"Agent X Is Alex Hayden"

by Matthew C.
2002.08.16

EPILOGUE:

That only leaves one thing that I don't understand. The X's. Agent X appears on the scene (in Agent X issue #1) beat up. Ok, it could have happened trying to get out of the wreckage of the Black Swan's mansion, which had exploded with him/them inside. That accounts for the scrapes and bruises, but what about the X's? They appear purposely placed on the top of his head and his face.

And why don't the X's disappear? With a healing factor that seems to be able to heal any wound Agent X acquires (as seen throughout Agent X issue #1), why don't the X's on his skull and face disappear after some time?

It has been proposed that MAYBE THEY'RE NATURAL, like birthmarks. The healing factor heals wounds, but doesn't change the body's essential makeup. That makes sense, but the X's look too perfect (although ragged). They're placed too precisely.

That explanation is also too reality-based, too simple. I read comic books. I know comic books. I know the answers are more complicated than that.

(In editing this piece, I totally disagree with my final comments. Comic books sometimes explain things with absolutely no "common sense". It all depends on the writer.)

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