First off, my vote for Cover of the Week, but the inside is something special too. This book is not exactly setting the comic world on fire, but it certainly gives a different look into the X-Universe. Since I’ve read Marvel: The Untold Story, I’ve on some level been putting Marvel comics in two columns. Kind of Gerber and Decidingly Not Gerber. This is falls in the first column. The awkward courting with Z-List mutant Blindfold and Legion is legitimately charming. Critically, the menace of this issue had as much persona as a D&D die roll random encounter, but the enigmatic “Xavier” was chilling and intriguing.

Side note: if all Marvel Now! Fans collectively signed a petition in which we agree to Join the R little e EVOLUTION, could we lose that stupid bottom banner?