The X-Men Ballad of Legion and Blindfold

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Analysis: Having taken on Luca Aldine, the disembodied eyeballs and also the brother of Ruth aka Blindfold, David begins a journey with her that takes him to the edges of his personality. In truth, she is everything to him: Lover, Nemesis, Advisor, and perhaps the only one who can save him. Their lives are entertwined in the strangest of ways, but without her, he cannot go on. This story arc centers on their inescapable relationship.

X-Men Legacy #7 (Continues from X-Men Legacy #6, after an undefined lapse in time. Somehow, the spirit of Charles Xavier is now a backstory. David now travels to a church after doing some research on Luca's past. All the while, he's aware of Blindfold following him astrally. Once inside, he's surrounded by lots of weirdos and tells them he is in love with a mutant. They're all mutant-haters and attempt to purify him. Once he's left alone in his own room, he confronts Blindfold and the two have argument. It turns out Luca was also a member here and wrote a Book of Prophecy. The church members retrieve David again for a ceremony, but before it can continue, Abagail Brand breaks into the room and attempts to arrest or find the source of an Dire Wraith problem. She spots Haller, but in the exchange, the church people realizes she associates with mutants and spit on her. In the next scene, she's arrested all of them and leaves. Blindfold leaves Haller on amicable terms and now he has the Luca's book.)
X-Men Legacy #8 (Continues from the previous issue, but occurs at a later undefined period. In an astral date with Blindfold, David and her observe a mutant teenager with the power to take credit and positive praise for things he doesn't do. They both try to figure out a way to help him make a difference in the world, but can't agree how. During the date, though, David's mind lashes out, expelling Blindfold from the dimension, and nearly incapacitating him. To his rescue comes Charles Xavier, the mentally-linked version created by his mind. Afterwards, David leaves comments on a web page telling Blindfold how she was right about the mutant boy.)
X-Men Legacy #9 (Continues from X-Men Legacy #8, the time break is undefined. David takes Ruth on another date. This time it starts as a movie, milkshake, and so on. Suddenly, he turns philosophical and explains a story to her. It's about an alien named Aarkus who erroneously ends up believing the mutants must be destroyed. At the end of his story, they all die. Then he tells Ruth that he has seen this future and that it will happen. Ruth believed his story by the end, but is stunned to realize that it hasn't happened yet. David then tells her he could rewrite this story and take Aarkus out, but Ruth won't have it, she's horrified he would kill a creature that hasn't yet done anything wrong. That's when David reveals Aarkus to Ruth and turns his, still breathing body over to her. The date ends and Ruth leaves. David, on the other hand, ponders if he is a monster.)
X-Men Legacy #10 (Continues from the previous issue. While David is sleeping, Ruth dons Cerebro, silently stalking him. David, fearing the future prophecy of Luca's book, speaks with the Xavier entity in his mind. He makes a deal: one minute of complete control if the entity lets him look into the future. Once agree upon, David witnesses two possibilities, him destroying everyone and the world, or him being destroyed by Blindfold. In response, he teleports to the San Francisco Institute of Bio-Social Studies and meets with Mr. Marcus Glove. David has discerned that this man is the most dangerous person to mutantkind; he's fashioned a cure and was indirectly responsible for the Church of The Happy Host tragedies. A mutilated man, Glove believes that mutants will destroy everything including themselves. But David, instead of destroying him, asks for the cure. Ruth, still stalking him, is astonished.)
X-Men Legacy #11 (Continues immediately from the previous issue. David continues to search the Institute of Marcus Glove for tricks, but he finds none; he's prepared to take the pill, fearing he'll do worse if he's allowed to continued with his mutant powers. Blindrfold now senses what David is about to do and runs through the school attempting to recruit mutants to help her extract the man she loves. Meanwhile, back at the Institute David encounters his own psyche, using his dad's image, but maintains his willingness to use the pill. As the issue closes, the true villain reveals himself. Dr. Marcus Glove is actually a manipulation of The Red Skull, now endowed with Xavier's powers. Too late, though, David doesn't care and still plans on taking the pill.)

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A Legion, Reformed Into Marvel NOW!

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Analysis: Marvel develop's Legion, Charles Xavier's son, but putting him at the center of his own title. If you're not familiar with David, he's a peculiar character. He actually has numerous powers, but each is controlled by a different personality. This means he's mentally corruptable.

The second major theme coming out of this comic book is about Blindfold, the time-sensitive mutant. She's calling herself David's nemesis, and is evolving into a character with an upgraded relationship to him. The X-Men Legacy title is another one of the early titles for X-Men characters. In it's pages, you'll note that Storm still has her original hairstyle and Beast hasn't mutated yet.

Right: The Cover of X-Men Legacy #1, part of Marvel NOW!

X-Men Legacy #1 (Surrounding the young man, David Haller aka Legion aka the son of Charles Xavier, we are awakened to an extremely bizarre story, where he had constructed his own psychic jail for all his personalities. While David stays with a group of mystics, one of his personalities attempts to free itself, causing a backlash. Elswhere in the world, the mutant Blindfold exclaims that the future has just changed. Meanwhile, David is told that the X-Men will be coming to help him, but he's not sure they will be friendly by an stretch.)
X-Men Legacy #2 (Continues from X-Men Legacy #1. All time and travel are a potential figment of imagination as David travels across the globe, possibly wrecking havoc. On his trail, the X-Men finally get a clue that it is him when Wolverine picks up his scent. Throughout the entire issue, though, Haller is wrestling with his inner demons, fighting for his own dominance over the personalities embedded in his psyche.)
X-Men Legacy #3 (Continues after X-Men Legacy #4, but after a period of undisclosed time. David is now in Japan after using his telepathy to arrange safe travel. Once there, he is beset by a psychic raven and captured. He wakes up and finds himself in the presence of a strange clan revering Wolverine's former great nemesis, Ogun. The two mutants he came to free are being used by this clan to attack enemies. They attempt to kill David, but in the midst of the lengthy psychic battle, he manages to captured one of his mental identities, gaining the power of plasmic fire. He frees himself, fends off the clan, and compels the twins to come with him. At the end of the issue, though, Wolverine, Storm and the X-Men find him.)
X-Men Legacy #4 (Follows immediately from X-Men Legacy #3. Notably, The Beast does not appear to have transformed into his new form yet. Legacy tries to parley the X-Men, but Wolverine moves to fight. Systematically, with the help of the twins, he begins capturing necessary personalities and using their powers to stop them. Blindfold makes an attempt to stop him, ejecting the twins from his mind, but later in the process, he causes her psychic trauma and knocks her out. They escape to a building, but it houses lots of ammo. Chamber decides to attack without realizing the amount of damage. Before the twins can be killed, Legacy captures a personality and uses its power to fold space. He gets away and the X-Men take in the twins. When Legacy returns, he notices the mysterious floating eyes that have been previously haunting him. On the X-Men's ship, Sojobo, the male twin, appears to know more than he's saying. His eyes are missing.)
X-Men Legacy #5 (Continues from X-Men Legacy #4. David, now using more and more of his powers, travels psychically to Blindfold's body and probes her subconscious. He learns the history of her origin, mother, father, and brother, Luca, including the torment she's endured over the years until she came to the school. As he gets closer to helping her, though, he's suddenly rebuffed as Sojobo walks into Blindfold's room. He awakens from his psychic trance and sees Karasu with a knife at his throat. Suddenly, he realizes what's happening, Luca has been masterminding Blindfold's death since the beginning of this adventure and he's taken over Sojobo's body.)
X-Men Legacy #6 (Continues immediately from X-Men Legacy #5. Beat appears, and it looks more like his old form before the new mutation. The fight is on at the School, X-Men are facing pyschic manifestations while David is facing Karaus with a knife. Capturing a power, he teleports to Sojobo and stops him from killing Blindfold. Sojobo is actually Luca, Blindfold's dead brother and he has part of her power, able to see millions of possibilities. Their battle moves them to a scene where Karasu tries to block David again. Suddenly though, and entity in David's mind captures him and forces him to strike Karasu without remorse. She survives, but Luca attempts to show the other X-Men that David is a killer. Suddenly, Blindfold appears and stabs him in the back. Luca's eyes flee - that's the only way to explain it. As the issue concludes, David attempts to understand Blindfold and make amends. At the last panel, though, we learn that the entity that controlled him was atually Charles Xavier, his dad.)


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