Contains possible spoilers for Invisible X-Men (2024) #3!Wolverine And Rogue Have had their ups and downs in the past, but very conflicting views on the role of their new X-Men Team could just tear them apart. With dire forts of the future looming large over them, the two will have to reconcile their differences sooner rather than later if they are to have any chance of protecting a new group of young mutants.
Invisible X-Men #3 – written by Gail Simone, with art by David Marquez – emphasizes the growing differences between Rogue and Wolverine. In the previous issue the team took on the Outliers, a group of mutants on the run, despite Wolverine’s uneasiness.
in Invisible X-Men #1, it was prophesied that one of these divisions is the “Endling”, a wave that will bring destruction. The preview Ends with Rogue preparing for Logan to drop a “Hard truth“On you. He obviously doesn’t want to look after the children, if one of them could be dangerous for the mutant child.
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Invisible X-Men #3 – Written by Gail Simone; Art by David Marquez; Color by Matthew Wilson; Lettering by Clayton Cowles
This dark perspective ties into Logan’s current emotional arc. In the aftermath of the X-Men’s Krakoan era, he suffers a crisis of faith and seems convinced that the X-Men are doomed to failure. He immediately refused to be part of Cyclops’ other X-Men team – in Ryan Stegman’s X-Men #1 – And just joined the Invisible Team for his friends’ sakes. Now, with the threat of one of the kids going mad, Who knows what Logan’s about to argue for or against. At best, he’s probably going to advocate for letting the kids fend for themselves.
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The character beat for Logan only works because readers are so familiar with him as a father figure to younger mutants. From Kitty Pryde to Jubilee to Armor, Logan has softened over the decades. He built his own X-Men identity around protecting the younger generation, and now he’s lost that faith. In contrast, the death of the terminally ill Harvey in Invisible X-Men #1 has prompted Rogue to start thinking more seriously about the importance of the X-Men, and the appearance of the Outliers is only more proof for her that the team is needed more than ever.
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What’s important is that this is clearly not the end state of Wolverine’s current emotional journey. His reluctance to teach the new generation wouldn’t even come up If he is not going to struggle with it, and eventually realize that he has to be there for the outliers. The threat of the ‘Endling’ is only a vague one, and the perfect catalyst to force Logan to confront his current state and move past it. It’s also a trial by fire for Rogue, giving her immediate challenges that will test her leadership and her ideological resolve.
Hopefully, Wolverine’s pessimism doesn’t weigh heavily on Rogue, and she may be the better person as the X-Men look to protect the newest generation of mutants.
It’s interesting to see Logan working with Rogue, considering how rocky their relationship has been in the past. When they first teamed up on the X-Men, Logan was distrustful of Rogue, who, as a former villain, had a crush on Carol Danvers, who Logan was close with. They’ve had decades of comics to sort out their differences since, but this is the first major time that Logan is working under her. hope, Wolverine Pessimism is not difficult RogueAnd she might be the better person than that X-Men Look to protect the newest generation of mutants.
Uncanny X-Men (2024) #3 Will be available September 25, 2024 from Marvel Comics.