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I liked it; it was fun. Technically I'm reading the version of the book that had all three books in one but I just finished the first one so why not review it. I liked how it was broken down in two halves, one with Storm with her team VS Magneto and the Acolytes, and the other with Cyclops� team in space. I liked how the book jumped to the point of view with many characters, be it different X-Men, Magneto, and Amelia Vought, or Val Cooper.

It was neat how each chapter had a little picture in the beginning. It was nice seeing Ron Lim and Terry Austin’s art again; I haven’t seen their work since the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog days. Funny enough, I’ve never been a big fan of Ron Lim’s art back in his Sonic days. But, hey, maybe I just miss the old comic and will take any reminder of my childhood. That being said, he’s much better at drawing X-Men characters than Sonic characters.

It’s also nice to see some lesser known mutants involved like Amelia, Suvik Senyaka, and Carmella Unuscione. I just think that’s cool. This is why I love X-Men, you always just going to find some random mutant who's been existing for years beforehand.

I thought the action scenes were good and fun. I will admit I’m just getting back into reading chapter books since I was a teen and even then the only books I did read were Harry Potter, so I have read little action scenes in general, but I thought this book did great. Though I got a tad lost in the Star jammers� spaceship fight.

I will say some of the dialog was a bit janky. I’m too lazy to look up any examples and overall it’s a minor problem, so it’s not really a turn off.

Also, how they felt with the “no kill� rule was also flimsily done. Now mine you, I have no problem with superheroes not killing people. I just thought the book did it in a childish way. Like with how Storm’s team dealt with the military trying to kill them, I’m not saying I want the main heroes to start killing every enemy. I just think there could have been done in a more nuance way, and not as if it was a Saturday cartoon. Also, I thought it was funny how the X-Men are all “no we can’t kill anyone!� Then there’s Wolverine stabbing people. Heck, the only reason that one Acolyte even survived was because he got teleported away and had to be saved by Magneto.

Did Omega-level mutants exist in the 90s? I didn’t get into the comics until like 2007. It’s just odd seeing Iceman being all “woe is me� and thinking he’s one of the weaker mutants out there. Which is just odd, since he’s one of the more powerful mutants out there. I could understand if they played it similar to Micky from the 2012 TMNT series, where he has the potential of being a great ninja but is a goofball, but in the story they play Bobby way too serious for that kind of story.

I will say as someone who didn’t start reading the X-Men comics till the mid-2000s, it’s just odd how no one has connected the dots that Professor X has a connection to the X-Men. They live in the same house! And it’s not like the X-Men don’t stand out even in civilian clothes. Didn’t anybody ever realize how odd it is that the school for “gifted youngsters� only had a handful of grown adults living there?

Man, it’s been a while since reading something X-Men related and not having Professor X being a shady b!tch. It’s odd. I will say Professor X is a little too idealized here. Sure, at the end of the Krakoa era comics went a little too far in the shady category, but this book has the opposite problem. Also the CNN interview is a bit silly between him, Kelly, and Creed. It’s odd how the book act as if the Professor X won the debate when the writer didn’t show us the debate. It was also funny him calling Senator Kelly a good person when the only thing I’ve ever seen him in is X-Men 97 when he at the end of the season shoots a missile at the X-men almost killing them.

But overall the book is fun book and I enjoyed it a lot. A great first book to read while getting back into reading.