Continuing the storytime of Remender's Uncanny X-Force/Avengers work, today we're doing the entire Dark Angel Saga.
SHIT'S GONNA GO DOWN FELLAS, GET IN HERE
Previous Thread: >>86778697
But first, let's have a nice little standalone issue.
>>86799611
>>86799676
Dear Bendis this is how you do wordless panels
Wolverine being a secret weeaboo is one of the things I really do like about his character.
And now for the main event!
Start the thread by different IP than the one you use for storytime. You'll get self bump that way.
>>86800095
I'll keep that in mind for next time.
>>86799777
I hate your words, your terminology, this era and probably you... but I do agree, in essence with what you're saying.
>>86800116
Would you rather he said "Japanophile"?
YOU. DUMB. SHIT.
In this issue: Our Boy Gets Some
>>86800823
>>86800839
>>86800856
Phantomex is about to steal yo girl archangel
OH MY GOD
IT'S THE WEEABOO
In this issue: Everything Goes Wrong
>>86801075
READING BUMP INCOMING
I really like Logan-Apocalypse's armour. Looks like an edgy Mega Man.
The gang just can't catch a break, huh?
Gonna take a wee break here folks, I'll be back in about an hour to finish off The Dark Angel Saga!
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Aaaand we're back!
Man, this run is full of awesome designs.
>>86802805
really enjoying this.
>>86802878
I'm not even gonna question why Akkaba had this super huge underground city in the Arctic. How many people live here?
>>86802903
Remind me again why Ozymandias is so loyal? Didn't Apocalypse keep him as a slave ever since he was turned into stone by one of Rama-Tut's machines?
>>86802950
It's so satisfying to see Fantomex' fucking illusions failing for once.
>tfw you got the omnibus which goes for upwards of 300 usd now for 50usd when it came out
>>86802927
Genocide is technically not a new design though. He's just the 616 version of Holocaust from the AoA with a few changes.
>>86803178
Technically sure, but I immensely prefer this version.
>>86803151
This is the most bullshit reasoning for not asking for help that I've ever heard. THE FATE OF THE WORLD IS AT STAKE. CALL SOMEONE.
UXF is good, but none of the missions they do actually qualify as things that should be covert. Unlike in the previous volume where they went around murdering Purifiers and stuff.
What a scene. What an issue.
In this issue: It Gets Worse
>>86803335
So, I get that X-Force isn't calling for help because their idiots, but surely SOMEONE would have noticed that an entire American city was nuked and investigate. Where are the Avengers?
>>86803437
So, how does Death's magic carpet work exactly? Is it a secondary mutation?
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>>86803466
Meant to say in >>86803499, magic carpets aren't too ridiculous to me in the Marvel Universe. How does a Magic Carpet work? It's magic.
>>86803520
But Clan Akkaba and the Horsemen are all based on science, we've never seen any of them use magic.
>>86803537
How is this beautiful? These creatures are all weak, inferior to both mutants and humans. This isn't what someone who follows Apocalypse's ideology should want.
>>86803624
I mean look at these things. They're inferior genetic filth. This is Archangel's master plan? A world of weird frog people with no superpowers?
>>86803751
The Deviant Apocalypse Kelby Tak (very obviously Warlord Kro) and the Neanderthal Apocalypse were one of the many plots that Remender never got around to doing.
>>86803742
It literally doesn't matter what evolution creates, as long as evolution happens. Evolution has stalled on earth, so something's got to be done. That's all the Celestials, and, by extension, Apocalypse care about.
In this issue: TUMBLING TUMBLING TUMBLING DOOOOWN
>>86803796
No, Apocalypse cares about the strong. These things are weak, inferior to what already exists on Earth.
>>86799754
I miss logan sondanm much....
>>86803730
You'd think that torture wouldn't work on someone so loyal and brainwashed. It doesn't work that well in real life in the first place.
>>86803860
En Sabah Nur did. But Remender establishes that "Apocalypse" is just a title of a being chosen by the Celestials to be the caretaker of evolution. Archangel and En Sabah Nur may both be Apocalypse, but they're not exactly the same people.
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>>86803822
>And it's on us to stop him
CALL THE AVENGERS AND THE X-MEN YOU IDIOTS
>>86803905
>>86803931
Um, aren't these mooks all humans too? They're depowered mutants, right? That means they're human.
>>86803953
Badass drummer boy
>>86804057
And this was supposed to be one of Apocalypse's Final Horsemen? A guy who talks when tortured and will betray the cause if you threaten his life, begging and wimpering?
>>86804098
Damn this place is big. They're all Apocalypse's descendants, right?
Pretty convenient that ALL of them lost their powers in M-Day except for the Final Horsemen and Genocide.
>>86804150
The same way that it's convenient that none of the most profitable mutants lost their powers?
>>86804171
I know, Wanda sure was nice. And then the few profitable mutants that did lose their powers got them back, except Jubilee who became a vampire instead.
Gotta run an errand quickly, but I'll be back to do the last 2 issues of the storyline very soon. Stay tuned!
>>86804315
bump
Alright, let's finish this bad boy
>>86804761
So, why did he call these guys instead of the Avengers and the X-Men?
Do uncanny avengers next
>>86804877
We'll get to it! The plan is:
Rest of Uncanny X-Force
Uncanny Avengers
AXIS
Uncanny Avengers Vol.2
Rage of Ultron (maybe)
>>86804930
>>86804954
Poor Betsy, being forced to wear skimpy dominatrix outfits. She'll only wear skimpy ninja outfits.
>>86804954
>Do you have daddy issues?
This is Remender, EVERYONE has daddy issues.
Oh how I miss this Marvel.
As someone who is retarded, what is X-Force?
>>86805072
Black-ops group of mutants that do the dirty work required to keep the mutant race alive.
In This Issue: One hero shall rise, and another shall fall...
>>86799777
This page makes me really sad for some reason.
>>86803578
>someone who follows Apocalypse's ideology
Arch doesn't, he follows the Celestials demand for evolution. He doesn't care about the form that takes.
>>86805102
Except that most of the time what they do doesn't qualify as black ops and they just refuse to ask for help for some reason.
HE'S COMING
>>86805059
Storys real stakes consitent characterization and. NO preching.
Feels good senpai
HERE HE IS
Genesis is a good boy.
>>86805421
The Skinless Man and Dr. Mindbubble were eventually used, but who is "The S-"? Another Weapon Plus subject that Remender never got around to I assume.
RIP Archangel
RIP Warren Worthington IIIHe died as he lived: cucked.
>>86805053
This page is awesome.
And that's it for the Dark Angel Saga! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.
Tomorrow, we'll have a slightly shorter storytime while we cover the Otherworld arc, and then, on Sunday, we'll finish Uncanny X-Force with the Final Execution Saga! Hope you see you all then!
>>86805726
Good shit.
>>86799898
Have we ever found out why Magneto didn't do it himself? Was this a relative of his?
>>86806099
Nope.
It's better this way too.
>>86805726
Why is archangle back in uncanny xmen
>>86806181
You could read it and find out.
It's a pretty good way of bringing him back into his old state.
>>86806231
That would require me giving current marvel attention
>>86806256
It doesn't have Land on art.
Do you really want me to tell you?
>>86799898
This was a nice issue
>>86800172
Ayyy dark beast!
>>86800281
That bottom right panel is a good indication of how crazy comics are when you think about them
I forgot how great this art was
>>86800788
Bobby ischillinhard as shit
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>>86800964
DELET THIS
>>86802878
Isn't this where the eternals get reborn or something?
>>86800872
dad logan is my favorite logan.
>>86804128
how old is genocide really ?
>>86803254
>flaming death skull robot guy
>ARE YOU A SUPER HERO?
kids are dumb
oh i didn'trealize this was xanon. time jumps brah
whoa, bump
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>>86802976
Reading Genocide in Alphonse Elric's voice.
>>86803235
>Arch's eyes
Opeña is a god
>>86799898
I always hated this issue and think it's the worst of the run. Magneto not killing Nazis? Wolverine being his little errand boy? Bullshit.
>>86810628
Its not a nazi.
Its eriks nazi.
His personal tormentor and man respoinsible for the trauma and heart break that turned a little boy into one of the most dangerous men in the world.
It makes sense why magneto just wouldnt want to face him again.
And logan is a empathic and compassonate character, and sees this.
>>86806275
Yes
>>86810719
Ok.Genocide after getting savagely BTFO by Arch's kiddies during Uncanny Avengers does some research and learns that mindfucked Angel (the one with T/O Wings) can be not only resurrected, but cloned (think back to Kyle & Yost's X-Force, but more ambitious) and used as an instrument of the Celestial will he's been trying to help out with. So they cut Angel's T/O wings off then get to cloning. My understanding is that the first clone--really just a blank slate, sort of like a puppet, but with echoes of Archangel escapes (or is set loose). He stumbles onto Mags and tells him to protect mutants at any cost.
Some shit goes down. Genocide gets utterly rekt in one of my favorite panels of the year. Psylocke gets baited into summoning the 'prime' Archangel and then he nearly awakens again until autistic Warren merges back with his prime clone.
It's a little contrived, but fuck, what isn't in comics? I think it works pretty well. Helps tie up some loose ends and we get best angel back.
>>86799611
Hellyez
*slaps inside of elbow*
>>86799999
>no one checked him
>>86810860
Isn't genocide like 10?
Also its cool to have "best" angel back i feel like were just retreading old ground
>>86815155
>Isn't genocide like 10?
So? He killed an entire fucking town and was having coffee with the Celestials before this.
He'll be ok.
>>86815176
Dunno seems weird for mags to kill a child
>>86800645
>My Jeanie wasn't so casual about strolling through other folks' heads
If only you knew, Logan.
>>86800645
>Handmade by God to afflict me
Gets me everytime.
>>86800755
>Mark Brooks will never be a X-Men regular artist
y lif
>>86805443
>>86805465
>I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds evil! And I'm a hero and I will stop you!
Evan is the BEST boy.
Thanks OP, this is interesting.
>>86800013
the old man and the sea is not that big a book
>>86800645
>my husband's been dead for nearly 10 years no
When does this take place?
>>86817537
The Age of Apocalypse.
>>86799933
The transition from this issue from the previous really shows what an asset Dean White was to holding most of the series together
>>86800172
i hate bendis so much. dark beast is easily one of the most interesting characters marvel ever produced. the cast for this comic is amazing. i had heard of deathlok but not until reading UXF have i wanted to read more about that character
>>86800202
dat grinch grin doh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6bWkIWJw4w
>>86800491
>please apologize for wilson for me
>wavy hand goodbye
kek
>>86817543
Oh... this makes much more sense now.
>>86817877
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>>86817573
The AOA Dark Beast is the single most redundant villain Marvel has ever produced, and they've made a Multiple-Man knock-off villain.
Man, Uncanny X-Force was so great.
I really wish Rick Remender was still at Marvel. I still feel a kick in the balls for that sudden leaving of Uncanny Avengers with all the loose plot threads.
>>86803127
Deathlok looks 1000% better with an X than a flag
>>86803458
damn it this is amazing. did bendis kill off dark beast because he's was jealous of remender or something? how horrible a person must bendis be in RL?
>>86803578
>how is this beautiful
if you can't be entertained by prose of well written and intelligent antagonists depicted with amazing art about sentient life through a millennia, GTFO
>>86803742
let me know when you are as amphibious as they are and can breath through your skin.
>>86818895
Oh... Yeah, that MUST be it.
It sure didn't have anything to do with the FOUR Hank McCoys running around, or the two other evil mutate mad scientists manipulating the mutant genome, or the dozen other alternate timeline characters infesting X-books...
There was no reason to get rid of any excess nonsense hanging threads...
No. It was that jealousy over Remender having used a '90s cast-off character in a story.
And your hatred of a complete stranger that you've read rumors about is now totally justified.
Just ignore the obvious explanation for lowering the number of McCoys mentioned in his very death scene dialog, YOU know better.
>>86803751
it's really great to see the villain foils of these two original x-men. holy shit.
>>86818980
>No. It was that jealousy over Remender having used a '90s cast-off character in a story.
>Bendis reads comics?
I get what you're saying, but this is where it fell apart.
>4 Hank McCoys
Yo wat.
Original, O5, Dark...who else?
>>86804810
because he wouldn't have to explain himself as much, he's an assassin that's part of a death squad that the infantile avengers would question and waste time in flagellating emotional responses, which wastes time when is a factor
>>86818001
i disagree on a fundamental level. you could say the same thing about archangel depicted in this thread.
>>86818980
someone can't count, getting rid of DB just because of contrived O5 bullshit is not an argument and you know it.
>>86818001
when are you going to leave marvel, bendis? you're not fooling anyone.
Remender is a liberal cuck