hold Spoilers for Ultimate X - Men ( 2024 ) # 10!The newUltimate X - Mencontinues to dead blend the mundane and the horrid , and its version ofCyclopsis to my mind , the sinister moment yet , and shows that Cyclops ’ blood line was honestly pretty tame . This is an upsetting and uncomfortable book at times , but I would n’t want it any other way of life . The book ’s step in wizard , and this young ‘ water flea ’ moment is only the latest good example of why .
Ultimate X - Men ( 2024 ) # 10 — written and illustrated by Peach Momoko , Script Adaptation by Zack Davisson , and letter by Travis Lanham — flips Cyclops ' origin on its head in bestial fashion , asCyclops ’ Ultimate Universe equivalent weight , the young Natsu , accidentally kill her mother with an optic blast in a scene that made me recoil .
Natsu is an unwilling fellow member of the ‘ Children of the Atom , a cult of mutants , and as the cult at last go public , Natsu ’s female parent tries to get girl to take part . The two argue , and Natsu uses her powers in wrath , accidentally shoot a hole through her mother ’s mind .
As Marvel ’s raw Ultimate Universe expand with a new X - Men team , the serial ’ writer and creative person Peach Momoko anticipate some body horror surprise .
The Ultimate Universe’s Cyclops has Accidentally Killed her Mother Using Optic Blasts
Scott Summers Could Have had it Much, Much Worse
This first jibe turns Natsu ’s female parent into a mirror of her girl , since Natsu ’s optic blast only come from one eye , which she unremarkably covers with an eyepatch . What ’s worse is that as Natsu holler over her female parent ’s body , her tears just activate her power again and again , cause her to accidentally deconsecrate her female parent ’s body . If this was n’t hard enough for Natsu , her best friend , Mori , remark that Natsu has a complex about injure mass with her powers stemming from a time she smart a class fellow with them . This is literally Natsu ’s worst venerate amount to life .
I ’m also distressed for how this will impactUltimate X - Men’slarger report of mutants at last revealing themselves to human race . # 10 also see the media confront other brashyoung members of the Children of the Atom , who attack the assembled press . The cult’smaester , a tool for this world ’s secret ruling council , is promptly losing control of the narrative even among his own disciples . Human mutant relations might be head the way of mainstream persistence , with mutants hat and fear . If that ’s the type , Natsu ’s accident might only be another log on the fire for a nascent breed of dogmatism .
Mutant Matricide Isn’t Unheard of
If There’s One Thing That Connects Every Version of the X-Men, it’s Trauma
This is n’t the first time a mutant ’s world power have resulted in the deaths of their household , but to my psyche , this might be the strong use of the trope ever . The most renowned model do from the originalUltimate X - Men ( vol 1 ) # 41 — coif in a completely discrete universe from the current serial publication . In that issue — written by Brian Michael Bendis , penciled by David Finch , ink by Art Thibert , colored by Frank D’Armata and letter by Chris Eliipoulos — a stripling named Jesse kills an entire townspeople when his toxic business leader catalyze . That world ’s Wolverine clemency putting to death himin a vicious moment .
That Wolverine mo is one that you never forget after you read it , but it ’s a story that could only work as a one - shot , unlike Natsu ’s here and now , which will have actual consequences . Natsu has to live with this , andUltimate X - Men ( 2024)#10ends with her friends , the freshly formed X - man , on route to meeting her , only acknowledge from her texts that she ’s ‘ suffer ’ her mom . None of these kidshave upright relationships with their parents , so I ca n’t suppose how they ’ll react to the scene they find , nor how they ’ll comfort Natsu .
Peach Momoko’s Style Only Makes This Moment Worse
And by Worse, I Mean Better, but More Horrific
One of the good thing about this specific moment is how Momoko depicts it as an almost - clinical act . The minute is bloodless , and that ’s somehow all the worse . It ’d be one thing if there was origin everywhere , but Momoko show restraint , and the gob in Natsu ’s mother are clean and precise . My honest first thought was that she got turned into a closure of Swiss high mallow , and my immediate 2nd thought was get upset at myself for cerebrate that . By not being bloody , it actually drawsmoreattention to itself .
This instant is only another example of the tightrope that Momoko ’s been walking withUltimate X - Men’stone . From the bowed stringed instrument of mystical self-annihilation follow Armor , to Surge practice Enjo kōsai , essentially acting as an minor escort for older men , this book has been shockingly dark . Every time I feel myself relaxing , fall into the ‘ cosiness ’ of Momoko ’s mangaka - enliven water-colour style , she see a way to make the story dread . Ultimate X - Meniskinda ‘ slice of life ’ ( and that ’s no insult ) , but sprightliness can be just as disconcerting and confrontational as more freakish phantasy , especially if you ’ve got optic blast likeCyclops .
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Visionary creator Peach Momoko creates a new generation of X-Men for an all-new universe! Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life — go to school, hang out with her friends, ignore the political strife broiling over after the events of ULTIMATE INVASION — but life has other plans for her. In Japan, urban legends have sprung to life and brought some unusual new powers with them… Meet Armor, Maystorm and a group of new Ultimate X-Men the likes of which you’ve never seen before!
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Cyclops , a.k.a . Scott Summers , is the X - Men ’s core squad leader and one of the first characters to appear in the franchise . As a human / mutant hybrid , Cyclops has the power to launch monolithic bursts of energy from his eyes that are regulated through the utilisation of a specially designed visor . Despite his calm and garner demeanor , he tends to lose it when in the presence of a fellow team member , Wolverine .
Visionary creator Peach Momoko creates a new generation of X-Men for an all-new universe! Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life — go to school, hang out with her friends, ignore the political strife broiling over after the events of ULTIMATE INVASION — but life has other plans for her. In Japan, urban legends have sprung to life and brought some unusual new powers with them… Meet Armor, Maystorm and a group of new Ultimate X-Men the likes of which you’ve never seen before!
