Patrick Stewart. See for yourself
◊. - What the Hell, Hero?: Charles is appalled that Scott is ready to let the X-Force kill his son Nathan if things go From Bad to Worse.Charles: But Scott, you’ve got to admit- -sending killers after your own son?
