Wasn't They One of Them X-Books That Was Gonna Have Every Issue for a Year End in a "Shocking Revelation" ?

Doc Beechler (mod-MD) September 22, 2009 at 4:11pm

Chris?

Alan M. September 22, 2009 at 6:45pm

Well, it's still going on in the pages of X-Factor. And it was more "surprise ending" than "shocking revelation." But I'll let you decide how it's working.

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Issue #39: Madrox and Siryn's baby is revealed to be an infant Madrox duplicate; he re-absorbs it as soon as it's born, and she declares she'll kill Madrox the next time she sees him.

Issue #40: Layla Miller, believed to be stranded in the future, shows up, and she's all grown up.

Issue #41: In the future, Madrox and Layla are recruited by Ruby Summers (I don't actually know who she is, but I understand she's relevant to some set-in-the-future stories).

Issue #42: Cyclops is still alive in the far future, and is leading the nascent Summers Rebellion (see above parenthetical).

Issue #43: Shatterstar returns, and he's mind-controlled by the mysterious villain.

Issue #44: Monet is taken over by said mysterious villain.

Issue #45: Rictor and Shatterstar are reunited, lock lips.

Issue #46: In the future, another member of the Summers Rebellion is revealed to be pre-time-travelling-and-becoming-a-villain Trevor Fitzroy.

Issue #47: Mysterious villain is revealed to be a Madrox duplicate.

Issue #48: Um...yeah, nothing really, kinda, it's sorta tough to explain?

And that's where we're at.

Oh, and also, in the future, Madrox and Layla are working with a very old, very senile Doctor Doom to try to get back to the present.

The Baron September 23, 2009 at 5:50am

Oh, OK, thanks, Alan. I couldn't recall whether that was actually happeneing, or just something I misremembered. I like the idea of a "Summers Rebellion". Ideally, they should be fighting a group called "Winters".