New Mutants #10 - Marvel

I absolutely loved this issue. It was about the New Mutants, but . . it kind of wasn't also. You'll see what I mean later. Some of the Mutants from the Savage Land have made their way to Japanese waters and attack one of their ships. It turns out that Amphibius, having heard of the recent resurrection of Asteroid-M, gets it in his head that their savior, Magneto, has also returned. So basically he wants to reunite with his master. Anyways, Shan talks to him and lets him look inside of her head. She show him the recent events in Utopia, and the circumstances surrounding Magneto's return. After that it's easy to talk them into returning home, and Scott convinces the Japanese government to drop charges and let them leave. After all, they just want them out of their waters also. Anyways, that was interesting and all, but the best part of the story to me was the dialogue between Scott and Emma while all of this is going on. He could've sent a group of X-Men to help them, and Emma argues that they need to be split up between various X-teams. She doesn't understand why Scott is keeping them together. But Scott keeps telling her that he's looking towards the X-Men's future. 'Xavier's dream has taken a back seat the last few years . . it's had to. But we've got to think about the future. The baby's going to come back . . our world won't be this dark forever. These kids we've raised in Xavier's dream. We'll need that dream again someday. I need someone who can lead.' Basically . . Scott is grooming his replacement. And Scott keeps pretty tight-lipped when Emma tries to figure out who he's working with. Although Emma is convince it's Sam. And throughout the story, we kind of get the same feeling. But we also see Shan and Mirage both step up this issue. It isn't until the final page that Scott tells Emma, 'I'm gathering data. That's why this team's important, Emma. I'm looking for the next leader of the X-Men . . I never said it had to be Sam.' And that's why I liked this issue so much. Like I said, it was about the New Mutants, but . . it was actually more about Scott watching and assessing their abilities. And it showed us that this team, and it's characters are vitally important to the future of the X-Men. I really liked the way that this issue was set up. Zeb Wells did a great job with the story. And the art was split up between Paul Davidson and David Lopez. I thought they both did a good job.