YOUNG X-MEN #1Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Yanick Paquette
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Ignoring the fact New X-Men would be a tough act to follow, this was complete horseshit. The new Brotherhood? Ya, they're most of the old X-Force team. Cannonball, Dani, Magma and Sunspot so far. Real evil team. I can see why Cyclops put the hit out on them.
Oh ya, it looks like Cyclops in this book is a Skrull or imposter of some kind. I know I say that a lot lately, but this time, it's got to be true. He recruits the team in the ruins of the mansion and sends them to take out the Brotherhood. He's supposed to be in San Fran with the rest of the X-Men and setting up a new team of killers, just like he did with X-Force, doesn't seem to jive with any other book, especially with the target.
My guess is the "ONE OF THEM DIES" is going to be "Cyclops" and the Brotherhood takes over as mentors for the Young X-Men.
As for the new members, painful, painful, painful dialogue is the only way to describe them. Why do these characters exist in the first place? They left out almost the entire New X-Men cast to create some Mary Sue tattoo fetish and yet another Wolverine template. On top of that, they butchered Dust and turned her into some casual killer over in Afghanistan. With Santo, it just felt like he was trying to be funny instead of actually being funny.
Verdict - Avoid It. Stuff like this shouldn't even reach the page and reminds me of Chuck Austen or other painful repressed memories. Isn't there a TV show we can get Guggenheim back to writing instead of comics?
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