#Quentin x Idie

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complicated feelings abt the change of era aside, im hyped to see my fave kids in a new book!! love the new ryan stegman designs too

[arrumiekookie]

Playing big happy family reunion, like the cuties they are. Obviously Idie would sit with the kids... Illyana is a cutie patootie too.

Scott is so happy to just share a meal with people he cherishes... I am sick. I love them all so much.

Quentin really is enjoying that meal, damn. 😂

Glob and Beak catching up... cute. 😭

Brings back memories from New Mutants, when Angel, Beak and their children were in trouble.

Happy Thanksgiving to them.

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The Uncanny X-Men #7 “Raid on Graymalkin Lane - Part 2 of 4” (2024) Marvel Comics

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X-Men (2024-) #1 art by Ryan Stegman

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The X-Men chilling. By Gleb Melnikov.

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idie headshot + movement sketches!!

[heckcareoxytwit]

Jubilee and Calico are led back to the cells by Warden Corina Ellis and the guards of Graymalkin Prison. Calico tries to plead with Corina Ellis to show mercy for Past-Beast clone but she gets ignored as the warden insists that she must sign the plea bargain deal if she doesn't cause any more trouble. When Jubilee warns Corina Ellis not to hurt Beast, the guards taser her instead. The reluctant Calico is then released from prison as she is told to walk off and find her family. Meanwhile, the two teams of X-Men (Cyclops' team and Rogue's team) are sneaking around the prison as they are preparing to do a breakout on the prison. Before Rogue's team could sneak in, they see Calico powered up and breaking down the prison gates thanks to her special horse and her determination to help her friends. Back to the prison, Jubilee frees herself by taking out the power-suppressing bracelet from her ankle with a smuggled fork and then, she destroys the cell door.

Inside the prison foyer, Cyclops, Magik, Kwannon and Idie Okonkwo make a short work on the guards until they get attacked by the brainwashed Blob. Then, Blob is knocked out by Rogue who also arrived with her team since they are looking for Jubilee (and Calico). However, something goes wrong for Cyclops' team when Quentin Quire (who had been monitoring his teammates on aerial support), gets taken out by the anti-aircraft supersonics. To make things worse, Scurvy the evil bald telepath (who works for Corina Ellis) coerces the two X-Men teams to fight with each other. At the corridor, Calico and Jubilee meet up with other before they are surrounded by the prison guards. Fortunately, Past-Beast Clone arrives to save the girls by knocking down the guards. In the Prison Control Room, Corina Ellis orders the technicians to release the Trustees (the brainwashed mutants) and the Sentinel Hounds. In case you don't know, the Sentinel Hounds were actually wild/lost/stray dogs which were captured and forcibly experimented on by the Graymalkin Prison Scientists to make into new type of mutant-hunting Sentinels under the orders from Corina Ellis. Back to the foyer, the two X-Men teams are still fighting each other until Juggernaut shows up, accidentally breaking up the fight. Then, the two X-Teams spot the special cell marked with an X. Rogue speculates that the special X-marked cell might be holding Charles Xavier as a prisoner. Before they could do anything, the two X-Teams are interrupted by the three brainwashed mutants (Blob, Siryn and Wild Child) as well as the new Sentinel Hounds.

Uncanny X-Men v6 #7, 2024

That Corina Ellis Bitch must die for turning the innocent dogs into mutant-killing machines!

[rei-ismyname]

X-Men #6 FROM THE ASHES

Last issue is starting to make a lot more sense - I think Jed McKay might have strong feelings about the Morrison era. Spoilers, obviously.

Hi Xorn! Hi Magneto! Good to have you join us. It's nice to see Magneto is progressive, polite and welcoming. It's still an ideological regression from where he was at in X-Men Red/RoM/Uncanny X-Men #700, but I guess he's mostly scenery in this comic sadly. As a fellow disabled burden on society I empathize with him, but I'd like to see him still be a character of focus. Otherwise, why put him in the book? It's a shame his moment makes Xorn look like a fool - is that really his first question? Dude is a fucking monk and these people are right there.

He's wearing his Morrison/Quitely uniform too, which is not a great comparison to be drawing imo. He was last seen hanging out with his brother and Legion in Way of X, but I suppose this is as good a place as any for him to be now. Hopefully we see more of him.

Look how much Quentin has grown since Riot at Xavier's. Or maybe he's depressed. Either way he's definitely looking sharp. Idie notices one of the protesters throwing up the M.

People want Beast to solve their problems but he doesn't have the same experience and knowledge as old Beast, not that X-FORCE Beast did any of that. It's a character beat, but one we've seen before. Maybe he'll learn magic again! Magik is still very defeatist it seems, and perhaps her determination is waning. Can't say I blame her.

Quiche is dope but jokes about it aren't. Not this millennium. The Glob/Quentin dynamic is another Morrison callback. Don't worry, there's plenty more this issue 🙄. One pitfall with light-hearted quippy nostalgia is it undermines serious events happening next to it and gives mood whiplash. Somehow Idie knows Ilyana is communicating secretly with her brother. It doesn't come up again. Based on how McKay has been seeding beats we'll find out in issue #10.

Okay, so we know Magik is smart and now Idie does too. It'd be nice if more of this team started acting like friends - maybe this is the start of something beautiful. I can't say I buy Magik undermining Cyclops on a whim but she lays out the dilemma then puts Idie in charge.

They walk into the trap by putting Cobb Sr to sleep. Idie's secret is pretty cute and an effective 'cost of magic' shorthand. I am wary that it refers to nostalgia about a time that was already hyper nostalgia, but I'm getting used to it. We get to see the Cobb family dynamic, utterly predictable.

I enjoy everything on this page.

- Cyclops and Psylocke sparring

- Expanding on Hank and Mags' budding relationship with reference to their history.

- Building on Beast's fear of becoming a monster again.

- Magneto being emotionally supportive.

No new information here, though I love a jab at Fabian Cortez. This is more of a reference than anything else, though it's good to see some self awareness from Max. Although, Cortez showed a lot of growth on Krakoa.

This is a nice moment too. This version of Hank was a massive horn dog. Not saying that's where it's going but he's gregarious and it does make sense to have him be welcoming to another non-passing mutant. Glob too, though he comes off as massive dork. We still don't know much about Jen or Ben which makes it hard to get invested. If they do stick around they'd be inflating a cast that's already being covered unevenly.

Okay, Piper is here and Scott isn't pleased. Idie would have a point but it would have taken 2 minutes to talk about it. Yeah she asked for help and came willingly but as Scott says she's a minor. Her home life looks miserable and tracks closely enough to many queer experiences, but society unfortunately says children are property. It sucks, but she needs support. Nobody wins when her mother calls the cops. Is this about Piper or Idie here? I would love to see Idie being the moral core of the team but this just makes her look naive and impulsive - which is at odds with her 15+ years of characterisation. She was in jail last year!

Piper reveals that the 'Wild Sentinel' was after her and the Iron Night was her 'fault.' It's left on a cliffhanger but let's hope this doesn't torch the X-Men's relationship with Merle, Alaska.

The Morrison thing - Psychic rescue, Quentin and Glob, scientists making mutants, Cassandra Nova, Xorn is still in his uniform from the time, wild sentinel mention (which is super bizarre and out of place.) It's a lot and I'm probably missing stuff. My question is who this is for? New readers will just be confused. Morrison super fans are more likely to roll their eyes, judging by responses to last issue.

Overall this issue was pretty good. It progressed the plot, gave us time with the 3 characters who'd been ghosts, introduced new information and setup conflict with the town for next issue. I really wish the creative team would get their batting average a little higher in terms of solid issues. 33.3% is low enough in the abstract to make me drop the book - and this is one of the better ones. I know we can do better than this and it disappoints me how aggressively mid the X-books are right now.

I'm starting to recognise the formula they're working off, with information dribbling out at a snail's pace to the point that any issue becomes skippable then ending on a cliffhanger that's rarely paid off quickly. Uncanny has the same issue, which makes me think it's an editorial problem. Hell, solicits usually give more information than issues do. I'm not talking about tropes, I'm talking about the narrative tricks that allow them to publish issues that move at a glacial pace and use nostalgia to disguise the characters not being developed. One can hope :)

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I’m a fake fan of this ship cuz I haven’t read Wolverine & The X-Men or any comic they’re in in literal years lol anyways I love them <3

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From X-Men Vol. 7 #001, “Fire-Baptized Species”

Art by Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer and Marte Gracia

Written by Jed MacKay

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Adjective-less X-men variant by Mahmud Asrar, colours by Matt Wilson.

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It's them, your honor.

[illyanarasputinfan]

X-Men #6 (2024) Marvel Comics

Variant Cover Artist: Julian Totino Tedesco

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Uncanny X-Men (2024-) #3 art by Ryan Stegman

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Upcoming X-Men covers by Ryan Stegman!