One of my favorite books of 2011 is Wolverine and the X-Men. The best word to describe how I feel after reading is joy, pure joy. Jason Aaron delivers a perfect mix of action, humor and the unexpected.
I just read issue #3 of the opening day chaos at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning in which the pint-sized new Hellfire Club unleashed Krakoa to attack the students and school. I was surprised when Aaron brought Quentin Quire back from oblivion for Schism. I shook my head when Kid Omega was in the lineup for this series but now I can’t imagine the book without him.
The odd cast of old school favorites (Logan, Kitty, Beast, Iceman, Rachel) and new kids (Idie, Kid Gladiator, Broo, Quentin Quire) are an entertaining dynamic. The book is filled with humor and character and shows us a new side of Logan.
This final issue of the first arc is filled with surprises including a funny flashback between Logan and Captain America, a clever cameo by a non-mutant favorite hero on his day job and a huge shocker in the last panel that foreshadows some painful lessons ahead for the staff and students of the Jean Grey School.