I dunno what age Cable (as of latest SWORD appearance) is, but he has to be in his late 40s/50's, but could be interpreted as even older. I dunno what age Esme is supposed to be, but she's probably in early twenties but also look like she (and the Cuckoos) could be teenagers.
Marvel would probably not want to deal with the appearances of (I am exaggerating, but this could be how the media sees it based on how they are drawn) an elderly man being in a romance with a teenager.
So, while it is true that an Esme/Kid Cable romance is canon, it will not appear in current comics until Esme is aged up or Cable is aged down (in appearances).
It's kinda crazy how the entire X-line is rendered superfluous in the face of Inferno.
You can literally read HOX/POX and INFERNO without missing a beat; I knew the wheels fell off with editorial I didn't know it fell off so hard.
Nevertheless, I like how we now know the origin of Nimrod The Lessor and what eventually happens with the Phalanx.
I just wish this could have been like Avengers/New Avengers/Secret Wars, I can't help but think of all the lost potential
I think it's good that you can follow the story without needing a all of the books. I made introducing Krakoa to my friends a lot easier. Besides, while things may not be connected to the Inferno arc, they're linked together and develop Krakoa at large. But yeah, we really needed more focus on Orchis and Moria before Inferno.
So Karima’s been overwritten the entire time we’ve known her?
To step out of my lane for a minute, I think what’s been done with her would be dodge even if Storm was the leading lady and the mutant metaphor wasn’t tortured to hell and back; but when it’s Emma, Jean et all at the forefront we are into the really unfortunate stuff
EXCELLENT issue! This the best thing I have read since HOX/POX. Hickman did it gain! He used all the toys, all the details. Having Moira gain a sort of rival or rather a polar opposite from every perspective and one that was there since HOX/POX was a really interesting idea! I I like Emma but she told Mystique and Destiny about Moira because of revenge. Moira in the end manipulated Charles and Eric too, even though they believe that they know everything. There are fates worse than Death and I believe that's what Orchis has thought of Moira. Many twists that I hadn't thought of. Really loved the whole issue.
Phoenix being mentioned again means that the Bird will play a role. Hope its with Jean and Rachel.
All of this makes me more excited for the Immortal X-Men!!
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Well, Mystique was spying on Forge under her identity of Raven Darkholme while he was creating the Depowering Gun... so she may have kept one for herself...
Yeah, I too think it's good you can read House of X/Power of X/Inferno and understand what's going on... You can freely pick whatever else to read without trouble.
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Really thought we'd get more out of this "event" than an ungodly amount of lore dumping/updating while scheming/backstabbing douchebags whining over getting their feelings hurt by other scheming/backstabbing douchebags. Thematically appropriate set-up for Immortal X-Men, I suppose.
At this point the status quo in Krakoa is unsalvageable... Half the Quiet Council is working to ruin everything... If Krakoa itself isn't destroyed, Storm or Cyclops will have to take charge and kick out Xavier, Magneto, Emma, Mystique, Destiny and Mr. Sinister. Of course, that would be just Utopia II, so a new big crisis will start immediately.
Humans/Machines win during lives one to nine. Mutants win in the future of this timeline, number ten.
Irene wanted Moira to work so mutants would win during the last of Moira's lives.
It is true that Irena and Mystique are pretty evil, though...
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I would put that to the difference of Hickman's writing quality versus....everybody else left in the X-Men office. The gap between concepts alone show most of there writers are lacking. I'm sure the X-office had cuffed him somewhat even on this last work of his.
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