This Issue! Everybody Dies! #142
The Uncanny X-Men #142
“Mind Out of Time!”
Chris Claremont and John Byrne
Synopsis
As the current X-Men fight to stop Mystique and her Brotherhood from killing Senator Kelly, the future team fights to stop the Sentinels from causing a nuclear holocaust. But can Kate Pryde stop all of it from happening at all?
Rolling Commentary
See that cover? I told you so.
Page 2. Kelly, you’re not exactly helping here.
Page 4, Panels 2 and 3, this is exactly why you want a precog on your team if at all possible. And by panel 6, I don’t know why Storm won’t let Wolverine kill him. Bah.
Page 6. Although I like the character Destiny, she has an atrocious costume. I just wanted to state my opinion on it.
Page 7. Storm’s comments about death and killing are more than just a little bit of foreshadowing. And I’m not just talking about within this issue.
Page 9. Inconvenient, that the news never said who killed a Presidential Candidate, isn’t it?
Page 11. Stupid military bastards! Clearly, the one’s not trying to kill the Senator are the good ones!
Page 13. Anyone else sensing some tension between Wolverine and Storm?
Page 15. Scratch one team of Evil Mutants…
Page 16. Seriously! How could there ever have been doubt that Mystique is Nightcrawler’s mum after all that dialogue right there!??!
Also, did Mystique just teleport or something?
Page 17. It’s a classic page, one we’ve all seen before. It’s still a “Holy Shit!” moment, though.
Page 19. Thus the X-Men have fallen.
Page 20. Kelly’s still a dick.
Page 22. First Mr. Gyrich, and referencing Project Wideawake.
Post Mortem (literally) (Well, in an alternate future, anyway)
Man, this is a violent issue, isn’t it? What with disintegrating Wolverine’s soft tissue and impaling Storm and all. That’s not a complaint. It’s a shocking issue, meant to grab your attention, and it works. If anything, these issues make me care more about the team then anything that’s come before, including Jean’s death. To see the future that almost happened- and which still could, really- it’s shocking.
Lots of good stuff in the present here too. What’s up with Mystique? Well, she’s not Nightcrawler’s mother. Nope, couldn’t possibly be. Not a chance. What’s Project Wideawake? Well, we’ll just have to wait and see, won’t we? And we’ll be seeing a lot more of Mr. Henry Peter Gyrich in the future, that’s for sure.
“Mind Out of Time!”
Chris Claremont and John Byrne
Synopsis
As the current X-Men fight to stop Mystique and her Brotherhood from killing Senator Kelly, the future team fights to stop the Sentinels from causing a nuclear holocaust. But can Kate Pryde stop all of it from happening at all?
Rolling Commentary
See that cover? I told you so.
Page 2. Kelly, you’re not exactly helping here.
Page 4, Panels 2 and 3, this is exactly why you want a precog on your team if at all possible. And by panel 6, I don’t know why Storm won’t let Wolverine kill him. Bah.
Page 6. Although I like the character Destiny, she has an atrocious costume. I just wanted to state my opinion on it.
Page 7. Storm’s comments about death and killing are more than just a little bit of foreshadowing. And I’m not just talking about within this issue.
Page 9. Inconvenient, that the news never said who killed a Presidential Candidate, isn’t it?
Page 11. Stupid military bastards! Clearly, the one’s not trying to kill the Senator are the good ones!
Page 13. Anyone else sensing some tension between Wolverine and Storm?
Page 15. Scratch one team of Evil Mutants…
Page 16. Seriously! How could there ever have been doubt that Mystique is Nightcrawler’s mum after all that dialogue right there!??!
Also, did Mystique just teleport or something?
Page 17. It’s a classic page, one we’ve all seen before. It’s still a “Holy Shit!” moment, though.
Page 19. Thus the X-Men have fallen.
Page 20. Kelly’s still a dick.
Page 22. First Mr. Gyrich, and referencing Project Wideawake.
Post Mortem (literally) (Well, in an alternate future, anyway)
Man, this is a violent issue, isn’t it? What with disintegrating Wolverine’s soft tissue and impaling Storm and all. That’s not a complaint. It’s a shocking issue, meant to grab your attention, and it works. If anything, these issues make me care more about the team then anything that’s come before, including Jean’s death. To see the future that almost happened- and which still could, really- it’s shocking.
Lots of good stuff in the present here too. What’s up with Mystique? Well, she’s not Nightcrawler’s mother. Nope, couldn’t possibly be. Not a chance. What’s Project Wideawake? Well, we’ll just have to wait and see, won’t we? And we’ll be seeing a lot more of Mr. Henry Peter Gyrich in the future, that’s for sure.
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