Moon Knight #16: This issue is a bit slow since Moon Knight spends a lot of time listening to Tutor's rival, Lady Yulan, explain vampire politics.
Apparently Yulan worked for "the dread immortal Yi Yang" and claims to have killed a thousand men a century before Dracula was even born. But Yi Yang went nuts due to the immortality's inherent alienation, and Yulan fled.
Years ago, a still-human Tutor came to her with ideas about how vampirism could be humanity's next evolutionary step. She didn't buy it. When she refused to turn him into a vampire, he used one of her "brides" to turn himself.
Now Tutor wants to gain international recognition for his budding empire, and Yulan hypothesizes that he's coming at Moon Knight because he's afraid that Moon Knight is making his own vampires. (We found out Reese accidentally created Soldier after a piece of her heart entered his heart when they were shot.)
Yulan informs Moon Knight that she a truce with Tutor since otherwise he'd inform Yi Yang about her whereabouts. But she informs Moon Knight where he can find the conclave that Tutor is holding to gain his recognition.
Oh, also, it seems like Grand-Mal and the Nemean killed Hunter's Moon. Moon Knight will handle that well.
Star Wars: Darth Vader #28: If this Sabé storyline doesn't end soon, I'm done.
Pak is really taking it too far as Sabé stays with Vader even after he brings her to the Emperor to decide what her future is. The Emperor sees the darkness and ruthlessness in Sabé, so he encourages Vader to continue to mold her as an asset. I get that. After all, she's the Queen's Shadow turned just a Shadow, as Vader says.
Their first assignment together is on Skako Minor, where Wat Tambor's grandson, Jul, is stirring up trouble. (Vader killed Wat at the end of the Clone Wars.) Vader sends Sabé to infiltrate Jul's organization. I get that, too.
But Pak doesn't even try to explain why Sabé is still playing this game. Once Vader betrayed her by surrendering her to the Emperor (and not confronting the Emperor for his lies, as Sabé believed they were doing), why didn't she leave at the first opportunity? She didn't kill Vader because she trusted Padmé that there was good in Vader, but surely she has to see now that she was wrong.
Pak's failure to address her motives is making this story all the more unbelievable than it already is.
X-Men #16: Ugh. I actually liked this story more than I thought I would, except Duggan undoes decades of Alex's development and growth by turning him into an impetuous and jealous child (metaphorically, not literally).
The X-Men's mission is almost ruined when Alex suddenly - and for no reason that I can see - attacks Scott over the fact that Scott didn't support Alex joining the X-Men. Why they're having this fight in the middle of a high-risk mission, Duggan doesn't say. But Alex's attack accidentally (and conveniently) releases the real Perro (who Forge is impersonating inside the Vault). It takes the X-Men's best efforts to get Perro into stasis again. It's a cool fight, but I was enraged the entire time given how it started.
Meanwhile, the issue's preamble showed Forge approaching Sinister to help him build his suit, and the identity of the third mutant whose gifts Forge used to build it remains a mystery. It seems this mutant's gift will allow Forge to escape the Vault quickly, though his plan is set back a bit when it turns out the mutant he detected is Laura, not Darwin.
Forge is now worried Darwin is dead and the Children of the Vault have his powers, though I feel like he's underestimating Darwin's powers. After all, if he could live for decades inside Vulcan, couldn't he live inside Laura? I guess we'll see.
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