X-Force #2 - Marvel

This book is pretty intense. Basically they've taken the X-Men with the "killer-instinct" and put them all on the same team. And it appears the leader of the team, Scott . . . yes I know, Wolverine is the leader of the team, but come on, you have to admit, Scott is calling the shots, therefore, he is the leader . . . but Scott . . has that same killer instinct. Last issue the team went after the Purifiers. Scott has had enough of them and their tactics and just wants them neutralized. The problem they ran in to is that Rahne, who wanted to be on the team for her own reasons, was rejected by Wolverine. So, she took it in to her own hands and decided to also pursue the church. However, she got there before Wolverine and was captured. At the end of last issue it looked as if Risman was going to shoot her. And indeed he did. But he just shot her knee. And they have her pumped full of Heroin. I think there's going to be some friction between Logan and Scott though, because, Scott had given Laura a mission. She was to destroy the church. So while Logan was trying to talk the situation down, Laura, who had already wired the whole church with explosives, was lying on the ground with the detonator in her hand. The church goes up, and everyone dies except for our team. Well . . and Risman . . who escaped with Rahne. We also find out this issue that Bastion is now the leader of the Purifiers. Risman thought that he was, but he was quickly shown the error of his ways. And, Rahne's father, the Reverend Craig, was now a part of the church. Which turns out to be the reason why she wanted to go after the church with Logan. On the final pages of the issue, we see that Bastion has sent a team after the one thing that may be able to destroy the X-Men entirely. It lies on the bottom of the ocean, where the X-Men left it . . . Magus . . . Warlock. And if you thought the story was intense . . . you should see the art. Clayton Crain, in his pained style, is just incredible. The story becomes so much more interesting with these beautiful frames that he draws. The only drawback? I don't know how this guys going to be able to keep this up. I mean physically. Most comic art is under the presumption that it takes a day to draw a page. Clayton is doing everything. Art, ink and colors. It's got to take him more than a day to do a page. So either the books going to fall behind, or they're going to have to get a fill-in artist quicker. Honestly, I'm not saying anything bad about Clayton. I love his stuff. But we're going to be spoiled by it and want it every issue. I guess I'll just have to wait and see how he handles it. Good luck, buddy! Also, I feel, Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost turned in an incredible script. The story was fantastic! From beginning to end. I can't wait for the next issue.