X-Men #1 Discussion Thread [Spoilers]

[spirit2011]

Emma has her own locale on the Krakoan mainland, the White Palace. Any time Scott wants to get down he can take the gateway right to her. No way she is coming up to Jean's place lol

why would he go there, if he reject emma and even humiliated her on rosenberg run? LOL

[PrezValentine]

I liked the issue a lot. There were a couple of moments that were a bit off, but overall, It was solid.

The expository dialogue from Cyclops and Storm to start it off seemed pretty unnatural. I suppose I get it....this is a new issue 1, and maybe there are readers who didn't buy Hox/PoX, so some table setting is needed. But it was overly expository. Pretty minor complaint though.

Initially, both Vulcan and Cable kind of irked me. Their voices were just....I don't know. Annoying? But, taken as a whole, I kind of like how they fit into the scene. The idea that this collection of people and their bizarre connections to one another....it's all so removed from what would be a "typical" family. I've always found the Summers family stuff to just be a bit too much, really. But Hickman decided to just really lean into it, and make this the most dysfunctional family to have ever existed. And in that sense it works. It reinforces the idea that mutants are different from humans.

But.....even then, there's part of me that looks at this and thinks "this is not normal". And I'd probably shrug that off.....except for Polaris's look at Cyclops when she asks him if he actually believes what he just said.

That was great. I mean, a lot of what he said rang true. But some of what he said.....always looking forward to being a dad and stuff like that.....I don't know if it is true. I'm not one of those readers that holds characters past transgressions against them forever or anything....but Cyclops never really seemed like much of a family man back in the day. Kind of the opposite, really.

So these scenes, to me, can really be read two ways. Cyclops as the happy head of a family that consists of his space pirate father, slightly psychopathic brother, time displaced teenaged son, daughter from an alternate future, devoted wife, and her hairy side piece. Or they can be read as a guy who has convinced himself that this is all normal for an X-Man and that this is all what he wants, but really he's in denial and is a few minutes from snapping under the weight of it all.

It really does seem to work either way.

The placement of the rooms in the home is also interesting. Room for another Summers child and another Summers sibling. And then of course the adjoining rooms, and Wolverine living in the house at all, hint at a lot more. I wonder if they'll simply present it this way, as a kind of hidden easter egg type thing, or if it will actually become part of the story.

I was a little disappointed to see Orchis kind of go full on evil, though. I had kind of liked the less monolithic and purely racist portrayal in Hox/PoX, so having Devo show up as a pretty traditional supervillain was a bit of a letdown. But, he does seem interesting, and Dr. Gregor is still around, and the developments on that front are interesting.

I liked a lot of the exchanges in this issue.....the Magneto stuff was all well done. Scott and Lorna was interesting. Scott and Ororo....I like them as equals better than rivals, for sure. Devo and Karima's conversation was well done.

All in all, a good start, even if a bit odd in places. But it hinted at a lot of things to come, and to me that's always a good thing.

Devo being the mustache twirling bad guy works, since we have Gregor as the most "human" part of ORCHIS. And even the whole concept around him is neat, due to the opposing nature of him and Cyclops. One was born able to see, but his mutation robbed him of having a regular eyesight. The other was born blind, found a way to circumvent the problem and sees better than most. While Scott is optimistic and wants to "focus on what makes him want to live", Devo is more concerned with terminating what wants him dead. I thought it was well handled, but perhaps the juxtaposition may be too much for other readers and feel a tad heavy-handed

[powerpax]

why would he go there, if he reject emma and even humiliated her on rosenberg run? LOL

Ask me again in December. Or two weeks ago!

[spirit2011]

Ask me again in December. Or two weeks ago!

Let's see then. Emma always humiliating herself for Scot LOL what a joke

[powerpax]

Let's see then. Emma always humiliating herself for Scot LOL what a joke

This seems important to you, but personally I'm very happy with the current setup with the Fab Four and the Summers family barbecue.

[DaHeal]

Logan is obsessed with this family.

It's well past the point of acceptably weird now.

This book really needs a flashback on how this came about. I reaaaaallllllllyyy need to know who thought this was a good idea first. Now here is a thought: the Summer's house is suppose to be the First Response staging ground. Could Logan just be there for that reason, like firefights all stay at the station during their shift?

[spirit2011]

This seems important to you, but personally I'm very happy with the current setup with the Fab Four and the Summers family barbecue.

what Fab four?

[Tycon]

why would he go there, if he reject emma and even humiliated her on rosenberg run? LOL

[TheRealWashout]

why would he go there, if he reject emma and even humiliated her on rosenberg run? LOL

I doubt Hickman has read Rosenberg's run.

[spirit2011]

that still doesn't make it not OOC, he rejected her. if Hickman want to ignore other writers, ok. But I don't

I doubt Hickman has read Rosenberg's run.

But x-men fans read

Cyclops have been rejecting Emma since Bendis LOL

[JKtheMac]

Jean and Cyclops are sharing Wolverine, to be precise.

Logan: Hey Sinister, can you make a kid from any two mutants, you know, regardless of gender?

Sinister: Well of course. why do you ask?

Logan: Well me and Slim were making our way through a two-four, and we got chatting about the fuzzy elf's new law and..

Sinister: Let me stop you there. I already have a selection to choose from. How do you feel about concussive claws?

[Beetle]

I doubt Hickman has read Rosenberg's run.

Lucky bastard

[tuck frump]

I hope we get a flashback to Scott and Logan talking Jean into fucking both of them.

[Zelena]

Something in the water?

[Fokken]

why would he go there, if he reject emma and even humiliated her on rosenberg run? LOL

New day, new dawn yo.

Lucky bastard

hahahha slay.

Something in the water?

In the beer.


Also: Hilarious that I'm JUST NOW noticing Sharkgirl behind Emma's "I'm down" face.