All New X Men #1
Bendis has made his move from Avengers to X Men, this issue is set after the 5th issue of AvX consequences and tells the story of the new dynamic between Cyclops' team of X Men and the X Men of Jean Grey's School for Gifted Youngsters. He starts the issue with the new mutation of Beast which appears to be similar to what he was before the last mutation, this makes sense is happened on M-day so the reversion is well planned. Beast is however is not dealing with the change well and thinks he may die, I have been a little annoyed with how bitchy Beast has been over the last few years and this seems like the epitome of this. My hope is that the past version of Beast sorts the present version of him out a bit. But anyway the two new mutants broken out of prison and police holding are awesome, a time manipulator and a healer both of which are recruited by Cyclops who vows to teach the in order to "atone" and "make things right for mutants". His development from the hero before AvX through Consequences to the revolutionary pictured in this issue is brilliant, it feels well motivated and like a natural character progression. His call to arms rings like words a tame magneto or dictator as he has previously been warned of, "If you can here my voice and you are a mutant... you are not alone. Do not let the humans dictate the course of your life. If you are mutant you are part of an elite species that deserves every freedom. Dont worry, my brother and sister of the atom. We are the x men and we stand together" awesome! The X Men of the JG institute however don't see it that way, every time Cyclops uses force to get mutants they get closer to being arrested themselves. Scott knows this the question is, is he doing it to insight fear? Or maybe he is doing it because he thinks some force is necessary we will see, but most of those answers are in his past and in the last few years of xmen, I believe it is to put that little bit of fear into those who would attack and kill mutant children as they have before... a mutant deterrent! Sidetracked again! Anyway the x men, including Iceman who seems to be developing into a character with an opinion rather than a comedy tool, decide that bringing the x men of the past to the future will shock Cyclops into seeing what he is doing "wrong". I hope that as this point in xmen history Hank is threatening to join Magneto that when brought to the future he actually agrees with scott, some internal conflict between the past xmen would be really cool. I recently heard Bendis describe Beast as the Spock to Scott's Kirk, in the last few years that hasn't been the case but I love the analogy and would love it to become true although I can't see it happening any time soon... A wicked start to the tale with wicked art by Immonen whose pencils are spot on, the inks by Von Grawbadger make the book feel really sleek and look amazing. Heres to more All New X Men!!
8.5/10
I also got this variant front cover, its pretty wicked, getting it signed at the weekend by Rivera at the weekend :D!!!
X Men Legacy #1
Legacy takes a new turn, after the end of the last series which focused solely on Rogue the new creative team brings a new main character, David Haller ie. Legion. Whilst some interesting stuff with legion was touched upon last year in Age of X this is where Haller is really going to shine and hopefully become a hero ratrher than the villain he has been in the past. The first issue set it up really nicely, with Legion filing his perssonalitites away in a mental prison with the help of a mind guru, some normality is being restored to Legions mind. I dont recognise the character or the place but its a nice idea that there is somewhere in the mountains old and crazy telepaths go. However when Legion feels his father die his powers flip out and he kills some rioting locals in a classic hate and fear us kind of x men way. Now the authorities and the X men are coming for Legion who is still trying to piece himself together. I really like the start to this series and hope that there well be some more regular characters for Legion to intract with soon. I also hope that it doesn't focus too much on his inner psyche, it is interesting but already a little old. Fingers crossed this stays good, the artist is sweet so hopefully he will stay, his rough pencils perfectly reflect the comic and the covers for the next few issues look awesome!
8/10
Wolverine and the X Men #20
Unfortunately Woverine and the X Men continued to be poor, as a series I have regularly not enjoyed I was hoping the Marvel Now re imagination would take effect however Wolverine and the X Men is pretty much the only title not to have mixed things up in the creative team. This issue however is drawn by Sanders instead of the childish drawings of Bradshaw set to return next week. Sanders' art is ok except for his awful interpretation of Beast which fortunately doesn't last long. A new character is introduced, a wereshark, which is... odd but fair enough. It focused a little on Angel's new abilities and how they are burning him out. I am still pretty pissed off about the mind wipe and alteration of his character so this story continued to annoy me but the power development is pretty cool. The best part about this book was the new villains at the end, Mudbug looked stupid and I hate Kade Kilgore but the rest look like interesting new characters or pre existing bad asses. Next week the circus/ Frankenstein arc starts with one of my least favourite artists Nick Bradshaw so I might not pick it up, it sounds a bit ridiculous for my liking...
5.5/10
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