This article contains spoilers for X-Force #21.

The X-Men have just improved Wolverine's famous "fastball special." Charles Xavier has always been keen on getting mutants to use their powers in synergy, and it's the quality of their teamwork that makes the X-Men so formidable. Storm and Cyclops have the ultimate power combo, for example, and five mutants have recently learned to synergize their powers with Cerebro technology in order to resurrect the dead.

But the most famous mutant team-up move is the "fastball special," traditionally performed by Colossus and Wolverine, with the super-strong metal mutant tossing Wolverine like a javelin. Other heroes have had a turn tossing Wolverine as well; the most amusing was She-Hulk, who took the opportunity to compliment Logan on the firmness of his backside, prompting Wolverine to tell her the first rule about the fastball special - is never to talk about the fastball special.

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X-Force #21, by Benjamin Percy, Joshua Cassara, and Robert Gill features one of the most radical reinventions of the fastball special to date. Wolverine is working with Quentin Quire, aka Kid Omega, X-Force's resident Omega level mutant - a powerful telepath and telekinetic. Needing to get out into the ocean at speed in order to deal with a marauding plant-creature, Wolverine asks if Quire has ever heard of the fastball special. His response is to form a telekinetic catapult, launching Logan into the skies - and proving him to be a tremendous marksman.

Wolverine Quentin Quire Kid Omega Fastball Special

Quentin is known for his telekinetic constructs - he famously one-upped Psylocke's psychic knife by creating a psychic bazooka - but this is one of his most creative to date. He duplicates the design of a catapult perfectly, right down to setting up a lever he needs to pull in order to propel Wolverine in flight. It's amusing to see how unimpressed Logan is with this display of telekinetic creativity, simply telling Quentin, "It'll do." It will more than "do" - it's a marked improvement on the traditional fastball special, not least because Quentin doesn't need to handle Wolverine's backside.

What's even more remarkable, though, is how precisely Quentin propels Wolverine in flight, ensuring he strikes his target perfectly. Granted, Wolverine is used to being launched through the skies, so he'll be well aware of ways to redirect himself in flight, but readers get the sense this was pretty easily done. Quentin Quire can add his name to the list of people who've performed a fastball special - and he's done it with more style than most X-Men.

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