I often mention how my the title 'Dayspring Discussions' is an X-Men reference, and how I feel like I don't talk about X-Men enough, even though Marvel's mighty mutants are my favorite thing about Marvel Comics. Also, in recent weeks, I have been trying to get back into writing more. This site started out as a blog to talk about all my theories, reviews, and fan castings for my geeky interests. But as podcasting has become more popular I too made the switch over to modern media. That is why I don't suspect anyone will read this entry, but like I said, it's more about getting back into writing for me. And talking more about X-Men. So, this is me trying to hit two Sentinels with one optic blast. ZING!
My earliest memory of buying an X-Men comic from the local comic book store was when Age of Apocalypse was going on. I remember at the time Gambit was my favorite X-Man so the title was Gambit and the Xternals. As I grew up my taste changed, and for years now Cyclops has been my favorite X-Man. He's the leader who does what he feels is right and makes the tough calls. And most of the time his colleagues disagree with him. Nevertheless he does what he feels is best and never apologizes for it. He takes responsibility for the entire mutant race and it's future. Since the 2000's he's been more bad boy than boy scout, and some have compared him to being a mixture of Xavier and Magneto.
Because of my current affinity for Scott Summers I feel like I know a good amount about the whole Summers clan. Havok, Cable, Corsair, Rachel, Vulcan, Jean Grey, and I would even put Polaris in that group. And during the 90's their were hints of Cyclops and Havok having a brother, and who it could be. Some thought it might even be Gambit given that he was an orphan adopted by the Thieves Guild. But, an answer was given in Deadly Genesis and Gabriel Summers, Vulcan, was revealed to the world. But last week a new series came out that makes it seem that Adam X, a popular mutant in the 1990's, is indeed the brother of Cyclops and Havok.
X-Men Legends starts off with the kidnapping of Scott and Alex's grandparents. Followed by the reintroduction of Adam X. Adam is being pursued by Erik the Red and thinking he is important on a cosmic scale. Cyclops and Havok find Adam, and so does their father, Corsair, who then seems to fire a pistol at his own son. And that's where issue one ends.
I had heard about this series, but never really dug into what it was going to be about aside from the famous "third Summers brother" conspiracy. The book is written by Fabian Nicieza who helped bring life to Deadpool, and has written many X-Men and Marvel comics in his career. This reminds me of years ago when Chris Claremont did another take where he left off with X-Men. What would he have done if he was still writing X-Men? To be honest, I could not get into the series because at that point the X-Men had grown so far past where Claremont left them. That's how I feel about this comic series.
I have mixed feelings about the current status of X-Men comics with House of X been going on for a while now, but at least it's something different and new. I feel like Legends is just trying to take us back in time when the X-Men was the best selling book Marvel had. I never knew much about Adam X because I thought he was created just to make a character that reflected the current youth. I preferred Nate Grey; the X-Man.
While this series is great nostalgia for long time X-Men readers, I find it moot. The costumes and art are great, but why dig up an old mystery that has already been solved by one of my favorite X-Men and Marvel writers; Ed Brubaker. Brubaker created Vulcan into a far better character than Adam X ever could be in my opinion. So even if you didn't like who the lost Summers brother turned out to be there is no point in living in the past. That's when you become what you hate. Right Magneto?
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