X-Men - Second Coming: Prepare #1 - Marvel

What can I say? I picked it up because it was free. But there are a few pages of pretty sweet art by Stuart Immonen. Basically, this book is the tease for the next epic story-line that's about to hit the X-Men franchise of books . . Second Coming. Looking through it, it seems pretty clear that this is all about Hope and Cable returning from the future. She's supposed to be mutant-kind's salvation. It also looks like she . . or at least this story-line, is going to have something to do with the Phoenix force. In the back of the book there's a 6 page explanation about the Phoenix force. Where it's been . . what it's done . . who's been touched by it . . the whole she-bang. If you were at all unclear about anything to do with the Phoenix force . . this is your study guide. The six pages of teaser story in the front is basically Roxie asking a few people around the island . . 'Where were you when Hope came back?' At least . . I assume that's the question. We never really hear the question . .just the answers. There's a couple of things to note, though. When she's talking to Wolverine, he says that he watched his friend die, and . . 'She better be worth it.' When she's talking to Magneto, we see someone on a slab next to him. I assume they're dead because their body is covered in a shroud. And Sam is watching the X-club operate . . on somebody. We also get 7 pages of upcoming covers and sketch art. All in all . . it looks like it could be a pretty interesting story. Since I already buy all the X-books, I'll be here for it anyways. But . . I enjoy a good tease as much as the next guy.