One of the reasons we decided to do a review of these three issues is to share with today's readers that even from waaaaaay back then some writers do choose to write in arcs as well and Claremont is one of them. For the X-Men there is no discernible arc but the New Mutants, he started from 23 onward i.e. 23 to 25 was an arc with Cloak and Dagger, then followed by this and then another and so on and so forFor this arc, we basically see that it is now downtime for the Mutants after the nightmare of the previous arc. So Prof X receives a call for aid and decided to bring some of the kids along to Scotland because hey he thought it would be nice to bring kids to an area of danger (good man, isn't he?)
What's the danger here?
We are introduced to another kid from X's past that is turning into a huge menace to society. Another you ask? Yes from the X-Men, we had Proteus and for New Mutants, we now have Legion. Legion is a kid who suffers from multiple personality disorder with each having a strong characteristic of its own almost as if it is a separate entity and ... Legion possesses powers on an Omega Level ... and the link to X?SPOILERSSSS ALERT
Well, basically, David Haller carries his mother's last name i.e. Gabrielle Haller who was sleeping with Prof X but didn't tell him when she was pregnant. Ah well ...
So with powers of telekinesis and pyro, basically young Legion can affect the world around him on multiple levels and the entire team is suddenly drawn into a very harrowing situation that is affecting them all on both mental and physical level. What a great teacher eh? Bringing them on this sort of field trip
The artwork here basically is just ... perfect ... the way Bill S drew the psychic world of David Haller's brain as X and the team journey there to confront Legion ... just check out the covers and you will know what I am talking about ... awesome!
Ratings: 9/10
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