X-Men Forever #13 - Marvel

In normal Chris Claremont fashion, now that he's settling into this book and has it up and running . . he's getting a few different story-lines going. Gambit, Kitty and Ro have gone to Russia to find out why Peter didn't come to Logan's funeral. They find out that he's now a protector of Mother Russia, and in a relationship with the Black Widow. As if that weren't enough, the Cossack has captured and transformed Illyana back into her Magik form. And we find out that when Kitty pulled her out of Limbo . . Illyana wasn't asking for Kitty's help, she was trying to pull her in. Which she does by the end of this issue and turns her into her hellish sister, Shadowcat. Meanwhile back at the mansion, Hank has taken a little break from trying to figure out a way to stop the mutants from burning themselves out as they get older, to spend some time with Jean. They almost have a romantic moment, but both of them know that it's not a good idea. And Charles, Nick and Moira have been discussing the future plans of the X-Men, as well as the school and it's students. Sabretooth has come across one of SHIELD agents that seems to be studying the underground levels of the school. He's doing it in a way that wouldn't have been approved by Nick. So he and another SHIELD Agent that happened to stumble across them, think that this has something to do with the Consortium. Sabretooth has a plan, but . . they're going to have to go black-ops. 'I got a plan. Won't be nice. Should be fun. Just the two of us. You in?' Not to mention that Scott is still up in Alaska visiting his parents. I think Chris is doing a fantastic job. I really like the way that he's approached this book and these characters. It really feels like he never left. It's different, but . . it's the same. You know what I mean? I also think that Tom Grummett is doing a great job with the art. I'm a huge fan and he's just blown me away with his work on this book. As long as we have the readers, I think this one will be around for a long time.