day ten

villain spotlight - sinister

as always, we turn to x-men editor nick lowe for comments on our topics of interest.

nick lowe: “here’s the deal with sinister — he’s been around forever, but the best sinister stories (imo - “mutant massacre” and “x-cutioner’s song”) don’t ever explain or really mention his motivation! what does sinister want? what are his goals? it takes some digging, but here’s what makes sinister cool. he’s the dark side of science. he has an unquenchable desire to understand mutancy. that’s why he’s obsessed with the summers family (every child in that family is an uber-powerful mutant). when we figured that out, it made perfect sense for him to be so concerned about this mutant. he wants to take it apart.

“as far as classic moments, i always think of the sweet silvestri art in “inferno” when sinister is threatening longshot and messing with the newly revived jean grey! i love when sinister comes to the mansion in x-cutioner’s song and gets shot in the head. greg cappullo rocked mr. sinister.”

and, of course, what would be a villain spotlight without some killer art? if you ask us, this is some of the best stuff we’ve presented yet. incidentally, the above page we’re showing you (by chris bachalo) is the first of three that we have. (the one below is by simone bianchi.) expect more from that confrontation next week. hey, we have to keep you coming back!

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from ign.