Well . . Chris Claremont has things moving along quite nicely here. It seems that the reason Mystique brought Kurt and Rogue together was to make them even more of a family. Mystique is claiming to be Kurt's mother. Although, she's hinted to that before, so . . we don't know for sure that she's telling the truth. However, Rogue is her adopted daughter. And she tried to look out for her by getting her out of the life that Mystique had led and sending her to Xavier's. Although she doesn't agree with all of Xavier's ideas or goals, I think she will admit that Rogue's involvement there will provide her with a brighter future. Anyways, basically she orchestrated events so that Rogue would end up hurt. That would force Kurt to try and save her, even if it meant risking the side-effects of contact with Rogue . . contact with her powers. And it did. Rogue now has Kurt's powers and appearance, and Kurt . . Kurt is now powerless and looks human. Anyways, they finish up with the rescue attempt, and much later they're wondering how long this effect will last. Kurt kind of feels that Mystique was trying to help them both. Mystique has a natural immunity to this Burnout condition. Therefore, if Kurt is actually her biological son, he does also. So when Rogue absorbed his powers, maybe she also absorbed his immunity. Also, since Kurt no longer has powers, he no longer has to worry about the Burnout. But he's just guessing, because Mystique is nowhere to be found to answer questions. In other events . . Nick, Daisy and Creed are trying to figure out how deep this penetration into SHIELD by the Consortium goes. They've found a common link . . they each had a post at SHIELD's UN bureau. So now they have a place to start. And . . it looks like they're going to be bringing Gambit into their little plan. Moira seems to be working with Jean in a therapist's capacity. It looks like she's trying to make sure that she's dealing with all of the recent events properly. She's broken up with Scott. She's had a very deep love taken away from her with Logan. And she appears to beginning a new relationship with Hank, although she's reluctant to admit it. And Hank and Charles are feverishly trying to get some kind of break on curing or containing the Burnout. I love the way that Chris Claremont writes the X-Men. I love all his plot-threads and story-lines that are constantly twisting and turning and knitting in and out of each other. And I love the way that something that seems innocuous now will come back to bite the X-Men later. He really is a fantastic storyteller. And now that he's doing this title . . he's back in his element. Graham Nolan did the art for this chapter, with Tom Grummett still doing the covers. I'm enjoying this book. With the twice monthly publishing, the story seems to be moving along at a brisk pace. And personally . . I really liked this era of the X-Men. I feel like we're visiting old, familiar, comfortable territory . . with a twist. And a twist is always good.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
X-Men Forever #17 - Marvel
Well . . Chris Claremont has things moving along quite nicely here. It seems that the reason Mystique brought Kurt and Rogue together was to make them even more of a family. Mystique is claiming to be Kurt's mother. Although, she's hinted to that before, so . . we don't know for sure that she's telling the truth. However, Rogue is her adopted daughter. And she tried to look out for her by getting her out of the life that Mystique had led and sending her to Xavier's. Although she doesn't agree with all of Xavier's ideas or goals, I think she will admit that Rogue's involvement there will provide her with a brighter future. Anyways, basically she orchestrated events so that Rogue would end up hurt. That would force Kurt to try and save her, even if it meant risking the side-effects of contact with Rogue . . contact with her powers. And it did. Rogue now has Kurt's powers and appearance, and Kurt . . Kurt is now powerless and looks human. Anyways, they finish up with the rescue attempt, and much later they're wondering how long this effect will last. Kurt kind of feels that Mystique was trying to help them both. Mystique has a natural immunity to this Burnout condition. Therefore, if Kurt is actually her biological son, he does also. So when Rogue absorbed his powers, maybe she also absorbed his immunity. Also, since Kurt no longer has powers, he no longer has to worry about the Burnout. But he's just guessing, because Mystique is nowhere to be found to answer questions. In other events . . Nick, Daisy and Creed are trying to figure out how deep this penetration into SHIELD by the Consortium goes. They've found a common link . . they each had a post at SHIELD's UN bureau. So now they have a place to start. And . . it looks like they're going to be bringing Gambit into their little plan. Moira seems to be working with Jean in a therapist's capacity. It looks like she's trying to make sure that she's dealing with all of the recent events properly. She's broken up with Scott. She's had a very deep love taken away from her with Logan. And she appears to beginning a new relationship with Hank, although she's reluctant to admit it. And Hank and Charles are feverishly trying to get some kind of break on curing or containing the Burnout. I love the way that Chris Claremont writes the X-Men. I love all his plot-threads and story-lines that are constantly twisting and turning and knitting in and out of each other. And I love the way that something that seems innocuous now will come back to bite the X-Men later. He really is a fantastic storyteller. And now that he's doing this title . . he's back in his element. Graham Nolan did the art for this chapter, with Tom Grummett still doing the covers. I'm enjoying this book. With the twice monthly publishing, the story seems to be moving along at a brisk pace. And personally . . I really liked this era of the X-Men. I feel like we're visiting old, familiar, comfortable territory . . with a twist. And a twist is always good.
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