This was an exciting issue. Both for the characters . . and for us. Scott Eaton does the pencils on most of this issue. He's actually a pretty terrific artist. I really like his style. But then, on top of that, we have Greg Land doing the art for all the mind-scape sequences. The last 2 issues, Exodus has been trying to put Charles mind back together. He's made a lot of progress. But, in order for him to take that final step, he has to push him in to battle. And not just any battle, this has to be a battle of the minds . . and on the mind's playing field. Charles takes the bait, and they start going at it. But Exodus' plan isn't actually to fight Charles or to test his mettle. Exodus has been doing all of this because, with the vacuum created by Magneto, or Eric, when he lost his powers . . Exodus is hoping that Charles will lead the Acolytes. Obviously Charles refuses, but it's mostly because, while he seems to be at full strength, power-wise, he's still got a lot of holes when it comes to his memory. As it turns out, he doesn't really want anyone to come along with him on his new journey. He feels like this is something he has to do on his own. "Exodus' strategy was to show me my own folly. My own weakness. He made me relive every mistake that Charles Xavier had ever made. Every scrap of guilt that could be laid at his door. But the man who made those mistakes is dead. His failings and his failures dies with him. I have the chance . . the possibility . . to be someone better." We also get 2 epilogues this issue. In the first we see Rogue heading out into the Australian desert for some reason. She seems to be knowing what she's doing, but . . we don't yet. And in the second we see that there's some major happenings going on inside the Hellfire Club. And of course Sebastian Shaw is right in the middle of it. I think Mike Carey is doing an excellent job with this series. This one kind of feels like the end of the other story-lines, and the beginning of new ones . . . for Charles, Rogue and probably the rest of the X-Men. It's hard to believe that this series is in the 200's already. It seems like just yesterday that all the various Jim Lee issues of #1 had just come out. But time flies when you're having fun!
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