{LIS} U X-Men 30!!!!!

**Slartibartfast** · January 24th, 2001, 11:21 PM

Sorry, X-Men Unlimited 30. I can moderate myself with the LIS, but I can't remember the name of the book I'm spoiling. Doh!

Okay, I got it. Allow me a few moments to get settled and then I'll share. I will say this though...Oh. My. God!

Prepare for major, major spoilers.

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**Slartibartfast** · January 24th, 2001, 11:36 PM

Okay. Last chance. Go away if you don't want to know.

GO

AWAY

I mean it.

LAST

CHANCE!

Okay...

The story is called "Covenant With the Devil" by Joe Pruett and John Czop.

Kurt dreams of Petey and wakes up screaming. It's not pretty. To say he didn't take his death well is quite an understatement. He was a hissy fit at Ororo, throwing things in the kitchen, and bamfs off. He goes to Salem Center, where the sight of a street artist enrages him. He goes postal and attacks the man. He's scary. The woman with the artist starts to cry and he realizes what he did. He takes off, but Mr. Sinister is watching him in the shadows. Kurt prays and says he would have died in Peter's place. Sinister confronts him and says he can bring Peter back.

It ends with Kurt writing a letter to Ororo.

I'll tell the rest later if ya'll want. Otherwise, I won't give the rest away.

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**MoonbeamDancer** · January 25th, 2001, 12:03 AM

SPILL IT!!!!!!

**Rex Luscus** · January 25th, 2001, 12:15 AM

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(as if that wasn't already clear!)

Well, we asked for character development, they gave us character development. Developed him right out of the books, I'd say!

Here's what I have to say about this comic: the art was terrible, the writing was melodramatic, the "plot" was pointless (the bit with Sinister, I mean). But you know what? I LOVED IT!! Marvel has me wrapped around their damn finger when it comes to Nightcrawler.

Even if technically it wasn't a quality story, they did make Kurt interesting for the first time in ages. I mean, I have no problem being interested in religious characters. But having a religious character with perfect faith is like having two characters who are perfectly in love: it's boring. If things don't threaten that faith/love, there's no story. So I like this version of Kurt: the genuinely conflicted, close-to-despairing one. Or maybe I just like it when he looks like he needs someone to bring him home and take care of him smile

This story does suggest, though, that 'Crawler won't die. He'll just chill in limbo for a while (not the limbo with his girlfriend, the limbo with Dazzler and Longshot and all those other slighted X-guys).

-Rex

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**Knight_Crawler** · January 25th, 2001, 12:30 AM

Come on, Slarti!!!

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**Slartibartfast** · January 25th, 2001, 12:55 AM

Ditto, Rex! Hi, ho, hi, ho...it's off to Limbo I go!

Okay...the rest:

Sinister tells him he can clone Piotr and asks Kurt if he will pay the price to get Petey back. Kurt actually thinks about it for a long moment, and says no. He destroys the vial with Petey's DNA in it and bamfs away. He writes s letter to Ororo, saying he is no good to himself or the X-Men, and he is going away.

Good news...I think the priest thing is definitly about over. Bad news, he's gone.

What was Sinister doing just chillin' in Salem Center anyway?

**Slartibartfast** · January 25th, 2001, 01:04 AM

Poor baby, he's just pathetic in this story. You do just want to gather him up and make it all better. I don't ever want to see him drool again!

I don't ever remember him acting this way before, he's at the end of his rope.

For a few panels, he is a demon. He scares the hell out of some innocent people and is nasty to Storm. Then he is so dispairing, he doesn't get the answers he needs from God and those panels where he contemplates Sinister's offer seem to go on forever.

The art is horrid, and the plot contrived, but damn. It made me wanna cry.

Oz · January 25th, 2001, 05:20 AM

Exactly what people have already said. The art was not too great, the "story" was kinda...hokey... But the point? Kurt leaving, and the way that it happened? That was great! Im glad that they finally show some real life stuff, Kurt not reacting to Peter's death would have been a tragedy...

That being said, the Kurt story was the only thing in this book worth buying it for (besides the awesome cover!)...

**Spatula Gal** · January 25th, 2001, 12:01 PM

I'm gettin' this!

ummm...that's about all I can think of to say.

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