Shadow and Flame with Magik

Writer Jason Aaron

Penciler Giuseppe Camuncoli

Finisher Andrew Currie

Colorist Matt Milla

Letterer VC’s Clayton Cowles

Battle of the Atom Part Nine of Ten

The penultimate issue!

Issue starts in Cyclops’ head, he gets to kiss Lady Xorn, she is a better kisser than his Jean.  Which must be horrible, as his Jean has been dead for almost ten years (our time).  You would think his memory would be making her a great kisser.  Though he has been with Emma, so he probably knows how to kiss now too.

Future Quentin Quire, whois also a Phoenix, states “You Summers boys and your redheads.”  Scott had both Jean and Madelyn.  Havok dated Madelyn, not sure if that ever became physical, it definitely was in the Mutant X universe.  Cable raised Hope.

Great moment with Cyclops taking charge and telling Magneto and Emma what to do, and then Wolverine telling Beast and Rachel to do those things.

We finally get to distinguish the two groups of Future X-Men.  Lady Xorn is with the Brotherhood, and Jubilee is leading the Future X-Men.

In all of this, they have not taken off the power dampeners, that would have been my first priority.  There is enough if them, you could do exposition and dampener removal.

The harshest thing that has happened this entire storyline, Kitty telling Magik, “Yeah, but trusts you?”  So harsh!  Poor Illyana is taken some emotional beatings these past two chapters.

Wolverine makes a joke about never having sex again, as he now has a son with Mystique in the multiverse.  Also, he killed so many of his children in the past year.

Kymera confims Future Deadpool is dead.  I feel like this may be Magik’s first human kill, or at least, one of her first five kills.

I don’t get how Xavier was crippled, if Bruiser isn’t crippled.  Maybe Magik knows how to run someone through with a soulsword  and Future Colossus doesn’t.  Or it is her soulsword so she can do it.

We finally get the Original Five awake and helpless.

Young Jean keeps her future knowledge super vague.

Odd seeing Angel and Beast with cowls on.

We get Maria Hill’s reactions to this whole mess, the parts she can tell.

We get Present and Future Quentin Quire meeting.  Glad we get the impression that Quentin has matured.

Cyclops come off very well, whereas Wolverine and Storm come off whiney.

Could the code for mutant-related assault on a military base not be X-51?  Who is an actual Marvel character.

The X-Men are heading to Cape Citadel, where the X-Men first fought Magneto in their first appearance and where the the 35th Anniversary celebration took place as well.

We get three squads of X-Men v. Brotherhood, then Future Quentin unleashes the Original Five, so it is four squads now.

We get some fun matchups.

Four Icemans fighting.

Three Hank McCoys fighting.

Wolverine and Raze fighting.

Storm is an idiot for being surprised Kymera is her daughter.  She is walking around with a black panther and she has white hair.

Magik tells Colossus that he grows up to be awesome.  Once this storyline is over, she needs to reconnect with Present Colossus.

Lady Xorn sets all of the Hellicarrier’s missiles set to kill  all the mutants on the ground.

Issue ends with Xorn saying, “Welcome to your future, X-Men.  Hope you survive the experience.”

So cheesy but they are throwing in everything they can.

Have no idea how this ends, I feel like they have so much to set up to end this properly.