Spoilers: Lady Deathstrike decides to resurrect the dead in order to
face the X-Men and achieve her goals. At Dubai, Gabriel Shepherd retrieves
Monet. Monet flies to the X-Jet to meet Storm and Psylocke, while Gabriel stays
to clean the site. Gabriel manages to destroy the Arkea activation in Dubai,
but here are many others around the globe. Elsewhere, the Ana persona is at
odds with the Deathstrike persona in regard to Arkea, feeling things have been getting
dangerous. However, they all agree to follow Arkea’s plans. Manwhile in outer
space, Pixie and Rockslide track a box belonging to the Jean Grey School, and plan to throw
it into the sun. Back at the school, Beast runs some tests on Sublime. Rachel
and Sublime argue and end their relationship. Back to the X-Jet, Psylocke and
Monet plan to approach Arkea by surprise, jumping out of the jet into the sea
and not using any kind of tech. Betsy and Monet swim towards Ana’s yatch right
before the Sisterhood’s jet lands on it. Arkea reveals to Deathstrike who she
wants to resurrect. Deathstrike is worried as she thinks these two women are way
too dangerous. Arkea disregards her remarks and tells her to obey and do as she
wishes: they’ll resurrect Madelyne Pryor and Selene, the Black Queen. At the
Catalina Island, Jubilee, Pixie, Hellion and Bling! regroup as they find out
Old V1 Sentinels that had sunk decades ago are now under Arkea’s control.
Karima, Quire, Mercury and Oya are aboard a jet above the island to keep an eye
on the Sentinels. Once the Sentinels emerge from the sea, the X-Men realize
they cannot be simply dismantled, so Pixie and Bling! face them up close.
“For so long, my life has been out of control. Chaos and serendipity, wrapped in insanity. I have suffered, I have lost. Not just my life, but my very soul, my self. But no more. Now I know who I am.” – Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Braddock, daughter of Otherworld, mutant, telepath, telekinetic, defender of the realm and, above all, X-Man.
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Great story! And Madelyne and Selene will be back? Wow, this Sisterhood may be the strongest Brotherhood/Sisterhood incarnation ever, as Arkea and Enchantress were already quite powerful themselves.
I wonder if Wood's Madelyne will be like Fraction's Madelyne (who was fully evil for no reason) or like Claremont's Madelyne (who had an evil side but also a nice one, and could see Storm and Psylocke as her past friends instead of people she must kill).
As for Selene, it will be interesting to find out how Arkea plans to resurrect her, as her body exploded in Necrosha.
And Deathstrike is interesting with this conflict between Ana's personality and Yuriko's personality. Whatever happens, I hope Yuriko's personality isn't destroyed.
Great issue, and this Sisterhood looks very interesting (and the best part is that Wood said they will still remain as a group before this arc; Fraction's Sisterhood was interesting but he disbanded them too early). Such a shame that its cover shows Storm looking like a man, and Psylocke and Rachel looking like balloons (they don't look like people, I can't tell exactly why... maybe it's the facial expressions).
One last thing (well, three really): it's great to see the X-students getting a chance to participate of the story; great to see Rachel and Sublime splitting up; and is there any chance that Gabriel will stick around as a recurring member of Storm's team? I know that it is supposed to be an all-female team, but he could work as an ally.
*correction: the best part is that Wood said the Sisterhood will still remain as a group AFTER this arc.
Did anyone else find the speech bubbles really sloppy and misleading in this issue? It ruined the initial enjoyment for me.
^yea, the misplaced speech bubbles were a little annoying.
On another note: Did Monet actually "die" and Gabriel revived her or was she just knocked out? I was confused by that part...
Both things are possible. Maybe Monet was severely beaten up and the police assumed she was dead, but then she managed to recover her senses. And Gabriel may have revived her: although he never did that before, he has so many superpowers that I wouldn't be surprised if he also had healing powers (dude is a deus ex machina... but strangely, it doesn't bother me, maybe because Wood doesn't overuse Gabriel).
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