Holy fucking crap. Peter effing David, man. Just when you think that you're reading a nice character story, BAM, someone gets shot in the head.
This issue presents a story similar to the recent Doop issue of "Wolverine and the X-Men," where we learn that Pip is pretty much the glue that holds together X-Factor in the real world. If you ever wondered how X-Factor Investigations manages to make money, when Madrox often forgets to charge people, you learn how Pip makes it happen here. If you wondered how it manages to survive despite having a HQ in the middle of New York where any anti-mutant nutjob could just wander off the street to kill them, you learn how Pip makes it happen here. If you ever wondered how Pip manages to get some play, you learn (hilariously) how he makes it happen here.
Although Pip's narration drags at times, it's still a great character study, showing a more noble side of Pip that doesn't detract from his fun side. It leaves you hoping that you get to see more of Pip in the future. Of course, David wants you to think that, so that the impact of him getting shot in the head by the woman he was trying to get into bed earlier in the issue is all the more powerful. Plus, you're left wondering why this woman wants X-Factor to "fall." But, really, you're just hoping Pip is OK. I mean, he's OK, right? Right?
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