This is a pretty amazing issue. I had low hopes for it, since the combination of the tie-in issue ("Inhumanity") and over-used trope ("Girls Night Out!") seemed to doom it from the start. But, Bendis really delivers. After all, we see Emma at her imperial best, which is always a plus. But, this issue isn't just a shopping trip. It's exciting because Bendis manages to create a "Cloverfield"-like atmosphere as the X-Men learn about a disturbance near where they're shopping. Beyond just the suspense factor, their confrontation with the Inhuman causing the disturbance really leads you to wonder whether normal is really an option for them.
But, Bendis raises implications of this event that go beyond this issue. He conveys the complicating factor that the wide-spread activation of the Inhumans is going to be for mutants. After all, it's extremely difficult to tell an Inhuman and a mutant apart. A.I.M. seems to see Inhumans as the evolution of the human race, raising the possibility that they'll receive a somewhat warmer welcome than the mutants if the rest of the world also sees them that way. As Emma implies, it's entirely possible that mutants will be blamed for the bad that either race does and Inhumans will be celebrated for the good. It certainly doesn't bode well for the X-folks.
**** (four of five stars)
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