Marvel Comics Universe and Empyre: X-Men #1 Spoilers and Review follows.
X-Corp Rumor No Longer As Team Debuts To…
…To Take On Alien Plants and Mutant Zombies?!
We open with a dramatis personae, storyline catch-up and creators’ credits page all-in-one.
The Cotati have landed on Genosha to stage an attack on Wakanda for vibranium.
They encounter zombie mutants, presumably resurrected by the Scarlet Witch to open this issue, and…
…a lot these undead mutants are vegetarians.
Back on Krakoa, Black Tom Cassidy can feel that the Earth’s plant-life is threatened…
…Professor X Charles Xavier seeks an update on the status of X-Corp – a corporation based in Paris, France, established by Sunspot and transferred to a board of directors, that represents the business interests of the Krakoans including the X-Men – from Angel it’s presumed CEO.
The team is sent to Genosha to look into what’s been going on and…
…gets sucked into the skirmish.
The X-Coep fix a Krakoan portal…
…that the undead can’t use, but they can…
…only to be confronted by the surly old ladies from the beginning of the current era of X-Men.
The Pulse:
A loopy issue with amazing art. Nit sure what this adds to the Empyre narrative, but I was entertained. 7 out of 10.
