The Peerless Power of Comics!: My Brother, My Enemy!

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My Brother, My Enemy! Nov 22nd 2017, 07:30, by Comicsfan OR: "Airport '76!" By February of 1976, it was becoming clear that X-Men was the book to read, with new Marvel artist Dave Cockrum quickly gaining favorable word-of-mouth at achieving the impossible: helping to revive the dormant X-Men series and breathing new life into the team line-up (or, boiled down: making the X-Men sellable). There are a number of Cockrum-pencilled issues that I could wow you with to back up that statement, but this one always comes to mind for me: A well-written story by Chris Claremont, to be sure--but to my mind it demonstrates so well Cockrum's feel for these relatively new characters as well as his ability to take a plot and make it explode into life visually, while dealing in a diverse group of characters like the X-Men in a way that helps to build our growing interest in them issue by issue. And as if Cockrum didn't have enough to do handling the X-Men, he also begins in this issue to deal in the Shi'ar, with a telepathic "dream" represented in a stunning two-page spread that's as much of an eye-opener to the reader as it is to Charles Xavier. After a nightmare that awakens you screaming, I'm not sure the way to calm yourself afterward is to pour yourself a beverage that's loaded with caffeine, but what do I know. Yet the events to come aren't likely to bring Xavier any solace; in fact, even now, two former X-Men currently residing in the Diablo range in California will find themselves drawn into the conflict that has shaken him to his core. The revisions of the X-Men continue, as Lorna Dane is now introduced as Polaris and upgraded with a dazzling new effect as well as a new costume. (Her magnetic powers had already been restored and enhanced during a link-up with Storm designed to sever the Earth's magnetic force and nullify gravity in order to send the mutant island Krakoa hurtling into space.)  As for the identity of the attacker who obviously has plans for both Lorna and Alex Summers, the man known as Havok, that will remain a mystery for awhile, though his facade will be impossibly familiar to the X-Men. Regardless, it's clear that he's targeting Xavier, for reasons unknown--and it seems likely that both Polaris and Havok might well turn out to be his assassins. Continued »»»

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