Thoughts

The Brood Saga continues, with more Alien hijinks. And whereas last issue focused on Wolverine, this time we follow more of the X-men, Especially Kitty who gets to fully embrace her inner Ripley.

The action is racing along at a great pace. Claremont suitably hangs a cloud of darkness over proceedings by setting up the fact the X-men are infected. If necessary, Wolverine is willing to kill them to stop them sharing the fate of Fang in the last issue.

Yet despite the pace, it doesn’t feel like we’re close to an ending. It feels epic, like there is so much more story to go here. There’s been some abrupt endings to recent issues, sure, but this feels comfortable in its cosmic scale. Whatever resolution there is going to be here, its not going to be just a hasty explosion in the last few panels.

There’s also a fascinating “Meanwhile Back on Earth” diversion here as we watch the mansion being rebuilt. It’s a shame, though, as in previous issues it seemed like the mansion’s destruction and the team’s relocation to Magento’s Cthuloid Atlantic Island was heralding a new direction.

Of course, its in the letters pages of these issues that we’re learning that a new book is coming. A new class of X-men. I guess the need to find a home for the spin-off meant gravitating back to the X-mansion. The idea of mutants based on a strange other-worldly island home would have to wait for another day.

Fun Panel

Another fine Alien moment!