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This Week's X-Men Age Of Revelation – Two Rogues, One Galactus

This Week's X-Men Age of Revelation - Two Rogues, One Galactus with Rogue Storm, Unbreakable X-Men, Sinister's Six and Iron & Frost



Article Summary

  • Rogue is split into two beings in Age of Revelation, with both vying for Gambit's affection and leadership.
  • Main Rogue leads the X-Men against cosmic threats, including a clash with Galactus and cosmic consequences.
  • The X-Virus continues to devastate humans and mutants, with Emma Frost surviving by staying in diamond form.
  • Sinister's Six, Iron & Frost, and Revelation's plot reshape alliances, powers, and the fate of mutantkind.

Rogue gets quite the going over in today's X-Men Age Of Revelation comic books, specifically Unbreakable X-Men #1 by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck and Rogue Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele, Roland Boschi. As it seems that Rogue has had a bit of a splintering.

Rogue Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele, Roland Boschi
Rogue Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele, Roland Boschi

First, five years from the present date, as the Age Of Revelation spreads out across the globe, Rogue gets transformed into two separate beings.

Rogue Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele, Roland Boschi
Rogue Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele, Roland Boschi

And it seems that only one of them can have Gambit.

Rogue Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele, Roland Boschi
Rogue Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele, Roland Boschi

And a couple of years later, Main Rogue is still active and running her X-Men team, froim the Haven House, outside of Revelation's influence. But it does mean that there are two of them now.

Unbreakable X-Men #1 by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck
Unbreakable X-Men #1 by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck

As Rogue goes toe to toe with Galactus.

Unbreakable X-Men #1 by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck
Unbreakable X-Men #1 by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck

Absorbing everything of this cosmic being as she can, with her new cosmic experience

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Unbreakable X-Men #1 by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck

And it's not good news.

Unbreakable X-Men #1 by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck
Unbreakable X-Men #1 by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck

But even as Gambit stands there, looking at the giant corpse of Rogue, left in the wake of the battle…

Unbreakable X-Men #1 by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck
Unbreakable X-Men #1 by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck

… is it worth someone like, I dunno, Storm telling him that there is another Rogue out there who still lives?

Rogue Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele, Roland Boschi
Rogue Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele, Roland Boschi

While the impact of the X-Virus has continued to roll out, with various character, mutant and non-mutant, transformed along the way. That's if they survived of course. Iron & Frost #1 by Cavan Scott, Ruairi Coleman is set before all this, with Revelation and his pet mutants fighting the Avengers…

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Iron & Frost #1 by Cavan Scott, Ruairi Coleman

While Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez and Rafael Loureiro gives us Felicia Day, the Black Cat…

Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro 
Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro

Domino, looking more like the Deadpool 2 version… or possiblly Nightcrawler.

Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro 
Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro

Lady Fantomex is talking like Deadpool…

Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro 
Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro

And Omega Red is in a bad way, it seems.

Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro 
Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro

And while some of the humans do their best not to be exposed to the X-Virus…

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Iron & Frost #1 by Cavan Scott, Ruairi Coleman

Some are more effective than others. That does seem to be a very fast acting virus after all… so what's better than a mask?

Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro 
Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro

How about entire isolation for the human kids? And while it's not great news for the many Firestar fans out there, who are rather vocal online…

Marvel Comics Spoilers
Iron & Frost #1 by Cavan Scott, Ruairi Coleman

Emma Frost only managed to survive an attack by Marrow by staying in her diamond form forever.

Marvel Comics Spoilers
Iron & Frost #1 by Cavan Scott, Ruairi Coleman

And so while Mister Sinister is running the conspiracy theory as well as Magneto that, rather that 3K being respoinsible for releasing the human killing, mutant transforming X-virus, that it was made in a very different lab indeed.

Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro 
Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro

Well, we know that Doug Ramsey, Revelation himself, is targeted for this. Do we think he… talked to the viruses? He's not the only one looking into the X-Virus of course.

Iron & Frost #1 by Cavan Scott, Ruairi Coleman 
Iron & Frost #1 by Cavan Scott, Ruairi Coleman

And so while Revelation is looking to remake the world in his image, quite literally, like Mr Glum in Savage Dragon…

Marvel Comics Spoilers
Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro

 

It looks like Tony Stark has been transformed into a very literal mutant Iron Man…

Marvel Comics Spoilers
Iron & Frost #1 by Cavan Scott, Ruairi Coleman

So will they take down Revelation? Who could do such a thing? Do we have anyone around with a decapitating uppercut?

Marvel Comics Spoilers
Rogue Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele, Roland Boschi

Yeah, yeah, Rogue would do. Unbreakable X-Men #1 by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck, Rogue Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele, Roland Boschi, Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro and Iron & Frost #1 by Cavan Scott, Ruairi Coleman are all published by Marvel Comics today.

  • Unbreakable X-Men #1 by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck
    CRY MUTANT, CRY BLOOD! X YEARS LATER and the Uncanny X-Men have been shattered by loss and tragedy and scattered to different locations around the world. At Haven House, only three remain – wounded, grieving and guarding the portal to the terrifying PENUMBRA. Can they stop the thundering darkness that has lurked below the surface for centuries, screaming to break free? Or will they fail and watch a vengeful god bring an army of tormented souls to the surface, crying for mutant blood?
  • Rogue Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele, Roland Boschi
    KILL THE GODDESS, SAVE THE WORLD! X YEARS LATER, with Earth's gods gone, only ORORO MUNROE, the mutant god of storms remains. She is a goddess driven mad by dark magic and grief. Now, as STORM threatens to freeze the world into a new Ice Age, Rogue leads a team of killers and legends – Gateway, Iceman, Fantomex, Spiral and Warpath. The sole mission of this Uncanny X-Force: kill Storm.
  • Sinister's Six #1 by David Marquez, Rafael Loureiro 
    A SINISTER HEIST! X YEARS LATER, Mr. Sinister assembles an elite strike force to take his rightful place…on the throne of Revelation! What has Sinister offered Havok, Black Cat, Domino, Omega Red, Fantomex and Venom to convince them to take on impossible odds? Are Sinister's misfits throwing their lives away, or has Revelation underestimated how far his subjects will go when there's nothing left to lose?
  • Iron & Frost #1 by Cavan Scott, Ruairi Coleman 
    COLD AS FROST, HARD AS IRON! X YEARS LATER, after 3K's devastating terrorist attack cost Tony Stark and Emma Frost everything, the Heartless Queen returns to what remains of her past

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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of comic books The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne and Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from The Union Club on Greek Street, shops at Gosh, Piranha and Forbidden Planet. Father of two daughters, Amazon associate, political cartoonist.
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