With all that talk of the troubling last pages of Batman and Uncanny Avengers, people seem to be ignoring the fact that the most disturbing (and brutal) last page in comics this week comes courtesy of the atrophied mind of Jason Aaron. Set concurrently with the end of AvX, this issue takes the reader through the paces of the Jean Grey School’s very first dance.

Aaron’s writing is as strong as always. His depiction of Xavier’s last stand is better than the version in the AvX event itself and when the tension ratchets up in the second half of the book, it RATCHETS up.

Molina’s art maintains the tradition of good artistry established by Bachalo and Bradshaw, displaying an inherit ability to draw emotions. He also manages to make Krakoa into the cutest sentient schoolground ever, so that’s a plus.

But my lord, that last page…