X-Men: Messiah Complex

[Nellisir]

Too tired to post much, but enjoying this very much. Finally lots of traditional baddies...like, LOTS.

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Acolytes, Brotherhood, Marauders, Reavers, Deathstrike, Purifiers, Sentinals! (what's that goop?), this Predator X thing (OK, not traditional)...anyone want to bet the Hellfire Club shows up? How can Sebastian Shaw -not- make a play, here? Heck, I'm not expecting Magneto, but I wouldn't be totally suprised about that, either!

And New X-Men is incredibly cool.

 

[Phoenix8008]

I've read most of these so far as well. Missed chapter 4 (I think it was the latest New X-Men issue), but have the rest. I agree, the return of several classic villains has been great. I love some of the cover art also. Chapter 5's cover was beautiful. Story is very interesting so far as well. Can't wait to see where they go with all of this.

 

[Nellisir]

I've read most of these so far as well. Missed chapter 4 (I think it was the latest New X-Men issue), but have the rest. I agree, the return of several classic villains has been great. I love some of the cover art also. Chapter 5's cover was beautiful. Story is very interesting so far as well. Can't wait to see where they go with all of this.

Frankly, I haven't got a clue. I'm not surprised that

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Cable returned

, and the circumstances make sense, even though I actually wasn't expecting him then. About the only factions left at this point are Magneto and the Hellfire Club. I don't have any idea where the story is headed. Some kind of resolution to mutant births, but not the massive numbers of a few years ago.

 

[megamania]

The X-books seem to have lost some of their "umph" with me lately. I guess I'm still waiting for Wanda to wake up and go "oops" and fix everything to year 2003 conditions. No Civil War, no 198, no Skrulls and no World War Hulk.

 

[Relique du Madde]

The X-books seem to have lost some of their "umph" with me lately. I guess I'm still waiting for Wanda to wake up and go "oops" and fix everything to year 2003 conditions. No Civil War, no 198, no Skrulls and no World War Hulk.

I's rather hope that Wanda didn't. If anything I"d want her to blink and cause Quesada to vanish and be replaced by a clone of Stan Lee or someone that wouldn't bungle up the Marvel Universe (without pressing a "reset" button).

 

[Nellisir]

The X-books seem to have lost some of their "umph" with me lately. I guess I'm still waiting for Wanda to wake up and go "oops" and fix everything to year 2003 conditions. No Civil War, no 198, no Skrulls and no World War Hulk.

She won't, at least not any time in the next ten years or so. I'd bet money on it. Even I'd drop Marvel after that (I -like- the reset back to few mutants/many enemies). I think Marvel sketched out a 6 year plan about 4 years ago, and we're closing in on the endgame. Messiah Complex, IMO, will set the status quo for the X-Men side of things for the forseeable future. The Skrull issue will bring some kind of closure to Civil War, without a reset (the conflict is too good to abandon). It might bring back Steve Rogers - he'll certainly be back by the time the movie comes out. I don't follow Hulk, but I'm guessing WWH has set his status quo for the time being. Thor is back, though I expected more fanfare there.

So, I think there's at least one more Marvel Event on the horizon, probably the Skrull affair, that'll bring Captain America and Thor back to the Avengers and restoring the familiar without resorting to the Scarlet Witch button.

 

[megamania]

I hope you are right.