CRUEL AND UNUSUAL pt II and III
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Penciled by Thony Silas and Paulo Siqueira
Covers by Ryan Sterman
Published Mar 21 and Apr 4, 2018
Kitty, Storm, and Prestige get in a prison fight that get’s Storm sent to solitary. Meanwhile in New York, a new threat looms. The Shredded Man battles Rogue and Iceman’s team. Magma and Pyro try to burn the tendrils poking from the ground, but thanks to Dr. Reyes, they’re able to immediately surmise that the Inhuman has cancer.
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| Don't worry... Dr Reyes knows immediately. |
Rogue debates with the villain, who allows her to take the cancer from his body. She touches his face and pulls the cancerous inhuman powers away from him. What she does with it is never really explained.
While this is going on. Scythian terrorizes France. Magic and Armor spot it on the Times Square Jumbotron while Storm uses the lightning to free herself from her cell.
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| kthxbye! |
In Old Asgard, the long since abandoned hammer Stormcaster whips to life and heads towards Earth. Meanwhile, Captain Britain and Meggan fight Scythian. With psychic help from Ink, they're able to learn all about the monster while Iceman's team throttles toward them.
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| Here's all my files. |
A newly freed Storm walks into the warden's office and tells him she's leaving to fight Scythian, just as the X-Men rocket towards them. The beast grabs the Blackbird as the team abandons it, ready to fight. Rogue gets the idea to end the issue the same as the last one, touching the monster but finally overwhelming herself.
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| Claremont only used that trick every now and then. Gugg's - not so much. |
Armor falls towards the dropping Rogue, catching her just as Scythian walks down the streets of Paris. Luckily Magik is on the scene at the Box, opening portals to drop the now freed X-Men into action. Back in Paris, Meggan siphons Rogue's stored power to wake her, as Magik works to open a massive portal on the street.
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| Operation Trap Door. |
The X-Men attack Scythian and goad him towards the portal, while a hammer wielding Storm helps to walk the monster towards the disc. It works, as the beast explodes with most of his carcass falling into limbo.
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| Baked Scythian. |
The issue wraps at the home of Lydia Nance. She speaks with her sentinel bodyguard who reveals a plan. He will somehow use Colossus to kill his fellow mutants... How he plans to do that will have to wait, as this issue is left to be continued.
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| So here's the plan... |
So while these two books are again plagued with inconsistencies, I was happy to see a myriad of characters that Guggenheim hasn't fallen all over lately. Although it failed to mention what Rogue did with that cancer, nor where Kitty got another Blackbird, as well as Storm uselessly wielding Stormcaster again. But gaffes aside, I feel like X-Men Gold is beginning to turn a corner, as long as you don't find yourself analyzing too many things. I give both of these a 9/10.
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