Young X-Men #7 - Marvel

This issue are group of teen-aged X-Men take a little trip to an island. There mission is to figure out what happened to the 56 construction workers that seem to have disappeared from there. They find out that the island is actually a Krakoa. You know, that living island from the early days of the X-Men. Well . . apparently there's more than one. Anyways, that's the story that the issue was wrapped in, the real story was the self inspection of a few of it's members. We find out that Sooraya has been visiting Donald Pierce so she can talk to him. She's heard rumors that one of thier members isn't a mutant. She's kind of hoping that it's her, because she wants off the team. Not because of anything that's happened, or anybody's said or anything. No, she wants off the team because she's dying and I think she wants to spare her friends any of the anguish of dealing with her condition. We also find out that Rock is hoping that Ink is the non-mutant because he really doesn't like him. He blames him for Wolfcub's death. But he has to come to terms that he's not really mad at Ink, but himself. He's using the mutant thing as an excuse not to like him. We also delve into Graymalkin's condition, but . . not very much. Emma is trying to help him. And finally, we learn that the non-mutant actually is Ink. Some of the members figure it out on their own, but Donald tells Sooraya that he's not a mutant, but . . his ink artist is. Makes sense. I guess. Anyways I thought this was a pretty good in-between issue by Marc Guggenheim and Ben Oliver. I think Marc is doing a great job with character development. Also the team seems a lot more relaxed now that they're in San Francisco with the rest of the X-Men. My only real complaint, and it's a minor one, is Ben Oliver's art. I mean . . it's ok, and all . . . I'm just not sure if he's the right artist for this book. With all the other X-Men books looking so good right now, it's just that this one seems kind of . . . less evolved. I guess. I don't know. I just wish they had a better artist on this series. I really like these characters, and now . . after 3 or 4 title changes . . they have a chance to go the distance in their own series. As long as they can draw attention to themselves and draw the reader in. I think a better artist would help with that. Anyways, it looks like next issue is going to get us going on a new story-arc, so . . I'll see ya then.