TheManWithoutFear
#1 reason not to join UC
Great stuff!!!
I'll give you the play by play by going through the different characters since Kirkman did a great job doing it. So much happened in this issue!
Scott enters a room with Xavier "practicing" defense with his powers. He tells him the students are all planning on heading out for the night to relax since the last few adventures (Magnetic North, X4). So the Mansion gets ready to go out while Xavier also has a "date".
Xavier/Lilandra - Throughout the issue we see Xavier at a restaurant talking to a girl who you would think is Ultimate Selene. The girl says she's part of a religious organization and wants to help Xavier after his funding from Hellfire dropped. She reveals her name is Lilandra.
Scott/Jean -Go to the movies. Jean gets pissed that Scott won't make any moves and has to "motivate" him to do so. Scott keeps asking why she's been acting strange lately. I was pissed because I thought this was leading to their breakup but Scott pulls it off in the end. Jean dresses like a skank too. The title is Phoenix rising so...
Kitty/Spider-Man -No, he's not a major part of the story. Kitty just needs a ride to see her boyfriend in the city. Bobby hassles her and it's pretty funny. He asks if they're boyfriend, girlfriend or if she's just his sidekick. She calls him Spider-Man, which I find funny because it seems like she's in love with the hero not Peter. They show a collage of everyone at some point and her and Spidey are fighting petty thugs.
Wolverine/Storm -Go "Male-Bonding". Are they buddies or lovers? I dunno what the hell is going on but right now it seems like they're best friends. They go to a pool hall, where Storm uses gust of wind to cheat on Logan. Some guy tries to hit on Storm and Logan roughs him up. They walk outside and a voice calls out "causeing more trouble I see... that figures". Enter Sabertooth :rockon:
Kurt/Colossus -Kurt wants to go visit Ali and Colossus offers to go too. Kurt uneasily agrees. They teleport to her and Kurt confesses that he liked her and wished she chose the demon, not the angel. A nurse comes in and Nightcrawler teleports the two into a small closet. A very funny scene with Colossus making wiseass remarks and Kurt saying it wasn't his best idea. I really loved the interaction. Kirkman seems to have made Kurt awkward about Colossus sexuality but not prejudice about it. I took Colossus as making fun of Kurt but I'm sure some people (probably the same who though holding hands meant falling in love) will think he was hitting on him.
Bobby/Rogue -It was cool. Bobby and Rogue get left at the mansion together. After Bobby assures Rogue that he's completely cool with her eyes and everything. They hook up. Rogue lost her absorbing powers :? So she can make sweet love to him. Rogue acts like a sexual predator. No sign of Gambit's memory but perhaps the sexuality is a product of it.
Mystery guy - Some kid (the one speculated about) is walking around his mansion for his parents. He's got red hair (Pyro? Banshee?). He walks into a room and finds his parents dead on the floor. That's all. I have a problem with another pretty rich boy joining the pages of UXM. Too much like Angel if you ask me.
Kirkman did wonders. Can't wait for what's next.
5/5
P.S. The letters page sucked... Ice.
I'll give you the play by play by going through the different characters since Kirkman did a great job doing it. So much happened in this issue!
Scott enters a room with Xavier "practicing" defense with his powers. He tells him the students are all planning on heading out for the night to relax since the last few adventures (Magnetic North, X4). So the Mansion gets ready to go out while Xavier also has a "date".
Xavier/Lilandra - Throughout the issue we see Xavier at a restaurant talking to a girl who you would think is Ultimate Selene. The girl says she's part of a religious organization and wants to help Xavier after his funding from Hellfire dropped. She reveals her name is Lilandra.
Scott/Jean -Go to the movies. Jean gets pissed that Scott won't make any moves and has to "motivate" him to do so. Scott keeps asking why she's been acting strange lately. I was pissed because I thought this was leading to their breakup but Scott pulls it off in the end. Jean dresses like a skank too. The title is Phoenix rising so...
Kitty/Spider-Man -No, he's not a major part of the story. Kitty just needs a ride to see her boyfriend in the city. Bobby hassles her and it's pretty funny. He asks if they're boyfriend, girlfriend or if she's just his sidekick. She calls him Spider-Man, which I find funny because it seems like she's in love with the hero not Peter. They show a collage of everyone at some point and her and Spidey are fighting petty thugs.
Wolverine/Storm -Go "Male-Bonding". Are they buddies or lovers? I dunno what the hell is going on but right now it seems like they're best friends. They go to a pool hall, where Storm uses gust of wind to cheat on Logan. Some guy tries to hit on Storm and Logan roughs him up. They walk outside and a voice calls out "causeing more trouble I see... that figures". Enter Sabertooth :rockon:
Kurt/Colossus -Kurt wants to go visit Ali and Colossus offers to go too. Kurt uneasily agrees. They teleport to her and Kurt confesses that he liked her and wished she chose the demon, not the angel. A nurse comes in and Nightcrawler teleports the two into a small closet. A very funny scene with Colossus making wiseass remarks and Kurt saying it wasn't his best idea. I really loved the interaction. Kirkman seems to have made Kurt awkward about Colossus sexuality but not prejudice about it. I took Colossus as making fun of Kurt but I'm sure some people (probably the same who though holding hands meant falling in love) will think he was hitting on him.
Bobby/Rogue -It was cool. Bobby and Rogue get left at the mansion together. After Bobby assures Rogue that he's completely cool with her eyes and everything. They hook up. Rogue lost her absorbing powers :? So she can make sweet love to him. Rogue acts like a sexual predator. No sign of Gambit's memory but perhaps the sexuality is a product of it.
Mystery guy - Some kid (the one speculated about) is walking around his mansion for his parents. He's got red hair (Pyro? Banshee?). He walks into a room and finds his parents dead on the floor. That's all. I have a problem with another pretty rich boy joining the pages of UXM. Too much like Angel if you ask me.
Kirkman did wonders. Can't wait for what's next.
5/5
P.S. The letters page sucked... Ice.
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