Thoughts

At last, Secret Wars is finally getting a proper plot where characters are actually doing stuff that might have consequence.

Sadly none of this relates to the X-characters. This issue reflects all their appearances so far. The X-men play virtually no part in a fight, primarily adding numbers without actually achieving anything. Xavier gets thanked by Captain America for his efforts, without it ever being explained what they are and why they haven’t been working together from the outset. Oh, and Colossus mopes about his new Alien love some more in a manner that the writers of Sixties Star Trek would have found overwrought.

For the purposes of reading this mini series, I’m glad this story is moving on. But from an X-perspective, I’m counting down the days till we’re back on the main title!