I'm still not sure how I feel about this book. It's nice to have a more fun, straightforward, Superhero X-Men book again, even if
Blue is doing an absolutely better job of that on all fronts, and I liked it enough as a whole but it still feels kind of clunky or underwhelming in some areas, but I'm used to that from Guggenheim's comic work.
On the one hand I can see the appeal of having fast-paced arc like this through double-shipping, but this story really feels like it could've used two more issues to better explore the conflict, establish the team, and develop the new Brotherhood. Because, as it is, it feels like we just breezed through everything. I'm not advocating for 6-part arcs or decompression, but it still feels like things moved way too quickly.
And I hope we get more development or moments with the rest of the team rather then just having Kitty as the most prominent character with the most lines and moments. I get that she's the leader, but I just hope the screentime and focus is more balanced in future issues and maybe tone down Kitty as this "hardcore" leader.
So I guess they took Amara back to the mansion to de-program her from the brainwashing? She wasn't among the Brotherhood taken into custody by SHIELD, and I doubt the X-Men would give her up like that. I think it would be really cool if she joined the team or stuck around, if unlikely
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