Thoughts

It’s yet another X-light issue – probably the lightest yet with the team only featuring in a few panels. The issue spends nearly all its time with the Avengers and friends attacking the villains and pretty much trouncing all of them.

Plus, of course, the issue is famous for the debut of Spider-man’s new costume. And as befitting all the insane storytelling, its dropped in the last three pages. Spider-man discovers a magic alien costume makers. Tries to make a new costume. Gets covered in Alien goo. Gets new costume. It’s properly nuts.

Still its not more insane than the continuing story of Colossus’ new romance. Mostly told, already, in flashback. And weird stilted dialogue. None of this feels real. But it gets more time than the rest of the X-team who sit around looking at Galactus. Their task, to alert the others if Galactus starts eating the planet.

This seems a slightly pointless task as planet-wide earthquakes herald that Galactus is doing something. Its says a lot about this title that eight issues in we’re getting the X-men to do the Secret Wars equivalent of guarding the corner flags.