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Cover: Ariel Olivetti
X-Force / Cable: Messiah War #[nn]
“Wasteland Blues Part One”
writer Duane Swierczynski · artist Larry Stroman · inker Mark Farmer · colorist Matt Milla · letterer Virtual Calligraphy · letterer Cory Petit · cover Ariel Olivetti
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Cast · 6 characters
Full credits
writer Duane Swierczynski
artist Larry Stroman
inker Mark Farmer
colorist Matt Milla
letterer Virtual Calligraphy
letterer Cory Petit
cover pencils, inks Ariel Olivetti
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Lucas travels the country with the Witness stealing food and hearing stories about the mutant girl, Hope, who destroyed the X-Men. He is reunited with his grandmother and Shard and they live as family unit until Grandma Bishop dies. As Lucas is stealing, he is attacked and his mutant power manifests. He is recruited into the XSE but only agrees to join if his sister is too. Trevor Fitzroy, Bishop and his crew find themselves facing vampiric emplates and Shard is infected by them. Bishop takes Shard to the Witness who keeps her alive by transferring her to a digital form.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).