EN'KANE pt II
Penciled by Lan Medina
Cover by Dan Mora
Published Sept 6 2017
Cover by Dan Mora
Published Sept 6 2017
With Illyana Rasputin missing, Logan threatens to kill Peter's uncle but both he and Kitty back him off. Anatoly tells them he had no choice but to set the X-Men up but he can help them find Magik. Colossus agrees and goes back to Komolov's hideout under the guise of his prisoner.
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| Logan might be old, but he can still smell a lie... |
Once there, Nightcrawler watches from above as Peter waits to meet the head comrade in charge. Meanwhile on the nearby roof, Logan and Kitty are blindsided by Omega Red. Peter meets with Viktor who tells him that his sister has strengthened Omega Red who subsequently continues his battle with the X-Men. Komolov orders Peter's uncle to kill him. He tells the X-Man he shouldn't have trusted him, to whom he responds with a "Don't worry - I didn't.." He flashes back to an earlier conversation - Prestige tells him that his uncle is lying. Now with Kurt's help, he knocks his uncle to the ground and the two make their way to the catacombs.
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| TAKE THAT! |
Outside, Kitty orders Rachel to shut down Omega Red's mind. She's unsuccessful, and a more more powerful version of the monster they faced before has the team on the ropes. Back underground, Kurt and Peter find Illyana. They free her as Komolov walks near. She hits him with a powerful swipe from her soulsword and the mobster hits the deck.
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| How ya like me now?! |
Back up top, Logan continues fighting but Omega Red senses he's not as strong as he once was. He's older. Weaker. While in the catacombs, Komolov knocks Illyana back using his magic. He strikes at Colossus. Knowing that the nanites burrowed into his skin and disrupted his mutant power, he erroneously thinks he has the Russian down when suddenly he turns metallic. Colossus tries his best not to kill the mobster. Panel by panel, we see him trading hits while Logan knocks out Omega Red.
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| Uncle Fredo over here... Pop always thought you were a loser. |
The issue ends with Peter talking with his uncle behind bars. All the bad guys are caught. His uncle asks him if he even remembers being Russian anymore, and Peter tells him that he owes his father's grave some flowers for keeping his uncle away from the family. He walks out of the prison and Kitty plants a big kiss on him. He looks forward to going home. Not back in Russia but wherever his Katya is. With that, this issue is concluded.
So the issue I thought would have focused so much on Omega Red basically confined him to a few pages. That's a little disappointing. When this book teased his return, I really felt they'd go all out but in the end, he was just kind of a prop. Mark Guggenheim has been doing a good job but this arc could have been a lot deeper and complex. I guess it is what it is. I give it a 7/10.
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