CRY HAVOK pt I
Written by Cullen Bunn
Penciled by Jorge Molina
Cover by Jorge Molina
Published March 14, 2018
In Madripoor, the Raksha break into X-HQ, but describe to Polaris they were simply worried after not hearing from the X-Men in so long. Meanwhile Magneto talks strategy with Briar Raliegh as well as Jimmy Hudson and Bloodstorm on assignment. They're tracking Miss Sinister and her encounters with Mothervine and secondary mutations when Polaris walks in with the young ninjas.
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| Um Magneto, there's some young ninjas here to see you. |
They show Magneto the Hellfire Club masks they've found. Briar dismisses it as a distraction. Eventually Magneto explains he must take leave but leaves Madripoor in the Rakha's hands.
In Colombia, Sentinal Prime units prepare for their next mission when Bastion and Havok interrupt them. He destroys the cyborg sentinels as their core protocols are now against his charter. The remainders begin to activate when their masters fight back to shut them down.
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| Havok's old costume was cooler. |
Back at headquarters, Polaris tells the Raksha about Havok when Gazing Nightshade pries a little deeper than she's prepared for. While in London, Magneto raids the posh Hellfire Club party mansion. He eventually walks in on Sebastian Shaw for a little chat.
Over a drink they talk about the old times, but Erik quickly discovers the Black King is empowered with different abilities, signs of a secondary mutation himself.
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| Your secondary mutation SHOULD have been to get you out that costume. |
In the Mojave Desert, Jimmy and Bloodstorm sneak into a familiar encampment. He quickly spies the Marauders, villains from his dystopian future. One person he does not recognize though is Xorn, which unfortunately always spells trouble.
Elsewhere Miss Sinister meets with Emma Frost, Bastion and Havok. The plan to release Mothervine worldwide is under way, with the ability to quadruple the mutant population. Havok and Emma speak telepathically, and it's clear though that they plan to eliminate their co-conspirators when the time is right.
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| Because someday this'll all go awry. |
The issue wraps at the mansion with the robot maid Ferris showing Polaris a locket she found in Jean Gray's things. It was a trap to capture Marvel Girl, but the hitchhiker will make do. Malice shorts out Ferris and is now in control of Polaris. What will happen next? We'll have to wait to find out as this issue is left to be continued.
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| ...as if y'all didn't already have enough problems... |
One of the pros to having such a large team at your disposal is the ability to just launch a new lineup at any time. With the original X-Men lost in space, a new team is assembled, but luckily with the same amazing writer. Cullen Bunn is a masterful writer. So you lose a few X-Men? As long as this book is in his hands, it's pretty guaranteed to be a winner. I give this one a 9/10.
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