Keia
I aim to misbehave
Kevin Perrine said:
No problem. I searched on the web for information on the ultimate x-men line and found a review site that had a lot of information about the storyline.
Here is the website address:
http://www.x-worldcomics.com/x/review/current.html
And here is a sample of the synopsis (the issues that interest DocSpoon are 7-12) with issue #7:
Synopsis
by Jay Mckiernan
When we last left our all new, all different version of the X-Men, they had just defeated Magneto and saved the lives of the President as well as the citizenry of the United States. Needless to say, the government began treating them as more than just ‘dirty mutants’ and began repealing some of the anti-mutant legislation.
We begin at Weapon X headquarters in Finland. Wolverine is the only mutant who has escaped from this government facility and lived to tell about it. Another escape is in progress. Alarm lights flash and search dogs patrol over the snow-covered forest surrounding the compound. The hunters are using very advanced snowmobiles (I wonder if Bombadier made them - a good Canadian company) and humvees.
The hunted - a rather familiar looking soul who possesses a prehensile, pointed tail and three fingers and three toes on his extremities. He’s also marked with a glow-in-the-dark ‘X3’. They’re not too concerned with bringing him back alive, as gunfire rips through the forest. But the projectiles’ target disappears in a puff of smoke. And reappears on a snowmobile, grabbing hold of a soldier and taking control of a machine gun. Glowing eyes focused on his pursuers, this escaping mutant levels the gun and fires, killing a few soldiers. No, Virginia, this isn’t the Nightcrawler you’re used to.
One of the heads of the facility, Dr. Cornelius, orders the soldier to shoot to wound. After all, this is a recovery mission - not one of vengeance. So it’s one vehicle chased by many, and Nightcrawler drives it off a cliff. Since the soldiers are unable to spot anything other than a puff of smoke, they assume that he’s committed suicide rather than be captured. But with another puff, he’s landed on the ground and is still driving for his freedom. Colonel John Wraith has arrived in a helicopter, and is taking aim at the German mutant. Wraith was the one who hunted Wolverine back in issue #2 and was more than willing to kill any innocent bystanders to get his target. He takes aim at Nightcrawler’s shoulder and comments that this is what he’s the best at. A shot rings out and Nightcrawler is soon laying in the snow, bleeding.
The helicopter lands and Wraith is quick to compliment the failed escapee. As he takes off his helmet, revealing the scars that Wolverine gave him, he tells Nightcrawler that no mutant except for Logan has gotten this far out of the compound. After a kick to the mutant’s jaw, Wraith relaxes, lights a cigar, and orders them to burn Nightcrawler’s feet. After they’ve finished with that, the soldiers are ordered to torture the girl who sings to him. Make no mistake, Wraith is the bad guy. And his way is extreme discipline. And, oh yeah, he works for SHIELD.
It’s Return to Weapon X - Part One - and we’re greeted to the credits and a large shot of Wolverine overlooking a deserted facility. He’s found a Weapon X compound in Arizona, but his senses tell him that no one’s been there in weeks. Communicating telepathically, Professor X wonders why they would just up and move, causing themselves so much trouble. Could the U.S. government promise to end state funded anti-mutant programs be true?
Wolverine’s a little more sceptical - after all, SHIELD won’t stop their greatest anti-terrorism unit just because of one little promise. Weapon X is a program where young mutants are kidnapped and forced to work for the U.S. government. For Wolverine, the bad memories have returned, and he can picture himself on the operating table.
Off to the Xavier Institute, where Jean Grey is giving Beast a physical inside one of the strangest medical set-ups I’ve ever seen. They chat about the changes that the radical surgeries have caused Hank McCoy (not the least being his blue hair) but it looks like his body isn’t rejecting the animal organs they grafted into him.
They’re also nice enough to recap what’s been going on - Iceman has headed home to visit his family and apparently Storm and Beast are dating now. Jean’s missing Cyclops and the backgammon games they used to play.
When Wolverine’s name is mentioned, Jean goes ballistic. She’s still resentful of his motives for joining the group. She wants him out of the group as soon as possible. She sounds exactly like a few of my ex-girlfriend’s, actually.
To Tokyo, where Storm, Cyclops and Colossus are making a television appearance. Our favorite Russian is proving to be quite the public speaker. He speaks about the problems facing mutants and how since anyone could be one, discrimination is a very dangerous thing.
Storm is quite surprised at his skill and comfort with the English language. Colossus mentions that since he was smuggled into America at the age of nine, he would be much more relaxed with the language than Storm, who learned it watching movies in Morocco.
Cyclops is still the same old guy, wondering how they can be celebrities here and still hated in their home country. When you consider the huge crowd waiting for autographs, they appear to be way more popular.
They are immediately swarmed and begin working the pens. From out of the crowd, a woman removes her glove and casually brushes her hand against Colossus. At that moment, Cyclops calls for the Blackbird, which uncloaks and appears over the crowd of people. As the green beams elevate the X-Men into the ship, Storm notices that Colossus looks a little tired. He writes it off to jetlag. But watching them arise is a sullen teenager with a white streak in her hair.
To Finland, where Wraith is questioning a young mutant as to what she’s learned from the heroes. Rogue’s done her job well - she’s got all the information and is ready to head back. She wonders is this means that they’re still gonna break all her arms and legs again. Wraith doesn’t promise her anything, but orders his soldiers to get ready - it’s time for some payback. To be continued…
That's pretty funny.
