Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Devil Comics Review | X-Men [2018] Extermination


Twenty years in the future, a mysterious mutant returns to the present to prevent the death of mutants in the future. Ahab returns to the present as well to kill the original X-Men but kills Bloodstorm instead while the mysterious mutant murders Cable and kidnaps Iceman. The mysterious mutant is revealed to be a younger Cable who returns and kidnaps Angel as Ahab returns and turns the X-Men into his hounds. The X-Men escape Ahab as X-Force attacks Cable who kidnapped Hank McCoy.

Cable explains if Ahab kills any of the original X-Men then the future of mutantkind dies. Ahab attacks and manages to kill Cyclops. However it was Mimic who disguised himself as Cyclops and Kid Cable convinces the original X-Men to get back to their own time to stop Ahab. The finale sees the original X-Men back to their own time and in the present we see Kid Cable sharing a drink with his father Cyclops.

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5