This issue is one of those in-between issues. You know . . where it's the end of the team, but also the beginning . . . of something new. My first impression? I'm a bit iffy. But . . we'll see. Anyways, after the recent fiasco in Mutanttown, with Arcade, Valerie Cooper has been sent in to either get the team under control . . or split them up. They have the option of either being split up, sent in different directions under new identities, or . . work for the ONE, and do whatever Val or the government asks of them. Neither option is particularly appealing to the team. So after some soul searching . . and bonding, they decide on a third option. They're going to leave town, and leave everything behind. They decide to try to hide from Val, and live their lives as they choose. Yeah . . . that's gonna happen. They decide to make camp in Detroit of all places . . god knows why . . but it's only about 6 months before Val catches up to them. Jaime is in a diner, when Theresa calls him to let him know they have a new client. They're calling themselves XF Investigations now. Anyways, as they're talking Val comes up behind him. "Let me put this in a way that your film noir mind will understand: This is going to be the start of a beautiful friendship." So in the end . . they're going to end up working for the government anyways. I wonder how long Jaime will be able to keep this from the rest of the team? I don't know if I necessarily like this new direction. I haven't seen enough of it yet to form an opinion, but . . at the very least . . it'll keep things interesting. Plus, with the de-compartmentalizing of the X-Men, and it's various teams, eventually X-Factor was going to have to have some kind of upheaval. So the question is, where are they going to go from here? Well . . only Peter David and Valentine DeLandro have that answer. I guess we'll have to wait and see if they're up to the challenge.
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