The scene is present day IMO. Kitty hasn't become Red Queen yet.
I am guessing the Black Bishop goes to someone like Callisto. Red Queen is Kitty.
The Lord Imperial situation sounds like Emma has a party in mind that is neither herself nor Kitty.Marauders #3
SALT WATER & HELLFIRE! THE NEW BLACK BISHOP OF THE HELLFIRE CLUB!
Sebastian Shaw recruits a new Black Bishop continuing with his machinations against the two Queens of the Hellfire Club! Meanwhile, Captain Kate and her Marauders wreak havoc on the high seas from the Atlantic to the Pacific in the name of the mutant cause!
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I wonder if it's for Christian now that you mentioned a third party. This way she could have 3 thrones: White, Red and Lord Imperial. Christian - and Scott - are probably the only people she has a soft spot for.
Callisto would make sense. Either her or the guy coming out of the resurrection pod in that one cover.
Bring back Harry Leland. Round daddy was the best of the classic IC.
"A happy ending? So unlikely. We're not having a moment here.
Wrong city, wrong people, all huddling in fear.
No one escapes the slaughterhouse, and that's just where you're at.
(You could've asked Rebecca but then Adam stomped her flat.)
You think you're special cuz you're scrappy? You're deluded, time to go.
Lucy's living on the moon but you're another dead psycho."
We are MUTANT..Krakoa, FOREVER!!! “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité”
Let's just have Sunspot as the Lord Imperial AND the commander of the Shi'ar imperial guard at the same time
I really hoped that Shaw would get a good showing in this book and be a true rival to Emma but sadly it seems that he is being set up to fail. Instead of getting back to being a powerful prominent figure and a true force in mutant affairs it looks like he is destined to be outplayed and out maneuvered by Emma on all fronts. I truly hope Duggan does good by Sebastian and builds him up again, I know this is Emma's book but give him a few victories.
It's probably early in the story yet. Shaw is just recently back into the Hellfire fold so he has to get his finances and backing in order. It's pretty obvious he is trying to push his way into Emma's side of the business so he definitely doesn't like to be restricted to the black market side and he wants to control it all. He's around for the long term, so I would expect him to have his own countermoves at some point.
I think the telling point will be if it's ever found out he is directly responsible for hurting Emma, Kate, Storm, another council member, or anyone else. If he does something that almost gets someone killed that may end up biting him in the ass at some point.
We are MUTANT..Krakoa, FOREVER!!! “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité”
I LOVE IT!!
Don’t worry Storm is going to put some payback in Batroc for kicking her.......