We're up to Chapter 10 in the Messiah Complex story-line. And while we don't seem to be making progress very fast. There is definitely a lot of stuff going on in this story. I can see why it had to be spread across all of the X-titles. We ended last issue with Bishop standing over the new-born mutant baby. He had already taken down Forge and Wolverine, and was now getting ready to take out the baby. But then he's blindsided by the Marauders. The next few pages are a battle between him and Gambit. The rest of the Marauders get their licks in, but it's mostly Gambit. And eventually, he takes him down. So now . . the baby is in their hands. Shortly after is when Scott's team, and the newly reformed X-Force shows up. It appears that one team is going to go after the Marauders, and the other is going after Cable. But, at the end of this issue, we see that Cable is turning to someone he hasn't confided in a long time . . . Xavier. "Charles, listen to me . . nothing here is what it seems . . and right now, you're the only one left who can help me save the future." Pretty ominous, huh? Anyways in that future, Jamie and Layle have made it in to the mutant concentration camp. They got separated, but, after being tattooed, have found each other again. Layla informs him that now she now knows why they're there. "You have to meet him . . . Lucas Bishop . . . this is where he grew up." And they show the picture of what looks to be about a 10 year old boy. Ed Brubaker does the script and Billy Tan handles the pencils. Overall, I think it's an amazing book. I can't see this going on to much longer though, because we're getting close to issue #500. That should be interesting. The next chapter goes to X-Factor. I find myself eagerly awaiting this story-line every week. And with some of the changes I've heard about . . . all across this franchise . . . we have a long way to go before things are going to settle down.
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