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

\"\"<\/a>MARAUDERS #24<\/strong>
\n“Date Night”<\/strong>
\nby Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto & Cory Petit<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1.<\/strong> Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost nad Kate Pryde face off against aliens in the Red Lagoon bar.<\/p>\n

PAGES 2-4.<\/strong>\u00a0Eden Rixlo arrives at Port Prometheus.<\/em><\/p>\n

Port Prometheus<\/strong> is the main intergalactic hub on Mars\/Arakko. This is the first time\u00a0Marauders<\/em> has spent any significant time on Arakko since the terraforming during “Hellfire Gala”.<\/p>\n

For the most part, Port Prometheus in this issue is basically just\u00a0Star Wars<\/em> which… seems ill-advised when the place hasn’t really been defined very clearly yet. Doesn’t it have an identity of its own?<\/p>\n

Eden Rixlo<\/strong> is, as far as I can tell, a new character.<\/p>\n

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PAGE 5.<\/strong> Recap and credits.<\/p>\n

PAGE 6.\u00a0<\/strong>The Marauders arrive on Arakko.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Mercury.\u00a0<\/strong>For some reason, rather than using the gates, they’re using the Mercury – the shapechanging ship that Christian Frost has generally been using in this series. Emma’s conversation with Rixlo later in the issue very strongly implies that she got it from him, though she doesn’t actually say so in terms.<\/p>\n

Bishop<\/strong> is here to deal with the murder of the sheriff of Port Prometheus for the second time in four days. It’s not entirely clear what authority Bishop would have for that, and who the sheriff of Port Prometheus actually is – is it an alien, and if so, who’s appointing them?<\/p>\n

Since Emma says in the next scene that Port Prometheus has only existed for “days”, it seems to be a bit of a no man’s land already. Maybe the Arakkans just don’t care about law and order when you can have a good fight instead, but it doesn’t seem like much of an advertisement to the wider galactic community.<\/p>\n

PAGES 7-9.<\/strong>\u00a0Emma and Kate in the market.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Red Lagoon<\/strong> is obviously named in homage to the Green Lagoon tiki bar back on Krakoa. And yes, obviously, the Krakoan symbols are just its name again.<\/p>\n

Sebastian Shaw<\/strong> says he came to Arakko to drink alone, but… why? He can do that at home. It seems more likely that he’s planning to meet someone here.<\/p>\n

PAGES 10-11.<\/strong> Data pages on the back story of Eden Rixlo.<\/p>\n

Nova Corps.\u00a0<\/strong>The intergalactic police force that Nova is part of. Basically Marvel’s own-brand version of the Green Lantern Corps. Rixlo is a former Nova Corps member who was dishonourably discharged.<\/p>\n

He was recruited, we’re told, “during difficult times in the run up to the destruction of Xandar”. This is straying some way from my area of expertise, but Xandar was destroyed by the Annihilation Wave in\u00a0Annihilation: Prologue<\/em>. However, the second page has a note from Commander Scott Adsit, a\u00a0supporting character from Duggan’s run who became an officer in the re-formed Nova Corps in\u00a0Deadpool<\/em>\u00a0vol 5 #30, much more recently. Adsit also seems to be describing the state of the Nova Corps during his own period of service when he talks about it being a bit of a shambles.<\/p>\n

PAGES 12-18.<\/strong>\u00a0Emma confronts Rixlo.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s a shoot out in a cantina, obviously.<\/p>\n

Emma’s account of going into space with Rixlo as part of the formation of Krakoa is completely new. Assuming she’s talking about the Mercury, it must have happened before the Mercury debuted in issue #3.<\/p>\n

“Our cousins. So weak.”<\/strong> As always, the rather one-dimensional Arakkans are unimpressed by the lack of gratuitous lethal force. Shaw’s response that “We do not wish to kill. There is strength in restraint” is obviously hypocritical given his attempt to kill Kate and Lockheed earlier in the series… but it’s not completely dishonest either. Shaw certainly is much more sparing about the use of physical force than even most other mutants, after all.<\/p>\n

For once Shaw actually intervenes to help Emma by using his powers to absorb Rixlo’s explosion. But of course there’s no downside to him in doing that. He refers to having “underestimated them once too”, suggesting that he’s learned his lesson from issue #16, but really, why not help Hellfire to establish its reputation on Arakko? Where’s the downside?<\/p>\n

PAGES 19-21.<\/strong> The Marauders dine with Rixlo.<\/em><\/p>\n

Peepers<\/strong> and Emma talk as if they’re old friends. I don’t recall any story where they’ve met before, but this may just be a callback to the schtick in\u00a0S.W.O.R.D.\u00a0<\/em>where the likes of Magneto greet this rather obscure character as a beloved ally. (Though Magneto\u00a0does\u00a0<\/em>actually have a history with him.)<\/p>\n

Port Genosha<\/strong> whiskey comes up repeatedly in\u00a0Marauders<\/em>; it’s “mutant-aged” using Tempo’s time-warping powers.<\/p>\n

Mysterium<\/strong> is the wonder metal that the mutants have been peddling to the rest of the universe over in\u00a0S.W.O.R.D.<\/em>.<\/p>\n

PAGES 22-24.<\/strong>\u00a0Lourdes Chantel returns.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Marauders apparently just die in page 22 panel 1, to be resurrected in early course.<\/p>\n

The giant treehouse is the X-Men’s New York base from the current\u00a0X-Men\u00a0<\/em>series.<\/p>\n

Lourdes was last seen in flashback in issue #22, where Emma helped fake her death in order to extricate her from her abusive relationship with Sebastian Shaw. She’s a teleporter, so I’m not sure what she’s doing with the molotov cocktail – putting her hand over the flame doesn’t seem that smart. The Kingpin had agreed to give her a new identity in exchange for a favour from Emma, so evidently we’re going to find out what happened to her. She looked much paler in previous issues, but maybe it’s just the light. She also seems a lot more assertive than before.<\/p>\n

PAGE 25.<\/strong> Trailers. The Krakoan reads NEXT: NIGHT OF THE COMET.<\/p>\n

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