X-Men #67

Quote: “Curse you, Charles Xavier… What have you gotten us all into this time?” Sabra
 
 

Synopsis:
In the middle eastern nation of Israel, agent of their secret intelligence, “The Mossad” Ruth Bat Seraph who goes by the code name Sabra is found downloading government files that contain top secret information on the government sanctioned “Operation: Zero Tolerance”. While she is successful

in leaving the building with the information, she is attacked by other agents, who are then revealed as the human/machine hybrid Prime Sentinels. On behalf of O.Z.T. they have decided to terminate her to prevent the information she has garnered from getting out. Sabra however is up to the task and promptly makes short work of her would be executioners and manages to she then plans to bring this information which they were willing to die/kill for to the X-men in the USA.

Meanwhile……..

Iceman and Cecilia Reyes, are still on the run from O.Z.T. They need a place to lay low and recoup so they decide to crash in (one of ) Archangel’s apartments, Ice man even sneaks a smooch from Cecelia (but in his defense he was scoping the place out but didn’t want to be conspicuous lol). Upon entering however they run into Angie, a supposed house-sitter for Warren and friend of late girlfriend Candy Southern ( wonder how she got the job? Did she bang warren before during or after his X-man days?).

Iceman tries to contact someone/anyone who could possibly help them by phone, while Cecelia chats with Angie; Iceman then starts losing his powers and Angie reveals she not just a house sitter ( and a chick warren no doubt banged) but also a Prime Sentinel! A powerless bobby is saved by the good doctor despite the pain this causes her. Luckily Charlotte Jones ( another x of warrens…..yup he does get around) busts down the door and plants a few bullets in “Angie” she then offers Bobby and Cecilia a place to hide.


Place turns out to be in an interrogation room of a precinct house. Bobby and Cecilia continue to talk and more is revealed about Cecelia’s mind frame and how all this is affecting her ( and no she doesn’t whine ½ s much as that sounds) , while they catch their breath however Warren’s x Charlotte is not the savior she appeared to be as she has delivered them into the hands of some matrix like policemen, Agent Mathers and Agent Boyd who are no doubt Prime Sentinels, this is all in exchange for the location of her abducted son who it appears is being used as a hostage by the O.Z.T.

Things go from bad to worst when Bobby and Cecelia unable to see through the one way glass ( they should be thankful by the way lol) don’t realize that the entire police force in the precinct happen to be Prime sentinels. Just as they are about to pounce on our unaware heroes all the lights go down and the precinct house goes dark. This causes the sentinels to halt their attack and signals to our dynamic duo ( wander which is batman and who would be robin) that something’s up.



Meanwhile in the basement we see why the lights went dead…..two bones have been jammed into the electrical fuse, when the guard comes through with his flashlight we see that my girl MARROW has entered the scene, thing are about to get bloody!



Elsewhere, at the Hulkbuster Base, Bastion and Professor X have another heated discussion.

The Good!
Marrow's introduction on that last page! She not only looks cool ( for those just getting into X-men) but for those in the know........she's one scary customer! Classic bad-Ass Marrow at its best and the potential that this has on her future all make this a really good issue!


Carlos Pachecho's art is just sexy ( in a hard edged kinda way mind you) his art complements the feeling of foreboding that accompanies O.Z.T. Fact is as the issue points out anyone can attack you at any moment and at the worst possible time. Good stuff all around!

The Bad!

No complaints here Lobell has a great story complimented by great art add to that more Marrow and this is a solid read for Marrow fans and those just jumping into x-men for sure!

The Ugly!
Not enough panel time given to Sabra! She's badass clearly and yet she cant seem to go a comic without only a few panels?! Man! (Although she probably awesome because she has only a few panels)