All-New X-Men #11 Review

Writer:  Brian Michael Bendis
Penciler:  Stuart Immonen
Inker:  Wade Von Grawbadger
Color Artist:  Marte Gracia
Letterer:  VC’s Cory Petit

I’ll be honest….I loved this issue.  Even though Uncanny X-Men #5 already spilled the surprise of Angel defecting over to Cyclops’ mutant revolution team, All-New X-Men #11 was oozing with drama.  As I was reading it, it felt like an oversize issue.  I kept expecting each page to be the end, but the story kept on going and going.

What I Liked

I could feel the tension on each page.  After Angel declares he is leaving with present-day Cyclops, the remaining original X-Men try to convince Angel he is making a mistake.  Jean Grey has been acting reckless lately, and that continues here.  She does, however, get a taste of her own medicine.

Even though this issue is filled with drama, Brian Michael Bendis excels in a quiet moment with Kitty Pryde and Jean Grey.  I love how Bendis has Kitty stepping up to assume a mentor role with the original X-Men.  She really looks to be the modern-day Professor X for our time-displaced mutants.

The tease for what is in store for issue #12 makes me even more excited for what Bendis has planned for All-New X-Men.

What I Didn’t Like

I will point out that in solicits for All-New X-Men Marvel has teased that the original X-Men would be receiving new outfits.  However, new outfits haven’t been revealed.  With everything taking place it is hard to see where the original X-Men would have time to even fathom new uniforms.

I wonder if Marvel and Bendis had a change of plans, or if there was a mixup in marketing the solicits.

Summary

All-New X-Men races forward providing Marvel and Marvel NOW!’s best book each month.  Even twice a month with it’s shipping schedule!  We see a team member leave, Jean Grey cementing herself as a wildcard, and a confrontation between our mutants and one of Marvel’s premiere teams.  Just another day at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.

This review is written in partnership with Pop Culture Network.  They can be found at their website http://www.popculturenetwork.com/

Timdogg

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