Psylocke by Rock-He Kim in X-Force courtesy Marvel
Cable assembles Psylocke, Fantomex and Marrow into a brand new X-Force in 2014 by Si Spurrier and Rock-He Kim. This team has always been the pro-active, clandestine fighting force taking the fight to the X-Men’s enemies – while keeping their questionable methods and acts a secret from their fellow mutants.
What’s the mission? Spurrier compares real world espionage with the current Marvel Universe in this Marvel.com interview.
In the aftermath of the Cable and X-Force vs. Uncanny X-Force crossover Vendetta– there will be one single X-Force book. Marvel revealed plans for the new title by Si Spurrier (X-Men Legacy, Numbercruncher) via USA Today.
The rosters have changed but X-Force has always been the pro-active, clandestine unit of the X-Men doing what X-Men can’t…sometimes taking out their enemies before they can attack mutants.
The most recent adventures of Fantomex in Uncanny X-Force* have seemed like they should be “for mature readers” but Marvel is taking it to the MAX literally.
The X-Men’s international man of mystery, fake accented super thief with his own nervous system spaceship stars in Fantomex MAX #1. Andrew Hope, Shawn Crystal Francesco Francavilla
*For those of you not keeping score with Sam Humphries X-book: Fantomex is split between three bodies. Two of them have been on a crime spree/love affair and even had a three-way doomed romance with Psylocke!
Psylocke in her new Uncanny X-Force uniform courtesy Marvel
Psylocke has never been better.
Stronger. More resourceful. More powerful. More passionate and tragic.
Ok – she’s angry too but Elizabeth has never been written better than in recent years. I loved how Rick Remender wrote Betsy’s epic romance with Archangel during his Uncanny X-Force run and now Sam Humphries is taking the tragic, twisted romance of Betsy and Fantomex into new directions while revealing some “lost moments” between the lovers.
“Yes, we saw a change in Betsy emotionally between the end of Rick Remender’s volume of “Uncanny X-Force” and my new volume. Those changes are definitely connected to what happened between Betsy Continue reading UNCANNY X-FORCE: Psylocke’s Lost Time Revealed!
Storm and Psylocke’s mission for Wolverine in the Los Angeles club underworld (with Alpha Flight’s Puck as their contact) has led to the return of Spiral and Bishop, the discovery of a new mutant child and a villain (maybe more of an evil entity – I won’t spoil!) from the classic New Mutants era.
Fantomex (now split into three bodies) may finally confront Betsy for the first time since Rick Remender’s Uncanny X-Force finale.
Uncanny X-Force is the nasty, edgy wild child of the X-Men books in the Marvel Now. Sam Humphries and Ron Garney weave three story threads into one wicked tapestry and one hell of a cliffhanger in Uncanny X-Force #2.
Here’s what you need to know:
X-Force is over. Psylocke has serious issues. After what Rick Remender put Betsy through in the first volume of Uncanny X-Force who wouldn’t? Logan sends Psylocke and Storm (now sporting a mohawk and new post-annulment attitude) on a mission to investigate a bizarre new drug and the mysterious dealer in Los Angeles. Betsy and Ororo encounter Puck (of Alpha Flight) as their contact and the six-armed teleporting sorceress Spiral!
Psylocke’s ex has found the perfect new lover and partner-in-crime, himself! Fantomex is in love with his own female clone. If that’s not weird enough for you Continue reading X-Man Possessed in UNCANNY X-FORCE
Sam Humphries and Ron Garney relaunch the covert X-team book this week. Uncanny X-Force #1 stars Psylocke, Storm, Spiral, Puck and a brand new (sorta) good bad girl: Cluster!
In the finale of the previous series Fantomex’s three brains were born again in three different clone bodies. Sam Humphries tells Comic Book Resources which of the three will appear in the new volume:
“We knew when I started plotting the new ‘Uncanny X-Force’ that Rick was going to split Fantomex in three, and we also knew that he planned on ‘killing’ Fantomex for a certain number of issues. We didn’t want to undercut that though. So that’s why we’ve been very coy about Fantomex, the identity of Cluster and how and why they’re involved in the book. We wanted the end of Rick’s run to have as much impact as possible.
So we can finally reveal that Fantomex is in the new ‘Uncanny X-Force.’ Both Fantomex and Cluster are in issue #1 and joining the rest of the crew in this new era of mutant ninja noir. We can also reveal that Cluster is not a ‘Lady Fantomex’ or ‘She-Fantomex.’ She’s the cloned third brain of Fantomex; an aspect of what used to be ‘Fantomex Prime’ now split off into an individual person.”
Uncanny X-Force #1 courtesy Marvel
“Cluster is the nicest and most nurturing of Fantomex’s brains, but that doesn’t mean she’s the most heroic. I don’t know if heroic is quite the right word to apply to any Fantomex. To some people saying you are the nicest version of Fantomex may be like saying you are the tallest version of Danny Devito,” Humphries said with a laugh. “‘Fantomex Prime,’ or the old Fantomex, was constantly wrestling with the three sides of his personality. He had Fantomex, Cluster, and Jean Philipe. Jean Philipe being the dark, evil sentinel brain within him. Cluster calls herself ‘the nicest’ and that’s certainly true. She’s the most loving and most in touch with her feelings and her emotions. She’s not the rakish, devil-may-care, Fantomex.””All three Fantomexes have feelings for Betsy, and all three Fantomexes are still Fantomex,” the writer remarked. “So you’ll see the immediate ramifications of how that dynamic plays out in the first issue of ‘Uncanny X-Force.’ It will be something that we’re going to play with in the long-term future of the book.”
Uncanny X-Force #1 hits comic shops tomorrow.
By Editor
Op: So does this mean Betsy and Fantomex could rekindle their attraction but in a very different way? How very Trill Love aka Jadzia Dax of Deep Space Nine could that be?
