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

\"\"<\/a>MARAUDERS vol 2 #12<\/strong>
\n“Pre-Genesis, part 2”<\/strong>
\nWriter: Steve Orlando<\/strong>
\nArtist: Eleonora Carlini<\/strong>
\nColourist: Matt Milla<\/strong>
\nLetterer: Travis Lanham<\/strong>
\nDesign: Tom Muller<\/strong>
\nEditor: Jordan D White<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1.<\/strong> Kate with the Mysterium box.<\/p>\n

This is the final issue of\u00a0Marauders<\/em> vol 2, and it’s very obviously a “wrap up the storylines” issue, particularly with the B and C plots. The A plot feels more like it was meant to get to this point around now anyway.<\/p>\n

PAGE 2.\u00a0<\/strong>Fang fights Brimstone Love in Madripoor.<\/em><\/p>\n

This picks up from the cliffhanger of the previous issue, in which Fang tracked down Brimstone Love to take revenge for his torture in\u00a0Annual<\/em> #1. He was accompanied by Lockheed and, rather arbitrarily, Johnny Dee – who hasn’t appeared in this book before and seems a weird character to throw in at the last minute, though at least his highly specific powers are important to the plot here. As in earlier appearances, Johnny Dee maintains that the creature in his chest has a mind of its own.<\/p>\n

PAGE 3.\u00a0<\/strong>Recap and credits.<\/p>\n

PAGE 4.\u00a0<\/strong>Polaris creates the Seed.<\/em><\/p>\n

Picking up from the A-plot of the previous issue, this is Polaris using the genetic source material of Genosha to fill the mysterium box that will go back in time to create Threshold, and then (much, much later) make its way into Kate’s hands at the start of the Orlando run. The Seed, and the fact that it was Kate’s box, were both established in issue #9.<\/p>\n

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PAGE 5.\u00a0<\/strong>Tempo explains the moral to Theia.<\/em><\/p>\n

“We came here, Amass, Crave and I…”<\/strong>\u00a0As covered back in issue #7, they projected themselves into the future when Threshold was about to fall, and waited for millennia until the Marauders managed to retrieve them. But yes, as Theia says, their aim was either to save Threshold or at least ensure that its memory survived.<\/p>\n

This scene veers awfully close to “Here is an opinion the writer plainly agrees with” “Gosh, how insightful and well expressed”, but Orlando’s got a lot shoehorn into this issue and he’s trying to make sure that the point at least comes across clearly in this storyline. (The Daken plot, in contrast, feels more like a plot-mechanics wrap-up that never actually got around to anything that Orlando was planning to explore with Brimstone Love.)<\/p>\n

PAGES 6-7.\u00a0<\/strong>Kate talks to the “ghost” of her father.<\/em><\/p>\n

As we established last issue, these aren’t real ghosts but psychic echoes of the people who died in Genosha.\u00a0If you’re nitpicking, Kate has actually met her father’s ghost with the benefit of Wicked’s powers once before, but who remembers the “2 December” page in the 2019\u00a0Merry X-Men Holiday Special<\/em>?<\/p>\n

“You looked right at the cameras…”\u00a0<\/strong>This is from\u00a0X-Men Unlimited<\/em> vol 1 #36.<\/p>\n

The<\/strong> map\u00a0<\/strong>is the one that Kate was following throughout the Orlando run. We always knew it had her handwriting on it, but this is her creating the map to put it inside the freshly-created Seed box (with the guidance of the “ghosts”).<\/p>\n

PAGE 8.\u00a0<\/strong>Data page. The four Captains exchange notes on Cerebra, who was brought to the present day from 2099 in\u00a0Spider-Man 2099: Exodus<\/em> #5 and met the Marauders in issue #5. She had an important plot role in resurrecting the Threshold Three but we haven’t seen much of her since then.<\/p>\n

PAGES 9-12. <\/strong>Cerebra, Aurora and Psylocke fight Bushwacker.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bushwacker<\/strong> was originally a Daredevil villain from the Ann Nocenti run. In his early appearances, circa\u00a0Daredevil<\/em> #248, he was indeed hunting down artist mutants. That hasn’t been his primary focus in later years, but sure, it’s a thing he does.<\/p>\n

Esera Seanoa\u00a0<\/strong>is a new character, but according to Cerebra, he’s the great-grandfather of Northstar 2099, one of her teammates from the X-Men of 2099. (This isn’t the original Marvel 2099 timeline, by the way – just the current version of it.) The X-Men shown in page 12 panel 1 are (left to right) Cable, Tulkas, Krystalin, Phoenix,, Cerebra, Rogue, Bloodhawk, Northstar, Skullfire, Cyclops and Deadpool.<\/p>\n

“We will lead the X-Men of 2099 to paradise.”<\/strong> The Celestial Garden, which they find in Spider-Man 2099: Exodus<\/em> #5.<\/p>\n

Stitch\u00a0<\/strong>is the minor Alpha Flight character that Aurora rescued from Department H in\u00a0Marauders Annual<\/em> #1.<\/p>\n

PAGES 13-15.\u00a0<\/strong>Fang and Johnny Dee defeat Brimstone Love.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Last time, I boiled your guts to great applause…”\u00a0<\/strong>Marauders Annual<\/em> #1.<\/p>\n

The voodoo doll thing is indeed how Johnny Dee’s powers have always worked.<\/p>\n

PAGES 16-19.\u00a0<\/strong>Kate and her group create their portal to travel back in time.<\/em><\/p>\n

All self-explanatory.<\/p>\n

PAGES 20-21.\u00a0<\/strong>Kate kickstarts Threshold.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the Seed spawning life in Threshold, as described in issue #9. The second page is presumably more symbolic than literal, unless these guys are really emerging complete with costumes.<\/p>\n

PAGE 22.\u00a0<\/strong>Kate talks with Emma.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Mystique hunted down the vessel for you.”<\/strong>\u00a0Emma was looking for the box during the first Hellfire Gala, and gave it to Kate in\u00a0Marauders Annual<\/em> #1. Mystique stole it for Emma in\u00a0Inferno<\/em> vol 2 #2.<\/p>\n

The<\/strong> Grove.\u00a0<\/strong>Emma claims to have had a sudden vision about the box while in the Council Chambers. The implication is that this is right next to Krakoa’s main presence (the giant head) and that Krakoa wanted Emma to find the box. We established in issue #10 that one of the Thresholders, Grove, became Okkara, which in turn became both Krakoa and Arakko – so Krakoa is closing the time loop that leads to his own creation.<\/p>\n

PAGE 23.<\/strong>\u00a0A farewell party.<\/em><\/p>\n

Guests include some of the cast of the first volume, with Pyro and Iceman in the background and Callisto sharing a drink. Christian Frost is also present, along with Storm. Magik and Birdie are top of the ship. I’m not sure who the dark crouching guy next to them is, but it doesn’t really matter at this point, does it? On the right hand side Triage and (I think) Wind Dancer, in the red and white uniforms they wore as ad hoc Marauders in\u00a0X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic<\/em> #44.<\/p>\n

PAGE 24.\u00a0<\/strong>Data page – a coda from Theia about the story of Threshold, the main plotline from this season.<\/p>\n

PAGE 25.\u00a0<\/strong>Trailers. In the absence of an issue #13, we’re pointed to\u00a0X-Men: Before the Fall – Mutant First Strike<\/em> #1, which doesn’t appear to be a\u00a0Marauders story, but is by Steve Orlando.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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