The X-men First Class Special. Or Annual. Or whatever you want to call it. Actually, it's the fill in between First Class Vol. 1, and First Class Vol. 2. That's right, we're going to be having more of these stories about our young mutants. After all, they were the original New X-men, or New Mutants. Anyways, like I've said in most of my comments about this series, I really like seeing our favorite mutants when they were younger and had less problems. Things weren't so dramatic, or "end of the world". And speaking of the world, this group kept pretty grounded. They aren't off fluttering around the universe at the drop of a hat. And they didn't have Shi'ar technology to solve all their problems. Well actually, they are creating more problems. Now that Cerebro is sentient. But that really has nothing to do with these guys. These guys are just interested in being college kids, thinking about their futures, and trying to gain control over their powers and work together better as a team. This particular issue is filled with a couple short stories about their pasts. We got some cool artists this issue, with Nick Dragotta, Paul Smith and Kevin Nowlan. And it's all held together by series scribe Jeff Parker. Which is good. Because all the stories have that young "happy-go-lucky" feel that he imbibed into the series. Which to me, is what made it so enjoyable. This is a nice book, and I hope the second series is as good as the first.
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