Warning: Spoilers ahead X-Men #5!Cyclops led the X-Men Since the team’s creation, and he is no slouch about logistical planning. I have full faith in Scott Summers’ foresight, but even I thought of drawing both Kid Omega and Psylocke to his team made it a little too psychologically difficult to make sense. Seeing Quentin and Kwannon navigate Cassandra Nova’s mental torture chambers together brings a whole new meaning to “Cyclops is right” in the best way.
X-Men #5 by Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman kicks off with Quentin Quire and Kwannon delving into Ben Liu’s mind to attempt to wake him from a coma and investigate his mutant powers for the X-Men – only to be plunged into their worst nightmares when They find Cassandra Nova lurking instead.
I can’t say it was fun to see QQ’s deepest fears spouted off by Sabretooth or to see Psylocke endure Graycrow’s death, but it served to illustrate just how these two psychics complement one another. Quentin Quire is an omega-level telepath, and Psylocke is a highly trained assassinBut I can safely say that they are both more powerful than a psychic team.
Child Omega and Psylocke combine forces as the X-Men’s most powerful telepathic duo
X-Men #5 By Jed MacKay, Ryan Stegman, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles
As soon as Cyclops’ new X-Men roster was revealed, I knew that Child Omega and Psylocke would have trouble. Quentin has never been shy when it comes to announcing his own brilliance, and it was likely to rub Kwannon the wrong way because of the overlap in their powers. Until X-Men #5, my prediction was on point. They worked together because they agreed to be the new X-Men, and that’s as far as it went. The meeting with Cassandra Nova and the ensuing crisis was not a twist I expected, let alone how successfully Child Omega and Psylocke navigated it together.
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Kid Thaw’s psychic resilience allows him to escape by noticing the illusion’s “psychic blood,” Essentially shattering his power over him. Psylocke was unable to do the same, lost in the conjured trauma. Quentin’s refusal to leave her behind laid the foundation for what I expect to be one of the X-Men’s strongest partnerships. , as He reminded her that although he had the power to get them out, he needed someone to be the professional – which is exactly what Psylocke offers. The weakness of one is the strength of the other, and I have to think Cyclops hoped for the exact balance.
Psylocke and Kid Omega have extraordinary individual strengths
It is not a matter of mental competition
In terms of raw psychic power, Child Eve has no direct links on earth. Some of QQ’s greatest displays of strength haven’t been good, but they are undoubtedly impressive. He is able to mentally manipulate large groups of people, hold off far more experienced telepaths, and turn almost any mind into a playground. In terms of sheer mental resilience, no one impresses me more than Child Omega. Between pinning down Phoenix Fire in his mind (and accidentally revealing it to young Jean Grey) to piecing his mind back together after countless deaths and resurrections on Krakoa, he’s put his brilliant mind through hell and keeps going.
Child Omega is the psychic sledgehammer, but Psylocke is the knife’s edge.
On the other hand, Kwannon readily admits that Quentin is a stronger psychic than her, but I think She has a precision and control that can only come with years of intense training. Psylocke brings focus, and her willpower is unmatched, given what she has to personally overcome to even be herself again. In essence, I see you as the guiding force; Child Omega is the psychic sledgehammer, but Psylocke is the knife’s edge. She is the one relied on to see the mission to completion. Her role in the X-Men is just as vital, both as a psychic and a physical combatant.
The X-Men have boundless psychic power
Mostly thanks to the two recruits
Now that Cassandra Nova is back on the playing field, I expect the X-Men to need every ounce of psychic firepower they can get. This is the perfect time for Kid Omega and Psylocke to cement this newfound partnership And put me aside. The fact that Quentin is already able to do this and humble himself for Kwannon’s benefit (and rescue) is a good sign. Their particular skills put me in mind of Jean Gray and Emma Frost, in a way, since they offer a similar dynamic of telepathic powerhouse alongside deadly focus.
But what they are technically capable of together would not matter if they never realized it together. I didn’t just see a narrow escape from Cassandra Nova – I saw an alliance being formed. When it comes to the X-Men, and mutants and in general, it can achieve more than even the most impressive abilities. Child Omega and Psylocke learned each other’s greatest strengths and how to use them in tandem, and that was just the beginning. They still have a lot of room to grow. I believe that Cyclops Made the right call in recruiting Kid Omega and Psylocke to his team, and now these X-Men Have unmatched psychic power at their fingertips.
X-Men #5 is available now from Marvel Comics.