Comic Books
X-MEN LEGACY #260.1
• REGENESIS tie-in! A new creative team and a new status quo for X-MEN: LEGACY…
• Rogue, Gambit, Iceman, Frenzy and Rachel Summers take up their posts as teachers and protectors of Wolverine’s School…just in time to defend it from invading N’Garai demons!
Story by Christos GageArt by David Baldeon & Jordi Tarragona
Colors by Sonia Oback
Letters by Cory Petit
Cover by Mark Brooks
Price: $2.99
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KenOchalek | 01/12/12 | No | Read Review |
I’ve got a lot of faith in Gage, I think this will be pretty cool.
I’ve heard good things about Gage, but I’ve never read his stuff that I can remember. He’s been doing Avengers Academy, right? I’ve been following this series as long as I’ve been reading comics. But with Mike Carey ending his years-long run and such great stuff happening in books like Wolverine a/t X-men and Uncanny X-Force right now, I was looking at this as a jumping-off point. Would you say Gage is good enough that I should stick around just on the merits of his writing?
I picked up the last two issues of Carey’s run — I really, really liked the first part (259), but found 260 to be a total bore. So I’m looking forward to trying out a new era.
He is writing Avengers Academy and also wrote The Initiative book. For ifanboy listeners he’s probably best known as the writer of hte GI Joe/Cobra miniseries starring Chuckles. The guys on the podcast RAVED about it. I also read a trade that he wrote and Samnee drew, which I enjoyed quite a bit.
I would give him the benefit of the doubt, at least for an issue or two.
Wow Rachel’s new look is horrible! Loved her previous Marvel Girl outfit. Also she is going by professor Grey. Anyone can confirm that Cyclops is actually her father? I always thought it was Wolverine.
(I hope I’m remembering this correctly) A Scott and Jean from an alternate time line (I’m pretty sure the Days of Future Past timeline) are her parents. It’s definitely Scott, as she went by Rachel Summers for years. I’m pretty sure she changed her last name to Grey just in the past few years. I don’t recall why exactly. It’s worth noting that I don’t remember anything from high school Algebra but can recall this information without a problem.
@colossus: I often wonder the same thing — what truly meaningful knowledge has been pushed out of my brain by some inane fact about the Legion of Superheroes or something.
Anyway, I believe you’re remembering correctly. Rachel is the daughter of Scott and Jean, just not “our” Scott and Jean.
To XManRyan’s point, I’m also not crazy about her new look, but it seems to be that Rachel has always been a bit of a fashion victim. At least her midriff is covered (not that there’s anything wrong with exposed midriff, it’s just a look I haven’t regularly seen on young women since 1998, and I feel like too many comic book artists haven’t picked up on it yet).
That art was gorgeous.
Sonia Oback is insanely good. Her colours are unreal.
Makes me miss work with Mike Choi.