X-Men: Legacy Vol 2 8

Part of the "Marvel NOW! (2012 Event)" event Alternate Covers: Textless X-Men: Legacy Vol 2 #8 Published Released May, 2013 March 27, 2013 Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso Cover Artist Michael Del Mundo "Ballad of the Gloryhog" Writer Simon Spurrier Penciler Tan Eng Huat Inker Craig Yeung Colorist Jose Villarrubia Letterer VC's Cory Petit Editor Jennifer M. Smith Daniel Ketchum Nick Lowe Previous Issue Next Issue X-Men: Legacy Vol 2 #7 X-Men: Legacy Vol 2 #9

"I rule me." "I rule me." That gave me strength not so long ago. That little lie. Everyone should be able to say those words and mean them. Male. Female. Black. White. Mutant. Non-mutant...Leaders and losers alike. "I rule me." And nobody should have to fight. if they don't want to.

-- David Haller

Appearing in "Ballad of the Gloryhog"

Featured Characters:

• David Haller
• Blindfold (Ruth Aldine)
• Santi Sardina (First appearance) (Origin revealed)

Supporting Characters:

• X-Men
  • Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Vision)
  • Frenzy (Joanna Cargill) (Vision)
  • Wolverine (Logan) (Vision)
  • Doop
  • Students
    • Pixie (Megan Gwynn)
    • Karasu-Tengu (Cameo)
• "All-New Gritty-Urban-Vigilante Street Level Version" Captain Ultra (Impersonator)

Antagonists:

• Gorilla-Man (Arthur Nagan)
• Legion's personas
  • Tyrannix the Abominoid
  • "Charles Xavier"
  • Numerous unidentified sub-personalities
• Aarkus the Aetheric (Vision)
• Unknown psychic entity

Other Characters:

• Unidentified students, professors, and citizens
• Dr. Nina Ambrose (First appearance) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
• Spider-Man (Photo)

Locations:

• New York
  • New York City
  • Westchester County
    • Jean Grey School for Higher Learning
• The "Psychosphere"
• Qortex Complex
• Moon (Vision)

Items:

• Cerebro (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Ballad of the Gloryhog"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  

Solicit Synopsis

• Refusing Wolverine’s offer to join the X-Men, David Haller must now decide exactly how he will carry out his father’s legacy.
• But upon venturing into the world on his own, will he be beaconed back to Westchester by his budding fascination with young X-Man Blindfold? And more importantly: How will their future together change the fate of mutantkind?
  
  

Notes

• According to David Haller's timeline, had Santi signed up for his school's debate society then he would have been class president by the end of the year, elected to public office within three years, governor by age twenty-eight, and president of the U.S. by thirty-five, the first mutant president.
  

Trivia

• The website David sends to Blindfold is http://www.vidtoob.com/watch?p=qqTyQgs33s

See Also

• 7 Image(s) from X-Men: Legacy Vol 2 8

Footnotes

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