X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (Marvel Graphic Novel #5) is an original graphic novel published in 1982 by Marvel Comics, starring their popular superhero team the X-Men. It was written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Brent Anderson. The book served as a primary inspiration for the film X2, which saw Claremont return to write the novelization.

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Publication history[edit]

According to artist Neal Adams, he was originally approached by Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter to illustrate an early version of X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (whose plot, according to Adams, was conceived of by Shooter). Since Adams insisted that his contract not be a standard-work-for-hire agreement, Marvel eventually chose Brent Anderson as the illustrator — despite the fact that Adams had already penciled some preliminary pages.^[1]

God Loves, Man Kills was initially conceived as a non-canon X-Men story. The original first draft script called for the death of Magneto (which was illustrated by Neal Adams before his departure from the project), which would be the trigger event for the X-Men to begin investigating Stryker. Magneto's death was dropped once Adams left the project and the script rewritten into what became the published version.^{[citation needed]}

Published in 1982, for years the canonical status of God Loves, Man Kills existed in a state of flux. It was not officially considered canon until 2003, when the second X-Men film (which borrowed heavily from the graphic novel) was released in theaters and a sequel series, God Loves Man Kills II was published in X-Treme X-Men #25–30.

For later volumes of the Essential X-Men trade paperback series, the issue is placed between The Uncanny X-Men #167 and #168. This is due to Cyclops' involvement in the story (Cyclops left the team after #167) and for the presence of the time displaced aging of Ilyana Rasputin.

Plot summary[edit]

Magneto is investigating the murder of two mutant children who were killed by henchmen of the Reverend William Stryker. Stryker, who murdered his wife and newborn son after his son (a deformed mutant child) was born, seeks the wholesale extermination of mutantkind while presenting himself to the public as a fire and brimstone preacher, spreading a message claiming that mutants are abominations in the eyes of God. After a television debate with Professor Charles Xavier, Stryker (who knows that Xavier is a mutant) kidnaps him, forcing the X-Men to team up with Magneto to find their mentor.

Xavier has been hooked up to a machine that will use his telepathic power to kill all of the world's mutants via cerebral hemorrhage. At a revival meeting, where a popular US Senator (who is a closeted mutant) is in attendance, Magneto and the X-Men confront Stryker and rescue Xavier. In the end, after Shadowcat and Nightcrawler successfully bait Stryker into admitting kidnapping Xavier and his plans for mutant genocide, Stryker is shot in the chest by a security guard when he tries to murder Shadowcat in public.

Magneto and the X-Men part ways, with Magneto politely turning down an offer by Xavier to join the X-Men. However, before he leaves, he reminds the X-Men that Stryker may have the final victory, as already his defenders rally to him as he awaits trial for his crimes.

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In film[edit]

The plot of the 2003 film X2 took inspiration from God Loves, Man Kills.^[2] Some of the similarities include:

• William Stryker is the main villain.
• The collaboration of the X-Men with Magneto, their arch-rival
• The kidnapping of Professor X and some of his X-Men
• The use of Professor X and a duplicate Cerebro to mentally kill all the mutants on Earth

There are also differences in the storyline, however. Some of the main differences are:

• William Stryker in the movie is a military scientist rather than a minister. The comic's Stryker was involved in the military at one point in his life, but left that to become a preacher long before the events of the novel.
• Both versions of Stryker have a mutant child, though in the novel, the child had already died prior to the events of the novel. In fact, Stryker himself killed his just-born son who happened to be a mutant (Though this was later retconned in 2013 in the All-New X-Men series^[3]). In the movie, his child is still alive.
• In the film, Stryker is responsible for Wolverine receiving his adamantium bones and claws; in the comic, they had never met prior to the events of the novel.
• In the novel, Stryker and his men are able to kidnap Professor X, Cyclops, and Storm. In the movie, only the first two are kidnapped.
• In the movie, Jean Grey is not only prominent, but the film foreshadows Dark Phoenix. In the comics, The Dark Phoenix Saga has already occurred, thus, Jean Grey did not appear in this storyline in the comics.
• Instead of trying to escape with the X-Men after freeing Professor X as what happened in the comics, in the film Magneto tries to use Dark Cerebro and the hypnotized Professor X for his goal of eliminating humans in which Stryker was horrified that it was used against him, only to be stopped by Storm and Nightcrawler.

References[edit]

1. ^Cooke, Jon B. 'The Adams Impact: Celebrating Our Featured Artist and his Stint at Marvel Comics', Comic Book Artist Collection (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2000), p. 191.
2. ^Scott Brown (2003-05-09). 'The NeXt Level'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
3. ^All-New X-Men #20 (December 2013)

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One King Down was a straight edgehardcore band from Albany, New York that recorded and performed from 1994 until 2002.

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Background

One King Down was an Albany, New York-based metallic hardcore band that played crunchy, danceable metal-influenced music by such scene contemporaries as Snapcase and Earth Crisis.

In 1997, the band released the Bloodlust Revenge EP, released on Equal Vision Records and is regarded by most fans as the band's finest recorded hour. The group toured with Erie, Pennsylvania-based Brothers Keeper and other bands, selling several thousand copies of the record at shows and through major independent distribution channels. The next year they released a split EP with Spirit of Youth through Europe's Good Life Recordings.

Internal friction caused the ousting of singer Rob Fusco shortly before the band was to embark on a national tour supporting Earth Crisis and Madball, to be followed by another tour with Hatebreed. One King Down scrambled to find a replacement, inviting then Burn It Down vocalist Ryan Downey to fill in for them. This union only lasted for two shows before the singer-less One King Down returned home to regroup. Eventually, they teamed up with Syracuse native Jon Peters, who lent his vocals to the band's debut full-length album, 1998's God Loves, Man Kills, which was also released on Equal Vision.

One King Down re-formed and Fusco was eventually invited to rejoin. They played a few shows before Van Wie left the group, with Wood switching to drum duties as the Albany band pared down to a four-piece. One King Down released the Gravity Wins Again EP in 2000, a collection of newly penned songs together with older, previously recorded tracks. In 2001, after skipping an appearance at Hellfest, it appeared that the band was done once and for all.^[1]

Five years after the band's initial break up, One King Down reunited again in 2006, yet, as of 2008, no live shows have been performed. Three new songs from a 2006 session were uploaded on the band's myspace page.

Members

• Rob Fusco - vocals
• Mike Scoville - guitar
• Bill Scoville - bass
• Derrik Vanwie - drums
• Matt Wood - guitar
• Bill Brown - vocals
• Jon 'Amor Fati' Peters - vocals

Discography

• Jawbreaker Demo Cassette (1994, Self-Released)
• Absolve CDep (1995, Trainwreck Records)
• Bloodlust Revenge (1997, Equal Vision Records)
• God Loves, Man Kills CD/12' (1998, Equal Vision Records)
• Gravity Wins Again 7'/CD (2000, Equal Vision Records - CD version contains Absolve)
• Rob Loves, Man Kills Demo CDr (2006, Unreleased)

• Split - One King Down/Spirit of Youth Split CD (1998, Good Life Recordings)
• Split - When Angles Shed Their Wings Volume 2 7' (2001, Devil's Head Records)
• Split - One King Down/Mindsnare/Day of Contempt Split 7' (2001 Trial And Error Records)

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• V/A - City Rockers: A Tribute to the Clash (1999, Chord Records)

References

1. ^ - Ryan J. Downey / Allmusic

External links

• Equal Vision Records pageEqual Vision Records page
• One King Downs official myspace pageOne King Downs official myspace page