Nightcrawler vs Beast Being Teased in Marvel's X-Men
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Legion of X #2!
Conflict is brewing between Nightcrawler and Beast, two of Marvel's classic X-Men. The two men have come a long way from the gifted youngsters Charles Xavier once recruited to his Westchester academy. Between Legion of X and X-Force, both Kurt and Hank are headlining their own Krakoan era X-books. However, an ideological divide between the two is growing, and that may turn them from former friends into fuzzy blue foes.
Hank McCoy's descent from morally gray to lawful evil has been expertly captured throughout Benjamin Percy and Joshua Cassara's ongoing run of X-Force. Willing to sacrifice team members for intel, topple a foreign government, and even torture his fellow Krakoans in the name of national security, Beast is well on his way to becoming the X-Men's Henry Kissinger. His efforts to manufacture a Krakoan surveillance state have set Hank on a collision course with his old pal Kurt Wagner.
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Among the myriad of plot threads happening throughout Legion of X #2 by Si Spurrier, Jan Bazaldua, Federico Blee, and VC's Clayton Cowles, the Legionaries' hunt for the Skinjacker leads Nightcrawler and Weaponless Zsen to X-Force's headquarters at the Pointe. Before meeting there with Beast and Sage, a data page from Hank explains he does not deem the Skinjacker panic worthy of his time. He is immediately proven wrong when Skinjacker breaks in while piloting Banshee. However special attention should be paid to Beast's patronizing conclusion to the data page: "Leave it to Kurt and his Emocops." Nightcrawler and Zsen's visit to the Pointe leaves Kurt with a rude awakening of his own. Nightcrawler’s earlier dismissal
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