Like all X-men stories, this one is a lot more complicated that it seemed at first. What seemed like a simple revenge story, has turned out to be a whole lot more. Vulcan, Gabrielle Summers, was held prisoner by the Shi'ar after they killed his family. They also accelerated his age, and then had him put in suspended animation in an asteroid. When he broke free from the asteroid, all he could think of was revenge for his family. He doesn't know that Corsair is his real father. Anyways, he takes off hellbent towards the Shi'ar homeworld to exact his vengeance. The X-men, or rather a hand picked team lead by Xavier, is in hot pursuit. But they're running in to complications of their own. Anyways, Vulcan ends up on the homeworld and ends up almost beating the whole imperial guard. All that is except for Gladiator. I don't know that anybody could beat that guy. Well, they probably should have killed him, but, there's a secret movement in the Shi'ar government to try to reinstall the true Shi'ar empire. To that end, they see Vulcan as a tool. Though I don't know how much of a tool he can be locked away in a cell in the bowels of Phygim, a prison moon. That is until another of the secret movement comes, eventually, to help him escape, telling him that his path lies 2 levels down. And wait until you see who he goes down and breaks out. Things are really about to hit the fan. Great story by Ed Brubaker, and fantastic art by Clayton Henry. And we're only 1/2 way through this 12 part story arc.
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