A little later than usual I finally got around to reading the latest issue of Marvel Universe: X-Men which is one of the best comics on the British market and having long ago actually given up on Marvel's Merry Mutants that is a big turn around for me. These comics are a solid read and frankly with five US editions packed into each issue a real bargain.
At the moment the comic has veered away from the main X-Men story line taking us through the British orientated Excalibur then The Marauders (which turned out to be a lot more interesting than I thought it would be to now introducing X-Force.
The X Force story takes the reader back to the world of human prejudice against the mutants. Partially out of fear but also clear racism. Secret societies with masks updated from the old-fashioned Klansmen outfits but the same old hate plus blood tests which leads to the exposure of Domino spying on these extremists.
From here we go through a tale of subterfuge, subversion and sneak attacks which lead to the death of a major character. Not sure how permanent that will be given the resurrection facilities but this time the X-Men are not hopeful.
Next up is the continuation of The Marauders with Kitty pride hard at on the high seas. There's an unexpected rescue, exposure of bigotry, international crime and yet another possible death which will not be resolved for a while as the story-line is to be continued..
However this will not be in the next issue as The Marauders are replaced by the New Mutants a group I have never bothered with . It didn't appeal so I'll have to keep an open mind on this addition to the line up. X-Force is continuing but I have to ask the obvious question:
When will we return to the main X-Men story?
Rating: 5 Stars
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