Wolverine. X-23. Wolfsbane. Proudstar. Three of the four are the most vicious X-Men when crossed, and the other (Wolfsbane) is someone always struggling against her beastial nature.
With the events of Messiah CompleX over and done, Cyclops has a score to settle. The Purifiers are getting the band back together, as it were; rebuilding and activating Nimrod, which was one of the most deadly foes of the X-Men. (Although, to be honest, do the X-Men have any non-deadly foes? It’s not like they go up against someone like The Vulture or Rhino. Instead they get the Marauders, Magneto’s Evil Brotherhood and the Purifiers)
Cyclops gathers the four mutants mentioned above and sics them on the Purifiers. That’s pretty much the gist of the issue right there. There is some good character bits scattered throughout, as Wolverine attempts to stop them from joining: “You won’t be an X-Man any more,” he says. “You’ll be standing right next to them, but you won’t belong.”
And as the picture above insinuates, he’s unsuccessful and the wetwork ensues.
This is a book I’ll be watching for a while. The violent, bloody underworld of the X-Men’s world has always fascinated me; too many of the spandex set refuse to kill (admirable, but not very realistic, even within the warped logic of the Marvel Universe) and this group gathers together four very dangerous people.
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February 15th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Do you think there will ever be a day when comic buyers just wake up and say…you know I think I’ve had enough Wolverine? Anyway I see X-Force lasting a few months, and then when the next set of writers come in they’ll make it milk toast. Cyclops will have a “Professor X moment” and decide we all just need to live together with peace, love, and bald heads. Or by then Professor X will be back and be leading the X-Men again…it’s a tough call there but either way I don’t see this book continuing on as mutant Punisher type book.
February 15th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
It is refreshing while it’s lasting, though. The only thing that could make this better is if it were under the MAX imprint.
These four characters are more than willing to draw blood and kill for what’s necessary. Well, three of them. I haven’t quite gibbed to Rahne’s motivations yet; this past week’s issue of X-Factor deals with her leaving that team.
I think it’d be interesting if there were like three Wolverines running around — two of them being Skrulls. It would explain how he could be freaking everywhere in the Marvel Universe.