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X-Manson Chapter 4 - By Doctor Benway

[Shot of a rangy, extraordinarily tough-looking woman with a black eye-patch. She looks like a biker chick who hasn't quite figured out that she's dressed like a stereotypical butch lesbo.]

*Rudeness aside, that's a pretty accurate assessment.

[Caption: Callisto, Salem Centre, NY]

C: You don't use the word ghetto to describe this place, right? We got no rules. Anyone can live here.

Int: Is it not true that over 90% of your inhabitants are mutants?

C: Well, yeah, but the others aren't. This is an open Libertarian community, even to the Eloi who we name after the characters from HG Wells' novel the Time Machine.

*And you instantly lost me, Callisto.

Int: Why did you come to live here?

C: 'Cause it's cheap. Gives me a big kick to live in an Eloi house.

Int: Why do you call yourselves Morlocks?

C: We call ourselves Morlocks, just like the characters out of the novel the Time Machine by HG Wells. We do all the work so the nice Eloi can live out their lives in luxury.

Int: It was my understanding that most of you were unemployed.

C: You wanna be smart? You want me to kick your face in?

Int: I'm just making a point.

C: Well, we'd do the work if anyone let us. We're the ones who can't pass.

Int: So the Kelly Amendment had little effect on your lives?

C: Didn't give us 40 acres and a mule, if that's what you mean. Now if the cops and the feds come down here to kick butt we've got something to fight them with.

Int: Did you come here because of the School?

C: Kinda, but not really . We came here because it was cheap, and it was cheap because of the School.

[Shot of a portly middle-aged man in the world's last yellow and brown plain polyester sport coat worn as a serious fashion item instead of an expression of hipness.]

[Caption: William Loman Jr, Insurance Agent, Rye, NY]

*Reference to Death of A Salesman.

WL: I used to work in Salem Centre. Used to be a really nice town.

Int: What happened?

WL: Mutants. I'm not supposed to say that now, am I?

Int: Don't worry about it. Weren't there mutants in the town before the School?

WL: Well, sure, but if they were deformed, people kept them out of sight, sent them to a hospital or a residential school or something.

*is that why there has been no mention of Kurt?

Int: The School For Gifted Children was a residential school.

WL: Yeah, but it was where people lived, like as in real close. I mean like those schools that they've got up on the St. Lawrence or up by Lake Placid.

Int: The School had no obvious mutants.

WL: The point was that they came into town. We used to have 4 bars in town. Good family places where you take the kids. These guys from the School, Logan and Rasputin, start showing up and getting real drunk, even on weeknights. At first, they kept to themselves. Then one day the Russkie picks a fight with some guy up from the city who turns out to be like the hulk strength-wise and they take out the bar, the hair salon next door, and the front window of the supermarket across the street. I'd written the policies on all of them, but I'd been smart and I knew what was coming. I mean, Staten Island in 1955 was a great place to live, but today, it's all mutants. Just about every single one of them. I made all my clients take out riders if they wanted protection from mutant damage. No payouts at all.

*The second reference to the juggernaut in this story. This fight is a reference to Uncanny X-Men 183, but a key element of the fight is missing. Kurt Wagner is not here.

Int: What were the consequences?

WL: I got to see Xavier for the first time. He brought a suitcase of cash to the Town Meeting and paid for all the damages. He also brought lots of food.

Int: Good pate?

WL: Really great pate.

Int: Were any charges pressed?

WL: No, kinda weird that no-one did. Guess they just took the money and ran. Maybe he was fucking with their heads. Dunno.

Int: What happened after that?

WL: Didn't see anyone from the School for about three months. Then we lost two more bars. I made some money on mutant damage waivers for a while, but then people just decided to give up and move out. When the supermarket got hit in the middle of the afternoon, everyone started shopping in Bedford. They closed the supermarket, and by Christmas half the stores downtown were empty and the place was starting to look like Harlem used to look. I lost a ton of money, so I upped and moved to Rye. The only bar in the area was this biker hangout called Harry's, and he only kept his place open by letting S&M types know about it.

Int: People went there to get beaten up?

WL: Yeah. As word got out, so many people left that a quarter of the houses were vacant. Vanderbylt moved in bought most of them up on the cheap.

*Vanderbylt moved in after Xavier set up shop?

Int: Henry Vanderbylt?

WL: That's the one.

[Shot of Henry Vanderbylt]

HV: I didn't buy those properties. I'm merely a board member of a company that did.

Int: We have SEC documents here stating that you are the majority shareholder in the New Salem Housing Corporation.

HV: I was a passive investor. I sold out several months ago.

Int: Who owns the numbered company that bought it?

HV: No idea.

[Shot of William Loman Jr]

WL: He still owns the place, like his ancestors did. People were lucky if they got a quarter on the dollar for what they paid for their houses.

Int: New Salem then rented the houses?

WL: Yeah, to anyone who would rent them. In the hills, it was parents with mutant kids. In the middle of town, it was the kind that you didn't see a lot of in public. A lot of them were criminal types. We started seeing the FBI and the Sheriff in here all the time.

Int: How much does New Salem own?

WL: In town, everything.

Int: Everything?

WL: Every store, every house. Everything. Even the gas stations. They run the only food store in town.

[Shot of a grim looking middle-aged white guy who looks like he last smiled during the McCarthy administration.]

[Caption: Willard Whipple, Food Store Manager, Salem Centre NY]

WW: I run this store. Stop squeezing that.

Int: Do you own the store?

WW: I run it.

Int: Who owns it?

WW: The owner.

Int: Who is the owner?

WW: Salem Food Stores.

Int: You're listed as the managing partner.

WW: Yes.

Int: So you must know who the owner is.

WW: Yes.

Int: But it isn't you.

WW: No.

Int: But the owner decides on the prices?

WW: After a fashion.

Int: The milk here is more expensive than it is in Manhattan.

WW: I charge what the market will bear.

Int: But almost everyone here lives in deep poverty.

WW: I charge what the market will bear.

*Intense stupidity? Cold capitalistic stupidity? The result of psychic brain tampering? You decide.

Int: Why are five of the six aisles in the store filled with beer and wine and liquor?

WW: I don't like the tone of your questions. Get out.

[Shot of William Loman Jr]

WL: You used to see shops like that in Harlem, before the guaranteed annual income. This is one of the few places that still has them.

Int: Would you come back, now that the School's closed?

WL: You nuts? No way. No way I'd live anywhere near that place. Don't know how anyone could.

[Shot of Callisto]

Int: Do you enjoy living here?

C: Shit yeah, it's better than some places I've lived in.

Int: Like?

C: The sewer.

Int: Ah. I understand that you have some authority in Salem Centre.

C: I lead the Morlocks, who are named after the characters in HG Wells' novel The Time Machine. Nothing happens here without my say-so.

*that's twice now that she's repeated that. More psychic tampering?

Int: Then we have your permission to conduct the interviews in town?

C: Shit, yeah.

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I'm sorry Callisto just putting everyone she grabs in outrageous clothes is everything to me like look at Charles 😭😂😂😂😂 she's so funny and the team making fun it's everything to me

Via issue #192 & 193

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this is gay behavior

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Had some feelings on twitter I wanted to share here for obvious reasons.

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Gambit and the Dark X-Men VS the brainwashed Archangel

The mutants on the boat are attacked by the brainwashed Archangel who seems to be in his Death persona and mind-controlled by the alternate-Goblin Queen. Maggott helps the remaining Morlocks to hide inside the boat while Emplate and Gambit try to fight Death-Archangel. Gambit tries to get through to Archangel, but he remains mute and unreachable. Death-Archangel slashes Callisto before she could join into the fray. Gambit turns to Azazel for help but the demonic mutant only cares about himself and his survival. Death-Archangel nails Sack, the Glob-like Morlock with one of his wing daggers before he could close the hatch of the boat. This is the final straw for Gambit and he decides that he have to deal with Death-Archangel. Knowing that anyone could die without help, Gambit threatens Azazel with a charged dagger if he doesn't get his demon ass off to help him in fighting Death-Archangel. While Emplate and Maggott are busy dodging the wing daggers, Gambit gets Azazel to teleport himself above Death-Archangel so he could land on top of him. Before putting Archangel down, Gambit asks for forgiveness as he charges his wings which are attached on his back. Then, Gambit jumps to the ocean as Death-Archangel explodes.

Dark X-Men v2 #3, 2023

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365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

Supporting Character Supplemental - Callisto

The founder and frequently leader of The Morlocks.  Possessing greatly enhanced physical senses and abilities as well as a rapid healing factor that has greatly elongated her lifespan.  Callisto once lived a life of beauty, privilege and luxury but that all ended when her Mutant powers manifested and she was attacked by bigots who left her disfigured and blinded in one eye.  Turning her back on human society, Callisto went on to found Morllock society.

Callisto discovered a vast network of abandoned tunnels running throughout the underground of New York City.  She claimed these tunnels as a refuge for those Mutants who powers, appearances or other factors made it impossible for them to exist in human society.  The community they created together came to be known as The Morlocks (based upon the subterranean race form H. G. Wells’ novel, The Time Machine).  

As the leader of these Morlocks, Callisto has been a recurring alley and (at times) adversary of The X-Men.  After abducting The Angel (whom Callisto saw as emblematic of those ‘beautiful Mutants’ who are able to assimilate into human society), Callisto ended up battling the X-Man, Storm, in one-on-one combat for leadership over the Morlocks.  Storm triumphed yet allowed Callisto to stay on as the community’s leader.  Oddly enough, this incident would prove to be the beginning of a very close friendship between Callisto and Storm.

Actress Dania Ramirez portrayed a version of Callisto in the Fox Films movie, X-3: X-Men United.  The heroine first appeared in Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 #169 (1983).

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Uncanny X-Men 600 / Published: 2013 / Artist: Paul Smith

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Callisto | Earth-92131 - Pony Town

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Callisto, leader of the Morlocks (until Storm took over) . What do you think about Callisto? . 1st - 4th slide is from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe v3 7 (1991) by Keith Pollard and Josef Rubinstein. 5th slide art is by Aaron Lopresti. 8th slide is from the X-Men Adventures season 3 1 (1995) by Manny Clark and James Pascoe. . Storm can be seen on slide 7 where she and Callisto fought. . The other Morlocks that are shown on slide 8 are: Leech, Annalee, Erg and Ape. . #callisto #erg #ape #morlocks #xmen #xmenadventures #jamespascoe #storm #90s #leech #annalee #leader #model (på/i New York City, N.Y.) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch5YsVnsW0C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Uncanny X-Men #170 - Dancin' in the Dark

In Reindeer Falls, Alaska, a happy couple dances the night away. It's Scott Summers AKA Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor, a woman with a STRIKING resemblance to Jean Grey, Scott's deceased fiancé. Scott starts pushing Madelyne away, feeling guilty for pursuing a new relationship. Madelyne asks what's wrong and Scott tells her about Jean. But Scott doesn't want to push Madelyne away anymore. Maybe it's time for him to move on. They decide to start dancing again...

In New York City, another couple begins their wedding procession. This couple is Callisto, leader of the Morlocks (see #169), and Angel, a founding member of the X-Men. This couple, however, is not happy at all. Callisto has kidnapped Angel and is forcing him to marry her. The rest of the X-Men (minus Wolverine, who is in Japan) watch helplessly. That is, until one of the Morlocks punches Storm for speaking out against the marriage. At that point, Colossus and Nightcrawler break out of their bonds and start fighting the Morlocks. Nightcrawler grabs Callisto and starts rapidly teleporting around the room, which causes Callisto severe strain, and Storm is able to use her lightning powers in the tunnels and she electrocutes several Morlocks.

However, the Morlock named Plague touches Storm and Storm immediately feels sick and collapses, just like what happened to Kitty last issue. Making a trade for Storm's safety, Nightcrawler releases Callisto, and Colossus stops fighting the other Morlocks. Nightcrawler asks Callisto if the Morlocks are mutants like the X-Men. She says they are mutants, but nothing like the X-Men. The Morlocks are runaways and outcasts, and with Caliban's power to sense other mutants, they continue to recruit new members.

Speaking of Caliban, he and Kitty are elsewhere in the tunnels. Caliban nurses Kitty back to health after Plague attacked her last issue. Kitty tries to convince Caliban to help her find the X-Men, promising she will stay with him forever if he does. But Caliban refuses, knowing he is no match to go against Callisto. Kitty faints again and Caliban rushes to her side.

And now we time jump to 1783, where Mystique (see issues 141, 142, 158) is running from attack dogs released by Jason Wyngarde (see issues 122, 129, 130). Strangely, Jean Grey shows up and slashes Mystique's throat. And then Mystique wakes up in the present. She's fine. It was all a strange dream. Mystique walks to the kitchen of her home, thinking about the dream. She knows Wyngarde is a member of the Hellfire Club, but that he is in a catatonic state in a mental institution. And Jean Grey is dead. In the kitchen, a precog named Irene is sitting at the table. Irene says that some force is occluding her powers and she cannot see the future like normal. Mystique asks if it's Charles Xavier's doing, but Irene says it isn't; this "entity operates on fundamental levels of space and time itself," and it is more powerful than Xavier. Suddenly, Irene has a vision of Rogue in danger. Mystique rushes upstairs to find Rogue's room empty and there's no note. Mystique says this is just as deliberate as her dream. Someone is taunting her.

On a bus, Rogue wonders why she is leaving her home and the people she loves. Off-panel, the entity responsible for Mystique's dream and Rogue's flight laughs...

Back in the Morlock tunnels, Caliban arrives at the "wedding," begging Callisto to save Kitty. The rest of the X-Men are furious that Kitty has been hurt. Nightcrawler tells Callisto that they need to get Kitty back to their mansion, but Callisto refuses to let them leave. Caliban tells Nightcrawler that Callisto will not change her mind, and the only way to save Kitty is for someone to challenge Callisto for leadership of the Morlocks. Nightcrawler challenges Callisto, but Storm interrupts. Storm will be the one to challenge Callisto.

And Storm wins. Pretty easily. Callisto is barely alive after Storm stabbed her with a knife. Storm was ready to kill Callisto, even though she swore never to kill again. As the Morlocks' new leader, Storm says the Morlocks can come live at Xavier's mansion, but Caliban says they belong underground and he hopes that the X-Men and Morlocks will become friends. Storm frees Angel, and tells Colossus to get Kitty.

Back in Alaska, Scott tells Madelyne that he is a mutant and shows her his optic blast power.

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Ever wonder what would happen if a member of the Morlocks faced off against a G.I. Joe? Let's find out! Callisto lost a battle for leadership of the Morlocks to Storm. Still, she can fight. She has enhanced sight, hearing, smell, and tste. She's also at peak physical condition, probably more enhanced than a typical humna. Jinx, though, is impressive in her own right. She's able to fight with her eyes closed because that's how she was trained. She's a martial arts expert who can put up a solid fight against Storm Shadow or Snake Eyes. She is human, so that's a disadvantage for her ... perhaps. What if Jinx takes advantage of Callisto's powers? She could use them against Callisto by making large amounts of noise (think Spider-Man and Venom). That's kind of a long shot, though. She would have to hope that the environment she's in would assist her in some way. Jinx would bring a lot to the table, but I think Callisto is too advanced to win. Close, but not enough of a challenge for her. Winner: Callisto

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Throwback Thursday - X-Men Mission: Fall of the Mutants:

7 years ago, the X-Men intervened to rescue a group of Morlocks, who had been abducted by the Sapien League.

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Evan and the Morlocks destroy the packing plant for Pow-R8

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Uncanny X-men #196- What Was That?!!

CW: racial slurs

Last Issue Recap: The Power Pack made a cameo and Wolverine did not disembowel a child. Callisto in the Morlocks did show up and they are as skrungly and terrible as ever. And then there was Secret Wars 2 which I have mentally blocked out of my brain because it's too pointless and annoying to take up important Nightcrawler Obsessing Space.

Anyway, HOLY HELL, how did this cover make it to print?! Its literally a woman in a gimp suit! Have I talked about Rachel's Mutant Hunter gimpsuit before? I feel like I have, but I would once again like to say, what the actual fuck.

It's Chris Claremont so I expect to be using this a lot in the near future. Also, in this cover there are spikes around her crotch that form a thong/triangle shape (super umcomfy 😬) which (spoilers) are not there when she wears the suit in-issue. Which just makes this worse.

Gimpsuit aside I don't like this cover. The composition is meh, and its the same sort of misdirection we saw in the last issue. Is Rachel going to beat the shit out of the X-men and get stabbed by Wolverine? Of course she's not. The splash panel on the first page is pretty striking though.

The title is uncreative, but I do adore when writers try to work their issue title into the first page's dialogue or onomatopoeia or something (Thor #366 is my absolute favorite example of this). This is a fantastic first page, not only does it immediately set up tension, mystery and stakes while quickly delivering exposition, but it cleverly uses the in-universe curtain behind Professor X as a tool for adding motion and energy, whilst directing the reader's eye around the page.

I half forgot that Professor X is actually a professor and that he didn't just make that title up to sound cool. Hell, since he has a PhD it should actually be Dr X but that sounds a little too much like a porn knockoff of Dr Strange for my and Marvel's liking. Jesus Christ I bet he's the sort of proff who never ever grades essays in time because he's too busy fucking off fighting Godlike entities in space. I'd give him a 2 on Rate My Professor so fast.

Several students in this packed classroom are smoking. Oh 1985, how the times have changed!

As his students leave, Professor X laments that he cannot simply read their minds and figure out who's thought this was. Not because this would be highly unethical, but because his mind and body has been weakened ever since he got the shit kicked out of him by anti-mutant muggers a few issues back.

Meanwhile, Storm is home in Africa on her self discovery tour, where she is- shot in the head and left for dead by the racist poachers she'd fought before?!

I know logically this is just a fakeout but I'll be damned if it isn't some good tension! Also; the racist poachers are a brother-sister pair named Andreas and Andrea. Their parents must have hated them even more than I do.

We immediately cut to Kitty talking about Ororo's letters at a team meeting just to hammer the stake further into my goddamn heart. The Gang has gathered in a deli to discuss Professor X's mystery, including Magneto (whose presence goes undiscussed, probably because it was explained in Secret Wars 2) and some blonde lady named Aleytys who I have no idea who she is. (Edit: I know who she is- Lee Forrester, Scott Summers ex-girlfriend who apparently hooked up with Magneto in New Mutants. What an absolute power move.) Something I haven't mentioned yet because it hasn't come up is that Chuck has been hiding his growing frailty and power loss from his friends and teammates for some reason I've forgotten but which is probably stupid. Also he can walk at this point in continuity but that's not important.

Rachel sees the Beyonder shows up for his editor mandated plot interruption for a few pages and I'm not going to discuss it because I Don't Care.

My thoughts exactly Kitty.

Speaking of the best boy, he is off at his parish, talking to the priest about his crisis of faith.

I cannot imagine what it must be like to go into confessional with a superhero he has heard some shit someone redraw this man in that one stock photo of the priest.

The monster Kurt is talking about his the Beyonder because goddamnit I guess I can't just ignore that motherfucker. TLDR, he was the ultra-powerful being who started the excuse plot for the original Secret Wars. In Secret Wars 2 he comes to Earth to learn the meaning of life or some bullshit and wanders around causing problems before turning himself into a baby (probably, idk I never finished it, Jim Shooter did that before so he'd probably do it again.) Kurt's faith has been completely destroyed by the Beyonder's sheer power which is like no being he's ever seen before- oh please.

This whole scene sort of pisses me off. First off, its more wanking off about the Beyonder and I really don't want to hear about this guy. Second, its another reason to leave Kurt out of this weeks plot and that pisses me off, give my boy more screentime! Third, this really doesn't feel justified by the Beyonder. Nightcrawler saw Dr Doom hand him his ass in Secret Wars, he knows he's not omnipotent. Nightcrawler having a breakdown is fine but there's way more interesting stuff for him to break down over.

Back on the main plot, a group of shadowy figures sneak into Professor X's office and plant a bomb under his desk! I see someone has been reading Hitchcock's quotes on suspense.

Rogue and Rachel are flying over Columbia U having a dramatic irony-laden conversation about how much less nasty this current timeline is than Rachel's home time whilst she mind-scans for the culprits. They don't find them, but they do find a mugging in progress and stop it.

I'll tell you what else is a crime, that hairdo! Yeesh.

It turns out the civilian they saved is a anti-mutant jackass who was grafitti-ing the words "Muties die!" when he got jumped, because Marvel civilians are assholes. Kitty and Wolvie take a quick break from crimefighting and have an conversation that's too cute for me not to share.

Kitty phases into a building because she sees a light on in a lab after hours. She finds some of her student acquaintances skulking about and, despite having doubts that any of them could be murderers, is immediately suspicious. I personally think the fact they ordered pizza with anchovies on it would be enough to peg them as supervillains on the spot, but Kitty is more of an optimist than me. The terrorists realize Kitty is a mutant and confront her about it.

Kitty Pryde just said the N-word. This isn't ok. I don't know how the editors at Marvel ever thought it was ok, and it speaks volumes that they did. "Mutie" isn't a real swear. "N-----" is. That word is hateful and terrible and affects real people and it is not ok at all to equate it to a made-up slur. The X-men are supposed to be an allegory for suffering that empowers minority groups. This just hurts them more. Hell no to all of this.

I took a hot minute to absorb what I just fucking read and then moved on with the issue. The terrorist kids get the jump on Kitty and chloroform her before she can phase out, with intent to kill her. Meanwhile, Magneto, Professor X and Rachel Summers are in the Prof's office, discussing the case and the Beyonder's continued presence because he's been stalking them like a weirdo. Rachel tries to psychically link the three so they can sense the Beyonder like she can, but using her psi-powers sets off the bomb, which is actually not a bomb but a "psi-scream," a device that amplifies and reflects psychic energy back to its source. This is a massive plot-hole; how did they know Xavier was psychic?! As far as I'm aware its not common knowledge Professor X is a mutant at all, let alone what his powers are! And these are just normal Columbia U college students with no connection to any supervillains or secret organizations whatsoever, there's no way they'd have access to this info!

The bomb overloads Rachel and she accidentally destroys the office, sending out a shockwave of energy that sends Professor X and Maggie flying. Rogue has to catch them both which I find sort of curious because its always so inconsistent whether Magneto can fly or not (my personal headcanon is that his costume has metal soles and he levitates them). Rachel senses Kitty's distress through their psychic link and freaks out so bad she manifests her BDSM Mutant Hunter costume. She flies over to the lab, explodes the anti-mutant students and rescues Kitty in a very hetero way.

Cannot imagine what goes on in Kitty Pryde's head. Must a beautiful and terrifying place to visit.

The guy in the pink jacket from before regains consciousness and tries to shoot Rachel, but its a bit like trying to stab a rhinoceros with a butter knife. She's about to kill him, when Magneto shows up to stop her from making the same mistakes he has.

I don't know bout you but if Magneto in a suit told me to do anything I'd drop whatever I was doing immediately. I love reformed Magneto, such a richer and more interesting character than racist whiny asshole villain Magneto. I sure hope Marvel lets him continue to grow as a person and don't constantly regress his character for the stake of a stupid status quo! Haha. I hate the Endless Wheel of Comic Book Samsara.

The conversation between Magneto and Rachel is honestly really beautiful. Two people who've never interacted before, but understand each other's pain better than anyone else can. Its a fantastic scene only slightly marred by the final panels being of the Beyonder observing the scene and giving some pointless, longwinded commentary. Its too long for me to screenshot and post here so I super recommend you check this out for yourself!

On the plus side, next issue is Dr Doom!

Final Thoughts: This issue had some really high highs and some really low lows. I'm honestly super shocked the panel of Kitty Pryde saying the N-word isn't more infamous than it is, because holy fuck that was awful.