New Exiles #11 - Marvel

Okay, remember the Empress Hydra from that one dimension where she was actually Susan Storm? Well, her and her comrades are starting to cause trouble across the Omniverse now. She's got a renegade Wolverine, Slaymaster and Venger working for her now. And they've been in the process of cutting a swath across the various dimensions. The only problem is, from the Crystal Cathedral, any dimension can be monitored. Betsy has already been on edge since she found out that the Slaymaster is gunning for her. So Creed has been trying to catch up with him on his hunt for all the various Psylockes. He finds their handy-work on a planet shortly after their attack. On that world Creed was married to Betsy and then had a few children. When the group came they killed everybody trying to get to Betsy. Creed finds this planet shortly after they leave, but close enough to follow their trail. He then goes back to the Palace to talk to Kitty about the whole thing but Kitty's busy trying to figure out why the Omniverse is dying. She and Creed have a bit of a tiff, but Creed still leaves her a recording telling her everything that's been happening, with the evil group, training Betsy, and his quest to avenge their most recent victims. He catches up to them on a world that appears to have no doppelgangers of themselves. My guess is that it's their resting spot between jumps. That's where Creed decides to confront them. But he's sorely at a disadvantage and they almost take him out. At the end it appears that Kitty has come to help him as he seems to phase into the ground barely avoiding Wolverine's attack. Chris Claremont, as usual, writes this story. It's got Chris' usual twists and turns in it. Plus Chris is the master of having multiple story-lines going on at the same time. However, the artwork in this issue is by Paco Diaz Luque. It's ok. But I really line Tom Grummett's artwork on this series. Paco's stuff is actually pretty good, but . . it just didn't have the same feel to it as Tom's. Overall though I still enjoyed the book. This is, and has been, one of my favorites for quite a while now. I like the unpredictability of it. It doesn't have to follow the usual Marvel rules of engagement, so when it comes down to it . . anything can happen. Just like life.