victoriancuckoo's Wolverine & the X-Men #1 - Welcome to the X-Men! Now Die! review

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    Even though I would rather see Beast in the title role everything about this felt fun and in keeping with a much needed lighter tone. Comics as of late have become too heavy handed, yes they can deal with dark subject matter, but it's okay for them to be fun escapist literature too! This reminded me of the beginning of a fun Boarding School for Misfit Youths, I love the entire idea of it. Glad to see some of my favourites back at school such as Armor, but where is Surge and Elixir?!

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