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In which Prosh assembles a peculiar team; the cosmic forces are somewhat paranoid; Mystique gets shit done; and we are very into the concept of Toadland.
X-PLAINED:
- The Black Womb Project
- X-Men Forever #1-3
- Prosh
- Several custom-grown people
- A motley crew of mutants (and one human)
- Cataclysm keys
- The assassination of Graydon Creed
- Several poignant reunions
- The cosmic construction worker (Death)
- Why the Phoenix Force chose Jean Grey
- How much continuity is too much continuity
- Pyro’s romance novels
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Also, one time TOAD dated and made-out with Husk.
Miles says he doesn’t quite know why this miniseries exists. This would have been a year or so after Kurt Busiek and Carlos Pacheco’s blockbuster AVENGERS FOREVER, which was also a time-traveling continuity-porn story with a thrown-together team. They’re wildly different books–AF uses characters from different time periods like a Genis-Vell from the future, Captain America from right after Secret Empire, and two Hank Pyms rather than the team all being “now” versions, for instance, and it’s not as introspective. But at the time it was announced, it felt (at least to those of us on usenet) like an attempt to do something vaguely similar with the X-Office.
This show continues to always be great, thanks for another awesome commute this morning.
I still hold that the all time champion for “Worst understanding of what a secret identity is supposed to be for”, is none other than one of the earliest examples of the genre.
By which I mean, James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes, whose codename, fully approved by the US War Office, was… the civilian name absolutely everyone called him by, all the time!
And the best explanation for Mystiques skull belt…
https://knowyourmeme.com/search?context=images&q=tags%3A%28%22caanangrall%22%29
Carol Danvers, Storm, and Wolverine infiltrated the Pentagon in issue #158, not the SHIELD Helicarrier.
This is correct. I think it’s an easy mistake to make because there’s a later issue where Rogue infiltrates a helicarrier and Carol’s personality starts taking over her body.
You do know that Raven Darkholme isn’t Mystique’s actual name? It’s one she’s adopted for herself, but not actually her birth name per Uncanny X-Men #254.