"Are You Trying To Say Something To Me?"
Second Coming returns to New Mutants for Chapter 7 of the event. As the team recovers from their loss, Bastion's forces continue to close ranks on the X-Men. Confrontations and fights exemplify the tension and weariness on Utopia.
What You Need To Know.
Obviously Hope and Cable are back. Bastion's forces have injured several X-Men, while Bastion himself has take down Nightcrawler. One other X-Men has died, while several are still injured. With so much destruction, the X-Men begin to wonder; Is Hope worth it? The Good
Well, it appears Chapter 6 was just a bump in the road as this issue reaches the acclaim that the first 5 chapters had. Continuing the trend of focusing on the main story, while acknowledging that this is the New Mutants book, this seems like the true beginning of the Second Act. Zeb Wells writes a terrific script here, highlighting all the essential characters, while not losing either the main story or the team that's supposed to be featured.
The art has a few panels where it falls, but overall the art is well above average.
With all the different groups heading out and doing their thing, the story doesn't lose focus when looking at them, which is always a good thing.
Hope's character continues to be a strong aspect of this series, in this issue she really shines.
