{"id":8247,"date":"2022-09-07T22:22:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T21:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=8247"},"modified":"2022-09-07T22:22:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T21:22:43","slug":"immortal-x-men-6-annotations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=8247","title":{"rendered":"Immortal X-Men #6 annotations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"\"<\/a>IMMORTAL X-MEN #6<\/strong>
\n“The Devil’s Party”<\/strong>
\nWriter: Kieron Gillen<\/strong>
\nArtist: Lucas Werneck<\/strong>
\nColour artist: David Curiel<\/strong>
\nLetterer: Clayton Cowles<\/strong>
\nDesign: Tom Muller & Jay Bowen<\/strong>
\nEditor: Jordan D White<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1:<\/strong> Sebastian Shaw, apparently in the middle of the ritual from the end of the story.<\/p>\n

PAGES 2-3.<\/strong>\u00a0Mr Sinister tells Destiny about the plan to attack the Progenitor.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is a significantly expanded version of a sequence on pages 8 and 9 of\u00a0A.X.E.: Judgment Day<\/em> #3. All we see in that version is Sinister making contact with Destiny and telling her “I have some most useful information… just time it right.” This version makes clear that Sinister tells Destiny about the actual risk, but encourages her to conceal it from the rest of the Quiet Council. Jean does accuse him of concealing the risks in\u00a0Judgment Day<\/em> #3, but he denies it and claims that she would have known the full picture if she’d been on the Quiet Council.<\/p>\n

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“That awful plagiarist Doctor Stasis has made you all suspicious.”<\/strong>\u00a0The Quiet Council learned in issue #4 that Dr Stasis, in\u00a0X-Men<\/em>, is apparently a duplicate of Sinister (and claims to be the original).<\/p>\n

“You told me we should be on the same side.”<\/strong>\u00a0In issue #2. Destiny had previously told Sinister the same thing in the flashback that opens issue #1, but he doesn’t remember that. This might be Sinister’s rationale for sharing the truth with Destiny, or he might simply figure that as a precog, she’ll know the risks anyway.<\/p>\n

“Earlier, I saw it give a thumbs-down to that Captain America chap.”<\/strong>\u00a0Also in\u00a0A.X.E.: Judgment Day<\/em> #3.<\/p>\n

PAGE 4.<\/strong> Data page – Irene’s calculations on how best to time the vote to ensure that it goes through. Arguably the most important point here is the small print in the top left, and the first footnote, where Destiny insists that there is “no destiny” – what she sees is simply the\u00a0probabilities\u00a0<\/em>depending on which course of action she follows.<\/p>\n