Summary
- Poison #36 introduces an older version of Eddie Brock’s son Dylan, reminiscent of the dark and gritty X-Men character Cable.
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Old Man Dylan’s mission to prevent his bleak future, a world destroyed by symbiote-machine hybrids, adds a dramatic twist to the ongoing poison war Father-son conflict.
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With a deep-rooted connection to Eddie Brock, and a future he desperately wants to make sure doesn’t happen, Dylan Brock’s role as a time traveler will shape the outcome of the poison war
Warning! Contains spoilers for Gift #36!Like Marvel Poison Eddie Brock’s son Dylan continues to expand across time and space, taking on a surprising new role, essentially becoming an updated version of fan-favorite X-Men Character Cable. This change to the character sets him up for a drastically different role in the ongoing poison war Crossover as most fans first expected.
Poison #36 – written by Torunn Gronbekk, with art by Kafu – reveals the origins of “Old Man Dylan,” which take place in a dark future seemingly destroyed by symbiote-machine hybrids. Exactly where these hybrids come from is unclear, but Old Man Dylan is desperate to avoid this future.
Using his advanced technology, old man Dylan travels back in time to try to prevent everything that leads to his world being destroyed. This is remarkably similar to an iconic X-Men character cableOne of Marvel’s greatest time travelers.
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“Old Man Dylan” is Marvel’s surprising new take on classic X-Men time traveler Cable
Poison #36 – Written by Torunn Gronbekk; Art by Cafu, Frank D’Aramata, & Clayton Cowles
Cable is a dark and brooding man who rarely has time for anything other than completing his mission, and it seems old man Dylan is much the same.
The history of cable is complicated, to put it mildly. He is the child of Cyclops and Madeline Prior, and ends up sent into a dark future where Apocalypse rules the world. Cable grew up in this miserable future and saw first hand what would happen if mutants and humans never learned to get along. finally, Cable would end up traveling back to the present and doing everything he could to prevent the dark future he was in. Seems old man Dylan is much the same.
Readers haven’t seen much of Old Man Dylan or his future yet, but some things are certain. The future the old man Dylan comes from is terrible, With the majority of the world destroyed by the symbiote-machine hybrids. The situation seems so hopeless that Sending Dylan back in time is their last option, as evidenced by the fact that every friend of Dylan’s is brutally murdered by the symbiote machines when they try to buy him enough time to escape. They only did this because they realized that if Dylan fixed the timeline, none of this would come to pass, which means that they really gave up on saving their time on their own.
Marvel’s Poison Storylines seem to be getting more and more surprising, not to mention ambitious… and Dylan Brock’s new role is a further continuation of that.
Dylan’s cable-inspired new role is a dramatic twist for the character
A game changer for the poison war
Marvel’s Poison Storylines seem to be getting more and more surprising, not to mention ambitious, with him going from a street-level protector to a time-traveling god, and Dylan Brock’s new role is a further continuation of that. Like the brutal poison war Rising, with dozens of symbiote-related characters each with their own desired outcome, Old Man Dylan may be the only one who will be able to save both his father and the future. One thing is certain, both past and future versions of Dylan Will do whatever it takes to prevent Eddie Brock from becoming Poison Again.
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