X-Force # 3 - Angels & Demons, Part 3 of 6
is an issue published by Marvel that was released on 5 / 28 / 2008Plot Summary
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As X-Force searches for their missing teammate, Wolfsbane strikes—and she’s not taking any prisoners! But the Purifiers have more than an ace up their sleeve— they’ve got the deck stacked. And when Wolverine, X-23, and Warpath learn the truth behind Risman’s nefarious plan…no one is safe. And no one is guaranteed to get out alive. Part 3 (of 6)
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The Purifiers are gathering villains from all over the globe, all of them anti-mutants. Some—like Cameron Hodge and Graydon Creed—are dead, while others among the living are gathered—like Donald Pierce and Leper Queen.
Risman tells Eli Bard and Reverend Craig about how William Stryker saved his life and why he's committed to his dream of annihilating the X-Men and the mutants. He is willing to keep on with his plans despite Bastion's orders to abort them and focus on his own plans.
X-Force finds Rahne in Montana, drugged and barely alive.
Although she is alive, Risman lies to Bastion and says that she was killed.
Bastion suspects Eli Bard is lying, since he can't find any information about him or his background. Risman stands up for him and convinces Bastion to spare his life, on the condition that Risman himself will investigate Bard and kill him if he turns out to be an enemy. He promises to Bard that he will help him to get out of this situation.
-Bastion takes Risman to a room where he keeps the people he gathered. Also in there is an offspring of Magus of the Technarchy. Bastion takes control over the Technarchy and reprograms it. He merges it with the people and dead bodies in the room.
X-Force arrives at Angel's safe house in Colorado. Rahne is having a seizure. When Warren insists on helping help, Wolverine sends him to get Elixir.
In the Purifiers' HQ, Bastion explains to Risman that there is no terrestrial solution to deal with the X-Men, therefore he forged one by using an extraterrestrial being.
In front of a horde of Purifiers Bastion presents his "new" pawns: those who will bring an end to Mutantkind. Among the ones gathered are Stephen Lang, William Stryker and Bolivar Trask.
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Angels & Demons, Part 3 of 6
X-Force is a great X-title. Wolverine, Warpath, Wolfsbane, and X-23 make for great characters. Even though Rahne has been on the sidelines since first issue. The thing about this issue though...it focuses more the villains this time.
The Purifiers plan to eradicate mutant kind goes propels along as Bastion looks to resurrect past mutant genocide humans. And the interesting thing to me was the mutant body count for each of the villains was shown...Bolivar Trask wow...I guess the Sentinels were the number one mutant killing system brought about by humankind or homo sapien. I wonder after this story will we see another drop in population of homo superior.
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Angels & Demons, Part 3 of 6
Three issues in and I'm still not entirely sure what I make of X-Force. I have mourned Kyle and Yost moving on from New X-Men to this new book and we've been hurtled into quick paced scenes and bloody violence. The writers have already established Warpath's ambivalence with his new role of bloodletting and have continued to explore X-23's dark nature. But there's so much going on and that both intrigues and exacerbates.
The Purifiers are good villians, though, like AIM, like Hydra etc, I never quite get how they recruit so many henchmen, who are, like, just going to die (especially it they come across Wolvie). I like Matthew Risman as a character and his interactions with Bastion are tense.
But this book's ace card is Clayton Crain's artwork. Crain's covers often are too crowded or busy to really appeal. But his inside art is incredible - the detail he gets into backgrounds is incredible - one shot of Cyke and Angel talking against a sumptuously painted shot of the Rockies is incredible inasmuch as it is a periphery detail in the scene.
The writers and artist are doing just enough to keep me on board at present but, after New X-Men, I have high expectation of Kyle and Yost. Deliver, boys!
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