This mini-series is basically an extension of the story that is currently running through the Astonishing X-Men book. It's written by Warren Ellis, so it fit's perfectly in with that title. We know what the X-Men know, currently, but this title provides some insight into the man who brought the Ghost Box to our world in the first place. And he's a mean, ruthless son of a bitch. We get a little background into his missions. It seems that our world is the third recent attempt by him to annex, or destroy, alternate Earths. In the other 2 instances he ends up annexing the Earths although with great personal loss to the inhabitants of each. We find out some more about his nature, and that of the boxes. But we don't really see who's pulling his strings, and what their ultimate objective is. That, I think, is going to be the big revelation next issue. I thought this was a terrific book. Alan Davis and Mark Farmer do the art in the beginning chapter, but then Adi Granov does the art in the second part. You know . . two different worlds, so two different artists. Anyways, I have to say . . I enjoyed Adi's work much more than Alan's. Alan's stuff seemed kind of hurried and sloppy. While Adi's work was very crisp and clean. Both parts of the story worked to connect the overall theme . . I just preferred the second part to the beginning chapter. And I loved Simone Bianchi's cover. There's a page in the back where it show how she worked the page, from beginning sketches to end. I thought it was pretty neat. I'd like to see more of these extensions to the Astonishing X-Men stories. I think it's an incredible book, and there's a lot more story that could be told. Hopefully, this is just the beginning of a new trend.
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