Thoughts

After the fun of last issue – this one is a real head scratcher. Stuff happens without any real explanation and there’s a number of WTF moments, ranging from the mystifying to the icky.

The X-men are going to leave the Hero compound to join Magneto. I have no idea why. They’d hardly be much use in a fight because Spider-man pretty much takes them all down.

Doom creates two new lady supervillains. I guess to up the female quotient when it came to action figures but these two volunteers for super powers come from nowhere with no real explanation.

And Magneto stops being fun retro-drama villain and becomes icky retro-drama villain. The scene where he kisses wasp has not aged well.

Claremont has played with this Male Villain Attracted to Female Hero cliche a number of times now – and while sometimes it’s felt cheesy and dated it never feels quite as icky as here.