Thoughts

You would think that the Colossus/Kitty romance had enough dubious implications in some of its execution, that they might steer clear of adding more to their breakup.

Yet here in this issue, we’re introduced to a possible reason why Colossus instantly fell in love with an alien woman. It’s some weird alien by-product of her healing power, apparently. He just doesn’t recognise it. According to Wolverine. Who then doesn’t tell him this. For reasons.

Weird alien pheromone non-love attraction is yet another oddity thrown into the mix here. It’s hard to tell why its included- maybe to give Claremont back on the main title room to completely reverse the whole development? Colossus in his “simple farmboy with the soul of a poet” persona is a very hard character to get right, its too easy to descent into cliche. And, good lord, that’s exactly what happens here.

Still, X-problems aside, this is a fun issue full of the usual craziness. Including a whole suburb of Denver that’s been here the whole time. Which is where Doom’s new female villains – Titania and Volcana apparently came from. as well as the new Spider-woman. you have to infer all this, though. The story barely bothers to explain it.