X-Men Legacy #226
UTOPIA TIE-IN Rogue, Gambit and Danger go to join the X-Men in San Francisco, only to find it in flames. The Dark Avengers have come into town and are taking no prisoners. Wait, the whole problem is that they ARE taking prisoners. Norman Osborn has the city of San Francisco in the palm of his hands and mutants are being forced to take sides. Will they side with Cyclops and the X-Men? Or go to Osborn and his Dark X-Men? What side will the returning mutants and one of the X-Men's most powerful foes take? Part 1 (of 2).
WRITER: Mike Carey
PENCILS: Dustin Weaver
COVER BY: Terry Dodson
Price: $2.99
Comments
the preview was pretty good...i'm looking forward to see Gambit and Rogue get back into the X-Men fold.
Posted by comixfan on 07/07/09 at 01:42 AM
More Rogue and Gambit? God damnit!!!!
Posted by vadamowens on 07/07/09 at 01:43 AM
For some reason I'm actually HAPPY to see this book tie into Utopia. That event growing is somehow a good thing in my estimation. But then, I'm a big x-fan and who doesn't want more Rogue and Gambit? Hell, if these issues are good I might stick with the title past the tie-in.
Posted by J4K3 on 07/07/09 at 04:12 AM
To me legacy has been the best x-men book of the last 12 months with no doubts. I'm surprised that so few people in the ifanboy community pull it...
Posted by odino1 on 07/07/09 at 06:57 AM
Yeah, I'm interested to get Carey's take on what's going on with the Utopia crossover, letting him play in that world for a few issues. It is a little strange that this book is under-represented on iFanboy. About a month ago, though, I looked at how it's doing on the sales charts, and it actually sells more copies than many series that place ahead of it in iFanboy pulls. I've liked the series quite a bit, but the resent 5- or 6-part story put me to sleep.
Posted by flapjaxx on 07/07/09 at 01:49 PM
*If we had an 'edit' button I would change my embarrassing, inexplicable 'resent' to 'recent'...
Posted by flapjaxx on 07/07/09 at 01:51 PM
They oughta hold onto this Dustin Weaver guy, he draws a good X-Men comic.
Posted by ABirdseysView on 07/08/09 at 09:24 PM
This is the first Legacy book in over a year that I've actually enjoyed enough to comment positively on. I liked how it ties in with Utopia and it was a hell of a lot better than Dark X-men. Fuck me, that book was shit with staples.
Posted by vadamowens on 07/08/09 at 11:22 PM
This was my pick of the week -- mostly by default because I didn't get much ofanything else, but it was a solid comic. This is a good direction for Rogue (and past due if you ask me) and it ties in well with Utopia.
Posted by ohcaroline on 07/08/09 at 11:27 PM
@caroline. I agree wholeheartedly. This was a refreshing read. I also kind of like Danger's role in things. I thought it would be kind of cheesy, but in this issue she was a valuable asset to R and G going against Ares. Really cool action sequences and solid writing.
Posted by vadamowens on 07/09/09 at 12:13 AM
I wish this was part II of Utopia. Great issue with great art and action. Reminds me why I like Rogue and Gambit. Writing is clever too.
Posted by fingaz on 07/09/09 at 02:15 AM
Pretty good issue. I thought some of it was kind of corny, but other parts were spot-on. I love the "talking to yourself" bit between Moonstone and Rogue. 3/5.
Posted by kwisdumb on 07/09/09 at 10:23 AM
3/5 from me too. I wish Carey could have worked in a little more forward character development, though. One moment of Rogue and Gambit saying...something...about how they see themselves in relation to anything (each other, the X-Men, anything) would have reassured me that this book isn't just spinning its wheels and treading water for no reason. As a tie-in fight-oriented issue, though, it was fine.
Posted by flapjaxx on 07/09/09 at 05:36 PM
I'm not gonna lie... I loved the Rogue / "Ms. Marvel" battle.
Posted by ameliadaz on 07/13/09 at 12:44 AM
the preview for this was actully quite good
Posted by oldmanlogan88 on 07/06/09 at 06:25 PM