Uncanny X-men #24 Review and Discussion: Emma Dies of Laughter

[zexion_armando]

Hello again! This issue is a doozy, so lets get to it.

We start off with the preview, Shehulk talking to the JGS and Beast revealing he knows where Scotts school is. She Hulk tells them all basically to cut the crap and get Scott. Beast tells Logan where Scott is, and he comments about how the son of a bitch is good. So Storm, Beast, Bobby, and Logan head over.

Cut to the new mutant from last issue, and the huge crater he made last issue. He tries to reactivate his powers, but is unable to. Maria Hill sends in a hologram to try to talk him down, but fails. She sends in a team of Agents, but the mutant's power reactivates, cutting and destroying everything in a giant sphere of energy.

We move to the NXS, where the students comment on seeing the X-jet. Jeen and Emma comment about how unsecret their secret hideout is. Beast asks that some of them return to Westchester for the reading. We cut to Scott, sleeping (nude), being awoken by Storm. She, Bobby, and Beast make some catty comments, and ask Scott to get dressed.

Scott and his team confront the JGS staff, saying he wants no part of it, and how he won't accept anything that Xavier left him (Beast makes a snide comment about "how big of you"). Scott thinks its a trick, but Magik confirms it to be true (She teleported to the JGS, and saw She Hulk, playing a game on her phone, and called it off putting lol) Beast offers a lift, but Scott turns it down, saying he will take his own way there. As the Blackbird leaves, he spots Logan, and they exchange a glance for a secon.

The team converses on who will go, with Jeen wanting to go just to be there, and Celeste wanting to go cause she would pay to watch the drama. Scott denies the students requests. Emma offers to go in his stead. He admits he knows Xavier left them the school, and he has no idea what to do. Magik and Kitty joke on how this might be a chill and low key adventure, lol.

Illyana teleports Scott, Emma, Kitty, and Dazzler to the JGS. As they leave, Hijack suspects its a trap and is woried they will never come back, and Celeste suggests that "We'll have to repopulate the mutant race through procreation. So lets get to work!" Eva agrees as ajoke, but Goldballs doesn't seem too happy.

At the JGS, She Hulk prepares the introduction, and reveals Xavier's first sin: HE MARRIED RAVEN DARKHOLME! Everyone looks stunned, save for Emma, who smiles. As She Hulk attempts to remember who Raven Darkholme is, Emma just erupts into a laughing fit. The rest of the group just glares at her. As Bobby attempts to figure out what the marraige could mean, Beast spots a Shi'ar hologram device in the will's files, and starts it up.

The book ends with a hologram of Charles alerting us of his dark secret, and the mutant that is tied to it. End of story.



Amazing, flawless, and just super fun. The Soap Opera of the X-men continues in full force.

Anka slayed with his facial reactions, making nearly every panel of Emma and Magik and Kitty just gif worthy.

In case anyone was curious, in attentdance for the will reading, it was Scott, Kitty, Magik, Emma, Dazzler, Kurt, Firestar, Beast, Logan, Storm, Bobby, and Rachel.


2 main discussion points stem from the first reveal: Does Mystique inherit the school based on being the wife and sole proprietor of Xavier's estate? And what does this marraige mean for the X-men?

[Punisher007]

Huh, well I really wasn't expecting THAT to be the big reveal. So the obvious question is, why did Xavier do that?

[KurtW95]

That is beyond ridiculous.

[Punisher007]

Compared to some of the other crap that Xavier's pulled over the years, no not really.

[MyriVerse]

Compared to some of the other crap that Xavier's pulled over the years, no not really.

Yes, really. It's utterly stupid.

[Fokken]

To be fair, we don't know the circumstances of this alleged union or whether it even legitimately happened. Someone pointed out that detail that Xavier is chair-bound. Might be significant.

I'm sure that if we had message boards back in the day, we'd hear all kinds of "This writer is a HACK" over stuff that we most certainly accept and praise today: Storm's mohawk, Rogue's membership, Kitty's "marriage" to Caliban, any and all resurrections and deaths, Longshot's sex appeal, etc etc.

[sifighter]

I will admit, I would not have seen that coming. However it does create some interesting story ideas such as the possibility that Mystique now owns the JGS. However I feel it actually helps explain a few things such as why Mystique wanted Cyclops to pay so much but also why she gave birth to Xavier's kid.

[Slicknickshady]

Nightcrawler has another dad!!!

[Punisher007]

Nightcrawler has another dad!!!

Kurt's family tree is becoming just as complicated/messed up as the Summers or Maximoff's.

[Cmbmool]

Kurt's family tree is becoming just as complicated/messed up as the Summers or Maximoff's.

Makes you wonder which one has it worse...

[Viteh]

Bendis sure likes his shock value. Just like with the Dark Beast reveal, it will probably make no sense either.

[RLAAMJR.]

I wonder what will be revealed next. How about Mystique left Prof X upon knowing that Charles and Magneto have a relationship. Hahahaha. Joke!

[Hariel0079]

Emma is broken. This issue feels more like a response to the forums assumptions.

[Sundowhn]

Nightcrawler has another dad!!!

Can't even imagine trying to plot his family tree at this point.

Having said that, it might prove to be a semi-interesting (if implausible and trolling) story, but the Bendisspeak was brain-numbing. He appears to get Storm's voice about as much as he get's Laura's. His trolling of Beast is so bad I think it's moved into the realm of obsessive baiting of fans.

Emma's reaction was definitely the highlight of the book and basically sums up what I think of the plot twist. Still like Maria in this.

[dragonmp93]

Can't even imagine trying to plot his family tree at this point.

Having said that, it might prove to be a semi-interesting (if implausible and trolling) story, but the Bendisspeak was brain-numbing. He appears to get Storm's voice about as much as he get's Laura's. His trolling of Beast is so bad I think it's moved into the realm of obsessive baiting of fans.

Emma's reaction was definitely the highlight of the book and basically sums up what I think of the plot twist. Still like Maria in this.

That's what happens when a writter spends to much time in this fórum.