Scotland blew up in the last issue when Proteus was resurrected, and out of the all the superheroes
Scotland blew up in the last issue when Proteus was resurrected, and out of the all the superheroes on Earth, they send in X-Factor to investigate. Not the Avengers, not local superhero team Excalibur, not even the People’s Protectorate (who in the fuck are the People’s Protectorate??). No, we send in X-Factor, a the bunch of entitled, elitist, New York snobs who I’m sure would rather be at some expensive restaurant pretentiously talking about how much better they are than everyone else. I’m sure they’re going to take their time and find a real compassionate solution to this humanitarian issue. (Yeah right). Anyway, as they get closer to Edinburgh, we find that Proteus has transformed the entire geographic area into something that looks like a computer program, and the rest of this comic basically looks like it takes place in Tron. Which is not nearly as awesome as it sounds. Unfortunately, this really isn’t the bloodthirsty, sociopathic Proteus that the X-Men tangled with all those years ago. He’s not turning everyone inside out and melting the skin of helpless bystanders and plucking everyone’s eyeballs out of their heads. If the original Proteus was a horror movie, this one isn’t even PG-13. He’s just very conveniently hanging out and holding everyone prisoner in his computer jail, and it’s not long before all the superheroes find each other and are conveniently given enough time to hatch a plan.Well why are you just sitting around! What have you been doing! What a bunch of complete boners. I can’t wait to see what these assholes come up with. (X-Factor Annual #6 – 1991) -- source link
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