Storyline: Angels & Demons Part 4 (of 6)
Date: May 29th, 2008
Price: $2.99 US
Writer: Christopher Yost and Craig Kyle
Artist: Clayton Crain

Synopsis: The Purifiers have gathered the most deadly pieces of the X-Men’s past— but their plans are far from over…While Bastion continues to shape the future, Mathew Risman sets in motion an attack that will forever change two of our heroes. If the team can’t stop them from achieving their ultimate goal, mutantkind has little hope of survival.

Opinion: Ok, so I have been reading this series since issue #1 and while I haven’t been reviewing it, every single time a new one gets in my hands I find myself getting more and more excited about the premise and the story.  This issue not only introduced an exciting and original premise, but it also packed one hell of a punch on the last page that literally gave me goosebumps.

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Storyline: Divided We Stand part 1 (of 2)
Date: April 16, 2008
Price: $3.99 US
Writer: Mike Carey, Matt Fraction, Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost and Skottie Young
Artist: Brandon Peterson, Jamie Mckelvie, Sana Takeda and Skottie Young

Synopsis: In the wake of Messiah CompleX, there are no X-Men. But where does that leave the mutants that WERE X-Men? Some of the industry’s hottest creators bring you stories of your favorite mutants. Mike Carey (X-MEN, ULTIMATE FF) and Brandon Peterson (ULTIMATE EXTINCTION) bring you a tale of Cannonball and Husk. Matt Fraction (PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL, IRON FIST) and Jamie McKelvie (Suburban Glamour, Phonogram) tell a story about Nightcrawler. Craig Kyle & Christ Yost (X-FORCE) and Sana Takeda (Drain) take you to Wakanda for a tale of Storm, Black Panther and Neznho. And Skottie Young (NEW X-MEN) writes and draws a story about your favorite New X-Man Anole.

Opinion: Unfortunately, I have not been keeping up at all with a vast majority of the fresh faces that have been showing up in the X-Men books. All of the young mutants who have been having their own little dramas while attending Xavier’s School have held no interest from me, and this book was an excellent introduction to them and a very unique perspective on the current state of the X-Men. I really thoroughly enjoyed this book, as it helped to introduce me to some of the characters I was ignorant of and it gave a frame of reference for the ripple effect of Cyclops and Emma Frost’s reign over the X-men.

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