Nice cover. Love a man with claws and a goatee. Bonus points.

As for crushed mutant and his dog? A bit graphic, but nicely done. Ah, the dark era of supremacists and sociopathic nation-state leaders, who could've asked for a better lookout? Loved Trask's short coming, Magneto was portrayed rather nicely in this one. Introduction ceremony was cute, and did I mention I loved Jean's hair-do? Bobby resue mission was intersting, and freeze the Sentinel in mid-fall waas done quite well. Crazy!Hormonal!Teenage!Bobby? Nice. Problems? Toad eating a prehistoric bird in the middle of Quicksilver's two second speech at the Savage Lands. Nice little touch with the murder though. Loved the little 'Xavier will b*tch slap you before you die' speech, and of course, the best part was the end.

Loved the last page. Wolverine half naked? 100 pounds. Wolverine half naked in a swanp with his claws out? 200 pounds. Wolverine half naked in a swang with his claws out and a little birdie on his right shoulder? Priceless.

4/5

Double  dose from Cyclops, I see. Nice one, Shades. Referring to the cover, if you're confused.

As for the issue, I'll lay out the problems right now. Too little fuzzy dude. Period. I won't lie, the fight at the dance was great, loved Bobby's lines, loved the team pic, yada yada yada. But too little Nightcrawler? Unacceptable. Also, a bit small and dreary on the Phoenix part, but at least it fared better than the Dazzler scene. Tsk, tsk, I was hoping for at least a little girl and girl catfight. A tiny mental breakdown, and all of a sudden she's pointing at miss brunette with fiery red eyes? Nice touch with the eyes, but not sold. I liked how it followed suit with the previous issue, which was nice, but sbesides that, not much else to cheer about. Boggs looked nice in the uniform, another batch of people were saved, Colossus carried his boyfriend home, but besides that, 'tis a bit bland.

3/5