A terrible strain
After figuring my way through the first story arc with little-to-none of the background knowledge required to read this title in this issue it feels like being back to the beginning again. This issue focuses mostly on Fantomex who is responsible for a miniature world which needs protecting (seemingly from itself.) This aspect of the issue almost completely lost me, even upon re-reading it, it was not so clear. The team meeting without Fantomex is a lot more clear, but doesn't advance the plot as much as it builds on the characters and the interplay of the team. There is still a decent amount of action through to the end of this issue but I found it only sort of distracted me from my confusion. This was still an entertaining issue, but a new reader shouldn't be so confused five issues in.
