Inferno, despite heavy-handedness and a hundred things going on at the same time, is one of my favorite X-crossovers. its how Chris Claremont manages to tie things in together, whether by commercial design or artistic will that each summer crossover segues fluidly into the next. crossovers are a controversial subject, but i don't see the fans hating them so much that they never buy a book again, in significant numbers, that the big two stop producing them. yes, i'm looking at you, message-board-cruising, nerd-flaming know-it-alls.
anyway, as i was saying, i had fond memories of Inferno - the inevitable union of the X-teams, fighting the Marauders (which made me cheer for Ed Brubaker's Messiah CompleX), and Illyana Rasputin's rise from her fall from grace - and would've liked to keep them that way. her death years later sealed that and made the whole thing a treasure trove you'd revisit time and time again.
of course, they keep resurrecting dead people around here its not funny anymore. i keep ignoring the fact that characters never really age (well, relatively).
and then again, someone greenlighted X-Infernus, and its like Illyana's story never happened. she's back fighting for control of Limbo against Belasco's daughter this time, and the only reference to the past is her brother Peter's insistence that they have been searching for a way back to Limbo all this time to get her back.
anyway, as i was saying, i had fond memories of Inferno - the inevitable union of the X-teams, fighting the Marauders (which made me cheer for Ed Brubaker's Messiah CompleX), and Illyana Rasputin's rise from her fall from grace - and would've liked to keep them that way. her death years later sealed that and made the whole thing a treasure trove you'd revisit time and time again.
of course, they keep resurrecting dead people around here its not funny anymore. i keep ignoring the fact that characters never really age (well, relatively).
and then again, someone greenlighted X-Infernus, and its like Illyana's story never happened. she's back fighting for control of Limbo against Belasco's daughter this time, and the only reference to the past is her brother Peter's insistence that they have been searching for a way back to Limbo all this time to get her back.
to their credit, moving the X-teams to San Francisco was a bold step; however, the current storylines (the return of the 'Hellfire Club', the revival of old dead enemies like The Right, Bastion, Graydon Creed, Bolivar Trask, and Cameron Hodge, this Illyana thing) seem like old hat. i don't know if they'll get involved in War of Kings (they certainly have representation out there anyway), but Scott doesn't seem to have any inclination to check on Alex, so its surprising he agrees with Colossus to send a team to go after Illyana.
i must admit i'm a little curious what they plan to do with this - will Illyana stay and rule Limbo? (those teleportation discs will come in handy for the X-teams!) or will she die permanently this time around?
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