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X-Men: Messiah Complex 1 Sketch Cover |
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X-Men: Messiah Complex 1 |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
0775072015
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Owner Comments
How it All Begins.
"The first mutant birth in years--A mutant so powerful it blew out Cerebra just by being born"
--Cyclops
Another Sketch cover. Yep this one has alot going on in it but mostly its the beginning of Hope's story and the eventual return of the Mutant race following Avengers vs. X-Men.
I like this cover for a few reasons.
1) Its a sketch cover and yes I love me some sketch covers.
2) Its a David Finch Cover and i've been a huge fan of his covers for quite some time.
3) The way the X-Men are walking away brings back some fond memories of badassedness. It just looks awesome to me.
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| Slot: |
X-Men: Messiah Complex 1 Top Cow Variant Edition |
| Item: |
X-Men: Messiah Complex 1 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0805934009
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| Slot: |
X-Men: Messiah Complex 1 Wizard World 2007 Con Editon |
| Item: |
X-Men: Messiah Complex 1 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0775491026
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Owner Comments
So technically I used the good quote on the sketch variant but here's one.
"What was that? The entire system's been fried," That--May just have been the rebirth of Hope"
--Beast & Professor X.
The first issue of the X-Men Messiah Complex kicks off with a bang.
The X-Men have been notified by the Professor, monitoring what's left of the Mutant population, that Cerebra has just been blown to hell and it was all because of the birth of a mutant. At this first moment the use of forshadowing is pretty heavy in the naming of the child before its even found or identified.
So anyways the X-Men kick off to Alaska to find the child and come upon a city torn apart by battle. The Purifiers have gone through the city and begun to kill all of the children in an attempt to wipe out this child, and the Maruders while a little late to the party have come in search of the child for Mr. Sinister as well.
The X-Men who were completely late only find this out using Emma Frost and also identify a few of the heavy hitters from the Maruaders dead as well but by an unknown cause.
The ending is a little twisted for Marvel as it does refer to two new borns not just being killed but burned to death and cuts to a new card on the table in Predator X. A mutant hunting machine/animal that was made to hunt mutants and adapts and gets stronger the more it consumes.
My Opinion:
So yeah this one kicks off with a lot of information being tossed out at once. Shows most of the cards of who is hunting who and why. Additionally the new Mutant Birth is extremely significant if you have followed the events of M Day and the general extinction of all but a select few mutants.
Huge fan of this cover as it is a sketch variant and as soon as I get a chance i'll post it up.
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| Slot: |
Uncanny X-Men 492 Variant Edtion |
| Item: |
Uncanny X-Men 492 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
0905745003
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| Slot: |
X-Factor 26 Second Printing |
| Item: |
X-Factor 26 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0942436011
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Owner Comments
"Charles, you trained me to be leader of the X-Men. Didn't it ever occur to you that, for me to take the reins...you'd have to stop driving?"
--Cyclops
This was a cool issue in the story and pivitol in the X-Men storyline. Cyclops and Xavier have gone back and forth with there want in leading the X-Men in whatever direction they believe it needs to go in. But in this issue you finally see Cyclops has shed the student persona and became become the Leader of the X-Men. He didn't do it by any other way than to demand it for his one time mentor and father figure.
Additionally this covers a ton of ground as X-Force is hot on the trail of Cable, And Jamie Maddrox is in the future with his side kick attempting to find information on what happened.
With X-Force you see that Warpath is starting to want to go his own way and that his alleigance with Wolverine could never trump his with Cable. He knows what X-Force does in that it is a kill squad but also wants to ensure his mentor isn't simply run through.
This issue then cuts to Cable having been found by the Purifiers led by Lady Deathstrike but happens to have one of the most amusing pieces of art for me being a Cable fan when he grabs her by the hair from behind him and body slamms her into the ground by it...Awesome.
Oh yeah and somewhere in there Mr. Peepers... Horrible Hero name, is killed by Predator X and eaten.
My Take:
There is so much information jammed in this one that in a way I wish it would have been expanded a little. The jump from X-Force to X-Factor to X-Men to Cable truly shows that this issue isn't so much an X-Factor 26 issue but a Messiah Complex issue. Maybe they shuold have simply made a Messiah Complex series and spun off a few of the additional story lines for X-Factor, X-Force, and the X-Men.
Still it was great seeing Cyclops tell everyone else to go away and then to tell Xavier to basiclly stick to what his job is and to stop thinking he is still the leader.
Best piece of art...Cable smash using Lady Deathstrikes hair as a way to swing her around. If only most girl fights would go this way.
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| Slot: |
X-Men 206 |
| Item: |
X-Men 206 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0900002007
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