dark_noldor's New X-Men #138 - The Prime of Miss Emma Frost review

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    What if my dream isn't like yours?

    Comic book characters are often sending messages: Captain America as the sentinel of liberty, Spider-Man as the one who never quits, Batman as the symbol of fear and revenge/justice, Superman as the boy scout and the list go on - with the X-men it's not different, this was a tittle born in the middle of the 60's as an embodiement of the racial struggle going on in America, but somehow, after so many years and adventures of this franchise, this message got lost along the way, though the mutants were always hated for being different, it felt like the Xavier's dream of mutual coexistence hadreally becomed a reallity and that's just what Morrison came for: to say that it wasn't going to be that easy, that the eternal oposites of Xavier and Magneto would still go on; so with a great aproach on the team, Morrison says loudly that the message is still out there: humans don't like mutants and there'll be fight for survival, always - this issue marks the conclusion of an arc story that started with issue # 134, when Morrison presented to the X-fans a totally new character: an omega level mutant called Quentin Quire, who traumatized by the knowlegde of his family and with his mind obscured (pumped) with drugs decides that, in order to get atention from Sophie (one of the Stepford Cuckoos), it's time for mutants to destroy the humans, especially to avenge those killed in Genosha. There're some excellent side stories going on too, like Scott Summers tango with Emma Frost, Mr. Xorn and his special class. Quitely was really good in this issue, particularly because he worked hard in the background scenarios, so this is a very well recommended story for X-fans who like a different portrait or vision of the team, also since Quentin Quire returned in Schism, it's interesting reading about his origins!

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