The Improving X-men: Is there hope for mutant kind?

By "The Ace of Knaves"

Yes folks, it's time for a situation update. Is "Uncanny X-men" still crap? Yup, but the franchise is showing more improvement. X-men legacy is becoming intriguing (Mr. Sinister and a boy Xavier cannot be anything but intriguing). And "Get Mystique" was a smashing Wolverine storyline (NOOO! Don't take Jason Aaron away!!!!). Also hopeful was the inspired "free comic book day" X-men issue by Carey and Land. You could argue that it was a rip-off of classic issue #143 (1980), but it had the same feeling of Claremont's X-men and that has been missing for a LOOOOONG time. Keep it up lads! Even the much lamented (by me at least) "Wolverine: Origins" has finally made some sense after 25 issues. Congratulations. What a convoluted development! (Though I can't say I'm enthusiastic about Way tackling Deadpool in the upcoming series…).

Still the pick of the mutant litter has to be X-force, now featuring the return of Archangel. That's right: ARCH-angel. And Kyle and Yost actually manage to use this re-metamorphosis in a scientifically sound way to tie up some loose ends of the implausible return of Angels original wings and his "healing blood", by creatively tying everything to the "blood of Apocalypse" storyline (seems obvious now really). It's not retconning, it's actually using continuity to clear up a past mess, and that's probably a first for Marvel. Kyle and Yost: 10 points!