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

\"\"<\/a>UNCANNY X-MEN vol 6 #8<\/strong>
\n“Raid on Graymalkin, part four: Finale”<\/strong>
\nWriter: Gail Simone<\/strong>
\nArtist: Javier Garr\u00f3n<\/strong>
\nColourist: Matthew Wilson<\/strong>
\nLetterer: Clayton Cowles<\/strong>
\nEditor: Tom Brevoort<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the final part of the “Raid on Graymalkin” crossover, continuing from X-Men<\/em> #9.<\/p>\n

THE X-MEN (LOUISIANA):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rogue<\/strong> argues with Cyclops mainly about his approach to Professor X, even though their decisions on everything else seem almost identical. She’s still outraged that Cyclops is willing to leave Professor X in Graymalkin, even when the Professor himself agrees. Her strength of feeling seems to be in part because she views Professor X as the “first” person who “believed in me”, something which probably wouldn’t go down well with her adoptive mother Mystique. Bizarrely, she yells at Cyclops for having Magneto on his team, even though he’s been on the X-Men’s side for years – maybe she’s just reaching for something to say.<\/p>\n

Gambit, Wolverine, Nightcrawler<\/strong> and Jubilee<\/strong> are all here but don’t do much to stand out.<\/p>\n

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Jitter<\/strong> thinks Magik is cool. Ransom<\/strong> apologises to Wolverine for hitting him when they first met, which seems a bit random. Calico<\/strong> is surprised and delighted that the other Outliers came to save her, and declares that they are all “mutant friends”. Ransom and Deathdream<\/strong> both seem a bit less enthusiastic about all this than she is.<\/p>\n

SUPPORTING CAST:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cyclops <\/strong>reprimands Rogue for “bringing kids into a war zone” – given that the Schism was all about Cyclops wanting to train mutants as soldiers, presumably it’s the lack of training and experience that bothers him about the Outliers, more than their age. He continues to argue that Professor X should be kept under lock and key, and that “He’s not who we thought,” presumably referring to his alliance of convenience with Orchis in Rise<\/em> and Fall<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Magik, Psylocke, Juggernaut, Temper<\/strong> and Beast<\/strong> are also here, but again, they don’t do much to stand out.<\/p>\n

Professor X<\/strong> still refers to the teams as “my X-Men” and “my people”, which rather supports Cyclops’ point in the last chapter about Xavier’s possessive attitude to them. On the other hand, Rogue is very much on board with being “my X-Men”, and Xavier undercuts Cyclops in another way by choosing to stay in the prison.<\/p>\n

He takes seriously Scurvy’s claim that he has a fatal brain tumour. When fighting Scurvy in psychic form, he appears in his Krakoan-era costume, complete with the Cerebro helmet.<\/p>\n

VILLAINS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scurvy <\/strong>gets an origin flashback. (His first name, Phillip, isn’t new – it came up in his debut in Free Comic Book Day: Blood Hunt \/<\/em> X-Men.)<\/p>\n

According to Scurvy, he used to be handsome. He met Corina Ellis when he went on her podcast to argue that “not all mutants were dangerous”. They had a relationship which he seems to recall as flirtatious, but seems, reading between the lines, to involve her getting him to use his psychic powers for her benefit. He doesn’t explain what happened to him physically, but the implication is that it’s to do with his brain tumour (of which more below).<\/p>\n

In the previous chapter, Corina told Scurvy to prove that he really was as powerful as he claimed. He reads this as her doubting him, and thinks it’s the first time this has happened. He seems to find this unsettling at the least. He appears to be in love with her, and describes himself in narration as a “fool” who will be despised by his “own people”, so he’s not completely lacking in self-awareness.<\/p>\n

He is indeed a powerful enough psychic to hold his own against Professor X (even if he loses in the end) and to keep two teams of X-Men in paralysing pain and suspended in mid-air. This is apparently what Ellis referred to in the previous chapter as the “White Light Protocol”. He seems to be able to throw everyone around as well – at least, I assume that’s what he’s doing on page 8 when Juggernaut falls on top of Rogue. Admittedly, Psylocke doesn’t seem to be subjected to the attack and Kid Omega isn’t around. Professor X appears able to shrug the attack off.<\/p>\n

In a slightly confusing speech, Scurvy tells Professor X that “You are not the only one of your kind. There are five of us. Were five of us. The boy. Harvey X, he was called. He died… We call ourselves the Avians, and we wanted no part of your bloody wars.” Is Professor X one of the Avians or not? Scurvy claims that all of the Avians, and Professor X (if he’s not one of them), have a fatal tumour on the brain steam. The mysterious “Inmate X” is said to be the “last Avian”, which begs the question of who the others were – even if Professor X, Scurvy and Harvey X all count, there’s still one more.<\/p>\n

Corina Ellis: <\/strong>We\u00a0see for the first time the podcast that was mentioned in X-Men<\/em> #35 (when the board who appointed her to run the prison described her as a “glorified podcaster”). She tells us that mutants killed her brother.<\/p>\n

She has a network of “sonic-cannon-equipped satellites” in space, emblazoned with the P logo we’ve seen before – this week’s Sentinels<\/em> confirms that the P stands for Perimeter. She claims that she can use it to destroy both X-Men bases – or possibly the entire surrounding towns – though she does back down to the extent of letting Jubilee and Beast go.<\/p>\n

Captain Ezra<\/strong> is still the basically professional one. Note that he calls Scurvy by his real name.<\/p>\n

Blob, Wild Child<\/strong> and Siryn<\/strong> appear as trustees. They have a pledge to recite about being innately evil and shameful. Siryn appears to have free will and claims that Ellis is not bluffing.<\/p>\n

Sarah Gaunt<\/strong> is still chained up in the basement.<\/p>\n

REFERENCES:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Page 4 panel 2:<\/strong> Corina slapped Scurvy on page 12 of X-Men<\/em> #9.<\/p>\n

Page 9 and page 10 panel 1: <\/strong>Rogue visited Harvey X, and Harvey X died, in issue #1.<\/p>\n

Page 13 panel 2: “When we first met, I’m sorry I belted you.”<\/strong> Issue #2. Wolverine marched up to Ransom and told him to go away, Gambit accidentally hit Ransom with an energy blast from the Eye of Agamotto, and Ransom threw the first punch.<\/p>\n

Page 20 panel 2: “We have Sarah Gaunt incarcerated. You brought her to us, Rogue.”<\/strong> Issue #5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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