X-Men + Fantastic Four #2 Preview

[Handsome men don't lose fights]

We can also stop this "both sides are wrong" alt facts revisionism. Lets pick up our copies of XM+FF #1, children. Class is in session.

Page 16, before the XMen have even opened their mouths, Johnny describe them as "not the good kind" of visitors. In the same page, Susan erects a force field completely unprovoked.
Page 18, Xavier: "we just want to talk".
Page 19, Susan loses her **** mid conversation, tries to crush Magneto in a force bubble. Despite that, Xavier still tries to resolve the issue peacefully.
Page 22: a powered up Human Torch aggressively charges at Kate, ignores his nephew attempt at defusing the situation to accuse her of kidnapping. Factually untrue to anyone who has read the story thus far.

By this point, the FF have shown their hostility towards the X-Men on about 5 occasions. That is when the XMen start defending themselves. And even then, Xavier keeps trying to find a pacific solution, while Susan recognizes she would rather solve the conflict through violence and Reed has already taken matters into his own hands by tampering with Franklin D.N.A. The FF actions have been both deplorable and suspicious when they claim to want what is best for Franklin. Anyone defending them is just jiased but that's nothing new.

Page 16: Magneto, the infamous Mutant terrorist was outside her door.
Page 19: Magneto walks past her in her own house and approaches her son, a legal minor, while in the midst of a mutant supremacist rant.
Page 22: Johnny Storm raises his voice. Storm dunks him from behind with a sneak attack.

C'mon. Both sides are being dingus', there's no reason to play the "These guys are being woooorst" game. That's AvX **** right thar.

[Handsome men don't lose fights]

And his statement about how he notices their laws leave a little air between the fingers, space where he can play flat out show that he’s abusing a loophole in the system. Loophole abuses tend to not be altruistic in their intent especially with the fact that they do something deplorable but would phrase it as technically legal due to lack of oversight.

Here's a fun part: Sebastian Shaw killed Kitty Pryde. Ice Man doesn't know that, he only suspects that some racist humans got her, but suspicion alone allows him to cross onto their boat and MUTILATE them. Severing fingers and toes, and removing skin. Real sadistic stuff. How's this good for anyone's image?

[JB]

Here's a fun part: Sebastian Shaw killed Kitty Pryde. Ice Man doesn't know that, he only suspects that some racist humans got her, but suspicion alone allows him to cross onto their boat and MUTILATE them. Severing fingers and toes, and removing skin. Real sadistic stuff. How's this good for anyone's image?

Well, these are the guys that tried killing them two issues before, led by Hate-Monger and X-Cutioner. Racist and murderous.

[Kurolegacy]

Here's a fun part: Sebastian Shaw killed Kitty Pryde. Ice Man doesn't know that, he only suspects that some racist humans got her, but suspicion alone allows him to cross onto their boat and MUTILATE them. Severing fingers and toes, and removing skin. Real sadistic stuff. How's this good for anyone's image?

Don’t forget about him walking up to a guy and breaking his arm off. Even Bishop was taken aback and he’s been one of the X-Men who will cross certain lines. Honestly comparing how they’ve acted towards enemies the past 50+ years to now, they really seem to like stretching the bylaws of no killing humans as far as they can. Feels less like it’s necessary and more so just because they can.

[Tycon]

Page 16: Magneto, the infamous Mutant terrorist was outside her door.

Why act like the Fantastic Four hasn’t been on good terms with the X-Men, Magneto included?

[tuck frump]

Receipts always on ready.

[JB]

Don’t forget about him walking up to a guy and breaking his arm off. Even Bishop was taken aback and he’s been one of the X-Men who will cross certain lines. Honestly comparing how they’ve acted towards enemies the past 50+ years to now, they really seem to like stretching the bylaws of no killing humans as far as they can. Feels less like it’s necessary and more so just because they can.

But you have to include the whole story. They're all paid for by Verendi to kill mutants, Bishop got the intel from a local. You and I know they would have attempted to kill Bishop (and failed) while he was trying to retrieve the body of his friend. They also were responsible for this:



Some of those babies are crying.

So my question is, how do you get someone to stop trying to kill you, and children, when killing them is out of the question?

[Kurolegacy]

But you have to include the whole story. They're all paid for by Verendi to kill mutants, Bishop got the intel from a local. You and I know they would have attempted to kill Bishop (and failed) while he was trying to retrieve the body of his friend. They also were responsible for this:



So my question is, how do you get someone to stop trying to kill you, and children, when killing them is out of the question?

The X-Men (and numerous heroes) have dealt with this kind of people before and didn’t resort to that level of violence. In this instance, this wasn’t about the children. This was about revenge though mistakenly at the wrong target. Besides, do you honestly think that’s going to stop them from what they’re doing? If anything, it’s only gonna spur them further.

[BroHomo]

But you have to include the whole story. They're all paid for by Verendi to kill mutants, Bishop got the intel from a local. You and I know they would have attempted to kill Bishop (and failed) while he was trying to retrieve the body of his friend. They also were responsible for this:



Some of those babies are crying.

So my question is, how do you get someone to stop trying to kill you, and children, when killing them is out of the question?

Argue how hypocritical they're being

[Veitha]

The X-Men (and numerous heroes) have dealt with this kind of people before and didn’t resort to that level of violence. In this instance, this wasn’t about the children. This was about revenge though mistakenly at the wrong target.

And that mostly resulted in exploding school busses and genocide. I agree that Bobby was indeed extreme and it was bad to rip off that guys arm, but I think that using violence on these guys is not that villainous. Plus the X-Men have never been that much against violence, especially since Decimation.

[JB]

The X-Men (and numerous heroes) have dealt with this kind of people before and didn’t resort to that level of violence. In this instance, this wasn’t about the children. This was about revenge though mistakenly at the wrong target.

Unfortunately we saw during Rosecanny that the mutants no longer have the authorities on their side. In the past they would tie up the "crooks" and call the police or Avengers. Now mutants are killed on the streets and the killers get to play video games at home. So what options are available now?

Bobby helped save the children, fought off the mercenaries, thought it was done then is told his friend is dead, arrives on the scene as Bishop is about to get killed. This is why the mutants are acting extreme in some cases because *they* won't stop coming for the mutants. At some point you have to find a way to get them to stop.

[Skullkid]

Funny how people act like the last time the Fantastic Four and X-Men interacted wasn't Scott condescending to them while helping known criminals and psychopaths get away with plans stolen from Reed before not so subtly implying that eventually the X-Men are gonna come for Franklin.
Which they're doing in this story.

[Veitha]

Funny how people act like the last time the Fantastic Four and X-Men interacted wasn't Scott condescending to them while helping known criminals and psychopaths get away with plans stolen from Reed before not so subtly implying that eventually the X-Men are gonna come for Franklin.
Which they're doing in this story.

Or, if you read the comics and not just fast read them, he was helping mutants get back info to Krakoa about Orchis building a Mother Mold that would have erased mutants from existence. Using some of Stark and Richards patents to do that, too.

[spirit2011]

Funny how people act like the last time the Fantastic Four and X-Men interacted wasn't Scott condescending to them while helping known criminals and psychopaths get away with plans stolen from Reed before not so subtly implying that eventually the X-Men are gonna come for Franklin.
Which they're doing in this story.

FF are pretty much horrified by the s-men and they are right

[tuck frump]

Or the fact that since the US signed the treaty recognizing Krakoa's autonomy and all of its citizens, the FF are potentially breaking the law by denying Franklin access to the island.