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

\"\"<\/a>X-FORCE vol 6 #29<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe Hungry Mind\u201d<\/strong>
\nWriter: Benjamin Percy<\/strong>
\nArtist: Robert Gill<\/strong>
\nColourist: GURU-eFX<\/strong>
\nLetterer: Joe Caramagna<\/strong>
\nDesigners: Tom Muller with Jay Bowen<\/strong>
\nEditor: Mark Basso<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1.<\/strong> It\u2019s a homage to the X-Men fighting Krakoa in Giant-Size X-Men<\/em> #1, specifically the start of chapter 4 (\u201cKrakoa – the island that Walks Like a Man!\u201d)<\/p>\n

PAGES 2-4.<\/strong>\u00a0Kid Omega monologues while Black Tom gets attacked.<\/em><\/p>\n

All pretty straightforward. The subtext is that Kid Omega seems to be reverting back to his more obnoxious persona following his break-up with Phoebe. Last issue he was more concerned about protecting Phoebe than anything else; getting rejected again appears to prompt him to go back to this arrogant \u201chero\u201d persona. Consuming Black Tom gives Cerebrax access to his link with Krakoa.<\/p>\n

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

PAGE 6.\u00a0<\/strong>Wolverine recaps the plot for Domino.<\/em><\/p>\n

Apparently we really are going with the idea that magnetism can bend adamantium. Arguably there\u2019s a precedent for that in the art in X-Men\u00a0<\/em>#25, where Magneto certainly doesn\u2019t\u00a0seem\u00a0to be yanking solid lumps of bone-shaped adamantium out of Wolverine\u2019s body, but I\u2019d always taken that to be artistic license, since the whole\u00a0premise<\/em> of adamantium is that it\u2019s indestructible. (The 1980s Official Handbook claims that even melting it doesn\u2019t work, which seems\u2026. questionable in the other direction.)<\/p>\n

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PAGE 7.<\/strong>\u00a0Cerebrax consumes Black Tom.<\/em><\/p>\n

PAGE 8.<\/strong>\u00a0Domino briefs Sage.<\/em><\/p>\n

PAGES 9-10.<\/strong>\u00a0Sage speaks with Omega Red.<\/em><\/p>\n

All self-explanatory. Sage is continuing her efforts to rehabilitate Omega Red, the subtext being that it\u2019s a way of showing that she can overcome her own self-destructive tendencies. She flags that point on the data page (\u201cThat sounds like the sort of thing I would say.\u201d) This also seems to be setting up a closer relationship between the two, as well as Omega Red potentially taking Kid Omega\u2019s place in the cast.<\/p>\n

PAGES 11-12.<\/strong>\u00a0Kid Omega fixes Wolverine\u2019s skeleton.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kid Omega is being obnoxiously bombastic in a story that otherwise has a completely different tone. He\u2019s being Green Lantern.<\/p>\n

PAGE 13.<\/strong>\u00a0Domino fights Cerebrax.<\/em><\/p>\n

The idea that Cerebrax symbolises some dark side of Krakoa seems\u2026 a bit of a stretch, really.<\/p>\n

PAGES 14-15.<\/strong>\u00a0Kid Omega repels Cerebrax.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re the one who\u2019s been telling me to quit whining.\u201d<\/strong> After Phoebe dumped him – specifically, in issue #26.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been \u2026 testing out different skins\u2026\u201d<\/strong> Kid Omega was trying experimenting with new host bodies based on other people\u2019s powers in the last issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis thing wants me for a reason\u2026\u201d<\/strong> This was Kid Omega\u2019s (understandable) worry last issue – that Cerebrax would aim to take over the powers of an omega mutants. But in fact, Cerebrax shows little or no interest in him in this story. It\u2019s only in Kid Omega\u2019s mind that he\u2019s the centre of the plot.<\/p>\n

PAGES 16-17.<\/strong> Krakoa attacks the Stepford Cuckoos.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Cuckoos seem way out of character here. I get the idea that they behave like children when Quentin is in issue. Broadly, there are two main ways in which the Cuckoos are written – as a genuinely distant group who seem to be one mind in five bodies, and as a group of overconfident teenagers who put on that persona as an affectation. Grant Morrison\u2019s original stories seem to have the latter idea in mind (particularly when they\u2019re talking about Quentin, in fact), and so does\u00a0Inferno<\/em>. Percy is basically in line with all that. But what I\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0<\/em>buy is that the Cuckoos would ignore a warning from Jean so that they could go to a party at the Wild Hunt. On either interpretation, the Cuckoos don\u2019t go to teen parties. They\u2019re either genuinely above it, or they like to believe that they are.<\/p>\n

PAGES 18-23.\u00a0<\/strong>Kid Omega defeats Cerebrax.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kid Omega tells us fairly directly that he chafes at being treated as a trainee by Jean or Logan, and he\u2019s determined to prove himself as their equal. The fact that his narration cuts off in mid sentence suggests that this does not go as planned. Presumably, it\u2019s Cerebrax\u2019s connection to the wider Cerebro network that (somehow) explains why his backups have been wiped.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like it\u2019s the first time this has happened.\u201d<\/strong> Note that Phoebe is upset about Quentin\u2019s death even before she learns that he can\u2019t be resurrected. As Domino points out, Quentin has died and been resurrected almost incessantly during the Krakoan era, and in itself, another death ought to be of relatively little concern to Phoebe. She\u2019s more upset about being confronted directly with Quentin\u2019s feelings for her.<\/p>\n

PAGE 24.<\/strong> Closing quote from Kid Omega.<\/p>\n

PAGE 25.<\/strong> Trailers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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