“Wow. It's obviously been a while since I read the X-Men.
That's not true, completely. I've read the Joss Whedon series, which was fun. I loved Grant Morrison's New X-Men arc. This book, Mike Carey of Hellblazer fame is onboard as the writer and Chris Bachallo provides the art. Carey's got a good sense of pace and character, and Bachalo's artwork, as always, is amazing.
This book doesn't hold up as well for me as those two did, but it was certainly fun to read. What's good about it is that it takes some of the X-Men that I don't consider A-listers anymore including Rogue, Cable, Cannonball, and Iceman, and lumps them together with some new blood: Lady Mastermind and Omega Sentinel. Also, for some weird reason, Rogue decides she doesn't trust anyone else to keep an eye on Sabertooth and Mystique close to her, but even though their both under observation, they obviously come into play as part of the team.
Carey's got a great pace going, interesting villains (most of them new -- I think), and even though somethings could do with a little more explanation (like what did Cannonball and Omega Sentinel do at the end there), it was a very fun read).”
DK Thompson wrote this review Wednesday, October 15 2008.
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