The Battle Between the INHUMANS and X-MEN Rages On This Week!

I make it no secret that I’m not pleased with the current state of the Marvel superhero books. Especially the main X-MEN books. Ever since the events of SECRET WARS concluded things just haven’t been the same. My main theory is that the pillars of the X-Men community are all gone including (spoiler alert!) Cyclops, Wolverine, Jean Grey, and Professor X. And no…time-displaced Scott and Jean don’t count. And neither does Old Man Logan. They just don’t. Not my heroes. 

That said, my hypocritical comic book loving buns can’t help jumping into a messy Marvel mini-series. And Marvel is at it again with their INHUMANS VS X-MEN 6-part (7 if you count issue #0) mini-series event. Basically, there is still one “Terrigen” cloud floating around that gives unique powers to the Inhumans but kills mutants. So yeah, there is most definitely going to be a conflict here. Those greedy Inhumans don’t want to give up their power even at the expense of the mutant race. #TeamXMen.

Issue #0 set the stage and the main players for the event. And things heated up in issues #1 and #2 as the main battle began. This week we see issue #3 hit shelves and I have a feeling the battle is going to get fierce. 

New Attilan is conquered. Medusa and her generals are being held prisoner as the X-Men prepare to cleanse the world of the Terrigen Cloud. Could this be the end of Inhuman progeny? Now, the only hope for the Inhuman legacy rests in the hands of an unlikely crew of young Inhumans.

While I’m not enjoying the main X-books lately, this IVX mini-series has proven to be a pretty fun read so far. And I think whatever happens within these pages will have a lasting effect on the Marvel Universe for quite some time. 

Words by Jason Furie

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