If we would've gotten through this issue without someone mentioning "Acts of Vengeance," I would've asked for a refund. It only makes sense that it was Deadpool who got us there.
Bunn partially answers the question that I had from "Axis" #2, namely why the villains that join Magneto's little band of bad guys actually do so. Some of the recruits I get. Doom and young Loki don't want to see the world destroyed; Deadpool, Mystique, and Sabretooth have skin in the game when it comes to making sure the Red Skull doesn't imprison mutants in concentration camps; and Carnage will just enjoy the violence. I'm a little more sketchy when it comes to Absorbing Man, the Enchantress, and Hobgoblin. The Hobgoblin tie-in series might make it a bit clearer when it comes to him, but it would've been nice to get an answer about Absorbing Man and the Enchantress. But, given that Bunn does a better job here explaining how the villains get to the battle field than Remender has done with the heroes, I can't really complain too much.
Bunn doesn't just make this issue about Magneto setting up the team. I'm not a regular reader of this series, so I'm not sure who this Ms. Raleigh is. But, she does what she needs to do here, reminding Magneto that he's the type of man that, in the words of a woman that he saved, "can do the bad things so that we [the mutants] can survive." It's obviously a curated reflection on his history, since you could argue that mutants have suffered because of the reputation that Magneto has given them. But, it does the trick. (Plus, it's not the Skull is acting because he fears mutants given Magneto's history. He's just a racist asshole.)
So far, the tie-in issues in this series have been better than the actual main series, so I've got no complaints. It's all you can ask of a tie-in issue.
*** (three of five stars)
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