Well . . this is the opening chapter for the Second Coming story-line. Obviously! First of all, it was brilliantly drawn by David Finch. I loved every panel in this book. It was truly a visually spectacular issue. Anyways, Cable and Hope have finally narrowed down on the right time-line, but they didn't know that they campus at Westchester had been destroyed. I think Cable is a little shocked, but . . not surprised. However, they aren't there very long before they're attacked by some Purifiers, and the Sapian League. Luckily though, Scott has had the Cuckoo's monitoring the planet with Cerebra, almost constantly, and they very quickly pick up on Cable's signature. But . . Hope isn't registering , so . . apparently she's not a mutant. Yet! Anyways, with the possibility of Hope's return, Scott very quickly puts everyone into action. Scott's Alpha team stops the pursuit of Cable and Hope. And then they start interrogating the survivors. At the end of the issue we see that Bastion has brought together all of the X-Men most infamous detractors . . Steven Lang, Bolivar Trask, Graydon Creed, William Stryker and Cameron Hodge. Although I think he's bringing them all together more for the people/followers that they control, than anything else. Their followers are Bastion's new army. They're calling themselves the Human Council. At the end of the book there's some notes about the coming conflict from Bastion's point of view. I liked the observations he made about Scott. 'Scott's true strength lies in his ability to gather and lead the remaining mutant forces. Previously rogue mutants including Magneto and Namor now appear subservient to him. While mutants like Xavier and Apocalypse have attempted to consolidate power, only Cyclops has achieved this.' I thought it was a great opening chapter. Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost have woven a pretty cool story-line here. I like the way everything is coming together. And I really like the way that they're portraying Scott. He's getting the treatment that he deserves. This could be a pretty cool story-line.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
X-Men - Second Coming #01 - Marvel
Well . . this is the opening chapter for the Second Coming story-line. Obviously! First of all, it was brilliantly drawn by David Finch. I loved every panel in this book. It was truly a visually spectacular issue. Anyways, Cable and Hope have finally narrowed down on the right time-line, but they didn't know that they campus at Westchester had been destroyed. I think Cable is a little shocked, but . . not surprised. However, they aren't there very long before they're attacked by some Purifiers, and the Sapian League. Luckily though, Scott has had the Cuckoo's monitoring the planet with Cerebra, almost constantly, and they very quickly pick up on Cable's signature. But . . Hope isn't registering , so . . apparently she's not a mutant. Yet! Anyways, with the possibility of Hope's return, Scott very quickly puts everyone into action. Scott's Alpha team stops the pursuit of Cable and Hope. And then they start interrogating the survivors. At the end of the issue we see that Bastion has brought together all of the X-Men most infamous detractors . . Steven Lang, Bolivar Trask, Graydon Creed, William Stryker and Cameron Hodge. Although I think he's bringing them all together more for the people/followers that they control, than anything else. Their followers are Bastion's new army. They're calling themselves the Human Council. At the end of the book there's some notes about the coming conflict from Bastion's point of view. I liked the observations he made about Scott. 'Scott's true strength lies in his ability to gather and lead the remaining mutant forces. Previously rogue mutants including Magneto and Namor now appear subservient to him. While mutants like Xavier and Apocalypse have attempted to consolidate power, only Cyclops has achieved this.' I thought it was a great opening chapter. Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost have woven a pretty cool story-line here. I like the way everything is coming together. And I really like the way that they're portraying Scott. He's getting the treatment that he deserves. This could be a pretty cool story-line.
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