{"id":5543,"date":"2020-08-28T19:55:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T18:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=5543"},"modified":"2020-08-28T19:55:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T18:55:43","slug":"x-men-11-annotations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=5543","title":{"rendered":"X-Men #11 annotations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Nice and simple, this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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X-MEN<\/strong> vol 5 #11<\/strong>
“One War, One Mutant”<\/strong>
by Jonathan Hickman & Leinil Francis Yu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1.<\/strong> Magneto presumably facing off against the Cotati. This issue is bannered as both an Empyre<\/em> tie-in and a “Path to X of Swords” issue. It’s not exactly hard to figure out which scene is which.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 2-5.<\/strong> Summoner invites Rockslide to play a game.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Arakko point<\/strong> is presumably part of the Arak Corral which showed up and joined with Krakoa in issue #2. It contains a closed portal to the sister island of Arakko. Summoner<\/strong> came through the portal in that issue; he has the power to control the monsters of Arakko, and he came looking for Apocalypse’s help. The three young mutants who come to speak to him are Rockslide<\/strong> (the rock guy), Anole<\/strong> (the lizard guy) and Loa<\/strong> (a minor character from the mid-2000s New Mutants<\/em> series).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

PAGES 6-7.<\/strong> Recap and credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 8-9.<\/strong> Data pages. A two-page memo from Cyclops to the Quiet Council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our recent captains’ quorum.”<\/strong> That’s an odd usage of “quorum”. A quorum is the minimum number of people who have to attend a meeting in order for it to be valid. But “quorum” does have another obsolete sense, referring to a group of justices of the peace – so maybe Cyclops is using it that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The multiple recent incursions of Krakoan space.”<\/strong> Obvious examples would be the Xeno attack in X-Force<\/em> #1, the Brood attacking in issue #8, and the Fantastic Four sneaking in during X-Men\/Fantastic Four<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danger Island<\/strong> and the Atlantic archipelago were shown on the map at the end of House of X<\/em> #6, but I don’t think we’ve ever seen it. Cyclops suggests it’s not getting a great deal of use; most of the Krakoans are happy to lie around and party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omega Level mutants<\/strong> are almost entirely redacted out of the text. Strangely, the one legible sentence says “See below regarding enchanted<\/em> techniques”, when the next section is headed “Enhanced<\/em> combat techniques” and seems to say nothing about enchantment. Probably just an error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enhanced combat techniques.<\/strong> Cyclops’ basic point is that just as the Five work together in synergy to do something none of them could do alone, other mutants could have similar combined effects in a military setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 10-11.<\/strong> Exodus introduces his story of Magneto’s victory.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We saw Exodus teaching these children in issue #7. (And they’re the same children – the miniature Kid Omega is particularly memorable.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exodus’ gimmick used to be his zealotry for Magneto; he’s never been much of a deceiver, and it’s entirely likely that he believes everything he’s saying here. That’s not to say that he’s a particularly reliable witness. Exodus’s take on events is inherently likely to be Magneto-centric, and he doesn’t claim to have actually been present for anything that he goes on to tell us about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having said all that, it’s Magneto – there’s absolutely no reason to think that he wouldn’t<\/em> fight heroically in defence of Krakoa, and take a leadership role in doing so. This sort of situation brings to the fore his more heroic qualities..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 12-25.<\/strong> In Exodus’ account, Magneto leads the defence of Krakoa against the invading Cotati.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cotati<\/strong> are the invading aliens of Empyre<\/em>, serving here as more or less generic opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magneto’s three helmets.<\/strong> The red and purple helmet is his traditional Silver Age helmet; the white costume is more recent. The black and grey helmet was from the Magneto<\/em> solo series a few years back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And aside from that, it’s mostly fighting, really – the main point to draw from it is probably that Exodus is focussing almost entirely on Magneto and downplaying the contribution of everyone else. The final panel shows Magneto fighting alongside the X-Men, but Exodus is only talking to the kids about Magneto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 26-27.<\/strong> Trailers. The Krakoan reads NEXT: SUMMONED.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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