{"id":10512,"date":"2024-11-07T22:52:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T22:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=10512"},"modified":"2024-11-07T22:52:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T22:52:11","slug":"x-force-5-annotations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=10512","title":{"rendered":"X-Force #5 annotations"},"content":{"rendered":"

As always, this post contains spoilers, and page numbers go by the digital edition.<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh, and<\/em> this week’s last set of annotations – X-Factor #4 – should be up on Saturday.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>X-FORCE vol 7 #5<\/strong>
\n“One Second Later”<\/strong>
\nWriter: Geoffrey Thorne<\/strong>
\nArtist: Marcus To<\/strong>
\nColour artist: Erick Arciniega<\/strong>
\nLetterer: Joe Caramanga<\/strong>
\nEditor: Mark Basso<\/strong><\/p>\n

X-FORCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Surge <\/strong>heroically sacrifices herself to stop Nuklo, and we see a body.<\/p>\n

Sage<\/strong> is very unhappy that Forge<\/strong> hasn’t come up with a way to avoid this, but both Forge and Surge seem to accept that this isn’t within his control. The basic idea seems to be that Forge’s power comes up with a solution to the problem that he’s identified, but he doesn’t consciously understand why<\/em> that solution will work (unless, presumably, he can work it out using regular human intelligence). So, although he knew that Surge’s involvement would solve the problem, he didn’t know that she’d die in the process. That in turn means that he couldn’t use his powers to avoid that outcome, because he didn’t know that it was a relevant question to be asking himself. Sage is not prepared to accept this line of reasoning, and quits.<\/p>\n

Captain Britain, Askani<\/strong> and Tank<\/strong> are also here, but don’t do a great deal.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

GUEST STARS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Avengers<\/strong> are still around. It’s a little unclear whether this team is actually the Avengers team from the New Warriors <\/em>#11-13 storyline “Forever Yesterday” or a completely different team from another world of mainly-black heroes, and it probably doesn’t matter:<\/p>\n