Al n' Ann's Collectibles

Mark Farmer
Combine a character that had her origin’s in the X-Men cartoon series and then found her way into the title NYX (that I used to think was good, but when it takes forever between issues, I lose my enthusiasm for it- Daredevil:Father anyone) and now she ends up in a “milestone” issue of the Uncanny X-Men. The last few issues saw this team up against Viper, while the Hellfire Club seems to be reassembling themselves. One of the team members, Sage, knows about the Hellfire Club activities, but has not yet shared the information with her teammates. There are a couple of cute moments in this book, the beginning with Nightcrawler back to his swashbuckling, and a second involving Storm and Wolverine’s trip to Broadway. Cut moments, but not enough to really save this book. I’m still not a fan of all of the openness of the Mutant society and the fact that this team is part of a “police” force (X.S.E.) that walks the line between the mutants and regular folk. But in their role of the X.S.E., the team finds themselves at a club on the search for a mutant that may have killed some humans. When they find her, they also find that she has some thing in common with the more feral member of their team. While I do like the art, Davis and Farmer are always a joy, I still have a hard time following everything. This could be because I have been away for so long, but I don’t know, perhaps someone could explain it to me. I’ll probably still be on board as long as Davis and Farmer are, but as for understanding things, I think I’ll just look at the pretty pictures.