{"id":9886,"date":"2024-03-01T22:24:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T22:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9886"},"modified":"2024-03-01T22:24:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T22:24:03","slug":"dead-x-men-2-annotations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9886","title":{"rendered":"Dead X-Men #2 annotations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"\"<\/a>DEAD X-MEN #2<\/strong>
\n“Army of Me”<\/strong>
\nWriter: Steve Foxe<\/strong>
\nArtists: Peter Nguyen, Bernard Chang & Guillermo Sanna<\/strong>
\nColour artist: Frank Martiin<\/strong>
\nLetterer: Cory Petit<\/strong>
\nDesign: Tom Muller & Jay Bowen<\/strong>
\nEditor: Jordan D White<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1.<\/strong> The X-Men surrounded by Ultron Sentinels.<\/p>\n

Not only are three very different artists credited for this issue, but issue #1 also credited three artists, and only one (Bernard Chang) worked on both issues. Nonetheless, these are<\/i> the originally solicited artists.<\/p>\n

PAGES 2-4.\u00a0<\/strong>The cyborg Moira arrives in her eighth life.<\/em><\/p>\n

Last issue, the X-Men visited one of the abortive timelines created by Mr Sinister’s Moira Engine and met that world’s version of Moira MacTaggert, a cyborg who was building a weapon to “cut a path” back to her first life with a view to altering her entire history. The issue ended with her getting the last component that she needed (a shard of mysterium).<\/p>\n

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As confirmed on page 4, cyborg Moira has now arrived in her eighth life; this is the timeline where she allied with Magneto and helped him to conquer America. In this world, Magneto is apparently still based on his Island M base, but he doesn’t seem to be home right now. Instead, Moira gets to tear through:<\/p>\n