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In which there are a lot of explosions in X-Force; Great Britain-616 is to intelligence as Canada-616 is to military; Alastair Stuart used to be fun; Emma Frost is here to stomp on your dreams; Chamber joins the X-Men; and the Generation X kids graduate themselves.
X-PLAINED:
- Revolution (again)
- Counter-X (again)
- X-Force #114-115
- Generation X #75
- Yet another origin of humanity and/or life on Earth (again)
- The World Engine
- Accurate representation of CD-Rs
- Genetech
- A swimsuit interlude
- Agent Corben
- Alastair Stuart (more) (again)
- A kidnapping
- A really amazingly terrible plan
- A particularly large explosion
- The remaining 14 issues of X-Force vol. 1
- An interlude at Applebee’s
- Bad times at the New Xavier School
- A murder (more) (again)
- Intersectional superheroism
- An additional bonus murder
- An invitation
- Many goodbyes
- What happens next to the Generation X kids
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The opening to the final X-Force issue makes complete sense if you just assume they’re all Hamlet-ing at the moment.
Also, while there is a more clear through line between New Mutants and X-Force, it is notable that X-Force as a title ALSO doesn’t end so much as transforms into X-Statix. Like, it might be the only book I can think of that’s really a mid point (albeit the biggest) between two other series.
Oh, Gen X. Those characters deserved better than the stories they got.
I’ve brought up to friends that Carrie Coon is basically perfect casting for Emma because her Gilded Age character is VERY Emma. This exchange:
Character (angry at Coon): you’re ruthless like me. But I’m ruthless in business. Not with the people I love.
Carrie Coon: I’m ruthless FOR the people I love
Like…that line might sum up Emma perfectly.