Hi Chris, thanks for joining us this week. Let's start things off by talking about "Emperor Vulcan" (light SPOILERS from issue #1 follow). In the first issue, one gets the sense that Lorna is getting a bit sick of Alex's inferiority complex. Is there a confrontation a-brewing?
After the first issue, the series is actually called "Lorna beats up Alex." The Vulcan stuff was just to get people in the door. Is Lorna sick of it? Yes. And so am I. And so are you. Alex Summers is one of the most powerful mutants on the planet, one of the "12," an X-Man, he led X-Factor, he did crazy stuff in "Mutant X," and generally kicks @$$. So if we need to slap Alex around a little to get him up to snuff, then we shall.
As we've seen from your "New X-Men," you're a pro at "slapping" mutants into shape. In this book, we also see Alex say that he wants to kill Vulcan. Is Alex a killer? Isn't that a line the X-Men don't cross?
Excellent question. Alex would have killed Vulcan in the last chapter of "Rise and Fall," in the heat of the moment. And as we saw in that chapter, they "quit" being X-Men with their murderous intentions. Who's to say what he'll do, given time to think about it. Oh, wait - we say in issue #5.
Korvus and Marvel Girl's relationship is already done by issue one - or is it? It seemed very sudden to introduce it in "Uncanny" and then have it gone by the first issue of "Emperor Vulcan." Is there more romance coming?
Yes, but it's Korvus/Ch'od.
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ew. What would you say Vulcan's ultimate goal is? He killed his mother's killer. Does he really want to be a ruler? It doesn't appear that he enjoys this position too much at the beginning of this series.
Vulcan is not the most mature young man. His motives are decidedly immature. He had a very romantic view of becoming Emperor, in the sense that he saw the power and glory, not the day to day. He also assumed that the Shi'ar would accept him on that legal technicality. The reality didn't sit well with him - the Shi'ar in general are not fans of humans.
Vulcan's immediate goals were: Revenge on the Shi'ar. Kill Xavier. He's one for two, but now finds himself distracted. He isn't interested in being a ruler per se, but the arrival of the Scy'ar Tal changes things. Sometimes we don't care about things until they are threatened.
Any chance we'll learn more about Ch'od or Raza Longknife in this series? They're fun characters and I'd like to learn more about what drives them, especially in light of Corsair's death.
Ch'od and Raza are fun, and we'll get moments here and there with them as well as get their views on the Shi'ar, but the focus is on Havok, Polaris and Marvel Girl dealing with Vulcan.
I suppose that makes sense, given the title of the series. So the Scy'ar Tal that showed up at the end of issue one - are they someone new? Have they been seen somewhere before? And, just out of curiosity, will any of the events of "Annihilation" have any effect on this series (or vice-versa)?
They're new
and old. The Scy'ar Tal have history with the Shi'ar, a history most Shi'ar aren't even aware of. They have a legitimate beef with the feathered aliens. They have not been seen before. And to my understanding, the Conquest is limited to the Kree Empire right now, so no sign of "Annihilation" in "Emperor Vulcan." But who wouldn't like a Havok/Nova team-up?
Sounds like you have your next miniseries right there!
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