X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

All-New X-Men #1

Review: All-New X-Men #1

On the face of it the idea of doing a time travel where the original team is brought forward sounds a bit groan-worthy. After all, not only has time travel gotten cliché and over-used in general, but in specific it’s pretty bad with the X-Men. In fact, it’s the X-Men version of the Star Trekian ‘quantum flux’.

What makes all the difference is the framework in which the story is set.

I was pleasantly surprised with All-New X-Men. Hank’s condition has led him towards thinking even farther outside the box, giving him a real reason to do this rather just him getting the idea. This adds a level of credibility to the story than if McCoy simply decided ‘hey, time travel, why not?’.

I like how they not really subtly but not bluntly either basically saying ‘yeah, Scott’s lost his damn mind and his characterization has been shot all to hell’. This is framed nicely by the fact that yes, Scott has indeed lost his mind. Really, I just want to see the look on his face when he sees Jean again, that should be epic!

So yeah, I can do this.