This issue wraps up the Quest for Magik story-line. But . . . really . . . it leaves more questions than it answers. Last issue, Illyana decided to use Pixie's soul to make another Soulsword. But halfway through the process, Pixie decided that she didn't want to follow through with it. So she got a sword. But it's a very small sword. But she still thinks that with that, and the back-up of the X-Men that have come down to rescue their brethren, she should still be able to stand up to Belasco. Meanwhile, the part of the team that wasn't transported to limbo, have assembled their own strike-force with a Sentinel and Amanda Sefton, one of the former rulers of Limbo. All together, they give Belasco a pretty good beating. But, in his own realm, he's a pretty tough guy. Finally the Cuckoo's get rid of their dampening helmets, and level the playing field a bit. They also don't have enough power, but, with them weakening him, both physically and mentally, the rest of the group coordinates a strike powerful enough to weaken him enough for Illyana to take him out. One thing that comes to the surface is, when the Cuckoo's are going at it, they discover that the reason he is so hell-bent on finding Illyana is because . . . he loves her. That knowledge, and the X-men's attack, is enough to vanquish him when he's also thrown off by Illyana's presence. The problem we have now is two-fold. First, Illyana doesn't have a soul. Belasco took it at some time, and only he knows it whereabouts. The second problem is now that she has vanquished Belasco, she is now the ruler of Limbo. Piotr tries to talk to her, and she looks a little dazed and innocent, but that doesn't last long before she's back to her hateful self and she banishes everyone back to Earth. I think the purpose of this story was also two-fold. First we re-established Illyana's presence back in the Marvel Universe. True she's in Limbo. But that's still all part of the big picture. Secondly, some of our X-men have gone through a bit of a transformation because of this experience. Also probably from having to deal with the whole magic thing. But a few of them really got their powers amped up. It'll be interesting to see how this all affects the team dynamics. So the X-men will be dealing with the after affects of their trip, and Illyana . . . it looks like she's going to being looking for her soul. In chapter 8 of the Endangered Species storyline, Hank and . . . well, Hank, have gone to an abandoned nuclear facility. As it turns out, Sinister had a hidden lair here. He once let it slip to the Dark Beast where it was, so now they're hoping that he left some data behind, and with his years of research, they may be able to leap-frog a few steps ahead. But someone got here before them. And it appears that it was Sinister. So without his research, they're just going to need some raw data. And Dark Beast says he thinks he knows where they can find it. Pretty cool story so far. I wasn't to hip on the artist this issue, Skottie Young. But, hey, that's just me. I'm sure some people dig his stuff, but it's just now my style.
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