Tuesday, October 8, 2024

X-Force #4 Spoilers

Spoilers: With X-Force out of commission, Tank takes it upon himself to face Nuklo alone. When a mysterious symbol appears, Nuklo simply vanishes. The members of X-Force regain consciousness and find the Temple of the Dragon's Breath materialized in front of them. Forge declares they've failed, but the fracture is ongoing, so there's still a chance to prevent it. Betsy gets frustrated with the vagueness in Forge’s words. Sage steps in to explain what the temple is. Forge mentions that something is interfering with the analog, and Betsy insists that he open his mind so she can understand better, which he refuses. Meanwhile, Surge inspects the temple and confirms it’s empty.

X-Force enters the temple and finds the Well of All Things—a pinprick-sized portal intersecting multiple dimensions that manifests on Earth in Cambodia. Tank notices the same symbol that teleported Nuklo drawn on the temple wall. Forge checks the analog, and the fracture in Cambodia seems to move along a line toward the Everglades in Florida. X-Force deduces that what happened in Phnom Penh is now happening in Florida, a six-hour flight away. Betsy assures them that she can teleport everyone there, since Otherworld touches all dimensional nexuses, and both the Well of All Things and the Everglades are such nexuses. Betsy dons her Captain Britain armor and opens a portal, leading them into Otherworld. Rachel and Betsy discuss the hope that "she" (likely Saturnyne) won't notice they’ve entered Otherworld. Betsy urges them to march into the forest, where she opens another portal from Otherworld to the Everglades.

The team arrives in Hart Home, Florida, where they find monsters attacking civilians. Rachel senses Nuklo nearby. Sage detects around 100 dimensional rifts opening in the area. Surge tracks Nuklo, who is heading toward the swamp. X-Force reaches the swamp and pools their powers to attack Nuklo, while more rifts open up. Out of the swamp emerges the powerful Man-Thing. Betsy assures the team that Man-Thing, as the guardian of the nexus and protector of dimensional crossroads, sees Nuklo as a threat. While X-Force is busy fighting Nuklo, another Nuklo appears, this one battling Man-Thing. The two Nuklos merge, forming a larger, more powerful Nuklo. Despite his strength, Man-Thing struggles against him. Just as X-Force seems to be out of options, a bolt of lightning strikes Nuklo. It comes from an alternate Storm, who arrives with her Avengers—a team of alternate versions of Thor, Iron Man, Black Panther, and Captain America. Storm warns them that X-Force's incursion into their territory ends now.

5 comments:

X-Man said...

Nooooo not CB armor lol.

HOXOR said...

Relax, it's only three pages.

X-Man said...

@Hoxor too many lol, but you got the issue already? That's cool :)

randybear said...

She looked so pretty in this issue. She just teleported the team as soon as they exited OW she was back in her XForce uniform.

Nate X said...

This issue was truly excellent. Betsy Braddock has got her voice back!