Xavier confronts Exodus in attempt to unite all mutants for the sake of their survival.
X-Men: Legacy #225
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Mike Carey
Art: Phil Briones
Colorist: Brian Reber
Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit
Cover: Daniel Acuña
Variant Cover: Adriana Melo, Mariah Benes, and John Rauch
Summary: “The End” Professor X’s odyssey brings him full circle as he answers a call from the Acolytes. But what do they want? Revenge? Or a new leader? Xavier’s LEGACY journey ends here, and it’s a doozie.
Review: This particular issue of X-Men Legacy isn’t much to write home about. Charles Xavier shows off his knack for being steps ahead of his opponent as a chess master should. He dutifully implanted mental suggestions within the Acolytes before they took steps to block his telepathy with psi-shields; these are the same people who restored his physical body to optimal health allowing him to regain full use of his legs. The Acolytes were left rather defenseless from Xavier’s attacks allowing him full access to their super secret evil cave lair in the side of a snowy mountain. Exodus’ lair is perhaps nothing short of a cartoon villain’s hideout and if he somehow has a twin brother, I have no doubt that one’s lair is inside a volcano. I jest. To the best of my knowledge Exodus doesn’t have a twin. Based on his flip-flopping personality in issue #225, he plays the roles of evil twin and good twin just fine on his own anyway.
Without physical confrontation, Xavier convinces Exodus that all mutants must stick together on the same side in order to protect their race from extinction. By the end of this rather dull issue, Exodus is on board with Charles; he evacuates his super secret evil cave lair of doom and then blows it up. Cue the ominous music as Norman Osborn lands his helicopter. Marvel, haven’t we been here before?
The only part of this issue that hinted at anything interesting was when Xavier personally faced Amelia Voght. She has helped him through his most difficult personal health crises. They have a long history of being so close yet so far from each other in terms of mutant agendas. Perhaps further issues will explore this relationship.
I already miss Lee Bermejo’s covers but this new artistic team needs a chance to see what they can bring to the table.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
That shiny new banner really makes your article pop, Beth.
LOL I can’t believe that summary actually includes the word “doozie.”
Sucks that this issue flopped. Who wants to read a bad comic? No one. Who does? We do.
I know, I love Lee Bermejo, too.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:53 am
The banner is gorgeous!
But, yeah, you can’t expect every issue of a series to be great. They need transition time between creative teams and setting up new stories. It’s certainly no reason to cancel X-Men by any means.