{"id":9933,"date":"2024-03-20T23:05:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T23:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9933"},"modified":"2024-03-20T23:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T23:05:54","slug":"resurrection-of-magneto-3-annotations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9933","title":{"rendered":"Resurrection of Magneto #3 annotations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"\"<\/a>RESURRECTION OF MAGNETO #3<\/strong>
\n“Falls the Shadow”<\/strong>
\nWriter: Al Ewing<\/strong>
\nArtist: Luciano Vecchio<\/strong>
\nColour artists: David Curiel & Jesus Aburtov<\/strong>
\nLetterer: Joe Sabino<\/strong>
\nDesign: Tom Muller & Jay Bowen<\/strong>
\nEditor: Jordan D White<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1.<\/strong> The Shadow King grips Magneto.<\/p>\n

PAGES 2-4. <\/strong>Annihilation confronts Storm.<\/em><\/p>\n

Issue #2 ended with Storm and Magneto arriving together in a black space and being confronted by what was strongly implied to be the Shadow King; that’s confirmed in this scene. Somehow, since the last issue Storm has been separated from Magneto and is now being confronted by Annihilation instead of the Shadow King. We’ll see later on that Storm can apparently unite with Magneto again through an effort of will, so either this is an illusion, or at least it’s the sort of magical weirdness that Storm is in a position to override once she understands it.<\/p>\n

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Annihilation<\/strong> was last seen in X-Men Red<\/em> #18, where used lightning to destroy the Annihilation mask that was mounted on the staff carried by Genesis, thus ending the Arakko civil war (the “Genesis War”, as it’s referred to here). Immediately before that, Annihilation had tried to persuade Storm to become its new host, making a pitch to provide Storm with the power to fulfil her goals. Obviously, being the hero, Storm rejected it. Annihilation claims here that the effect of destroying the mask was simply to cut off her connection to the physical world.<\/p>\n

At the end of page 3, Storm asks whether the Shadow King is simply impersonating Annihilation. Annihilation responds by raising the possibility that she is a manifestation of the Shadow King, and then says that there are many more of them. We then get a parade of characters, from the high profile to the obscure, who are united by being some sort of cosmic spirit of evil. The story is deliberately ambiguous as to whether they are in fact all different manifestations of the same entity, or just closely linked as a sort of family or type of cosmic entity. Many of these characters have been presented as opposite numbers to the Phoenix Force, which would only really make sense if they are indeed all manifestations of the same thing.<\/p>\n

The characters shown in page 4 panel 1, from left to right:<\/p>\n