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Sooooooo, just to be clear on Xavier's definition of 'too powerful':

Legion - totz fine

Scarlet Witch - no problem here

Franklin Richards - what a cutey!

Jean Grey - pedo-bear hugz

Mathew Malloy - uh oh, those lighting dinos look pretty bad; better do a total mind-wipe and psychic block!

WHAT!?!

Anybody else catch the the Hellboy easter egg in the background? pretty great!

Loved the Star Wars poster in the "diner."

Wow....an issue of Sandman starring Moon Knight. Totally crazy in all the best ways. I'm very sad Ellis is leaving so soon to focus on his Tree invasion (snore).

@liveforever: I gotta say, as a fellow fan of Cyclops, this issue spends a lot of energy having the younger version talk smack about the older one. He says he wishes he grew up to be like his deadbeat pirate dad instead the hero we know, who has saved the world multiple times.....cuz that makes sense.

@kit07: Both Cable & X Force and Uncanny X-Force are cancelled after the current 'Vendetta' crossover concludes, to be replaced by this incarnation.

Anyone catch that wonderful little easter egg on the last page? Check out the name of the gun manufacturer...

I've always thought it would be cool to have a Thunderbolts-style X-force team of reformed mutants.

Magneto

Frenzy

Spiral

Danger

Juggernaut (bring back Cain!)

Legion

Any X-Men event can ultimately be judged by its usage of the Fastball Special:

AvX - Magneto & Colossus taking down a SHIELD helicarrier

BotA: Ice Hulk & Raze

Since nobody cares about the latter two characters, AvX takes the win.