In the life of a comics series, there will come a time when the usual run of creators are unable to bring new energy and enthusiasm to the book. And then it faces declining sales and potential cancellation. So from out of nowhere, Marvel brought in 2 talents that have been making waves over at DC - Frank Quitely (artist) and Grant Morrison (writer) and what a breath of fresh air they both did!First up, they discarded the old cartoony costumes and introduced black jackets, leggings and what-not that is then shared with the movies (albeit not so cool looking even in the movies) and as you can see from the cover, a certain amount of swagger and confidence to the characters
While Morrison, he turned them from the usual angst ridden heroes into a bunch of experienced adventurers who each have their own personality. In this issue, he introduced no less than a new super villain named Cassandra Nova. At this point, we do not know who she really is except that she is like a shrunken old auntie wearing weird safari suit and appointing a legacy of Sentinel founder Trask onboard ... and they are taking a journey through various times of the human progress and witnessing how humanity has grown ... the message is there and if you follow the series you will see how well-laid out the storylines are ...
And also as a first introduction to her presence, she chose none other than to strike at Charles Xavier while he is hooked up with Cerebra
So aside from Prof X, this issue sees a very unique combination of X-characters. We have Cyclops as leader (naturally), two psychics in the form of Jean and Emma and two beastlike characters in the form of Hank and Logan
Can't wait for the next issue!
Ratings: 9/10
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