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I have to say that the X Men franchise has been going on for decades. Maybe not as many as the Superman franchise has, but it still has quite a number to it.
One thing I am certain of is that the franchise seems to be subverting Status Quo Is God in recent years. Magneto and Professor Xavier seem to be fading into the background, with Cyclops and Wolverine taking their places. A lot of villains associated to the X-Men have been killed off and have actually stayed dead so far.
All this gives me the general impression that the franchise is trying to reinvent itself. Do you think that's what's going on here?
Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 29th 2023 at 10:02:23 AM
Professional Complainer
Rosenberg killed off a bunch of cult fanbase characters. I doubt any of them get revived any time soon.
I mean, it depends on if Hickman wants to use them. If he does, well, they are getting resurrected pretty soon.
Takat Empress
Ummm Magik is pretty popular.
Mileena Madness
I completly forgot Comic Con was this week
First wave of new X-Books (including one called Dawn of X) will be announced on Saturday
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Actually, I think the first wave of X-books is itself called "Dawn of X." You know, like "ResurrXion"?
So Rosenberg himself knows that he's killing a lot of X-Men:
Takat Empress
Part is the journey is the end. - Tony Stark
Mileena Madness
So it's supposed to be a rising-from-the-ashes story.
I fail to be mollified. The X-Men have enough of those.
Ever since the X-Men became a film series their existence had been defined by endless burnings to ash.
Takat Empress
We're in the Endgame now. Havok and Madox are today's winner of the kill game. Final score time...
Edited by Mizerous on Jul 17th 2019 at 1:31:04 PM
Mileena Madness
Didn't Rosenberg just bring Madrox back from the dead? And now he's dead again? Or is it one of his dupes? Havok was already on borrowed time due to...uh, whatever his powers were doing to him (causing him to fade away?).
Wasn't this the last issue?
Edited by alliterator on Jul 17th 2019 at 10:32:29 AM
Takat Empress
House Powers begin next week.
Mileena Madness
Right, I know, but this was the last issue of Rosenberg's Uncanny X-Men. So...did it have any sort of definitive ending?
It ties in with Age of X-Man. Scott and Jean reunite and get their happy ending with a big kiss right in front of Logan and Emma. Scott then undoes Emma's humanity-wide mindwipe and everyone remembers the X-Men and mutantkind again.
Edited by Zarius on Jul 17th 2019 at 12:56:06 PM
Takat Empress
Sigh...
Mileena Madness
The Head of the Hydra
Hey Scott's the hero.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
But no Reset Button on the killfest? Argh.
Scott and Jean have been away from each other for so long — Jean was dead while Scott was alive and Scott was dead while Jean was alive — that I'm not sure if they would instantly get back together. Hell, doesn't Scott still have feelings for Emma?
At least I can handwave the fact that Magik is still alive — she didn't die, just turned into the Darkchylde and when her mutant powers can back — sigh — she would have reverted to regular Magik. And Cain is still alive, just not Juggernaut. And Banshee was dead anyway, so they can't actually kill him. So they just need to resurrect [checks notes] Blindfold, Strong Guy, Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Chamber, Triange, Havok, and Multiple Man. Oh and Joseph, Vanisher, Dark Beast, and the Nasty Boys.
Edited by alliterator on Jul 17th 2019 at 1:29:21 AM
emma doing what she did while he was dead and in this run killed any feelings he had for her
Did the ONE commander at least get a satisfying comeuppance?
Takat Empress
General Generic certainly did.
Mileena Madness
So he was using Emma to make people hate mutants so much, and Jean undid that, or something?
Looks like there's been a bit of a time skip.
So good news: Banshee is still alive. The mutants have a new safe island home: Krakoa. The school is now "The Graymalkin Habitat" which includes a Cypher run portal to Krakoa that only allows mutants (and those accompanied by mutants). Everyone knows the Professor is alive now, including Jean and Logan.
Edited by alliterator on Jul 18th 2019 at 2:21:15 AM
Yep, definitely seems Morrisonian. Some interesting looking new students as well.
I still say that everyone dies in a final battle against whatever enemy they are up against, but then they are immediately resurrected by X-Man who sacrifices his remaining lifeforce to bring them back because, uh, he was sorry? and now he realizes that families are good?