Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Avengers Vs Xmen: Consequences

   So Avengers vs X-men is over but marvel is far from done with this beautiful story. This is a quick recap of the first few issues of consequences. So Scott Summers is in the custody of the government with a very nerdy helmet that prevents him from using his powers. But to his happiness by Hope releasing the Phoenix Force mutants are once again being made across the globe.

    The story gets really good as Scott Summers claims he is a political prisoner, He stands behind his beliefs and makes Wolverine look retarded a few times, and he even accomplished what Magneto couldn't a number of years ago, even though Professor X was killed in the process. Cyclops accepts his punishment and is not trying to escape prison. But now for the rest of his Phoenix force.

    Personally I was hurt when I read this. Colossus is no longer the Juggernaut. Him and his sister Illyanna aka Magik were not getting along.She wanted to change who her brother was into something more like herself. She did this by freeing him from his bond with cyttorak. She took him into limbo and shattered the enchanted bond this infuriated Pieter because at any time she could have done this but she didn't do this because she wanted him to see what it was like to be her, he stated the next time he sees her he will kill her.
So Namor probably crossed the line by pretty much attacking Wakanda. Will their be an Atlantis vs Wakanda? I hope so but Storm tells Wolverine that Wakanda is in no shape to be at war with Atlantis at the moment. Definitely looking for more of that to come. As for now that's about it..well as much as I care about and it is my blog. So until something important happens that's it for now.

Avengers Vs X-men:The end? Or the beginning of something greater?

       The epic story arc that showed results of the Marvel Universe's House of M and Civil War sagas. The main story lasted 12 issues with a number of crossovers including X-men, Uncanny X-men, Wolverine and the X-men and the new mutants. Writers such as Chris Claremont and Kieron Gillen offered their talents and hopefully this summary will catch up any of you who missed this read.

      At this point in the Marvel Universe the scarlet witch uttering 3 words "no more mutants." Has caused 198 mutants to be left in the world. Actions by young mutants specifically Nitro killing a large number of kids caused the United states government to require  all super powered people to work with s.h.i.e.l.d. this did not sit right with Captain America and it became him and his side vs Iron man and the rest of the world. The X men along with Namor and his Atlanteans create "Utopia," and stay out of the fight. After the Civil War Captain America and Iron Man kiss and makeup and turn the attention to Cyclops and X-men as they find out the phoenix is on its way back to Earth.

          Cyclops wastes no time starting to resemble Magneto. He pleads his case that his kind mutants are on the brink of extinction and that Hope Summers who is the body the phoenix is coming for with the help of the phoenix can repopulate the Earth with mutants once again. Now this was shocking considering Captain America sided with super powered beings during the Civil War. Captain Americans stance was that the phoenix brings destruction every time it has came to Earth and Cyclops should know that better then anyone. It doesn't take long before optic blast get fired and shit hits the fan. The next few issues are fights between super heroes trying to get hope back. Hope escapes with some help from Wolverine then goes missing. They end up on the blue area of the moon and the Phoenix force gets ready to possess Hope.

     So the Phoenix force is about to inhabit Hope when Tony Stark decides to create a device that should destroy the phoenix. Bad idea!! He fires the weapon and the phoenix possesses the key X-men in this arc. Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Magik and Colossus( who if you did not know is also now the new juggernaut). Giving all of them practically limitless power. The next number of issues involve Hope siding with the Avengers and the Phoenix 5( that's what they call themselves) chasing across the world looking for Hope but also eliminating crime and making the world a more peaceful place. Except the places they fight at.

      Shit once again hits the fan when Namor does what Namor does best and loses his temper but this time he finds out that Hope is hiding in Wakanda and decides to flood the nation killing thousands of civilians. He then single handedly fights all of the avengers. Including the Black Panther, Thor, Red Hulk, The thing, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel,Wolverine, and a number of others. He thrashes them around for a few pages then they gang up on him when suddenly the other Phoenix 4 arrive just in time to get empowered once Namor is beat down. So now they realize that each time they beat one of them the rest of the avatars get their power. This demoralizes the Avengers and and the next few issues slowly but surely cause all but two of the phoenix 5 to lose their portion of the phoenix. Scott Summers and Emma Frost.

        This is when things get amazing. So Emma Frost and Cyclops are the last two remaining members of the Phoenix 5. The rest are alive but on the run( more on that later.) Emma Frost has possibly become the strongest psychic on Earth and even Magneto is fearful of what Scott Summers has done. Emma frost and Scott face off against the avengers in a last battle. Professor X is literally in their minds. The writing was really good here as Emma Frost and Cyclops battle the Avengers, have dinner in their minds with a good conversation as well as telepathically fight off Xavier. In the end Scott takes the phoenix force from Emma to her surprise then shockingly he kills Professor X. Wolverine loses it and stabs Scott in the head but it only gets his skin burned up. Finally Hope and Scarlet Witch team up and force the phoenix out of Hope and into Hope who for the first time ever unleashes the Phoenix force around the world...causing new mutants to come to life.