Young X-Men #6 - Marvel

I like this book, but it just seems to me that Marc Guggenheim is really putting these kids through a lot of crap. Recently their friend, and team-mate, Wolf Cub was killed. That happened after they found out that their entire recent existence, and legitimacy as bone-fide X-men, was negated because the whole time they were being played by Donald Pierce who was only posing as Scott Summers. Through this ordeal they find out that their other team-mate, Ink, may not be who he says he is. In fact he was working for Donald and may have been a traitor to them the whole time. Then because of this whole ordeal, Ruth, Blindfold, decides that she's going to be moving on. She doesn't say where she's going or why, but she does give Ink some reassuring words. Now to top the whole thing off, Scott has decided to keep the team together and teach them. But it's not going to be a 'school' per-se . . . "These kids need to learn how to defend themselves more than they need to know Algebra or a foreign language. They need combat training. Education in strategy and tactics . . ", to which he wants Dani and Roberto to be their instructors. And, as with the rest of the X-men, they're moving them to California. They won't be staying in the same bunker as the rest of the X-men. Instead they be living in a 100 year old Episcopal Cathedral. It appears that Kurt and Warren are behind that whole part of the plan. So now, maybe with a little luck, these kids can get back to semi-normal lives. At least now, hopefully, they'll no longer be tossed around and used as tools in other peoples agendas. The artwork by Ben Oliver is . . ok. There's really nothing wrong with it. It's just done in a style that I don't normally get all that excited about. Although I will say that the style, and the somber coloring, definitely fit the mood of the book. I just hope these kids get some time to be . . . well, a little more like kids.