The X-Males franchise had its share of oddball characters within the ’90s, however one of the vital divisive and controversial of all of them has made his means again into comics, with new particulars of his return arriving in August 2’s Scarlet Witch #7 from author Steve Orlando, artists Lorenzo Tammetta and Sara Pichelli, colorist Frank Williams, and letterer Cory Petit. Gentle spoilers forward!
In Scarlet Witch #7, Wanda Maximoff appears to come back face-to-face along with her at present deceased father Magneto. Magneto died again on the finish of the latest AXE: Judgment Day occasion, and was not resurrected per his personal needs.
Extra curious, the island nation of Krakoa not too long ago fell in a violent invasion from Orchis, that means that mutants are at present with out the ability of resurrection anyway, making a possible return for Magneto much more unbelievable.
Nevertheless, Wanda’s confusion is rapidly allayed as she discovers that the person in entrance of her will not be her father Magneto, however his lengthy misplaced clone, Joseph – proper all the way down to the man-bun that holds up his notoriously lengthy hair.
For many who do not keep in mind, Joseph is a youthful clone of Magneto who first popped up within the mid-’90s, inflicting some comparable confusion to what Wanda experiences in Scarlet Witch #7. He was created by a villain named Astra, with the intent for him to kill Magneto, however he suffered amnesia and strayed from his goal, finally becoming a member of up with the X-Males.
This is not the primary time Joseph has returned since his first dying within the late ’90s – clones have a means of doing that. His resurrection this time is defined in Scarlet Witch #7, with Joseph telling Wanda that he awoke alone in Mister Sinister’s deserted cloning labs on Krakoa, finally fleeing the island.
For the previous couple problems with Scarlet Witch, he is proven up underneath mysterious circumstances with readers (and the characters within the e book) being led to imagine that he was really Magneto. However with the reality now revealed, how will the X-Males react to Joseph’s return? It looks as if he’ll be sticking round, so we might discover out a bit extra when Scarlet Witch #8 releases on September 6.
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