New X-Men # 128-133
A bit of a comment first. Continunity. Yes, it's a big pain in the butt. However, when you have three writers working within the same universe, and characters are going to bouncing around between them, isn't it a good idea to make sure it all works okay? In this time peroid, Jean and the Professor are on a world tour. Next time we see them, they're back at the mansion. Then, Jean's gone and the Professor is back. It's confusing. It's frustrating. So, I've done my best here and this is where this goes and we can just assume that Jean left to take care of X-Corporation business after the up-coming "Schism" story. And that while she was at the mansion, Emma and Scott stopped their affair until she left again. How's that? Everyone happy? Good, because I'm not.
Down to business . . .
As I said, Professor X and Phoenix are on a little world tour, stopping over and visiting the X-Corporation Europe office, which is home to Darkstar, Cannonball, Richtor, Syrin, Maddrox, and Monet. The X-Corp. team gets pulled into an emergency at the chunnel, while Professor X investigates Jean's re-manifestation of the Phoenix before they're side-swiped by the mysterious Fantomex. Fantomex claims to be a part of the World Plus Program, which had spawned the Weapon X project (Weapon 10) and had now created the loose-in-the-chunnel Weapon XII. The X-Corp. team gets their asses handed to them as everyone who touches Weapon XII because a part of it - including Darkstar. Professor X, Fantomex, and Phoenix arrive on the scene and stop Weapon XII. As everyone cleans up, Fantomex reveals to Jean that he's Weapon XIII.
During Darkstar's funeral, Scott seeks Emma's help with his marriage. Scott just feels like Jean can't accept him for what's he changed into and that they're just grasping at old feelings. Emma takes advantage of this and they begin a telepathic affiar, in which they have sex telepathically.
Also, Beak and Angel have begun a relationship.
Professor X and Phoenix then head off to Genosha, where they meet up with Storm, Thunderbird, Sabra, and Quicksilver. They investigate the possibility of ghosts of being present, meet with Toad who is building a monument to Magneto, and eventually come across Polaris, who has captured the voices of the people of Genosha - including Magneto's. Magneto's message then spills out across space.
The duo then arrives in India to meet with X-Corporation Mumbai, where Thunderbird, Sunfire, Feral, and Thornn are stationed. Wolverine arrived earlier with a Mutant girl named Dust, whose power was to turn into dust and sand. While Jean helps her, Professor X meets up with the leaving Shi'ar, who have cut off all relations with the Earth due to the Phoenix reappearing.
Overall, the typical Morrison fair, though it's nothing to write home about. The Weapon Plus stuff comes up later, so we'll talk about it then. The highlights of this run include Professor X's talk with the Phoenix entity and the great concept found in the X-Corporation.
I'm a little bothered by the Emma/Scott affair. Not because of the affair itself, but because it seems to belittle Scott and Jean's relationship. In the end, it doesn't come as harshly, but at this point, in kinda does.
The art is a mix and match. Kordey's is a major improvement over his last issues. John Paul Leon's is pretty good, though Bill Sienkiewicz's inks just don't work well with it. Phil Jimenez's work is great, with tons of detail applied to the devastated Genosha. Eathan Van Sciver is the show-stealer. His art is the superior in the group, esspecially his renditions of Jean.
~W~
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