This issue takes place immediately after Die by the Sword #5, and immediately before New Exiles #1. It's the end of the old era, and the beginning of the new. I see the book though, as more of a prequel to New Exiles, than the final chapter of the old. It's by the new creative team also. Chris Claremont is the scripter, and Tom Grummett will be the new penciller. Overall, I think the book looks really good. We saw at the end of Die by the Sword, that our team consisted of Blink, Sabretooth, Psylocke, Morph, Shadowcat, Thunderbird, Nocturne, Sage, Rogue and a male Mystiq. But that's an awful lot of members. So with this issue, they're going to thin it down a little more. First we're going to lose Nocturne and Thunderbird. To me though, that's not a big surprise. With everything Nocturne is going through . . and Thunderbird wants to try to help her recuperate . . . they've decided to relocate to Heather's dimension so that she can keep an eye on her, and monitor her progress. I definitely don't think it's the last we've seen of them though. But then, coming as a big surprise, Blink has decided to take a rest from the team. I also don't think it's the last we've seen of her. Maybe she'll get another mini-series. Sage is the obvious leader of the team, but she's going through some stuff because of all the information that Roma downloaded in her head. So I think, by default, it's going to be Creed leading them. This should prove to be very interesting. In the back of the book we also get a reprinting of Exiles #1. You know, from all those years ago. It was kind of nice to see the old book, by Judd Winick and Mike McKone. It's been a long time. I'm just glad that now we're getting back on track with a new monthly series. I can't wait to see it.
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