A final story for an X-Men book this week following the announcement of a brand new X-Men by Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel coming in April. There were some great arc during the latest volume of the (adjectiveless) X-Men.
This week’s X-Men #40 by Seth Peck is the beginning of the final arc as the current “security team” collapses. The David Lopez cover is beautiful and haunting and a perfect tribute to the end of his volume.
This current volume of X-Men began with Curse of the Mutants by Victor Gischler in which the team faced off against vampire sects and a confrontation with Dracula. The team joined Spider-Man for an adventure against the Lizard and formed an alliance with the FF and Doctor Doom in the Bermuda Triangle.
My favorite arc was Blank Generation by Brian Wood and David Lopez that featured Storm, Psylocke, Domino, Colossus and Pixie and introduced the concept of Proto-Mutants. This is must read for fans of Storm. The storytelling was in the spirit of the Chris Claremont/Paul Smith era. You didn’t need to read every other X-book. It was a small team solving a big mystery.
When Wood left I thought that was it. Seth Peck wrote an offbeat two-part arc starring Domino and Daredevil. In this final issue Peck shows the final moments for this version of the team.
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