Ultimate Comics X-Men #15 Rogue Shots



Skottie Young Baby Variant covers for Marvel Now!

Very Cute, I think I prefer this variant cover to the new Uncanny Avengers series being released for the Marvel Now relaunch. Little Wolvie is just too much!

X-Men Legacy #271 & 272: A Review

Overview
Writer: Christos Gage
Penciler: Rafa Sandoval
Inker: Jordi Tarragona
Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg
 

So this is my first time reviewing a comic book and I have to admit that I haven't been following the storyline as closely as I would have liked to over the past year or so (stopped reading after Rogue was able to control her powers, then tried to get back into the storyline, but pretty much got sick of it after Gage took over the writing and Rogue slept with Magneto forming a semi-relationship...maybe? Leaving Gambit to screw around with Frenzy while he waits for Rogue to come back to him. Ick.); so I might not know what I am talking about for the most part.

Although it is refreshing to once again see Rogue on her own and taking the spotlight, I have to say I am slightly confused about her whereabouts in the marvel universe at this time. Is she on an alien planet? Or is she simply in Magik's realm of Limbo like the imprisoned Avengers, who we can only assume are still trapped and being mentally tortured in order to keep them distracted so that they are unable to attempt any type of escape.

It's not all confusing though. The plot line set before us has an obvious purpose, even if it is a predictable and redundant one. The battle Rogue fights is more than likely a character developing one and at the end it is almost certain that our favourite southern belle will have grown and changed from the life or death choices she will no doubt have to make in the weird foreign land she finds herself in. However, with that said, doesn't that make the whole side story slightly pointless?

Yes, Rogue is realizing that power corrupts and that the good guys can also be the bad guys and the bad guys can be both good and bad as well. And even though she has been sidetracked from her original fight with Magick after only just deciding that maybe, just maybe, what the X-Men have decided to do with the Phoenix 5 wasn't entirely the right thing to do (the quote "the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray" comes to mind), she seems to be facing the exact same realization in this new world as she would have if she had continued fighting Magik at home while trying to free her new ally and, a somewhat surprising connection, friend; Ms. Marvel.

It feels like a lesson she does not need to learn, nor does it feel like she is very surprised by the outcome of Magik abusing her new powers or of the betrayal of both the alien leaders of the strange war she finds herself in the middle of currently, whether it be imaginary or not. This isn't entirely surprising though either, considering how many times this seems to happen in the Marvel universe and her body language and thought process seems to mirror that lackadaisical "here we go again" attitude of someone who knows that you can always wish for the best, but you must also prepare for the worst.

So we have to ask, why throw Rogue into this little side-story where she is going to probably come to the same conclusion as if she were to simply fight Magik and release the jailed Avengers? It seems to be a lackluster attempt to throw Rogue out of the picture and keep her busy until the AvX arch continues and works itself out, creating a somewhat pointless bridge to the new Marvel Now revamp and Rogue's joining of the Uncanny Avengers. Simply put, the answer, it seems, is to waste time. And there is time to waste while AvX trudges on without her.