X-Force #8 - Marvel

The strike-teams been taken off of their original mission. They were originally set up to strike at, and destabilize, the Purifiers. Basically they did that. However, before they completed their plans the Purifiers succeeded in bringing back Bastion . . and he in turn brought back a lot of the X-Men's dead enemies. So, you would think, their next target would be Bastion and these abominations that are posing as instigators of the anti-mutant movement . . while really all under Bastion's control. But, in the meantime, a different threat has arisen. In Japan, the Vanisher, for some reason, has stolen a sample of the Legacy Virus. They don't know why, and they don't know who he's working for. So the more immediate threat is to do something about him. It's actually kind of neat how they go about convincing him to work with them. It involves the use of Elixir's powers . . in a way that hadn't been attempted before. And, in the process of tracking the Vanisher, they come across Domino. We haven't seen her face in a while. She claims that she's after the same target, but . . I'm thinking that she's up to something else entirely. We just don't know what it is yet. We also see James on a journey to visit his brother's grave. But he's coming upon some unexpected obstacles along the way. Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost are the writers of this series . . as they have since the beginning. I like their work on this series. But the star of this particular book is Mike Choi . . whom has taken over the art chores from Clayton Crain. Mike's work doesn't have the grittiness of Clayton's, but that's it's only real shortcoming. I like the finished work alot, but . . it just lacks that 'edge' that Clayton's work gave us. However, it's still phenomenal. I like this group of characters that's been put together, and the way they interact with each other. It would be an interesting addition for Domino to join, but . . I don't really see her being here long term. Also Warren seems to be going through some interesting changes. I can't wait to see where we go from here.