Bishop gets stuck in an alternate timeline while hunting Fitzroy.
Look, this series has a bunch of things I complain about regularly: Alternate timelines (which means it’s low stakes). Undeveloped characters who are portrayed as having cataclysmic impact on the heroes but who really don’t matter and few us remember (Fitzroy). Time travel. Alternate identities (alternate Fitz’s identity is Chronomancer and as for Rogue)…
…Oh, and one more thing I complain about: Bishop.
But I kinda liked it. I didn’t read it very carefully, and it doesn’t matter, but it was a fun read.
In issue #14, The Watcher from the alternate timeline appears and Bishop returns to the 616 timeline as a time portal collapses (and Fitzroy seems to die). This series gets two more issues, which tie into bigger storylines and will be covered in other posts.
I am sure this has been covered, but I am going to cover it again: Any mutant, or any so-called “superHERO”, whose principal “ability” is the ability to fire a gun, SUCKS. When the Angel joined the X-Men, ( as related in the back-up feature in 1969’s ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #56, he packed a ‘Sandman’-style gas-gun to give himself some firepower to augment his wings ) Professor X informed him that he would have to “DISCARD such ‘gimmickry’, if you wish to join the X-Men.” Well, apparently, by the time Bishop shows up, THAT policy has been conveniently shit-canned!! Just think of the mutant mortality-rate in every single ‘Danger Room’ session, with all of the vapid, rapid, machine-gun fire going off in all directions!!! The ultimate idea of Bishop, of course, was to ( somehow ) appeal to the, uh, “inner-city” audience-market. So, how has THAT been working out-??!! Give me a politically-correct, ‘woke’ BREAK.