Sorry for the delay on this one. But honestly, I had to read it twice. It was more than a bit confusing. Now that I understand, a little, what's going on, I think Zeb Wells is doing a good job with this story. However, the way it's presented is more than a bit confusing and kind of misrepresented. Basically, Shan and Dani went to look for the little girl, Marci. When they find her she doesn't appear to be in her body. So Shan reaches out psychically and finds her in what she assumes is the astral plane. Actually, she's inside David Haller, Legion's mind. Along with the 'legion' of other characters that he's got living there. Meanwhile, Amara and Illyana find a metal box in Marci's home. It's in the basement and Shan's voice seems to be coming out of it. They open it only to find David's body. Apparently, David came walking back into town but talked and sounded like Marci. So her parents decided to lock him up until they could figure out what was wrong with their daughter. And, Sam and Roberto are in a local diner where they've found Shan's body tied to a chair in the backroom. When she reached out for Marci, her body went limp and into convulsions so the locals tied her in a chair, supposedly for her, and their, safety. They also arrested Dani for disturbing the peace. So, Shan and Marci are running around through David's mind and they're holding this little doll that, 'Davey told me to keep Morrie safe.' It seems whoever has possession of the doll is also in control of David's body. Shan and Marci lose the doll, and through a series of other personalities, David breaks out of Marci's house after killing her parents. He's on his way to find Dani. He wants to kill her. Through all of this, the disparate personalities of David's keep calling the New Mutants the 'fixers'. Apparently they think since the 'fixers' put David's mind back together before, that's why they're here now . . to fix him. But, if 'fixed', they'll no longer have the opportunity to express themselves through David's body. So they can't let that happen. And, even though they're not here right now, they also talk about the other members, "W-w-wolf and the squaw. The robot and the g-g-geek. Can't have them f-f-fixing us again." Although I'm just not sure why they're so hellbent on Dani. She doesn't even have any powers right now. The issue ends with David breaking into the jail and it looks like he's about to go mano-e-mano with Dani. That should be interesting, if not a bit one-sided. Overall, I ended up liking the book. The first time through though, I was just really confused about what was happening where. Adam Kubert does the cover, which is awesome. I thought Diogenes Neves' pencils were ok. Some pages looked pretty good, others . . were a bit questionable. But overall I thought it came together nicely. I'm going to hold back my thoughts on this story-line though until I've read the whole thing. Depending on the resolution of all this, I may like it alot . . or not. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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