{"id":6027,"date":"2020-12-17T20:27:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T20:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=6027"},"modified":"2020-12-17T20:27:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T20:27:36","slug":"x-force-15-annotations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=6027","title":{"rendered":"X-Force #15 annotations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

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X-FORCE vol 6 #15<\/strong>
“Trench Warfare”<\/strong>
by Benjamin Percy, Joshua Cassara & Guru-eFX<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1: <\/strong>X-Force interrogate Omega Red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 2-4:<\/strong> Beast and Wolverine talk while Marvel Girl interrogates Colossus.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re picking up here where we left off in issue #12, before “X of Swords” interrupted. X-Force were just about to start the psychic interrogation in that issue, and evidently they’ve finally got around to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wolverine and Marvel Girl don’t trust Beast because of his increasingly authoritarian and manipulative behaviour of late, and you can hardly blame them. Despite his repeated miscalculations, Beast continues to believe that he is uniquely well placed to get the required answers, and that Marvel Girl will mess it up without him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

On page 3, the first few mini-panels show Colossus farming in the Savage Land with his new girlfriend Kayla, as shown in issues #11-12. The last few appear to be a flashback to his mission to Russia that went disastrously wrong just before issue #1 – we’ve still never seen the actual events. In the final panel, Colossus is apparently being helped to safety with the Marauders, who brought him back to Krakoa in issue #1. Kate Pryde is visible on the deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 5.<\/strong> Data page. Colossus’ interest in painting dates back to the 80s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 6.<\/strong> Recap and credits page, in the new layout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 7-8.<\/strong> Krakoa expels some sort of pod thing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Krakoan kids in this scene appear to be randoms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea that the Krakoan landscape keeps changing has been mentioned in Percy’s stories before – see the back-up strip in Wolverine<\/em> #1, for example – and seems to be much more prominent in his take on Krakoa than in anyone else’s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the narration, Marvel Girl is pitching to Beast the idea that although Colossus knows nothing about Mikhail Rasputin’s schemes in Russia, their family connection makes Colossus an ideal asset to X-Force’s investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 9-12.<\/strong> X-Force interrogate Omega Red.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wolverine learned about Omega Red’s connection with the Vampire Nation, and encountered day-walking vampires, in Wolverine<\/em> #4. As Marvel Girl identifies, Omega Red is under the influence of Dracula – see, again, the backup strip in Wolverine<\/em> #1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “carbonadium synthesizer” is a device which makes carbonadium, a substance that stops Omega Red having to kill people in order to drain their life energy. This doesn’t stop his other homicidal urges, but he prefers having the choice. Omega Red received this C-synth in Wolverine<\/em> #1, and the detonator was planted inside it by Dracula, to keep him under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Keep your friends close but your enemies closer” is actually from The Godfather Part II<\/em>, but close enough. It does<\/em> sound a bit like something that Sun Tzu might say, and in fact he does make broadly similar points about the desirability of turning captured spies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final page shows the Thing That Was Expelled From Krakoa, apparently killing whales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 13-15.<\/strong> The Beast talks to Forge.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Krakoan symbol on Forge’s headband is “F” (obviously). The rest of Beast’s plan is explained on the next data page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 16.<\/strong> Data page on the resurrection of Omega Red. Basically, Beast has killed him and intends to resurrect him with a replaced C-synth that allows the mutants to use him to spy on the vampires. Despite the extremely tolerant attitude of Krakoa to mutant villains, Beast describes Omega Red as having no rights because he’s a “national security threat”. He is<\/em> a national security threat, but Beast’s attitude is still way beyond Guantanamo Bay territory, and it’s particularly striking that Professor X simply signs off on it without any concern. Admittedly, the revived Omega Red isn’t going to be any worse off than he was before – in fact, Dracula’s leverage over him will be reduced, though he doesn’t know it. But it’s a point of principle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Five are clearly hugely uncomfortable with all this, and put up a bit of a fight – though not to the point of insisting that it be ventilated before the whole Quiet Council. Xavier’s attitude that X-Force are above the law is obviously very troubling, particularly when in practical terms it means the Beast acting alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 17-18.<\/strong> The infected whale attacks a battleship.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Straightforward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 19-21.<\/strong> The Beast brings a gift to Colossus.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colossus is more forgiving of his old friend than Kayla, and quite understandably. Naturally, the Beast’s gesture leads to him asking for “just one more thing”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 22-24.<\/strong> Domino and Black Tom on the beach.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crew of the battleship have been infected, and are attacking Krakoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rufus, the “rescue dog”, is the pet dog of the Xeno soldier who X-Force captured in issue #5. He specifically asked X-Force to at least make sure that the dog was fed, and evidently Domino did just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 25.<\/strong> Trailers. The Krakoan reads NEXT: SEA MONSTER.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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