Uncanny X-Men 018

Meanwhile the X-housecleaning continues...

Logan: Gone.

Marauders: 6 Dead. SIX DEAD.
Probably we're supposed to think they were toasted(dead) by Chamber. Maybe, maybe not. Easy enough to re-clone. Assuming they're the real 3rd?4th?5th? generation (and not some Emma sham).

Jono: Dead.
Maybe, maybe not since his body chemistry was wonky before flatlining. Probably for the best for him since he went against the no-kill code.

Sean: Dud.

Sinister: Incarcerated.
Something was fishy with his team-buster showing, as Cyke suspected too. So, let's see what prison Cap and the North Pole Avengers put him in.

Kwannon: Gone.
Y'call that security? Logan never brought her back, maybe?

Havok: Injured.
Let's see how this near insubstantial ghost mode pans out...

Shan: Gone.
Whiny excuse in some ways. At least it looks like she paid for a decent new HQ for the team as a parting gift.

Shogo: Gone.
Adopted by Shan.


Some sidebar statements...

0: Dumb bonus theme quote page in place of an exciting splash continues. Captain Obvious must have provided the drab quote. "I better put bread in the toaster if I want my toast for breakfast." Are we ASSUMING Cyke is saying it again?? (Not that it matters as intended.)

1: Who else thought it was cool choreographed scene how the X-men showed up to face the Marauders.
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2: When Dani sent psi-arrow into villainess skull, if it was while Shan was possessing her, You'd think that'd have caused a blacklash.

3: Argh. we have to assume that Emma was just the right distance to easily eavesdrop in Cyke's mind.

4: Hope guns down Harpoon in retalliation of his killing Jono. How happy will Cyke be there?

5: Hey, they called him "Warlox" just like my blending last review. And he can't even provide his own escape. Hmmph.

6: The art had more color than detail this time. The, granted, grabber cover choice all but ruins the surprise ending. Overall, it was a decent read mostly because STUFF HAPPENS. (Wonder if Layla knows about it. )

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Last we knew, there were no more clones. Uh huh uh huh.

Um... why the heck is Malice dressed like Polaris? I guess, maybe, she liked the look, but eesh. Is it 1989 again? Shouldn't they have been trying to be more incognito? Feh.







What else?



Eh. He's supposed to be a team-buster. It's established he can pretty much give himself whatever powers he wants.



Not even sure why she was around.



Feh. It's not even like he did much abnormal with his powers. Very strange.



This is really what Xi'an needed to be doing, anyway. She's supposed to be the mother hen. She's got her two siblings, Face (the former Inferno baby), and now Shogo. Never mind that we inexplicably haven't seen the former 3 in ages.






Eh. Seemed way too choreographed. I'm not completely convinced the whole scene was real.



Heh. Distance shouldn't matter.



Doesn't matter. He's not the boss anymore.



I'm not even sure Layla really "knows stuff" anymore. All of that knowledge was downloaded into her brain by her adult self who's from a questionably accurate timeline at this point.

Remember The Gorgon from the Enemy Of The State storyline? The last time that I recall seeing him was in Bendis's Dark Avengers storyline in the New Avengers, but obviously he's been seen since then. Has he been seen since Secret Wars? Or is he dead? Also, isn't he a total psychopath? If I recall, he killed Ares's son. Thanks.

He was in the Orphans of X arc of Laura's Wolverine, and Old Man Logan last year.

The Orphans were a group of orphans of Laura's assassination victims. One of them had infiltrated the Hand and used its resources to attack Muramasa. Gorgon was kind of pissed about that and struck an uneasy alliance with Laura to help protect Daken.

I believe the Old Man Logan issues had to do with Mariko, the new Scarlet Samurai.