I guess this book is set up as a preview. We get a couple pages, by each of our various creative teams, on the X-books, to show us where these characters are going to go now. Now that everything has been disbanded and cast aside, where will everyone go . . where will they end up? This issue, actually, really got me to thinkin'. What would you do if you devoted your life to something, thinking that you would be doing it forever, that it was your calling . . and then one day someone steps in and says, "Ok! That's it! Our efforts have been in vain . . we're losing more ground than we gain . . we shouldn't have to struggle this hard to live. From now on . . it's over! That's it . . we're done . . go home!" How would that leave you feeling? And more importantly, how would you react to the fact that there's nothing, really, that you can do about it? That's the kind of frustration and anguish that we see from the mutants in this issue. In the first story we see Cannonball, Sam Guthrie. He's just finished fighting a war that, in his mind, he can't really say if the won or lost. All he knows is that it's been called . . on account of weather . . or something. And he's been sent home. He's pretty frustrated, and he's got an edge. An edge that going to get him, or someone, killed. The next story is about Nehzno, one of the New X-Men, who's come home to Wakanda. But, it's not really his home . . not anymore. And no one accepts him here anyways. So why did he come? He's asking himself the same question. All the while trying to convince himself that he actually is at home. Next up is the little gremlin boy from the New X-Men, Victor. Northstar has come looking for him, because nobodies heard from him in a couple of months. He thinks that he's excised himself because of his obvious deviation from the norm. This kid has is doubly hard . . he's a mutant and he's gay. Talk about a double whammy. But, it turns out what he's really peeved off about is that the X-Men, under the banner of altruistic benevolence, has stolen his child-hood. "We're supposed to be learning, playing video games, going on dates. Not fighting the #$@% DEVIL!!" So right now, he just wants everyone to stay away. Next Hellion is recuperating from his evisceration by Lady Deathshrike. He's doing better, but he doesn't know about all the recent events in the X-Men's lives. Emma fills him in on that. He's another one that just feels like everybody has left him. He's lashing out so bad against his former team-mates, that he's gone looking for Eric. He's decided he wants to be on Magneto's team. But, right now, Magneto doesn't have a team . . or powers. " . . I won't use you, and I won't kill you . . . Cyclops has given you a gift. He's given you time . . soon enough, war will come again for all mutants. And it will consume you . . " I kinda' think it already has. And finally . . we have Scalphunter. Or actually . . a copy of a copy of a copy of Scalphunter. He's just trying to live his life, all the while knowing that he'll probably be hunted down for the rest of it. And indeed, Nightcrawler comes looking for him. But, rather than kill him, Kurt's decided to forgive him. Which really throws him on his ear. That wasn't at all what he expected. But, for now, he can just continue to work out his, chosen, mundane existence. Like I said, this book really got me to thinkin'. I enjoyed all the insights in to these various characters, and it'll be interesting to see where all the chips land when everyone decides to get back in to the game. It could be . . explosive!
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