The best thing to happen with this series is artist Nick Bradshaw and if you are fortunate to get the first issues of this series, then you will know how awesome Nick is. His artwork is very energetic with clean lines and a touch of Arthur Adams thrown in. And in this series it works. However, towards the end of the run, he is doing covers while another person does the interiors and whatever publishers can claim, the truth is comics is every bit the visual medium thus you need the right fan favorite artist to pair with a great storyline for success and hence this volume has to "end" ...
Anyway, in this the penultimate chapter to the volume, we see an ongoing twin thrust in terms of the storyline. First up are the seniors where at this juncture, Cyclops and Wolverine have split up once more and hating each other once again with each setting up rival camps. However, the government is trying to set them up by using Sentinels as a lure hoping Cyclops will come out of hiding to thrash the robotic nightmare and Wolverine is there to kill Cyclops!
Do note that thanks to the various issues before, Cyclops at this point is labelled a weapon of mass destruction and dangerous to the general public
However, as both men met on the field of battle and realized they were set up, regardless of how they may feel about each other, Cyclops call for a truce to which Wolverine agrees readily but stresses that this be a temporary truce and as we see the fight progresses, we quickly learnt that both men are now performing in diminish capacities especially in view of their powers with Cyclops unable to do one of his devastating full power wipe them all out blasts while Wolverine isn't exactly healing
Now a while back we did mention another thrust of this story and here we found out that the other thrust is happening at Wolverine's school where there are a couple of new students who are not what they seemed to be ie they are spies sent to find out what is going on at the school. While we are not told their backstory and why they owe a favor to the organization that sent them thus, we are shown that they were injecting themselves with mutant growth hormone to have their powers while learning about their fellow students ... and the boy found himself actually liking the life here while the girl remains steadfast to their initial objections ... until the end when their secret is uncovered ... and ... cliffhanger! Wait for next issue! Hahaha!
Ratings: 7/10 (would have scored a 9 if Nick was doing interiors)
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