Wow! Issue #40 was really powerful. I wasn't going to add #41 to this post, but when I got done
reading the issue, I just had to read the next. Especially since I just picked it up Wednesday. In issue #40 Jamie has basically given up. After what happened with Theresa's birth last issue, he just doesn't feel like he can go on. He feels like 'god's whipping boy'. So he goes to visit John. That's the dupe that, basically, created a life for himself. He's a minister, married and has a son. Jamie feels he needs to warn him about that. So he tells him what happened between he and Theresa, and surprisingly . . John already knew. I think he just likes this idea of having a family so much that he's not going to let anything come in the way. I was wondering why John could hold his son but Jamie couldn't. And then it dawned on me, it's not that John can't but Jamie can't. If Jamie were to even touch him he would be absorbed right away. The baby of a 'dupe', is still a 'dupe'. Anyways, Jamie lays it all out on the line for him, and really he's ready to just shoot himself in the head. But then a beacon of hope comes walking through the door. It's the nun that was supposed to meet John earlier that day. But she's not a nun, she's . . . . Layla. Layla? But I thought . . . . well, we find out in issue #41 that it's not really Layla either. Well . . it is, but it isn't. Actually it's a hard-light construct of herself that she's sent back from the future. She says she's come back to save Jamie's life, but in order to do so he has to come back with her. Ironically, in saving his life, they find themselves face to face with a Sentinel in that same future. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang, XF Investigations, back in Detroit are taking on a new case of someone that seems to be murdering former mutants. The case is just starting, so we really don't know all of the specifics yet. And, as soon as Jamie disappeared someone else came in . . . and started shooting at John. Luckily he misses and before John can start shooting back . . . the guy shoots himself in the head. The only thing he says the whole time before he shoots himself is 'cortex . .'. Whatever that means. It seems that Peter David is on a mission with this book.
Basically, he wants to make it better and he wants the sales to triple over the course of the next year. I . . believe he can do it. This book has really been intense. Peter has really been outdoing himself with each and every issue. Not to mention that the pencils of Valentine De Landro have been outstanding. The thing I like the best about Peter's attempt here is that he's doing it with the characters in the book. He's not bringing in any 'ringers' or 'favorites' to try to boost sales for a few issues. He's trying to make this book better through good solid story telling. And for that . . I'd like to say thanks. Thanks for sticking with the characters we've got and the ones we've come to love. And thanks for telling good solid stories through characterization and fantastic relationships. I'm behind you 100%. For what it's worth. And anyone who isn't picking up this book definitely should. You won't be sorry.
reading the issue, I just had to read the next. Especially since I just picked it up Wednesday. In issue #40 Jamie has basically given up. After what happened with Theresa's birth last issue, he just doesn't feel like he can go on. He feels like 'god's whipping boy'. So he goes to visit John. That's the dupe that, basically, created a life for himself. He's a minister, married and has a son. Jamie feels he needs to warn him about that. So he tells him what happened between he and Theresa, and surprisingly . . John already knew. I think he just likes this idea of having a family so much that he's not going to let anything come in the way. I was wondering why John could hold his son but Jamie couldn't. And then it dawned on me, it's not that John can't but Jamie can't. If Jamie were to even touch him he would be absorbed right away. The baby of a 'dupe', is still a 'dupe'. Anyways, Jamie lays it all out on the line for him, and really he's ready to just shoot himself in the head. But then a beacon of hope comes walking through the door. It's the nun that was supposed to meet John earlier that day. But she's not a nun, she's . . . . Layla. Layla? But I thought . . . . well, we find out in issue #41 that it's not really Layla either. Well . . it is, but it isn't. Actually it's a hard-light construct of herself that she's sent back from the future. She says she's come back to save Jamie's life, but in order to do so he has to come back with her. Ironically, in saving his life, they find themselves face to face with a Sentinel in that same future. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang, XF Investigations, back in Detroit are taking on a new case of someone that seems to be murdering former mutants. The case is just starting, so we really don't know all of the specifics yet. And, as soon as Jamie disappeared someone else came in . . . and started shooting at John. Luckily he misses and before John can start shooting back . . . the guy shoots himself in the head. The only thing he says the whole time before he shoots himself is 'cortex . .'. Whatever that means. It seems that Peter David is on a mission with this book. 
Basically, he wants to make it better and he wants the sales to triple over the course of the next year. I . . believe he can do it. This book has really been intense. Peter has really been outdoing himself with each and every issue. Not to mention that the pencils of Valentine De Landro have been outstanding. The thing I like the best about Peter's attempt here is that he's doing it with the characters in the book. He's not bringing in any 'ringers' or 'favorites' to try to boost sales for a few issues. He's trying to make this book better through good solid story telling. And for that . . I'd like to say thanks. Thanks for sticking with the characters we've got and the ones we've come to love. And thanks for telling good solid stories through characterization and fantastic relationships. I'm behind you 100%. For what it's worth. And anyone who isn't picking up this book definitely should. You won't be sorry.
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