Cover: Darwyn Cooke

X-Force #124

Mar 2002 · Marvel · 2.25 USD; 3.50 CAD

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“Edie and Guy Finally Do It”

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X-Force #124, titled 'Edie and Guy Finally Do It,' is the emotional centerpiece of Peter Milligan and Mike Allred's celebrated run — a character-driven pause in the satirical action that invests readers deeply in U-Go Girl and the Orphan's relationship before Edie's shocking death four issues later in #128. By centering the story on Edie reconciling with her estranged family and resolving the power failures rooted in that fractured past, the issue gives her arc a genuine emotional weight rare in early-2000s superhero comics. It also stands out as the sole full-issue contribution by Darwyn Cooke to the run, making it a notable meeting point between two distinct artistic sensibilities — Cooke's clean, design-forward retro style and the Allreds' Kirbyesque pop aesthetic — within a single story. Critics have singled it out as proof that Milligan's X-Force had more emotional nuance than most of its contemporaries, and it retroactively sharpens the tragedy of Edie's eventual fate.

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writer Peter Milligan · artist, inker Darwyn Cooke · colorist Laura Allred · letterer Mike Allred · letterer Blambot · cover Darwyn Cooke

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History

Peter Milligan took over X-Force with issue #116 in July 2001, collaborating with artist Mike Allred after Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada recruited them to reinvent the flagging title; the two were given wide creative latitude to build an entirely new cast. For issue #124, regular penciller Mike Allred stepped aside and Darwyn Cooke — already emerging as one of the medium's most distinctive stylists — stepped in for the full issue, with Laura Allred continuing as colorist and Mike Allred serving as letterer, giving the issue a cohesive but visually distinct feel from the surrounding issues. Axel Alonso served as editor on the Milligan/Allred run throughout its duration on X-Force.

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Story title: 'Edie and Guy Finally Do It' — cover-dated March 2002, released February 6, 2002.
Written by Peter Milligan; pencilled and inked by Darwyn Cooke (the only full issue of the run he drew); colored by Laura Allred; lettered by Mike Allred.
The issue introduces Mr. Sawyer (Edie's father) in his first Marvel Universe appearance, according to the Marvel Database.
The plot resolves a dangling subplot: Edie's deteriorating teleportation ability is tied to her unresolved estrangement from her family, and the issue follows Guy Smith and Edie as they travel to confront that past.
U-Go Girl's relationship with Guy Smith (the Orphan/Mr. Sensitive) reaches a new emotional peak here, setting up the resonance of her death in X-Force #128 — an event that generated significant fan backlash.
The full Milligan/Allred X-Force run (#116–129) was collected in the 2003 oversized hardcover X-Force: Famous, Mutant & Mortal (ISBN 978-0785110231), which includes this issue alongside art by Cooke and Duncan Fegredo.
The entire run including this issue was later recollected in X-Statix: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302924034), which also includes Brotherhood #9 and X-Statix #1–5.
The Milligan/Allred run — of which this issue is a key chapter — is widely regarded as a pointed satire of celebrity culture and reality television, framing mutant superheroes as media commodities rather than feared outcasts.