The Great X-Men Storytime - Vol. 5: Fall of the Mutants (Part 12)

Let's go on vacation... to Genosha!

PREVIOUSLY ON X-MEN:

Hol up
is these Leonardi on interiors or Silvestri

Sounds like a lovely place!

Leonardi.

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All in, my dude. I am here for this.

>We hit him with everything we had
Geez!

Thanks X-user

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No problemo, user!

>We don't want to hurt anybody
But we'll try and kill you all the same!

Science...?

Did they give Gateway a shirt? lol

Et tu, Alex?

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The original Genosha arc is as good as the X-Men ever got.

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"genejoke" with that hard "k" at the end is a much more credible slur than the coyly teasing "mutie".

Like, you might watch mutie porn, but genejokes are what you bitch about on Sup Forums.

That second panel is pretty good.

What's the deal with Punchout's name? It's been edited in every textbubble in this story.

>Locals never understand our purpose
Gee, I wonder why...

I like genequeer too. But yeah, "mutie" sounds too much like cutie for anyone to really take it seriously.

Pre-inferno maddie is such a badass. I love the idea of this powerless normal who has *seem some shit* just soldiering on, helping however she can - running computers, flying planes, punching fascists. This version has nothing in common with the goblyn queen; I wish we could've kept her.

I dunno, reminds me of those X-Factor issues we read a good while back that had edited speech bubbles too for some unknown reason.

She really is better Jean.

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I dig this cover.

rogue powers up and tears her clothes

*drink*

Also, they're naked!

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Yeah; on a side note, I really fucking wish, when Scott inevitably returns, they put him and Maddie back together. It would do a great deal to undo the decades of character derailment, if his redemption arc includes him reconciling with his first wife and her being allowed back into the X-Family.

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back to sylvestri! both artists on this arc are great, but the fact that they rotate is the only thing that mars it.

We established in that pipeline can teleport clothes and equipment if he wants, so I guess he sent Rogue and Wolverine naked to Genosha just to fuck with them.

I wouldn't be surprised if Scott didn't return until current management left, which is at least one or two more decades from now.

>Anti-Mutie squad
>lets a clear mutie on top brass
I've never read xmen much but I;m gonna assume this is a recurring theme

Did Episode I straight up rip off this beat? Or is it a trope?

>With great power comes great responsibility
Christ.

so uh... if Rogue's powers are gone then I guess these guards are in for a treat...

They're not always "top brass", but yeah, I think it goes back all the way to the Hounds from Days of Future Past.

Actually not even joking, as seen in this page.

and Magneto was in the sonderkommando, and Belasco made Illyana a participant in her own abuse...

It's kind of a trope.

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i'm not sure if i like psylocke, of if I like the sexy god damn purple she got assigned.

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Classic Claremont classiness.
I'm absolutely shocked --SHOCKED-- that no "between the panels" r34 has come from this...

Yuh-oh.

Porn artists don't read comics, especially not old comics.

>literally "It was nuthin personnel, kid"
>literally "I was only following orders"
Jaysus H. Christ.

*jazz music starts playing*

I mean, something had to solidify the trope. also thanks again for this epic years-long quest of a story time.

Oh look, it's the real Carol Danvers!

perhaps... but those that commission porn artists do. but then again, I guess those types don't tend to share what they've spent their money on.

Damn, Carol could kick ass.

No problem, user. Glad you've been enjoying the ride.

True.

So much lewd potential one to waste.

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huh.
didn't know Carol could change Rogue's voice...

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GODDAMMIT CLAREMONT YOU AND YOUR FUCKING STAR WARS REFERENCES

I wonder what he thought of the prequels?

Genosha sounds like a lovely place Captain America would hate with every fiber of his being.


I know Genosha is an X-Men deal, but camps? Slave labor? Steve(well, a good written Steve) would put his boots to their asses so hard.

I chalk it up to classic comic booky silliness.

Problem is, they're technically not doing anything illegal (other than the kidnapping). The only thing left is to topple the current administration, and even that goes more into the morally gray side of things.

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Very true. It does get murky. By the way, I love the fact Logan uses his spy/wetworks experience during this era and Carol is from the same cloth.

I know Ultimate was knee deep with the government super hero thing but 616 has quite a few heroes with military ties(Cap, Logan, Carol, Ben Grimm, War Machine, Alpha Flight, Quasar, USAgent, Forge)

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Spies/black ops is definitely a pretty underused genre in superheroes, yeah. They probably haven't bothered because it wouldn't sell and it's not in vogue right now.

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*Irish pub music starts playing*

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>Somewhere Banshee feels he's missing out on fun

And damn, I know it's unlikely but can we get a Wolverine/Captain Marvel series where they are friends? Doing super powered spy shit, fighting entire bars and whupping hidden evil ass?

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Kirby Cap does it in TOS and later on in Madbomb n stuff.

But user, what kind of Wonder Wo--, I mean, what kind of role model would Carol be if she went around doing spy stuff and getting into bar fights? Think of the profits, I mean, children!!

Geez, this is harsh.

>it becomes your skin
That's creepy. Brrrrr.

Damn right "finally"!

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She still can be!
>"There goes Captain Marvel! She beat up that hidden HYDRA/Kree group that ran O'Ryan's Pub!!"
>"Whatta hero! Way better than that criminal Spider-Man."
>"But didn't he help?"
>"Please. You should have read that 10 editorial Jamerson wrote yesterday."
>Spidey just shakes his head and grumbles while Carol pats him on the back.

Goddammit, Betsy.

You and I both know this, it's the suits who are utterly clueless and want everything to be as cookie-cutter as possible.

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I know they were probably drunk, but they must have realized this was a horrible idea at some point while dressing up the kid.

Very McFarlane face on Wolvie in that last panel.

Last Uncanny issue for this volume! That's right, we're approaching the end!

Wait...if Wolverine has no powers, wouldn't his body start to reject the adamantium in his skeleton? And if he pops his claws, he would start bleeding and the wounds wouldn't close. Oh well, comic books.

I know. It's just sad, but Marvel can be SO much better.

This sequence right here is pretty boss.

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