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Avengers & X-Men: AXIS (OT) The Red Onslaught

Who is behind it?
Avengers & X-Men: AXIS is written by Rick Remender (Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny Avengers) and illustrated by Adam Kubert (#1-2, #7), Leinil Francis Yu (#3-4, #8), Terry Dodson (#5-6) and Jim Cheung (#9)

What’s It About?
The seeds for this story stretch back to the finale of Avengers Vs. X-Men, when Scott Summers (Cyclops) in Dark Phoenix mode murdered his mentor, Charles Xavier. In the wake of this tragedy, Cyclops is branded an outlaw and traitor to both humans and mutants alike.

Captain America-seeking to heal the rift between mutants and humans formed an Avengers Unity Squad, headed by Alex Summers, (Havok-Scott Summers brother) with members of both Avengers and X-Men teams to be a public front for human-mutant relations .

Their first opponent-The Red Skull-Who, through twisted methods grafted parts of Xavier’s exhumed brain onto his own, granting him Xavier’s powerful psychic abilities. (Seen in Uncanny Avengers)

The Avengers and Red Skull battled-with Skull using his powers to incite racial hatred and invoke riots-even pitting Avengers against one another-eventually our heroes won and the Red Skull retreated….

Cut to the here and now-Red Skull has revisited his Nazi tactics and imprisoned mutants in Concentration Camps on the abandoned island of Genosha-among it’s prisoners: UA members Havok, Rogue, Scarlett Witch and her father, Magneto. They escape their shackles, and fight Red Skull’s S-Men-but Magneto has seen too much. The horrors of the camp remind him of his own childhood imprisonment by Nazi monsters like The Red Skull:

He lashes out at the Red Skull protected from the physic assault by his helmet-and (against his daughters pleas) brutally murders The Red Skull.

Well, that takes care of that.

or not.

And now-the story resumes in Avenger & X-Men: AXIS #1 which goes on sales today, October 8, 2014. Marvels synopsis:

The Red Skull has taken over Genosha and stands poised to plunge the planet into World War Hate! The Avengers and X-Men must team-up with each other and some of their greatest foes, but along the way, Inversion changes everything! Anything can happen in this nine-issue event written by Rick Remender with the art of Jim Cheung, Terry Dodson, Adam Kubert and Leinil Yu!

 

[Currygan]

That's really Red Skull with Xavier's brain in his hand. Wow...

 

[RetroMG]

I... What? Wow. I have to read this now, because it looks nuts.

 

[G-Fex]

Rogue really upset at Magneto killing a evil fucking skullfaced nazi?

Really?

 

[dankir]

Skull becomes Onslaughtaluthu?

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Rogue really upset at Magneto killing a evil fucking skullfaced nazi?

Really?

Seriously, wtf at that panel. I don't think even Spider-Man would cry for the Red Skull.

Spoiler

Especially since skull is responsible for the death of his parents. Cuz he's a fucking monster.

 

[PsychBat!]

First arc of Uncanny Avengers was really weak. Second arc was good, at least the ending. Third arc leads to Axis (or is Axis).

Too early to tell if this will either be a good event or a hot mess.

 

[Coffee Dog]

Rogue is all over the place this issue. First she wildly breaks character and chastises magneto for killing evil incarnate (lol wut) and then she's comforting and forgiving wanda, who I am fairly sure she still hates.

This event looks goofy as hell, and that's a good thing. I don't know about the main book as remender has been all over the place recently, but the tie ins (Deadpool especially, holy shit) could have some potential.

 

[Hystzen]

This is going be awful but I can't take my eyes away I must read it

 

[shadyspace]

Medium event.

 

[Dalek]

#TeamMagneto

 

[G-Fex]

Seriously, wtf at that panel. I don't think even Spider-Man would cry for the Red Skull.

Spoiler

Especially since skull is responsible for the death of his parents. Cuz he's a fucking monster.

Marvel does overdramatic stuff a lot but Come the fuck on.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Erm. Whoa. That looks insane.

So Red Onslaught is.....a gigantic 200 foot tall giant with tentacles all over the place? Holy shit. I must buy.

 

[Coffee Dog]

#TeamMagneto

There's not even enough division for teams here. The dude was putting mutants in concentration camps. Not to mention the fact that he had incredibly powerful telepathic abilities that could fuck with all sorts of things. Magneto is entirely justified.

Not only that, "You're no better than him" is just about the worst way she could put that.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Misspelled the title brah. It's Sixis.

 

[Dalek]

I avoided putting what happened with Havok and Wasp in the OT, because that's even more crazy and complicated-but I was surprised they actually mention it a few times in issue #1, so I'm assuming that's going to pay off sooner rather than later.

Also, Havok is crazy disfigured now.

 

[Blues1990]

As if it couldn't be any more confusing & convoluted.

 

[Escape Goat]

You're no better than him. Well, if she had said that to anyone else she would have been wrong. He had humans rounded up in New XMen. No, it wasn't Xorn!

 

[PsychBat!]

Medium event.

Yup, and there was this one gaffer that described Axis as a speedbump to next year's Time Runs Out. Aptly put.

 

[Rorschach]

Rogue really upset at Magneto killing a evil fucking skullfaced nazi?

Really?

They all are. Because he's no better than Red Skull. Duh.

 

[Bearthgar]

Magneto is right.

 

[Metroidvania]

You can't even make this shit up.

Red getting Xavier's brain and grafting it?

lol.

 

[Eidan]

I hate to dog pile on the panel, but seriously, what the hell is Rogue even talking about? Maybe some context would help explain how Magneto killing Red Skull could be seen as anything but a net positive?

 

[Rastafarian42]

Based Remender please deliver a dope event.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I always assumed Xavier was a dick that had it coming

 

[SpiderJerusalem]

wait Rogues back? woops, I dropped Uncanny when she died.

 

[Slayven]

I always assumed Xavier was a dick that had it coming

He did, compared to what he did to others, his death was quick and merciful.

wait Rogues back? woops, I dropped Uncanny when she died.

She got better and now she got Wonder man sharing her body.

 

[G-Fex]

They all are. Because he's no better than Red Skull. Duh.

Yes true. Magneto killing him = on par with doing heinous nazi stuff

 

[Slayven]

Magneto was just finishing some old business

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

I always assumed Xavier was a dick that had it coming

He was. It's constantly opposite day in the X-books, everyone pretends like Cyclops and Mags aren't always right.

 

[Dalek]

Xavier was nearly detested by all the X-Men and then he died and now he's a saint.

 

[SpiderJerusalem]

He did, compared to what he did to others, his death was quick and merciful.



She got better and now she got Wonder man sharing her body.

aw, ew ..guess I'll catch up

 

[Brainiac 8]

In the current X books:

Jean Grey kills an entire galaxy while possesses by the dark phoenix= ok and forgivable.

Cyclops killing Xavier while possessed = As evil as Magneto at his worst.

Wolverine, known murderer = beacon of everything good in the Marvel universe.

It's why I don't read comics much any longer.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Xavier was nearly detested by all the X-Men and then he died and now he's a saint.

Even wankers turn into top blokes after death.

 

[Escape Goat]

In the current X books:

Jean Grey kills an entire galaxy while possesses by the dark phoenix= ok and forgivable.

Cyclops killing Xavier while possessed = As evil as Magneto at his worst.

Wolverine, known murderer = beacon of everything good in the Marvel universe.

It's why I don't read comics much any longer.

Comics written over decades and by different writers. Everyone should know better.

 

[Parallax]

In the current X books:

Jean Grey kills an entire galaxy while possesses by the dark phoenix= ok and forgivable.

Cyclops killing Xavier while possessed = As evil as Magneto at his worst.

Wolverine, known murderer = beacon of everything good in the Marvel universe.

It's why I don't read comics much any longer.

it tells.

 

[Slayven]

He was. It's constantly opposite day in the X-books, everyone pretends like Cyclops and Mags aren't always right.

Even in heaven Prof X was ain't shit

 

[PsychBat!]

Comics written over decades and by different writers. Everyone should know better.

The latter two are pretty recent. Like a couple of years ago. Dark Phoenix killing a galaxy will also not be forgotten.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Comics written over decades and by different writers. Everyone should know better.

It shouldn't be hard for a current writer to respect the continuity of one of the greatest X stories ever written.

 

[Patryn]

In the current X books:

Jean Grey kills an entire galaxy while possesses by the dark phoenix= ok and forgivable.

Cyclops killing Xavier while possessed = As evil as Magneto at his worst.

Wolverine, known murderer = beacon of everything good in the Marvel universe.

It's why I don't read comics much any longer.

The funny thing is that I seem to recall that act was a lark added to the story by John Byrne. He thought it would be funny for her to cook the planet of the broccoli people.

Ironically, his adding that scene changed the end of the story. Originally, Jean was supposed to survive and go back to normal but Marvel's EIC at the time, Jim Shooter, demanded that she be punished for the crime. He proposed that she be sent away forever to an intergalactic prison, but Chris Claremont didn't like that and decided he'd just kill her.

 

[TAJ]

She got better and now she got Wonder man sharing her body.

She got better? Wasn't she a skeleton?

 

[Slayven]

She got better? Wasn't she a skeleton?

Time travel.

 

[Manmademan]

She got better? Wasn't she a skeleton?

time travel shenanigans. that event never happened.

It's too early for an AXIS OT (the first issue just came out) but a recap of Uncanny Avengers would be the GOAT.

So much insanity in that one I don't know where to begin.

 

[Dan]

What is Red Skull even responding to in those last two panels? He's addressing Rogue, but not referencing anything she's said. Is there something missing?

 

[Manmademan]

The funny thing is that I seem to recall that act was a lark added to the story by John Byrne. He thought it would be funny for her to cook the planet of the broccoli people.

Ironically, his adding that scene changed the end of the story. Originally, Jean was supposed to survive and go back to normal but Marvel's EIC at the time, Jim Shooter, demanded that she be punished for the crime. He proposed that she be sent away forever to an intergalactic prison, but Chris Claremont didn't like that and decided he'd just kill her.

Keep in mind that Dark Phoenix wasn't actually Jean:

Shortly before the publication of Uncanny X-Men #137, future freelance writer Kurt Busiek, then still a college student, heard about the upcoming events through the fan grapevine, as did fellow future comics pros Carol Kalish (who would go on to head up Marvel's Direct Sales Department for years) and Richard Howell (artist of the Vision and The Scarlet Witch 12-issue limited series, among others). The three of them also heard that Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter had declared that Jean Grey could not be revived unless it was done in such a way as to render her guiltless of Dark Phoenix' crimes. Taking this as a creative challenge, all three then-fans decided to come up with their own resurrection scenario. Busiek's involved the discovery that Jean Grey was still on the bottom of Jamaica Bay in suspended animation following the original shuttle crash and that the Phoenix entity had used her body and mind as a lens, creating an immensely powerful duplicate of Jean, but one which grew more corrupted and distorted the longer it remained separate from the true Jean.[14]

They retconned Jean into being innocent of the whole planet killing business. Wasn't her, just a duplicate based on her.

What is Red Skull even responding to in those last two panels? He's addressing Rogue, but not referencing anything she's said. Is there something missing?

IIRC that was a massive two page spread, missing half the dialogue.

 

[rexor0717]

I don't read comics, but its funny seeing magneto with his buff-as-fuck body even though he apparently went through the holocaust.

 

[Escape Goat]

I don't read comics, but its funny seeing magneto with his buff-as-fuck body even though he apparently went through the holocaust.

He got de-aged.

Because comics.

 

[rexor0717]

He got de-aged.

Because comics.

Oh, of course he did, lol.

 

[Manmademan]

I don't read comics, but its funny seeing magneto with his buff-as-fuck body even though he apparently went through the holocaust.

Beaten a bit, but magneto was de-aged to a child quite some time ago (maybe a decade ago in comic time, several decades in real time) and then re-aged up to a man in his prime or so.

He's not physically an old man at all, and neither is Xavier who had been using cloned bodies.

 

[Dan]

IIRC that was a massive two page spread, missing half the dialogue.

Ah, gotcha.