Written by Cullen Bunn
Penciled by Ken Lashley
Cover by Greg Land
Published Jun 29, 2016
Cover by Greg Land
Published Jun 29, 2016
Magneto sits alone in his cell when the voice of a familiar friend comes to taunt him. Warren Worthington's facade fades into the image of Mystique and in their conversation, we learn Erik hired both her and Fantomex in case things went south in Green Ridge. They hear screaming and after doing some investigating, find the congregation harvesting bits of Warren's wings from him and letting them grow into a macabre army of archangels. After intervening, Warren tells them it's all he can do to try and stop the madness and evil that's a part of his body. Magneto labels him a traitor but responding to the threats, Apocalypse's son Genocide appears... telling Magneto to back off.
Back in the sewers, Sabretooth and Callisto battle Monet's brother Emplate who's been feeding on the Morlock's since the terrigen mists have been decimating the mutant population. After incapacitating the others, we learn in a conversation between the siblings that Emplate lived for years as a parasite to his sister. Monet agrees to stay with her brother forever, in exchange for leaving all mutants alone in the future as well as freeing the ones he has been feeding on. Whether the monster agrees to it hinges on the next issue.
It still ends on a cliffhanger however as Mystique takes Warren in her arms and threatens to kill him to stop Genocide from assembling his army. It sadly appears they're too late. Betsy's telepathic call to the Archangel in the previous issue fulfills the prophecy they'd foreseen all along. Throngs of archangel clones descend upon Green Ridge, poisoning Psylocke and symbolizing to the people that the apocalypse is here. And now they're all in big, big trouble.
Good issue. I always forget the link between Apocalypse and Warren Worthington going all the way back to the X-Factor days. Good to know Cullen Bunn sticks to his history. Great story. I give it a 9/10.
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