Actually . . this comic had me kind of confused. I enjoyed the stories in it, but . . they were entirely different from what I expected. The nearest I can figure is, when this Ghost Box was opened, somehow we slipped into some different dimensions and we're seeing what these worlds look like. And if that's not the case . . . then I am completely lost. Creatively, both stories were fantastic. Of course Warren Ellis wrote them, but Clayton Crain did the art for the first, and Kaare Andrews did the art for the second. The only thing, really, that they both had in common is that they were both kind of apocalyptic type stories. That is to say that they were both stories of the X-Men . . . when they were on their last legs, and there really is no hope for the ones that we see. The first story is about Scott. He's standing in front of this ruby quartz that's about as tall as he is. He's contemplating his inclement action and the strength that it'll take to do so. He thinks about his powers a little bit and his own resistance to them . . a bit. So what he's about to do will take a very concentrated effort and a very focused and precise blast. He's actually patting himself on the back for having the strength to do it. He then focus' on the quartz . . . and takes his own head off. His memories go back to when they arrived at Chaparanga Beach. But then the order of events seems to differ from what we read in the first issue of this mini. Which is part of what lead to my confusion. In the second story, all that's left of the X-Men is Hisako, Logan and Henry. It appears to be about 5 years in the future. Logan is confined to a wheelchair. I guess some fight he got into, he got his skeleton bent. And Henry seems to be digressing rather than evolving as he usually does. Anyways, they're on their way to Kalispell Montana. Supposedly there's a stronghold there, Kitty Pryde is back, and she's helping to get mutants off-world. The problem is, of these 3 . . none can fly. So Hisako decided that she was going to walk them there. It's taken a year. She knows it's probably a trap, but . . they won't know for sure until they get there. And, of course . . it is. But since it took them so long to get there . . everyone else is already dead. There's nobody left. So, out of sympathy, and with a lot of remorse, Hisako uses her armor powers and puts Henry and Logan out of their misery. The story ends with a funeral pyre in the background and Armor slowly walking into the sunset . . . head hung low. "The night is peaceful. There are no ghosts here. Only me. And I won't be here long." They were both good stories. The second was especially powerful. But . . completely not what I expected when I opened this book. So . . I'm still a little confused. I enjoyed the book. But, I have no idea how this story is going to impact the main title. If it will.
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