Astonishing X-Men #29 - Marvel

First of all . . I just want to say what a beautiful job I think Simone Bianchi is doing on the art of this book. It's really incredible. As amazing as the covers are . . the inside is equally impressive. This is a book where after you read it, you then have to go back and study the previous pages to appreciate all the subtle nuances the Simone puts into each panel. It's stunning, really! Anyways, Warren Ellis does the story, so of course it's intricate, involved and detailed. It appears that when Forge was trying to figure out the extent of M-Day . . basically wondering whether it's affects could be felt throughout the various dimensions, he discovered that while the majority of the world's were similarly affected, there were also world's out there that had mutants in bounty. So during this process, it's my guess that he alerted one of these world's to our own mutant crisis, and they saw it as a place they could plant stakes and claim as their own. Which then, of course, to fight the threat Forge did the obvious thing and created his own new species of mutants. The members of Scott's team are fighting various members of one of these groups in the lost city of Tian in a cloaked stretch of forest in China. We also find out that somehow Forge is also in league with the High-Evolutionary. We're not sure yet if they're working together, or if he's just operating out of one of his sights, but . . somehow the High-Evolutionary is involved. The problem is, it's his sight at Wundagore Mountain. The X-Men go in to confront Forge, but . . I think they're a bit more optimistic as to Forge's intentions than Forge himself. I get the feeling that Forge knows that he's crossed a line somewhere. This is probably my favorite X-title . . for the obvious reasons . . Warren and Simone. Also, during the complete run of this series I've just really enjoyed the way these characters have been handled. It's really been unique and original. I'm not sure how long they plan on staying on this book, but my hope is it's for the foreseeable future. This book is awesome.