9. “Forget-Me-Not, Part 3”

Writer: Tony Bedard
Artist: Derec Donovan

Okay, we’re stagnating a little here. So, this is probably due to a problem that is really common in early 2000s Marvel comics, it’s called “writing for the trade”. Essentially, this period of time was when the trade paperback market really took off, especially in bookstores and Marvel titles were essentially being written specifically to be collected in 6 issue installments.

Both of the arcs in this Rogue series are exactly six issues in length and both would benefit tremendously from being shorter and more condensed. In this issue, Rogue and Sunfire discover that Silver Samurai is evil now. and Silver Samurai takes over all of Japan’s crime syndicates. That’s not a ton of plot, but it still fills a full issue.

And we have three more issues in the arc (only one of which I’m covering.)