X-Men: Blue #1

[flint_marko]

Beast casts a spell.






The X-Men report to their 'boss' in Madripoor.

Comments

[tigerkaya]

But Magneto, in your own comic Xavier practically said you were right. Pulling a prank on those time displaced X-men classic Erik.

[flint_marko]

Wasn't that because he was inverted?

Not to mention that was probably more of a psychic echo or something left over from his brain after Red Skull stole it, and not the actual Xavier.

[byc]

Without that text box, I would have NEVER figured out it was Magneto!

[lbd_nytetrayn]

"Every issue is someone's first."

[dr_archeville]

O5!Beast's using magic?! By the Stars and Garters of Hoggoth!

[shadowpsykie]

By the Stars and Garters of Hoggoth!
I hope you are happy. I spit my coffee all over my monitor...

[tugrul]

Someone should draw Hoggoth with garters now.

[lordultimus]

Hank McCoy (or a version of him anyway) sends someone through Hell, then declares himself a hero.

Seems legit.

[balbanes]

Weren't the X-men using hell (well, Limbo) as a base until fairly recently?

[tugrul]

Yes, but they moved to Central Park after the second Terrigen cloud was destroyed.

[tugrul]

😂

[icon_uk]

I was assuming he'd called in a favour from Illynana, since the bounce from earth to Limbo to earth (And Russia at that) sounds like her teleportation technique.

[mastermahan]

Can't we have one Hank McCoy who's not a sketchy asshole?

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

What kind of crazy world are you living in, pal?

...I wanna live there too.

[mastermahan]

The world where Hank McCoy's animalistic appearance hide the personality of a witty, kind-hearted genius, and he's one of the most popular X-Men for it.

He also doesn't look like Bigfoot here.

[doctor_spanky]

Since when can Beast cast spells?

[flint_marko]

He started doing magic in the second volume of All-New X-Men.

[balbanes]

Yeah, there was some team-up with Doctor Strange where Beast figured out that magic (at least as he perceives it) has a lot of similarities with science. Clarke's law in reverse.

[tugrul]

In the previous All-New X-Men series Beast also dabbled in a lot of magic with terrible consequences and then they managed to visit what looked like their past with his magic.

This is going to be part of a larger plot. Being able to send someone through hell that easily is powerful magic.

[spider_man6]

I think that Beast's magic form will come back into play sooner or later.

[icon_uk]

Or Magik's actual mutant power

[spider_man6]

No, I meant his magic Beast form. When Madelyne Prior attacked them last volume, he used magic to become a white-furred beast with magic and saved the day. Then, we saw him become this when the 05 went to visit the past. I suspect that it will come back this volume, and maybe become a permanent part of him.

[icon_uk]

I stand corrected, and somewhat confused that they'd start giving one of the major science people in the MU magical powers as well, as those two rarely mix well unless you're going fro some sort of technomancer type powers.

On the other hand, if it gives Beast a Sailor Moon transformation sequence, I could live with it. :)

[thehood]

Are Juggernaut and Black Tom back together?

[flint_marko]

Yes.

[thehood]

Sweet! I always liked their friendship.

[shakalooloo]

What's with all the pipes on Juggernaut's back?

[flint_marko]

It's how he looked when he got the power of Cyttorak back in Amazing X-Men.

[every_spiegel]

I have a very specific feeling - "I should be excited but I'm not, why does it seem so boring..." :(

[icon_uk]

Juggernaut's never been THAT much of an idiot, why would he attack Tykelops for Oldclops crimes?

[thehood]

I don't think he's confusing the two, it's that Tykeclops is all he has to take his anger on.

[randyripoff]

I don't think he knew there were two of them now.

[icon_uk]

You think he'd be able to tell the difference between the Cyclops he's been fighting for 20 years or so, and the teenage Cyclops who is 5'6" and whose voice is probably still cracking a bit.

[flint_marko]

In one of the other pages he notices that they're younger and asks "Is this another one of those de-aging situations? Or maybe you're trying to get a fresh start, huh?"

[wizardru]

I'm confused why he's even angry, but then I've been out of touch with Juggernaut for a long, LONG time. I guess he stopped wanting to kill Charles and now he's suddenly mad someone killed him....SEVERAL YEARS AGO? Little slow on the delivery, there, Cain.

[bizarrohulk]

Doesn't Cyttorak outrank the Hell Lords in Marvel's cosmology?

[long_silence]

Traditionally maybe.

But Order and Chaos just killed the Living Tribunal because the multiverse died and was reborn and all of the cosmic deities are more or less equal until a new hierarchy can be formed

It's be interesting what that means on a smaller scale

[icon_uk]

The election campaigns should be worth a look though...

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"Vote Mephisto.. would I lie to you? Of COURSE I WOULD you cretinous meons, it was a rhetorical question."
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"I'm voting In-Betweener."

"Sure, throw your vote away on a centrist candidate... Plus, I think he's dead"
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"I'd vote Love or Hate, but I think they've merged into the cosmic embodiment of BDSM or something and I'm not sure that's a viable platform"
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(This was a campaign speech for Death, paid for by The Friends of Death Thanos)
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[remial]

why would Juggernaut CARE that someone killed Charles, short of "you killed him, so now _I_ can't"?

[flint_marko]

Because Xavier gave him another chance and believed in him.

[lilacsigil]

They've had several periods of time where they've been, if not friendly, at least on good terms. One of the few good things about Chuck Austen's run was Juggernaut living at the mansion, I think. And Juggernaut tends to be very emotional about people he cares about, even if he was trying to kill them five minutes ago (see: Dazzler).

[mistersandman]

Late to the party on this one, but I've heard it speculated that this is actually Ultimate Magneto. Using "Magneto from another universe" might help keep Magneto's origin intact while also avoiding the problem that Magneto would be ancient by now.

[icon_uk]

Which might make his next meeting with Wanda and Pietro even MORE awkward

M - "So when am I going to see some grandkids?"

P - "Neither of us are in a relationship, and you're not even our father. But there's Luna, and Billy and Tommy... sort of"

M - "Who? And why would either of you be in another relationship other than the one the two of you share already?"

P - "What?"

W - "You mean??? Ewwwww!"

P - "Oh I don't kn.... I mean yeah... ahem.. right Ewwww!"

[flint_marko]

I don't think that's likely, this is the same Magneto from Bunn's solo series and Uncanny run.

Magneto was previously de-aged to an infant and then re-aged to his physical prime, which is why he isn't physically an old man.

Not to mention Ultimate Magneto was a rat-bastard for the most part and was last seen getting his head blown off.