I know this book is aimed at a younger audience, but . . this issue would probably be best appreciated by an 8 year old. X-Men first class, to me, is unique because it shows the team in their early years. They're teenagers, but . . it's not necessarily aimed at that audience. It just shows the kids when they were more full of life . . and hope . . the whole world was laid out before them, and it was theirs for the taking. This issue . . I'm not saying it's the series, because I don't feel that it's how the series started . . but, this issue just seems very childish. Allison gets a threat so she goes to Charles. He wants to assign Logan to guard her, but their personalities clash. So he brings in Kitty to try to keep the peace between them. She's all excited because . . well, Dazzler is a rock-star, and she's getting ready to perform at the Mega-Bowl. It's not something every teen-aged kid gets to do. So she's bragging to Theresa. She gets in on the action by asking the professor if she can go along. This is the first thing Kitty's upset about. Then, one of Allison's back-up singers gets sick, and after singer for her, she decides that Theresa is a suitable replacement. So Kitty spends the whole issue sulking and complaining. This impairs her judgement and she jumps the first time she sees a suspicious looking man in the crowd. Afterwards Allison is hit in the face with a pie. It turns out her manager's ex-boyfriend is mad at her for ruining her life and taking her away from him. She's scolded by Logan, and that's the end of the issue. Boring! I was very disappointed with this one. I expected much better from Peter David. By the way, Gurihiru is the artist. If you didn't pick it up . . don't bother.
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