Page of the Week: Honorable Mention
You know, a lot's been made lately of Marvel and their respect - or lack thereof - for continuity and sometimes, just sometimes, its nice to have a few nods to the past.
Take for example, the closing chapter of the Messiah Complex in X-Men #207, courtesy of writer Mike Carey and penciller Chris Bachalo (and, yes inkers, colorists, letterers and editors aplenty).
Cyclops has finally recovered the mutant baby (the first since M-Day, for those not following the books) from Cable, who wants to flee into the future and raise the baby out of the limelight. Cable, of course, is the infant son of Cyclops that he (and Jean Grey) had to send into the future to save waaaay back in 1990-ish - so there's a certain amount of synchronicity at play.
So what we get is this: a panel where Cyclops feels the weight of the past on him - and suddenly it isn't just the best hope for mutantkind, it's a baby that needs protecting:
Not only that, but there's a big hint to the identity of the baby too: a girl, red hair, green eyes...playing with a locket that contains Scott and Jean's photo*...
...continuity is nice, people.
*Odd that Scott keeps this big-ass locket round his neck with the photo of him and Jean in it. Who would have though that Emma was the type to look past that,eh?
Take for example, the closing chapter of the Messiah Complex in X-Men #207, courtesy of writer Mike Carey and penciller Chris Bachalo (and, yes inkers, colorists, letterers and editors aplenty).
Cyclops has finally recovered the mutant baby (the first since M-Day, for those not following the books) from Cable, who wants to flee into the future and raise the baby out of the limelight. Cable, of course, is the infant son of Cyclops that he (and Jean Grey) had to send into the future to save waaaay back in 1990-ish - so there's a certain amount of synchronicity at play.
So what we get is this: a panel where Cyclops feels the weight of the past on him - and suddenly it isn't just the best hope for mutantkind, it's a baby that needs protecting:
Not only that, but there's a big hint to the identity of the baby too: a girl, red hair, green eyes...playing with a locket that contains Scott and Jean's photo*...
...continuity is nice, people.
*Odd that Scott keeps this big-ass locket round his neck with the photo of him and Jean in it. Who would have though that Emma was the type to look past that,eh?