Story by Jason AaronArt by Ramon Perez
Cover by Ramon Perez & Ed McGuinness
The first thing that comes to mind when reviewing this issue is to say, welcome to Marvel Comics Ramon Perez! I know that Perez did a stint on John Carter: The Gods of Mars for Marvel but this is the big times, one of Marvel's core X-Men books written by the prolific Jason Aaron and starring a huge roster of new and old X-Men, teachers and students alike. Perez's art is perfect for this book, his cartooning skills are beautiful and anyone who enjoyed Tale of Sand should run out and pick this book up, it is simply gorgeous.
Aaron weaves a tale in the Savage Land which isn't instantly trite but I will say that this is not his best work on the book plot-wise. The first year of his run was truly remarkable and he brought a freshness to the X-books which had been lacking; lately his stories about Frankenstein's circus and now this Savage Land saga seem a little too tried and not as bold as his earlier work.
Having said that the X-books are always about the characters and their relationships and this is where Aaron excels on this book, creating characters that I care about. It is great to see what Aaron is doing with Kid Omega, Perez draws a killer psychic shotgun by the way, taking the reins from Morrison's New X-Men run and... running with it.
Hopefully we will be out of the Savage Land soon and back into the crazier sagas Aaron has become known for, and hopefully Ramon Perez will be around for the long haul.
Story: 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Art: 5 out of 5 stars.
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