New Exiles #16 - Marvel

This book is one of my favorites because . . there are just some great characters here. This new Kitty Pryde . . the way she can switch into other dimensional representations of herself . . I just think it's an incredibly unique, and original, perspective on her character. Plus, given her powers, it really makes perfect sense. She comes from a world where she's been fighting for survival her whole life. She's had a lot of practice. So, she's like a Wolverine level combatant. In fact last issue . . she took Wolverine out . . actually, James. He was Madame HYDRA's . . . Susan Storm . . bodyguard, consort, whatever. So she's especially pissed at Kitty. Kitty's getting a little help from Mystiq. But it's Gambit, Namor, who gives her a little distraction and she catches Susan off guard. As she phases through her she removes what looks to be . . . her aorta. But everybody is fighting this issue. Susan and Kitty are going at it. Also Lilandra and Nerimani are going at it . . over the entitlement to the Shi'ar throne. Morph is mixed up in that little tempest. And Rogue is battling . . well, I don't really know what her name is. But she's fighting up at the Iron Mountain. She gets help from one of the aliens that lives there . . one of the Sons of Iron, and somehow loses her costume in the process. So she borrows his armor. When she flies away she looks like War-Machine. There's still 2 more issues in this story-line so next issue we should be able to find out what Sabretooth and Psylocke have been up to. The lead story was done by Chris Claremont and Tim Seeley. Personally, I think Tim's doing a great job. In the backup, we see that Sage is still fighting for control of her mind. She's been in a struggle with Diana Fox, her other identity, ever since that caper with Albion. But now, thanks to Roma downloading the entirety of the Omniverse into her mind, she's also fighting it's first protector, Roma's father, Merlyn. It looks like Merlyn, as the common enemy, may be the factor that brings her 2 personalities back together. I hope so, so we can get past this. Sage is a great character, but . . she's been stuck in her head the last couple of months. The art on this part was done by Vincenc Villagrasa. I liked Tim's work better. Anyways, this is a great book. If you aren't reading it . . you should.