Welcome to the Children of the Atom! (Ultimate X-Men (2024))

Welcome all, to our newest episode in our theme of Cults! Today we are reviewing Ultimate X-Men 2024 Vol 1 and 2 written and drawn by Peach Momoko. This is part of Marvel Comics new ultimate universe that re-contextualizes the Marvel Universe by having its history and geopolitical landscape altered by a nefarious Reed Richards called The Maker.

Ultimate X-Men follows Hisoako Ichiki, a young girl in Japan that has just graduating middle school and entering high school. A recent tragedy in her life was the death of her best friend Tsubasa to suicide. At her middle school graduation, she gets a note to meet a mystery person at a local temple. At the temple she is confronted by a shadow figure who starts telepathically stalking her and attempts to convince her that she's to blame for her friend's death. The shadow figure gives her a charm that belonged to Tsubasa, reminding her of how kind he was and how he gave that charm to Hisaoko as a gift. She runs away but then falls into oncoming traffic but then a psionic exoskeleton is formed around her crushing the oncoming car. It was this moment that changed her life forever. Find out even more by listening to this review of the ages!

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Music: "Brain Implant (Cyberpunk Sci-Fi Trailer Action Intro)" by Vasil Yatsevich from Pixabay