Marvel Comics and X-Men Red #2 Spoilers and Review follows.
X-Men Red Is NOT The X-Men Team You Thought It Was?!
The issue has a few variant covers below to supplement the main cover above.
The promise of the book can be derived from its solicit.
X-MEN RED #2
AL EWING (W) • STEFANO CASELLI (A) • Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
ARAKKO VARIANT COVER BY TAURIN CLARKE • VARIANT COVER BY Giuseppe CamuncoliWHO CAN TAME THE RED PLANET?
The mutants of Mars spent millennia worshipping war — and on what they now call Arakko, they’re keeping up their violent ways. ABIGAIL BRAND knows the red planet needs a firm ruler in charge. But STORM has other ideas, along with a broken MAGNETO in her corner and ROBERTO DA COSTA making his own moves. Welcome to X-MEN RED. It’s a new world… and someone has to claim it.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Gabriel Summers (Vulcan), the third or fourth Summer brother depending on whether you accept Adam X aka Adam Neramani (X-Treme) as a Summers brother along with Scott Summers (Cyclops) and Alex Summers (Havok) may well be still one of the most powerful mutants.
However, he seems to be going mad.
The Quiet Council is concerned.
While Vulcan just wants to be left alone.
However, Abigail Brand of SWORD works to recruit to Vulcan to…
…X-Men of Mars aka X-Men Red led by Vulcan’s nephew aka Cable (Nathan Summers).
While, Storm, Magneto and Sunspot form the nucleus of a new Brotherhood team minus the “Of Evil” part of the classic team.
The Brotherhood deal with the Martian threat that the X-Men Red could not and…
…even subdue Vulcan rather easily.
The book ends with Abigail Brand sicking Vulcan on his next target…
…Tarn the Uncaring.
More on Tarn here.
The Pulse:
A full throttle issue with lots of action and intrigue. I think Vulcan remains a compelling and complex character. Decent art. 7.5 out of 10.
