It's only been 3 weeks since I read #78, but for some reason, it's seems likes it's been forever. This issue is the aftermath of the last storyline. In that, Cable came back with a mission to kill Xavier. He succeeded in that mission, and in the process we learned a couple things. First, Cable, in this universe, is Wolverine. Secondly, we learned, but we've all known it for years, that Charles was in love with Jean. So basically this issue is about how everyone is dealing with Charles passing. Kitty leaves the School. She probably would have left anyways, but this development helped her make her decision. Fury and the President are in the war room, with the commander of the armed forces, trying to decide if they need to plan for a war. Surprisingly Fury is the coolest head in the room. He talks them down from a pre-emptive strike. And he assures the President the Legacy Project will proceed as planned. Wolverine's being very contemplative and is trying to be strong for Ororo. Scott and Jean . . . are being Scott and Jean. My guess is that this is going to cause a rift in their relationship. One, because it was Scott who Charles made his announcement to. And second because Jean feels obligated to carry on Charles work. Since she is the resident telepath now. But when she goes down to check on how their work with Kurt is going, he is gone. And I think Jean-Paul and Peter's relationship is going to get closer. But only time will tell with that one. They have a beautiful ceremony, out behind the school, and as Wolverine is paying his respects he remembers the words of Magneto before he first came here, "I need you to kill him before he converts any other young mutants to his naive, integrationist ideals." Was this him completing his mission? And finally Magneto get word of Charles passing, and he assures his followers that they will stay their course, " . . this changes nothing." I'm not sure where they're going to go from here. Robert Kirkman has concocted a good story for this story-arc. And right now he's got a lot of loose threads still floating around out there.
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