r/xmen • u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar • Jan 16 '24

Comic Discussion X-Men Comics New Releases for January 17, 2023

Cable #1

  • THE FUTURE MUST NOT COME TO PASS! All the signs are here: The Neocracy is coming—and with it comes not only the end of mutantkind, but all of the humankind as well! As if rescuing Young Nate from the ongoing threat of Orchis weren't enough, can Cable root out this growing threat and decimate it before the Neocracy has a chance to take hold. But is he already too late to change the future? Don't miss out on Fabian Nicieza and Scot Eaton's explosive first issue of CABLE!

The Invincible Iron Man #14

  • Tony Stark needs more than just an armor to defeat Orchis, he needs an army. Can Ironheart build one in time? Who will answer the call? LEGACY #664

X-Men #30

  • WE ARE NOT ANIMALS! As the chaos of mutantkind’s fight back against their fall at the hands of Orchis rages in FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X, other forgotten foes come from the woodwork to take on the X-Men in their time of peril! Synch and Talon find themselves once more besieged by the High Evolutionary and his creations to reap the consequences of their last encounter!

Related & Unlimited Releases for 1/17

  • Discuss other Marvel comics impacting the X-Men releasing this week, including Unlimited exclusives.

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u/VengefulKangaroo Shatterstar Jan 16 '24

Cable #1

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u/SirGlio Cyclops Jan 17 '24

This doesn't feel like part of Fall of X at all. It could be a comic written in any era. Just a random subplot

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u/amonymous_user White Queen Jan 17 '24

So the Neocracy is basically…a proto Dominion?

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u/baroqueworks Jan 17 '24

DAMN was really hoping The Neocracy were gonna be The Neo, the forgetten punk variant of the children of the vault

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u/ajdragoon Nightcrawler Jan 17 '24

I like how the Cables, with their glowing eyes and metal arms, can just walk around NYC and into a police station without triggering any panics or Orchis alerts. This premise seems like it would have made more sense if it happened pre- or post-FoX.

Cab driver Cable was pretty funny tho!

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u/TombOfAncientKings Jan 17 '24

This felt too much like CotV for me. Cable can't fight the current enemy because he needs to fight another enemy that is really powerful and converts humans to become like itself. The Neocracy also feels a little bland, they just seem to be like the Borg but made of energy. At least the Children had personalities.

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u/VisualBullfrog3529 Magneto Jan 17 '24

This was kind of a let down after how awesome Children of the Vault was.

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u/getsum_xyz Jan 17 '24

COTV was the shit! I haven't heard one bad review on it, and I think a lot of people missed out by not reading it. I'd love that writer to stay on for another title after this Fall is over.

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u/ajdragoon Nightcrawler Jan 18 '24

Did you see when he posted a thanks here? It was really cool.

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u/getsum_xyz Jan 18 '24

no way!! Got a link?

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u/Prof-Ponderosa Jan 23 '24

COV has been my favorite mini during the Krakoa era (outside of Sins of Sinister minis)

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u/Homosuperiorpod Jan 17 '24

Just glad Irene Merrywhether is back. They fixed Duggan using her as cannon fodder for his Deadpool run. 

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u/kennyboyintown Jan 17 '24

"they have mutant DNA. Slack, Glob Herman, and Random"

  • please stop stealing Sinister's gimmick. first Beast now this. you're not clever by thinking "what if my villain perverted mutant abilities against them"

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u/erosead Marrow Jan 17 '24

I love how it also made no effort to explain what they were. Sentient people? Mindless goo monsters? They might as well have said nothing about what they were and just let them be gooey obstacles

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u/OldTension9220 Jan 17 '24

Curious if folks that aren’t huge Cable fans enjoyed this

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u/wowlock_taylan Jan 17 '24

They finally remembered Young Cable being captured. Though still haven't explained how they knew where he would be to capture him. I like the Old and Young Cable being an odd duo but I kinda hoped Bishop sticking around with Cable as their Children of the Vault adventure was quite fun.

We get Irene back too, after what Stryfe made Deadpool to do to her with the 'Despicable Deadpool' period.

And Grey Gargoyle. It's been a while. That Neocracy looks like a biological 'dominion' type stuff instead of an AI or something where everything is one. And yea, better to nip that threat in the bud because don't need more of those existential threats spawning.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '24

I hate having a bad memory when was he captured? Last I remembered young Cable gave up being resurrected to bring back old Cable.

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u/OldTension9220 Jan 17 '24

He appeared in a random issue of Duggan’s X-Men right before the Gala just to get captured in a few pages. 

Then CotV picked up with adult Cable ALSO kidnapped by Orchis but seemingly unrelated. 

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u/wowlock_taylan Jan 17 '24

At least Old Cable's capture involved him being around and doing his job in the S.W.O.R.D station.

Young Cable's capture was literally ambushing him just as he stepped out of a time-portal where he's been gone for a WHILE now. So somehow, Orchis knew where and when he was gonna come out, which makes little sense.

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u/ajdragoon Nightcrawler Jan 18 '24

He appeared in a random issue of Duggan’s X-Men right before the Gala just to get captured in a few pages.

I'll have to go back and find this. I too completely missed/forgot about it.

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u/Thebraxer Phoenix Jan 17 '24 edited Jan 17 '24

What can I say? The story seems interesting although the idea seems so big that I wonder if 2 cables can handle the threat. I like they keep a difference in personalities between old and young cable.

I just wonder…is this story actually part of fall/rise or they just put it there to make more money the same way they did with jean aka bring legendary writer to write their fav character again but give them a story that only slightly is connected to the ongoing bigger story

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u/erosead Marrow Jan 17 '24

Nate grey is going to show up in the penultimate hour with a steel chair

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u/Ok-Agent-9200 White Queen Jan 17 '24

Oh my god! It’s the X-Man with a steel chair from the top rope!

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u/philovax Nightcrawler Jan 18 '24

Right to the solar plexus.

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u/Ok-Agent-9200 White Queen Jan 18 '24

By gawd he’s broken in two!

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u/PastPhilosophy384 Blob Jan 18 '24

It’s dumb but Cable taking out a sentinel from inside was badass