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scans_dailySo I am, I hope, a big enough person to admit that I was wrong.
As might have been obvious, I have been concerned at seeing Cypher, one of my favourite characters ever, who was defined by the low key nature of his powers, get chosen to be the Heir of Apocalypse.
But if Jed Mackay and Netho Diaz X-Men #19 is any indication of where we're going though, I'm not just interested, I'm invested...
First off, this still feels and sounds like Doug Ramsey as he wakes up from a nightmare about his transformation next to his wife, Bei the Blood Moon (Who he is STILL shorter than, though not by as much as before). And of course, the important stuff still matters... like his hair. Okay, I'm shallow, I've never pretended otherwise.
and he's still a snarky little shit (well, not so little) who co-habits with his wife AND his selfsoulfriend.
He also has ethical concerns about his newly upgraded powers, based on his own past experience with other, similar, powers.
And he engages in disussion about that with the people he considers his heart and his soul
Oh, and despite the upgrade, Doug still cannot understand Bei's psionic language.
The military group stalking them is a black ops spin out of O*N*E, named, creatively, Z*E*R*O.
They soon find out that Bei was a legend on Arrako for a damned good reason, and that their mission reports on Doug Ramsey need an update.
But we also find Doug still has limits on what he will allow himself to do, but I'm at page limit here (since I did post a page from the preview) so if you want to know how that ends up, you'll need to buy the issue!
As might have been obvious, I have been concerned at seeing Cypher, one of my favourite characters ever, who was defined by the low key nature of his powers, get chosen to be the Heir of Apocalypse.
But if Jed Mackay and Netho Diaz X-Men #19 is any indication of where we're going though, I'm not just interested, I'm invested...
First off, this still feels and sounds like Doug Ramsey as he wakes up from a nightmare about his transformation next to his wife, Bei the Blood Moon (Who he is STILL shorter than, though not by as much as before). And of course, the important stuff still matters... like his hair. Okay, I'm shallow, I've never pretended otherwise.
and he's still a snarky little shit (well, not so little) who co-habits with his wife AND his selfsoulfriend.
He also has ethical concerns about his newly upgraded powers, based on his own past experience with other, similar, powers.
And he engages in disussion about that with the people he considers his heart and his soul
Oh, and despite the upgrade, Doug still cannot understand Bei's psionic language.
The military group stalking them is a black ops spin out of O*N*E, named, creatively, Z*E*R*O.
They soon find out that Bei was a legend on Arrako for a damned good reason, and that their mission reports on Doug Ramsey need an update.
But we also find Doug still has limits on what he will allow himself to do, but I'm at page limit here (since I did post a page from the preview) so if you want to know how that ends up, you'll need to buy the issue!
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Date: 2025-07-02 08:20 pm (UTC)I'm really hoping it doesn't involve Doug going dark after something happens to Bei (I'd say Warlock, but we saw him repurposed into battle units called War-Locks in the flashforward)
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Date: 2025-07-02 10:25 pm (UTC)Fans: "Buh?!"