Story by Brian Michael BendisArt by David Marquez
Colors by Marte Gracia
Letters by Cory Petit
Cover by Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger, Marte Gracia, Chris Bachalo, & Tim Townsend
All New X-men launched in November and we already have six issues as Marvel pumps out an issue a week, or so it seems. While your wallet may be groaning with this books $3.99 price tag and fortnightly frequency I think that if there is any book on the market that benefits from the double shipping which is so prevalent at Marvel it is this one.
Writer Brian Michael Bendis is infamous for his talking heads and character moments and while this issue may seem slow it is all in the service of building relationships. This aspect of Bendis' writing works so well for the X-Men and their family dynamic that I'm surprised he wasn't pulled of the Avengers titles years ago so that he could write these characters.
Action is sparse but I didn't really mind, the young Cyclops/Wolverine clash was inevitable and those pages dedicated to the fight were satisfyingly drawn by David Marquez. Marquez has the unenviable task of filling in for Stuart Immonen on the book and While Marquez is no Immonen he does a fine job of maintaining the look and feel of the book, if not with the same panache as Immonen.
A good entry into what is shaping up to be a great character book which could do with an injection of plot progression and Stuart Immonen being chained to his drawing table for the entirety of this run.
4 out of 5 stars
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