X-Men Forever #16 - Marvel

I really like this title. You get the feeling of nostalgia . . like you're visiting old familiar territory. But . . it's different. We're following the same basic time-line as originally happened here, but . . some of the events and circumstances have changed. And with this new added variable . . Burnout, an effect of their mutations and the use of their abilities that causes most mutants to die at a young age . . it seems to have given this series a new, underlying purpose. And we can't forget about the Consortium. We don't know all the players yet, but . . it seems to be a group that's basically controlling most of the world's governments through subterfuge, manipulation and some key players, sympathetic to their goals, in key positions. Basically like any group that wants to control the world. However . . there's something different about this one. But like I said . . we don't really have all the information, yet. We know 1 or 2 of the elite members, but that's about it. However, Fury and Dugan are doing there best to try to get up to speed. Dugan and Creed found some of Fury's men trying to sneak sensitive information out of the mansion. They appear to be double-agents of the Consortium. So far they've sussed out a few of the players . . Kramer, Brown, Jakita and a mole within the psi-web. But none of them are talking. At least not to Dugan or Fury. But . . Creed hasn't taken a stab at them yet, so . . that may all change pretty quickly. Meanwhile, Hank and Charles, with the help of Moira, are trying to find a cure, or cause for the Burnout. But they all seem to be reaching their breaking point from frustration and fatigue. And Kurt and Rogue have gone down to New Orleans because Kurt's worried after getting a distressed call from Amanda Sefton. However, they find out it was all a set-up, to get their attention, by Mystique. It seems that she and Logan knew about the Burnout, but . . for some reason they both were immune to it's effects. But when she heard that Logan had been killed . . she started to get worried and decided to come out of hiding. She tells Kurt that she's his mother. Also, she's not worried about him because he'll have a portion of her immunity. No, she's more worried about Rogue. And she's even more worried after they have a little tussle and Rogue is knocked unconscious. Kurt tries to help her with CPR, but it has an adverse effect on both of them. Kurt seems to have lost his pigmentation and physical attributes, while Rogue seems to have absorbed them all. And now . . Mystique is more worried than ever. I love Chris Claremont's writing. I really missed him on the X-Men series during his sabbatical. But now . . he's back. Kind of. It's the same players . . just a different series. But he's still doing his multiple plot-threads, inter-connected story-lines, and lengthy dramas. All the stuff I loved about his run on the Uncanny X-Men. And it feels fresh and new. Nostalgic. But still fresh. Tom Grummett is his main partner in crime . . as seen on the cover this issue. But various artists have been stepping in to help. This issue it's Graham Nolan. I haven't really seen his work since his run on Batman. He does a nice job with this issue. So far I really like this series. And with it coming out twice a month, it's moving along quite nicely. I can't wait to see the surprises Chris has in store for us in the future.