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Warning : spoiler for Uncanny X - Men # 7TheX - Menhave just started fight each other again , and like so many superhero - vs - superhero conflicts , I do n’t really buy it . The X - Men ’s tardy event is n’t a story that ’s do out of nowhere , but that does n’t have in mind that it ’s a taradiddle that feels clear either . I ’m sure the two scrapping teams will sort their differences out soon , but do we really involve to see the X - Men fighting again ?
InUncanny X - Men#7 by Gail Simone , Edgar Salazar , David Marquez , Victor Olazaba , Matt Wilson , and Clayton Cowles , sparks pilot as Rogue and Cyclops ’ ten - Men teams come to puff , but I ’m not convinced by the logical thinking behind their fight .
Uncanny#7is the 2d part ofthe 4 - part crossoverRaid on Graymalkin , which alternates betweenUncannyand the adjective - lessX - Mentitle . As the team converge at Graymalkin Prison , the former X - Mansion turn mutant prison house , they finally jar . The trouble is thatthis intra - X - Men conflict has never find natural .
The Latest X-Men vs. X-Men Fight Doesn’t Feel Earned
Rogue and Cyclops Are Fighting Because… Well, They’re Certainly Fighting
The actual set off incident for the fight inUncanny#7 isa classic superhero mistake , with Rogue ’s new mate Ransom -a fellow member of the X - Men ’s new " outlier " team- mentation that Cyclops is going for an attack all while everyone ’s being made more aggressive by Graymalkin ’s own telepath . I do n’t have a job with this plot movement . Temporary misinterpretation are the fundamentals of superhero - vs - superhero conflicts . The problem is that even before the two teams meet , Rogue is already talking like she ’s resigned to fighting the other team , and it just does n’t finger like a lucid fictional character rhythm .
Until now , we ’ve only had passive - aggressive phone calls between the two teams , imply a degree of falling out that the record have n’t shown .
The context here is that this crossover select place in the aftermath ofthe recently - ended X - Men Krakoan epoch . As see in flashback inX - Men#7 by Jed MacKay , Netho Diaz , Marte Gracia , and Cowles , Cyclops came out of that era despondent and depressed . Rogue calls this out inUncanny#7:“We all look for you to step up . ”Okay , well - we , the reader , did n’t get to see that . Until now , we ’ve only had passive - strong-growing phone telephone call between the two squad , implying a level of fall out that the books have n’t shown .
Rogue’s Going Through It Too, So I’ll Cut Her a Little Slack
I Just Wish That the Two Teams Had Interacted More Before Now
To be fair , Rogue is going through her own character arc at the moment . She ’s leadingan decade - Men teambecause she believe it ’s the right and necessary thing to do , but she ’ll be the first to admit that she ’s lacking the concrete ideological stance that drives most mutant leader . Her struggling with her personal identity post - Krakoa ispart of what ’s lead her to be more fast-growing towards Cyclops throughoutUncanny , but that ’s a justification that needs a level of admittance to Rogue ’s national thinking and a level of fundamental interaction between the two team that the leger have n’t return us .
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Part of the problem lie in inX - Men’sinsistence on start in medium atomic number 75 with its X - squad and slowly doling out its flashbacks , which serves that book ’s pacing but hurts the big line . The aforementioned flashback inX - Men#7is one of that Christian Bible ’s best panorama so far , but it ’s one scene and focusesonly on water flea and Magneto.99 % of the reasoning behind this difference is hooey I have to pull out through close interpretation . I like skinny reading , but it feel like the two books guess that they ’ve done more to justify and build up the battle than they actually have .
I can set out what I think are the inexplicit emotional states of the character that are leading them towards fighting , but we ’re midway through the crossover already , and I still have to speculate to do even that . There ’s too much exit on in any one outlet for this engagement to find realwith the space it ’s been give , and this pacing problem is a defect of both the crossing and its lead - up . A wad of secret plan are stargaze up before the emotional and character work that justify those plots , but you ’re not supposed to be able to say .
This Whole X-Men Era Feels a Little Disconnected From Itself
No One’s Talking, Even When It Makes No Sense
I care that there was a clearer ideologic battle going on here .
Why are the tenner - Men push each other ? Again , my first reply is to say that it ’s cecause the writers and editors say they are . My first answer should be to say : " Well , this one event inflamed tension , and Cyclops aver this particular thing , " and so on . But that ’s not my reply . Why have Scott and Rogue not talked more ? Because the writer made sure they did n’t so that they could fight inRaid on Graymalkin . Why does their conflict inRaid on Graymalkinnot work ? Because the books have n’t permit them talk . I ’ll be the first to point out thatthere ’s still half a story leave , but that does n’t excuse the poor buildup .
Moreover , I wish well that there was a clearer ideological battlegoing on in this new event . In an variation ofAIPT ’s X - man Mondaydiscussing the event , X - Menwriter MacKay says that :
[ Rogue and Cyclops ] are two characters who each lead what they consider to be the Adam - Men , so there ’s going to be an obvious ideological clash there . Each chemical group goes about being X - Men in their own way , and we ’re going to see how those differences will create rubbing between them .
Are we see that , though ? Not really . I ’m not certain how Rogue ’s ideologic position set her apart , distinctively , from Scott . Comparing the two , one is a brash drawing card struggling with being that leader and their sense of self - identityafter the drop of Krakoa , and the other … is a brash loss leader struggling with being that drawing card and their sensory faculty of ego - identity element after the dusk of Krakoa .
I Wish This X-Men Conflict Dug a Little Deeper
Only Rogue and Cyclops Have (Minimal) Stakes in This Fight
The two are n’t different enough to make any potential ideological full stop land . Rogue ’s team is criticized by water flea for being too brash , but she ’s the one who render stealth while Cyclops flies off the handle when Beast is gaol in Graymalkin . Yes , this is sarcasm at oeuvre . Yes , these character choices are deliberate , but they only intend thatthe two feel more similar than they ever sense dissimilar . Maybe Rogue is a bit warmer towards her immediate squad , but it ’s a distinction without a dispute .
The other frustration I have is thatRogue and Cyclops ’ private emotional state of matter are n’t enough to carry an actually interesting conflict . I ’m an X - Men fan , and I love melodrama , but if these two leaders were n’t on the teams , nobodywould have a reasonableness to fight down . The introduction of the conflict - fostering mutant Scurvy feels almost like an implicit admission of failure to win over the consultation of any actual tension between the groups . If there was n’t a real hatemonger making people mad , the team would n’t be fighting in the first spot .
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Scott and Rogue ’s similarities and frayed worked up states are likely the full point of the story in the end , but that does n’t excuse the execution . The obvious ending to this crossover is that the two team unite and go " we ’re not so different , I think we really get our emotions get the in force of us . " That ’s a dead acceptable close , but without any real tenseness , it feels like an inevitable one . With only two issues will to get any fight done , I ’m mostly just sit down here waiting for the other horseshoe to send packing and for theX - Mento just get along .
Uncanny X - Men#7is available now from Marvel Comics .
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The ten - Men dealership , created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , centers on sport with over-the-top ability . Led by the muscular telepath Professor Charles Xavier , they combat discrimination and nefarious mutants threatening humanity . The series explores root of multifariousness and acceptance through a blend of action , drama , and complex characters , traverse comic , animated series , and megahit films .
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The X-Men franchise, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, centers on mutants with extraordinary abilities. Led by the powerful telepath Professor Charles Xavier, they battle discrimination and villainous mutants threatening humanity. The series explores themes of diversity and acceptance through a blend of action, drama, and complex characters, spanning comics, animated series, and blockbuster films.
