Friday, June 7, 2013

Wolverine and the X-Men #30 (HERE BE SPOILERS!)

I am glad that I accidentally picked up this issue since, OMFG, I am thrilled that Iceman and Storm admit what remarkably crappy teachers they are to have ignored Idie's suffering.

(Also, Kitty's response to the discovery that one of the teachers was a traitor was a little disturbing.  They have filters that regulate what e-mails the students can get from the outside world?  She uses a "localized thought enhancer" to read people's minds?  Maybe the kids aren't wrong in thinking that they couldn't do worse at the Hellfire Academy.)

The most intriguing part of this issue is whether Quentin really is working with the Hellfire Club.  He initially doesn't seem to be, particularly since he was apparently surprised by Idie joining with them.  That said, Toad also seems to be expecting him, so it's possible that his confusion over Idie joining just came from the fact that it wasn't part of the plan.  The main surprise, of course, is Husk, though, given her mental state lately, it's not all that shocking.  At some point, Aaron is going to have to explain why she's losing her mind, whether the Hellfire Club is manipulating her or if something else is happening.  But, for now, it certainly ups the emotional impact of the story.

Either way, though, I'm glad that we've at least finally moved into active conflict with the Kiddie Hellfire Club.  Their existence has dragged down this entire series since their first appearance and I can only hope that this arc will end with them finally leaving these pages and Aaron turning his attention to the students, as this series seemed to originally promise.  Fingers crossed.

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