Thoughts

I’ve missed Sunfire. I’ve missed his cool, idiosyncratic costume and his absurd levels of arrogance. Modern takes to reimagine him with a more conventional costume and a toned-down attitude seem to miss the point. He’s a proper arrogant hothead. Let him be him!

So it’s great we get him here at his arrogant best (worst?). His arrogance is a clear flaw and it plays great in scenes where he can get picked up on it or knocked down over it. Both Misty Knight and Colleen Wing have great moments in this issue, a sign that this X-team could definitely do with more women.

We also get more Wolverine backstory here including a nice tease about his name. “Lo-…”. There’s a few months now where it’s conceivable the guy’s called Lorenzo or Lodovico and I’m very much up for that.

Finally there’s another great slugfest. Yet again we see these X-men developing as a team, with highs and lows across the fight. It’s not just their inventive use of powers that’s memorable, it’s also the quick, efficient way we also get an insight into each character as they fight. I feel bad for Colossus’ screw up and so cheer when he redeems himself with an awesome truck stop.

Fun Panel

Difficult to pick on from a great issue, but I do love the use of Red to create this atmospheric panel. Nice work Glynis Wein

None More Claremont

“Welcome to the good ship Jinguichi Maru…”

Chris is back with his Twilight Zone style intros. Which is great, I love this style of starting a comic.