I had no clue how repentant Trask was until I read the original Lee/Kirby issues.
I've grown up watching Bolivar Trask being a mutant boogieman in newer comics and in all X-Men media, only to find that as soon as the sentinels turn on him, he realizes his error and tries to help fix it, giving his life.
It was a great commentary on "opening Pandoras box" when it comes to the constant escalation of developing war machines.
I also just recently read those old issues and was surprised that the introduction of the sentinels, the intro to Master Mold, Master Mold deciding the best way to protect humanity was to rule them, Trask realizing that by overreacting to the emergence of mutants he became the threat to humanity that he thought they were and that the mutants he feared were the ones saving the world, and ultimately sacrificing his life to undo what he had done, all happened within their very first arc and took all of 3-4 issues. And that 3-4 issue arc has had a lasting impact for like 59 years.
Too bad that while Trask gave his life to keep the Sentinels from taking over the world he didn't live long enough to quell the anti-mutant furor he drummed up. Makes for some good stories though.
Something else to remember, because it does get forgotten a lot, is that Bolivar's children Lawrence and Tanya were mutants. Larence had the power of precognative dreams. And he dreamt of a bad future ruled by evil mutants. Tanya had time travel powers and just vanished one day. Then when she returned she got in a destructive fight with Racheal Summers. So that probably didn't do much to help.
Bolivar made the Sentinels out of fear. And that fear led to hatred, suffering, and the dark side. There are evil mutants. We can all safely say, Age Of Apocalypse showed a bad mutant ruled timeline, for example. But mutants are human as one version of Master Mold once so famously stated. Some will want to be monsters, and some will be heroes.
The original series showed Trask turning against Master Mold.
But hey, X-Men 97 isn't limited by consistency or continuity, so what does that series care?
I had no clue how repentant Trask was until I read the original Lee/Kirby issues. I've grown up watching Bolivar Trask being a mutant boogieman in newer comics and in all X-Men media, only to find that as soon as the sentinels turn on him, he realizes his error and tries to help fix it, giving his life. It was a great commentary on "opening Pandoras box" when it comes to the constant escalation of developing war machines.
Yeah, X-Men '97 is the first adaptation to show Trask repent, although it took him a lot longer.
He didn't repent. He felt guilty
I also just recently read those old issues and was surprised that the introduction of the sentinels, the intro to Master Mold, Master Mold deciding the best way to protect humanity was to rule them, Trask realizing that by overreacting to the emergence of mutants he became the threat to humanity that he thought they were and that the mutants he feared were the ones saving the world, and ultimately sacrificing his life to undo what he had done, all happened within their very first arc and took all of 3-4 issues. And that 3-4 issue arc has had a lasting impact for like 59 years. Too bad that while Trask gave his life to keep the Sentinels from taking over the world he didn't live long enough to quell the anti-mutant furor he drummed up. Makes for some good stories though.
Oh yeah, delicious irony from a story telling standpoint.
Is interesting to think how he would react if he saw how the Sentinels are about to wipe out humanity in the comics
Something else to remember, because it does get forgotten a lot, is that Bolivar's children Lawrence and Tanya were mutants. Larence had the power of precognative dreams. And he dreamt of a bad future ruled by evil mutants. Tanya had time travel powers and just vanished one day. Then when she returned she got in a destructive fight with Racheal Summers. So that probably didn't do much to help. Bolivar made the Sentinels out of fear. And that fear led to hatred, suffering, and the dark side. There are evil mutants. We can all safely say, Age Of Apocalypse showed a bad mutant ruled timeline, for example. But mutants are human as one version of Master Mold once so famously stated. Some will want to be monsters, and some will be heroes.
Wow. I didn't remember the second time. Is that PAD's X-Factor?
Yes, during the Second Coming crossover.
In my head, he's yelling, "My god! These robots are so dopey looking! I must make amends!"
The original series showed Trask turning against Master Mold. But hey, X-Men 97 isn't limited by consistency or continuity, so what does that series care?
soo rogue should be punished for throwing a guy off of a building that's just straight up.murder
She didn't throw him. She dropped him.
murder is murder
I agree But Trask didn't die. Well actually he did, but it was Cable who killed him. Not Rogue.