move away astonishing x-men because i'm switching to x-force. this has been a really surprising series. it all started during the messiah complex where cyclops asked wolverine to check on the purifiers. x-men don't kill but it's about time the mutants strike back. all the bloody work is given to wolverine, x-23, warpath, caliban. first mission was such action packed that the team lost a member - caliban. yes, the used to be horseman of apocalypse is dead. taking a shot which was meant for the apache, warpath. next was to track of the purifiers' bases. supposed mission was to check for rahne sinclair's (wolfsbane) dad, reverend craig but wolverine was so pissed of the whole idea that left cyclops without even knowing what it's all about. anyway, wolfsbane got caught and it's up to him, warpath and x-23 to rescue her. something bad happened that got the wolf girl more trouble that want should have been. nearest place to secure her condition was of warren worthington (angel)'s place. but by the time the owner arrives to ask every thing that's been happening. the drugged wolf girl jumped of and took a bit out the angel's wings to carry it back to the purifiers.
do you see the big picture now?
if x-force didn't have much of plan, the purifiers do and it's about building a choir of angels using the technology that's inside warren's wings all along. the very same technology that apocalypse used to turn him into the horseman of death.
anyway, rage filled warren and he felt his wings lost to him. he transformed back to that dark side of his and took off to follow those who did him pain. o yeah, he now isn't the old rich guy with wings but a rich guy with really deadly, cool as ever wings.
i really liked how everything is done with the book, the story, the art, the coloring, everything. they've never made the characters in any book cooler than this. i guess, it goes with being bloody and all :D
anyway, lots of things happened - fight with the purifiers, fight against bastion/nimrod, domino joining, fight against the vanisher to secure the legacy virus which he stole.
o wait, this one's interesting. it so happens that the team is watching vanisher as reports suggest that a strain of the deadly virus which once threatened mutants (like psylocke's old body) and humans as well (the late dr. mctaggart got it). finally caught up with him, thanks to domino who knows his hideouts. gave him a x-mark tumor courtesy of the newest member, elixir. well, after series of adamantium cuts, the vanisher confessed that he didn't have the virus but dropped it in the lab where he got it. the team, took of and checked the lab to discover the old sinister base to be filled with mutant clones. so if you're looking for lots of sabertooth, vertigo, harpoon, scrambler in one episode, go check issue 9.
btw, warpath went to his tribe only to find a demon bear menacing his land. how on earth can you touch a ghost? simple answer, you cant. that's why you need the help of the ghostrider to do it. hehehe..
cool huh? anyway, the team finally got hold of the strain. domino found it (lucky points) and the team killed most of the clones. action doesn't stop there as robots breaking into the lab having the same intention as the team, acquiring the strain.
boom! bam! snikt! slash! everything is in chaos till finally the container broke freeing the virus. to everyone's shock. well, it's not yet airborne just because it was released inside x-23's stomach. wehehe.. she got punched so hard that her hand holding the virus went inside and broke. healing powers or not, she is in a world of pain. the team managed to defeat the enemies but they still have a big issue to attend to. how on earth can they destroy a virus which is already inside a young mutant's body?
for x-23, the solution is simple. jump at the molten metal. but elixir won't risk her life on it. he was able to grabe her hand as she fell. having seen the sincerity in his eyes, x-23 let elixir cure her but took most of his energies. in short, he dozed off and had her falling at the really, VERY hot burning metal.
she survived, of course. but that didn't mean she looks okay. she's burned all over but she'll heal. that's one of the benefits for being wolverine's clone.
next issue would be more exciting since it's cable and strife.
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