The cover might feature a sexually aggressive Scott on top of Emma, but the best part of this comic comes from Colossus and Magik’s conversation after losing their Phoenix powers. Luckily there’s nothing sexual about their encounter. Instead, Kieron Gillen brings a long-brewing tension between the siblings to a head and we are treated to a surprising revelation that comes as no surprise at all.
This issue takes place during Avengers vs. X-Men #11 (so read that first) and showcases a mental conversation between Scott and Emma. They eat mind-steak and drink mind-wine at a fancy dinner table in their minds while in reality they are waging a war. Unfortunately, Gillen does not give us any real insight into Scott’s motivations to commit the acts we see in AvX #11. Their whole interaction feels like the sparsest of appetizers, while the real meat and potatoes comes from the first half featuring Colossus and Magik.
Ron Garney does a fair job at rendering the events of the story, but at times his linework becomes too erratic and saps the sharpness from his drawings. There are a few standout moments, namely Colossus’s Juggernaut rage-out and Scott’s last two pages, but a lot of the smaller moments do not look as good as the big ones. While this issue does have a tidbit of interesting content, it ultimately becomes just another victim to the nature of event crossovers: you can hint at something cool that happens, but only the main event title gets to show it.
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