X-Men Forever #15 - Marvel

This issue we find out just exactly what happened to Ororo after she killed Wolverine, and after she took off when they tried to capture her. Out of instinct, she headed straight for Wakanda, and T'Challa. I don't think she started out trying to manipulate the events of this country. I think she just wanted to be in the company of her old friend . . her former lover. But, when events arise with T'Challa's enemy, Killmonger, I think Ororo saw the chance to put the events of her past behind her. She was over it, but she felt that everybody was still judging her for what she had done. So with Killmonger's unwitting help . . most of the government, as well as T'Challa are eliminated. Ororo then brings the Royal Palace down, blaming it on Killmonger's savage attack. In the wreckage they find Ororo the sole survivor. And to the populace, it appears that she and their king had exchanged their vows in private. She was now the Queen of Wakanda, and the sole seat of power in it's government. And all of this happened while Fury, Charles and the rest of the world looked on . . helpless to interfere. Anyways, that fills in her story. I thought this issue was a nice change of pace to the hectic schedule of the stories in this series so far. It was kind of a breather issue. Plus Chris Claremont got to do a little character development with our now Queen of Wakanda. Peter Vale gives Tom Grummett some help with the art this issue. Overall, I thought it was an entertaining issue, and it filled us in on this aspect of the story. In the back of the book, Michael Hoskin gives us a little fill-in on the rest of the Marvel Universe. Basically, he tells us what was happening around the rest of this corner while the first 15 issues of this book were happening. It was interesting. I like this series so far. And I love Chris' writing. I just hope this series has the staying power it needs . . and deserves. I can't wait to see how far Chris goes with this.