Seeing the solicit for the ‘Get Mystique’ story arc in the pages of Wolverine gave me a feeling of hope. You see, Decimation had been awkwardly handled by the X-Offices as no one could really decide how effective Sentinel Squad ONE was, how many mutants were left, whether they were all at the mansion or not, details that started to fray at the big serious change for mutantkind.
But Messiah CompleX promised big changes this time, really big and the idea that a satellite title like Wolverine which always seems to be sort of off in its own little world (and now Wolverine: Origins which is off in its own little world different than the little world of the main book…) sounded pretty cool. Now that we know that the X-Men are, indeed, NO MORE it makes sense that Wolverine would be showing some wear and tear now that his home team went belly-up. Going after Mystique after all that happened made sense too, a sort of forwarding of the plot created by the great wave of change!
Today, the conclusion of Get Mystique hits the shelves and where do we find ourselves? Surprisingly further back than I thought we would be.
WARNING: Contains spoilers for Wolverine #65, as well as #62-64. Find a few issues and follow along!
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