Ultimatum X-Men Requiem...

[jcbaggee.insanejournal.com]

Ultimatum was horrible, the deaths were needless, bla bla bla. That said, this two page spread from Ultimatum X-Men Requiem is both gorgeous and infuriating.





Ok, I recognize Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Beast, Xavier, Angel, Juggernaut and Dazzler. Not entirely sure about the rest though.

Seriously, the image of all those bodies, peacefully laid out before burial really tugs at the heart. Shame they're all dead long before they should be.

Also, it cracks me up that Scott doesn't get a suit, but is buried in his X-Men uniform.

Comments

[jlroberson.insanejournal.com]

Maybe it's just my dislike of the X-Men, especially the Ultimate version, but I couldn't help but sigh, "If only..."

[kellsbells.insanejournal.com]

Top row, second from right is Lorna Dane. Or at least that's what I think since it looks like her hair is green.

[(Anonymous)]

Really? It didn't strike you as a bunch of people buried with no family present (when they have been shown to be in the past when they were believed dead before), and they're closest friends burying them in shallow graves with no tears or real emotions shown over it whatsoever?

This is why Heroes blows these days...

[jcbaggee.insanejournal.com]

I was thinking that might be her, but there's really no telling with Ultimate X-Men related stuff. As much as I like this image, the book was pretty much a mess before it ended.

[colonel_green.insanejournal.com]

She was one of the casualties; the guy on her left would be Sunspot, who was also killed at the Academy of Tomorrow. The lady next to Professor X would be Emma Frost.

[kamino_neko.insanejournal.com]

I'm guessing the blonde to the right of Xavier is Emma. Hair isn't quite right, but the rest matches well enough. Girl between War and Juggie would be Psylocke....

[thanekos.insanejournal.com]

" Nah, this sucks. Maybe if we crucified'em? "

[neuhallidae.insanejournal.com]

Not that I'm not intensely glad to see a panel of death that isn't massively disgusting, for once, but did it have to be the scene that...well... sort of calls for it? I mean, unless the X-Men have access to embalming chemicals, plastic surgeons, and such, a few of these people should be starting to look pretty gross. Is this explained in the comic?

[nagaoka.insanejournal.com]

Oh hey it's Dr. Manhattan wearing a do-rag. You don't see that every day.

Don't correct me.

[ian_karkull.insanejournal.com]

Oh yes. As bad as Ultimatum was, this almost makes it seem worthwhile.
Too bad the X-Men are like a Hydra: Kill one and two will come forth in it's place. The third one gets resurrected for free.

[harpiesiren.insanejournal.com]

...

Isn't this like half the cast?

[liarashadowsong.insanejournal.com]

It's magic. Yep. Only workable explanation given the sorts of deaths that kept happening in the comic is that the bodies were stitched back together for burial with magic.

[jcbaggee.insanejournal.com]

Either that, or mutants are made of unstable molecules.

Which is shockingly close to Ultimate's explanation of mutants.

[hearthemvoices.insanejournal.com]

What do they intend to do with... half their cast dead?

[khamelea.insanejournal.com]

When in doubt, reboot?

[harpiesiren.insanejournal.com]

That's what I'm wondering

[currer.insanejournal.com]

Please, Dr. Manhattan, put on the matching boxers.

Please.

[hearthemvoices.insanejournal.com]

Doesn't help that I feel in some really cheap fashion, these characters are going to get revived.

[box_in_the_box.insanejournal.com]

Ask Russell T. Davies.

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

Funeral pyres: you can't beat the classics.

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

Iceman. Nude before 14 dead bodies. Unfortunate. Implications.

[04nbod.insanejournal.com]

Ultimate X Men isn't returning

[04nbod.insanejournal.com]

At least 2 of my favourites survived! Sadly kitty did to

[bariman1987.insanejournal.com]

Closer to 90% of the cast.

[darklorelei.insanejournal.com]

Snap!