The kingdom apparently takes the form of inverted floating islands, which I don’t think has been clearly shown before, but does explain why it’s been shown upside down in some previous stories. Dani and Xi’an sneak into Roma’s kingdom. This picks up on where we left them in the previous issue, when they had gone to Otherworld in pursuit of a mutant teenager called Josh. A contract between Merlyn, Dani and Karma, signed with their fingerprints in blood, in which they agree to go and retrieve something from Roma. Clearly he’s willing to tell Rahne – someone in semi-official authority – about his involvement with these kids, but equally clearly he’s trying to pick her off while she’s vulnerable. Obviously, he’s playing up the angle of the abandoned child to play on Wolfsbane’s angst from the previous issue and trying to suggest to Wolfsbane that becoming involved with his proteges is a way of purging her guilt. Did he get his original personality back on resurrection or something?įarouk’s dialogue on page 2 recaps his origin flashback from issue #14. Even allowing for the general Krakoan amnesty, we really could do with an explanation as to how this guy was allowed onto Krakoa bearing in mind that he’s traditionally the host of a massively dangerous (and non-mutant) psychic demon. Or maybe she’s just vulnerable to psychic manipulation right now. Wolfsbane also seems to accept this, since it’s inconceivable that she would believe the Shadow King itself had any sort of benign agenda. However, he seems to be speaking here not as the Shadow King but as the original Amahl Farouk. This scene seems to confirm that Farouk is indeed living openly on Krakoa. The issue ended with her returning home to find nobody there to support her (since Dani and Xi’an had unexpectedly gone off on a mission to Otherworld).Īmahl Farouk. She was very upset about that, because she figured that if he was fine, he would have been in touch. In the previous issue, Wolfsbane learned that her son Tier was still alive (at least according to Cerebro). Amahl Farouk enlists the help of Wolfsbane. So if it feels like some momentum has been lost in this story… well, that’s a big part of it. Doesn’t really have much to do with the issue beyond the general weirdness of Otherworld.īy the way, issue #16 came out in the last week of February. Now the question is - why are they being held captive? And who is trying to destroy them? The tension and horror mount in this white-knuckle thrill ride directed by Josh Boone and co-written by Boone and Knate Lee.Posted on Wednesday, Apby Paul in AnnotationsĪs always, this post contains spoilers, and page numbers go by the digital edition.ĬOVER / PAGE 1: Well, that’s Dani walking a mystical path before a surrealist backdrop, I guess. Soon, they question what is real and what isn’t, and it becomes clear that the institution isn’t what it seems. As they relive their origin stories, their memories seem to turn into terrifying realities. Cecilia Reyes (Alice Braga) to share their stories about when their powers first manifested, the five “patients” come to understand that they are in a class of people called mutants, who have historically been marginalized and feared. The younger sister of Colossus, Magik becomes encased in armor at will and wields a soulsword that amplifies her multiple superhuman and psychic abilities. Included are Danielle Moonstar aka Mirage (Blu Hunt), who creates illusions from other people’s fears Rahne Sinclair (Maisie Williams), who transforms into the werewolf Wolfsbane Sam Guthrie (Charlie Heaton), who, as Cannonball, can fly at jet speeds protected by a force field Roberto da Costa aka Sunspot (Henry Zaga), who absorbs and channels solar power and Illyana Rasputin aka Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy). “In this terrifying, action-fueled film based on the MARVEL comic series, five young people who demonstrate special powers are brought to a secret institution to undergo treatments they are told will cure them of the dangers of their powers.

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