X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

Not exactly the smartest cover considering that Bendis gave away the game in his previous issue of Uncanny X-Men. You think someone would have noticed this and fixed either this cover or the ending of UXM #4 so that it wasn’t so revealing. In fact, UXM #5, which continues to spill the secret, came out before this issue of All-New, so, yeah, there was no hope in keeping it under wraps that Angel left to join old Cyclops. Really bad planning all around…

Oh well.

This issue was very interesting, it was nice to see young Jean put in her place by the Cuckoo’s. It was something that needed to be done or else Jean would end up on the path of not-so-nice Jean. It was a good way to get to her sorted realistically without having to drag out that story plot. Let’s just hope Bendis keeps to it.

As for Angel, I really can see why he’d side with Cyclops. Of the core group, Angel has met himself and realized that he literally becomes someone he couldn’t recognize. That’s right in front of his face which is a lot harder to deal with then Jean’s being dead because it’s not something that is physical and tangible. To Angel, seeing himself like that is walking proof that he, as he knows himself, is dead and that has to hurt.

And then of course there is Mystique, she’s having way to much fun being bad… and that’s exactly the way we like her.