New Comics!: The X-Edition #3 of 5 (HERE BE SPOILERS!)

Generation Hope #15:  Huh.  I'm not really sure what to think about this issue.  In terms of the issue itself, it's a compelling read.  Asmus does a good job of keeping it on a low simmer and then eventually letting it explode, with Kenji leading a revolt against Hope thanks to help from Emma.  It's the culmination of several months' worth of hints, and the only thing that left me feeling a bit cold was that it seems somewhat early in the series for the revolt to happen.  But, I'm guessing it has something to do with the upcoming "A vs X" cross-over event, since Hope seems poised to play a significant role in it.  Moreover, it's not like they haven't hinted that this day was coming, so I can't say it felt like it came from left field.  My sense of unease probably comes more from the sense that we are more or less seeing how bad Hope is at keeping control of her team, which leads me to wonder why Cyclops does have the blind spot about her, as Emma mentions.  Is it the family tie?  It seems pretty clear she can't control her powers or herself, so it's weird that Scott has let it progress this far, to the point where he's blind to people leading a revolution against her.  I'm intrigued to see where it goes next issue.
 
Wolverine and the X-Men #5:  I thought this issue was just going to be a run-of-the-mill alien-baby story, with Kitty finding herself pregnant with one alien.  I didn't expect that the Brood would've found a way to turn themselves into bacteria, particularly not in a way that could be specialized for a specific person, namely, Kitty, thereby make her "pregnant" with multiple aliens.  It's unclear to me if the badass Brood that we saw at the end was involved with the targeting of Kitty or if he's just simply searching out the source of the infection.  I guess we'll learn more next issue.  I also found the other focus of this issue, Bobby and Logan's attempts to secure funding for the school, to be interesting.  It always seemed implausible that Professor X was SO wealthy that the X-Men seemed to have everything they needed whenever they need it.  (I still wonder how Utopia makes money...)  I like that Aaron actually brings us down to Earth a little bit, or, um, sends us into space.  Although I'm sure this story line will be dropped once Logan accomplishes whatever he winds up accomplishing here, at least someone at some point addressed it!

X-Men #24:  OK, so pet peeve #2 is in full effect here, with the intro page telling us that the sexy vampire guy from last issue was Raizo Kodo.  The problem with that reveal coming from the intro page is that we don't really get any information about him in the comic itself, something that would've been useful given that I had no idea who he was.  (I had a hunch he was the vampire we saw in "X-Men" #11, something I confirmed thank to the Internet.  See, Marvel.  I used the Internet to confirm his origin.  Can we now stop having you replay Clint's origin in every issue in which he appears?)  Once I got over my annoyance, I more or less enjoyed the rest of the issue.  It plays as a standard intervention narrative, but it's a clever way to move Jubilee past the "OMG, she's a vampire!" phase and turn her into a better character.  I assume the next issue is going to set up the standard hero/hero misunderstanding battle.  This series continues to provide consistently solid stories.  They're never Earth-shattering or particularly insightful, but, just like this one, they're good reads.  Given the state of the other X-books, Gischler deserves a not insignificant amount of credit for that.