The newly-returned Children of the Vault shanghai most of the X-Men to their nightmarish dimension; leaving Paras nothing to do but resolve his wedding obligations.
The Good
The moment where Luz plays her card, effectively popping the bubble of all the stuffy manners we've been embedded in so far... that moment really made this book for me. I won't spoil the surprise, but it's seriously a hoot. The juxtaposition of the Indian wedding and Rogue's brutal punishment gave a lot more gravitas to both threads. I was initially rolling my eyes about having to deal with Paras' family drama, but the twist put on it here made it a bit virtuoso, actually.
The Bad
It's probably more of "adjective-less" X-Men's bag to feature the mutants you know and love, but I couldn't help but feel the absence of the more established X-Men in this. I've been out of the loop with this book for a while now, so I'm sure characters like Anole and Paras are firmly established in the cannon, now... but I still can't help but say I would've preferred seeing more mainstays like Gambit or even Husk in this.
The Verdict - 4/5
I was a little cool on the last issue, but I'm digging this title a lot more now that a better balance has been struck between the soap opera and the high-concept superheroics I'm always looking for in an X-Men book. I haven't encountered the Children of the Vault prior to this, but they already seem like villains worthy of inclusion in this decades-deep rogue's gallery. I especially liked how they had a cold, fanatical agenda that really had nothing to do with mutantkind's agenda, nor humankind's -- a villainy totally alien to X-Men's usual theme.
The story was good and I have been enjoying it. The only I am having trouble with is how fast they are aging the Young X-Men recently. Just a few years ago, Paras was the youngest besides the cuckoos and now he's getting married.
@Zach Freeman For more on the Children of the Vault. See the Supernovas storyline. It is their first foray against the against the x-men.
@Sobe Cin: you're right! i thought he was supposed to be around 14 or 15....it's because of this that i'm super confused that they made Idie, the 3rd "Light" 12. really? 12? you know she's gonna spurt some double d's in no time cuz the x-artists don't like drawin kids :/
This series is great so far. I don't like that you wrote that it's bad that Anole and Indra are shown. The point of the Legacy book at this point is to focus on the less used, younger characters.
" This series is great so far. I don't like that you wrote that it's bad that Anole and Indra are shown. The point of the Legacy book at this point is to focus on the less used, younger characters. "
Anole has been pretty well established, he makes appearances all the time, Indra, not so much. so trying to flesh him out would nice. maybe he wont be used as canon fodder then.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. The Children of the Vault reproduce asexually, so why was Luz creating pictures of the two of them naked? How would she have picked that up?
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