I'm not sure why, but the actual cover of this book is completely different from the one that's solicited at the right. But the Marvel site only shows 1 cover for the book. So I had to go to Mile High Comics to dig up the actual one. It's by Greg Land, so . . I thought it was worth seeing it. Have you ever seen Emma look hotter than she does on this cover? Meooww!! Mile High doesn't show the one with the Beast on the cover either. So apparently it was a mistake, or a previous concept. This issue by Matt Fraction, is filled with the beautiful art of Greg Land. Anyways, now that I've got that tirade out of the way . . on to the story. This issue picks up immediately after the Utopia story-line. Now that they've got a place to live, Scott has to figure out all the day-to-day problems that are sure to occur . . food, fresh water, necessities and provisions.
There were 228 mutants living here, but now . . now there's only 227. It appears that Dr Yuriko Takiguchi has passed in his sleep. Along with all the physical problems Scott has to fix and work through, he also has to deal with some emotional ones. Emma, stuck in her diamond form to contain the sliver of the Void inside of her, is becoming increasingly devoid of contact with her human side, and feelings. As a result, she's very cold and unsympathetic to Scott's current problems. Also Charles doesn't agree with everything that Scott is doing, or proposing. But Scott reminds him, 'You had a dream: I have a plan. And . . and just the tiniest bit of faith that I'm not going to get us all killed. Just trust me.' In the beginning of the issue we see that there's another group of evil mutants out there. This one consists of Lobe, Thug, Burst, Verre and Bouncing Betty. They attack a guy at a diner, in the middle of nowhere, for some reason. But they seem to be based out of New York. We only see them on the first couple of pages, but obviously that's not their last appearance. And, on the final page of the issue . . Magneto shows up. 'Well, well, well. My old home. Love what you've done with the place . . .' I love the feel that Matt has brought to this book. He writes very intricate and involved story-lines. We don't actually see Beast leave, as is pictured in the one cover, but . . you definitely get the feeling that's on the horizon. I thought it was a great issue, and with Matt at the helm there's a whole lot more shake-ups, I'm sure, in store for these characters. It's definitely an exciting time to be following the X-Men.
I'm not sure why, but the actual cover of this book is completely different from the one that's solicited at the right. But the Marvel site only shows 1 cover for the book. So I had to go to Mile High Comics to dig up the actual one. It's by Greg Land, so . . I thought it was worth seeing it. Have you ever seen Emma look hotter than she does on this cover? Meooww!! Mile High doesn't show the one with the Beast on the cover either. So apparently it was a mistake, or a previous concept. This issue by Matt Fraction, is filled with the beautiful art of Greg Land. Anyways, now that I've got that tirade out of the way . . on to the story. This issue picks up immediately after the Utopia story-line. Now that they've got a place to live, Scott has to figure out all the day-to-day problems that are sure to occur . . food, fresh water, necessities and provisions. 
There were 228 mutants living here, but now . . now there's only 227. It appears that Dr Yuriko Takiguchi has passed in his sleep. Along with all the physical problems Scott has to fix and work through, he also has to deal with some emotional ones. Emma, stuck in her diamond form to contain the sliver of the Void inside of her, is becoming increasingly devoid of contact with her human side, and feelings. As a result, she's very cold and unsympathetic to Scott's current problems. Also Charles doesn't agree with everything that Scott is doing, or proposing. But Scott reminds him, 'You had a dream: I have a plan. And . . and just the tiniest bit of faith that I'm not going to get us all killed. Just trust me.' In the beginning of the issue we see that there's another group of evil mutants out there. This one consists of Lobe, Thug, Burst, Verre and Bouncing Betty. They attack a guy at a diner, in the middle of nowhere, for some reason. But they seem to be based out of New York. We only see them on the first couple of pages, but obviously that's not their last appearance. And, on the final page of the issue . . Magneto shows up. 'Well, well, well. My old home. Love what you've done with the place . . .' I love the feel that Matt has brought to this book. He writes very intricate and involved story-lines. We don't actually see Beast leave, as is pictured in the one cover, but . . you definitely get the feeling that's on the horizon. I thought it was a great issue, and with Matt at the helm there's a whole lot more shake-ups, I'm sure, in store for these characters. It's definitely an exciting time to be following the X-Men.
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