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...would no sooner see him burn for his crimes.
It is an important turn for Erik–this is the first time in continuity he's fought not just to preserve human life, but some of the highest symbols of their dominion over his species.
His defenses are broken as the twins shatter...
...come to meet in the years to follow long after this trial.
The issue returns to the mission of stopping the von Strucker twins, and the symbolism of the descendants of Nazi's fighting to undermine the future of "descendants" of a Holocaust survivor are inescapably present...
...for their attempts to survive their oppression by whatever means necessary.
It's Erik's testimony–and full, out loud admission of his long alluded to motives to defend his people against another genocide–that hits this nail on the head and best predicts the statesman we'll...
...next attack.
All of these threads can make it feel like the problems faced by mutantkind are the result of Erik's and Xavier's mistakes, but UXM #200 makes clear that the responsibility lies in the lap of the oppressor–and that the marginalized should not be condemned for...
...which makes the foreknowledge of his children's pain and trauma all the more devastating.
If Kitty is to represent the hope for a better future, then Rachel is a reminder of the consequences of failure; her hound marks returning as she tracks down the twins ahead of their...
...fallibility of human institutions as a means of delivering "justice" upon mutants; an element of the mutant metaphor, sadly, advanced by the failures of our own criminal legal system in regards to race, gender, and sexuality.
Even Scott's knowledge that the Avengers and FF...
...glance directed toward the question of what might come next for mutantkind in the aftermath of Xavier's death.
The idea of inheritance is the center of UXM #200's narrative, with Erik's entire redemption arc based in the knowledge that his actions have harmed, rather than...
...the international stage, Claremont's recap of the moments in Erik's life that have brought us to this point help reground the issue after our Asgardian adventure.
UXM #200, by design of its trial, is a book that looks directly at both the past and toward the future, paying...
...of her empowered state as Valkyrie.
The combined might of the two teams proves too much for Hela to defend against alone, and the goddess escapes from the fight so that teams' attentions might return to that of her rival god, Loki.
Still ensorcelled (thanks Claremont for the new word) by Loki's suggestive magic, Ororo bears her new weapon against her friend, with Logan's injury proving enough to break through to Ororo's better senses.
Logan reminds her that Loki is simply living up to his divine title...