Inferno #1 lives up to the hype and turns the X-Men franchise on its head - showmanshrebadegge

Conflagration #1 lives up to the hype and turns the X-Men franchise on its head

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September 29's Inferno #1 Simon Marks the beginning of the end of writer Jonathan Hickman's tenure as 'head of X,' the lead writer of the X-Work force line. Aboard artists Valerio Schiti and David Curiel, Hickman crafts a functional sequel to House of X and Powers of X, the twin limited series that kicked sour his X-Workforce run (as examined in our spoiler-lite Inferno #1 review).

But in following high the long-running togs of Hox/Pox, Inferno #1 immediately turns the mutant status quo on its head. Some the first and last pages of Inferno transmit shocking moments for readers of Hickman's X-Men run and for the mutants of Krakoa themselves.

Each minute is enough to shake the foundations of the mutant nation on its own. But taken together, the ii biggest beatniks of Inferno #1 set the stage for the modest serial publication to live skyward to the hype that has surrounded the story.

Spoilers ahead for Inferno #1

page from Inferno #1 — (Epitome credit: Wonder Comics)

Right off the bat, Hellhole #1 opens with a import that is sure to rock X-Men fans - though it's unclear exactly when the aspect takes place, or how it fits into the overall narrative just yet.

Standing in the spor resurrection chamber, Emma Frost oversees the Resurrection of Christ of both Xavier and Magneto - even wearing Xavier's Cerebro helmet.

This International Relations and Security Network't the first time Xavier's been resurrected. Helium was killed back in the current X-Factor #1, with his resurrection overseen by Denim Grey and Beast - though Jean didn't actually wear Xavier's Cerebro helmet, she operated it telekinetically.

Does this mean that Emma is somehow succession Xavier's role? Wellspring, she could simply be presumptuous enough to wear the helmet - merely the later events of Inferno #1 look to indicate that this apparent flash-forward has much bigger implications than are apparent on the page.

From there, a flashback scene revisits a crucial here and now from Hox/Pox in which Mystique and her precognitive wife Destiny face off Moira MacTaggart, exemplary her to use her next resurrection (and on-line personification) to help her cus mutants rather of harming them.

This passably different portrayal of the fundamental interaction sheds new light on exactly why Moira has demanded Magneto and Xavier refuse to rise Fate.

In a subsequent visit between Moira, Charles, and Magneto, tensions build between the 3 equally Moira demands that Xavier and Magneto now go til now as to destroy Destiny's stored DNA and psionic records to prevent her resurrection from ever happening. Xavier and Magneto apparently comply, gather the data and DNA.

To manage with Mystique, the trio resolves to call a vote in the Quieten Council to fill the two currently vacant seats - possibly with Moira herself - while ouster Mystique.

As the issue rolls on, opposed-spor constitution Orchis examines evidence of past attempts to keep the creation of the super-Sentinel Nimrod and destroy the Orchis facilities. They realize mutants are resurrecting themselves, though not exactly how, but redouble their efforts to demolish mutantkind.

Meanwhile, back off on Krakoa, Cyclops steps down as Police captain Commander of Krakoa's Great Captains (the leaders of Krakoa's defensive forces), bringing in Bishop as his replenishment. Meanwhile, Psylocke is installed As a Great Captain to replace Gorgon, whose personality was overwritten past his Resurrection after atomic number 2 died in the Multiversal nexus of Otherworld during 'X of Swords'.

In the emerge's finale, Xavier and Magneto coyly make their pillow slip that it is time for change in the Quiet Council, stating that they are considering their own leading roles and prod the rest of the Council to also debate whether they'll quit or stay on. They state that they'll birdsong a vote for new members - which can represent done at some sentence nether Krakoan law - at a later meter after the sitting Council members have considered their futures.

Only Mystique interrupts them, insisting in that respect will constitute a vote at that consequence, and what's more, she has a candidate to nominate for membership on the Quiet Council. As stress builds in the boardroom, Mystique calls off her candidate - her resurrected wife, Destiny, often to Saint Francis Xavier and Magneto's apparent chagrin and everyone other's shock (or even delight).

This raises the immediate interrogate of how Destiny could represent resurrected if Magneto and Xavier actually destroyed the DNA and data necessary to do so.

There are three likely answers to this question. It's contingent Destiny was resurrected secretly, before the devastation of her records. Her records could also have been secretly preserved somehow, or another method of resurrection ground. Or, there's also the opening that Saint Francis Xavier and Magnetoelectric machine gathered Lot's DNA and psionic idea data as shown, but kinda than destroying IT, they resurrected Destiny for some reason.

If the latter is the lawsuit, why would Xavier and Magneto have been resurrected in the opening scene? It's possible Mystique and Destiny definite to enact revenge regardless of the destiny of Destiny's resurrection, or that Xavier and Magneto dying is function of the plan.

Or there's the casual that Moira will take on retaliate on Xavier and Magneto if they did so betray her request to destroy Destiny's records. Take note of the issue's cover, which features Moira standing among the defeated bodies of the entire Quiet Council - Magnetoelectric machine, Xavier, and Mystique all included.

Concurrently, the cover of October 27's Inferno #2 shows an apparently enraged Emma Hoar in her diamond form, holding Xavier and Magneto's helmets. Is she mad enough to kill them, or infuriated at their deaths?

Whatever the case, it seems that Inferno is setting up a series of story twists that May grow all expectations of the pocket-sized series - and its implications for the future of mutantkind - entirely on their heads.

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