CBR: Last Hope: Swierczynski on Messiah War

[CBR News]

With the opening shots of "Messiah War" having been fired, CBR News talks with "Cable" writer Duane Swierczynski about the story's early revelations, Deadpool and what it's like to be working on his first crossover.


Full article here.

[ClanAskani]

Looks great (for Olivetti). Can't wait. Messiah War has been fantastic so far.

[Prodigy55]

Stryfe is making Hope watch as Warpath gets raped by metal tentacles.

[darknessatnoon]

Stryfe is making Hope watch as Warpath gets raped by metal tentacles.

It's the same machine he used on Jean Grey.

I feel bad for rwsmith. We now know that the "young alternate Cable" that's been hinted at for some time is just Stryfe.

[rwsmith]

Yep. Kind of sucks.

“Messiah War” may be a junior crossover with respect to the number of books involved, but not in scale or scope. “I hope people give this story a chance because its vital piece of the X-Men saga,” Swierczynski said. “I know the temptation is to think that the 'Cable' book is off in its own little cul-de-sac, but this really is the next big step in a story that Axel Alonso described as a trilogy. 'Messiah CompleX' was chapter one. 'Messiah War' is chapter two, which cues up the final chapter. I hope people give it a chance and enjoy it. Things just escalate, and the end of 'Messiah War' certainly rewrites the rules for Cable. Things will be very different for the title when this story comes to an end.”

I'm reading Cable during 'Messiah War,' but afterwards it will depend on just how different things are going forward. Basically, unless he's back in the present doing stuff with the rest of the X-men I'm out. Which is a shame, since he is pretty much my second favorite X-man.

[chickrockguitar]

Looks good!
So... what's that bubble thingy?

[americocaine]

"whut we've got here is..." a really big waste of time

Some men you just can't reach.

[cpahl2000]

It´s me or Hope is starting to look like Nate Grey.

[Prodigy55]

It's the same machine he used on Jean Grey.

I hope he sterilized it first.

[XaviersMisprint]

That page with Warpath being tortured looks awesome. Actual emotion in Olivetti's art, that isn't robotic! Weird. Very fierce.

[The Thunderbird]

I hope he sterilized it first.

This is a younger version of Stryfe who does this and he's using the machine for the first time. He doesn't sterilize it at all.

[rage6839]

Ok Bishop, quit playing around and off the red-headed brat!! You have destroyed a world to get this opportunity, don't waste the chance!!

[skatalite]

Ok Bishop, quit playing around and off the red-headed brat!! You have destroyed a world to get this opportunity, don't waste the chance!!

No shit. Just shoot her in the frickin face and be done with it.

[Greg Anderson]

Ok Bishop, quit playing around and off the red-headed brat!! You have destroyed a world to get this opportunity, don't waste the chance!!

Seriously!

[streator]

decent preview pages, interview. stryfe doesn't look too ridiculous.