Repost! X-FORCE MINUS 1: The Carnival of Coincidences!

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Since the X-Men finally got around to bringing back Irene Adler, AKA Destiny, I thought I would repost X-FORCE #-1. It has a brief look at Destiny and Mystique were up to before they adopted Rogue. (Or after.) As well as a carnival where a LOT of future heroes and villains were on one fine day.

In 1997 Marvel did FLASHBACK month, where almost all their issues were set a year (or more) before the rocket flight that created the Fantastic Four. In X-FORCE #-1, John and James Proudstar head to a local carnival.

( Ringmasters, mystics and fortune tellers. )

New Mutants #23: Shadows and Mirrors

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"I wanted to know if the kids were all right. Who's driving this thing? We're used to the X-Men essentially training kids to be child soldiers, but that's not the case anymore. They're on paradise. What would kids do on paradise? They would get into trouble, I think." - Vita Ayala

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Crossover #9

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The Magic Order 2 #1

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"That's actually a huge part of the issues coming up, the idea that these wizards 500 years ago made rules and one of those rules was that you couldn't use your magic to get rich. Then people started living in cities and then there was these amazing big TVs you couldn't afford or cars you wanted to drive, but your vow meant you have to live humbly in your cleaning or cooking job even though you could rule the world.

That's a huge part of where we're going, but it's a nice allegory too in COVID times. The lawyers didn't help keep society going. The Hollywood people and the influencers didn't make sure we still had food on the shelves. It was the delivery drivers and the shop assistants and all the jobs people ignore while we're lauding Kim Kardashian's backside. This story obviously predates all that, but the celebration of normal people is a nice coincidence, a pal of mine working on the Netflix show pointed out."

- Mark Millar


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