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In Marvel's X-Men, a "Dominion" is a network of greater machine intellects that has assumed god-like power. Why not compare the Marvel concept of an evolved machine mind becoming a deity to the Distinguished Competition's approach, a couple of decades ago in Legion (of superheroes, but we're too cool for that part, right?).




For a little context, it is the 31st century, and this is the reboot Legion (or the Legion of Reality-247 if you want to get Johnsian about it). Our heroes have recently thwarted an attempt to artificially evolve humanity by Ra's al Ghul (or a sentient pool of blood that thought it was Ra's - I'm not sure that ever got fully explained).

In the wake of this conflict, an army of alien robots has invaded Earth, led by a forgotten AI supervillain. Its goal is not conquest (that would be for when DnA re-mix elements of their Legion run a few years later for Annihilation: Conquest) but to usurp the evolutionary process and ascend to deity-dom!

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Guardians of the Galaxy #10 (legacy #190).

Always good to see Gamora and Nebula getting along.




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While the Guardians of the Galaxy recently relaunched with a new look and creative team, with little connection to the previous, there has been published an issue - a one-shot - featuring the team as Al Ewing left them.



Only... don't get your hopes up. Yes, those are the character designs, but the line-up is the movie cast (plus Nova). No Hercules, no Marvel Boy, no Moondragon or Phyla. It's more of an inventory story than any sort of tribute to that era of the team.

And Drax says: "Ohmigod".

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Also out recently is the second issue of the current series, where Gamora and Nebula have a little sisterly bonding while negotiating with new alien life.

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Last time, we were introduced to Theta, and her quest to destroy the hated Predators. How does she deal with non-Predator people?

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Well, Games Workshop has teamed up with Marvel for its latest attempt at comics based in the Warhammer universes, but if we cast our minds back to 1998, we can see their longest-running title begin. Published in-house using mainly 2000ad veterans and featuring early work by Kieron Gillen and Si Spurrier, 'Warhammer Monthly' - later 'Warhammer Comic' near its cancellation where it went bi-monthly - was British black and white, in US page size, a weird combination.

The first three issues were okay, but then issue 4 gave us the first part of - IMHO - the title's best strip. Created by Jim Campbell co-writing with artist Kev Walker - and bearing not a little similarity to their 2000ad collaboration 'The Inspectre' - Daemonifuge was quite different from everything else.

Quite, quite different...

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