Marvel keeps finding ways to reunite or pit the students of
the New Xavier School and those of the Jean Grey School. This time, the mystery
of who is behind the mysterious attacks of those pesky new Sentinels is
revealed as both teams go on an all-out war with SHIELD.
But that’s not the end of the reunions because Scott Summers
team is once again called back to Manchester, New York when the She-Hulk comes
bearing the last will and testament of Professor X! Along with a shocking
revelation as who Xavier left widowed, the two teams learn that they’ll need to
join together to find a dangerous mutants whose powers are extremely wonky.
Finally when we get really for the good stuff wouldn’t you
know it but Marvel hits you with a typical “To Be Continued…” So, I’ve got to
wait until volume 5 to see what happens and learn the final details behind
Professor X’s estate!
The action in this volume was intense. The art was amazing
and Bendis continues to weave a masterful plot between the various coinciding
X-Men titles. (He really puts X-Men legend Chris Claremont with his masterful attention
to continuity.) Lots of shocking revelations and mysteries are solved. But
there’s one bit of info that was seriously glossed over. In volume 3, the All
New X-Men had been kidnapped into outer space by the Shi’ar Empire. Now in this
book, they’re back. But no fuss is made over their reappearance or over what
happened in their team-up with the Guardians of the Galaxy. I’m not really
complaining as I’m really looking forward to reading that story one day soon
but you’d think somebody would say “Hey, you’re back!” or something.
Another thrilling chapter in the Marvel Now! series of X-Men
titles that’s very much Worth Consuming.
Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.
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