All New X-Men #7 (Spoilers)

[PSB]

7 issues in and Bendis is still killing it. All New X-Men is the best x-book I've read in years. Great art, too. I wonder what Raven is playing at. Iceman Jr and Shadowcat scene was great.

Thoughts?

[Phillies64]

Loving it, but still not as much as WaTXM. It's a great time to be an X-Men fan.

[DarkKnightJared]

What I really like about this is that you're not entirely sure if Raven was genuinely trying to help Scott or playing him like a fiddle. Really well-done take on Mystique, IMO.

[AdamC]

It reminded me of X-Men evolution Mystique. She was well handled. During the bank scene I could sense Wolverine was ever-so-slightly off, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Then to find out it was Mystique... well that made the issue for me. Bendis is so good.

I really enjoyed the book, and I'm excited to see the development of Scott. Hopefully we get some action soon though, just to keep it moving.

[DakenLeBeau]

Great issue. I honestly get excited for All-New X-Men weeks!

[DarkKnightJared]

[AdamC]

[Phillies64]

I love these classic uniforms! I'm dreading the change.

[MadroxDupe42]

It's gotta be a bit weird for Kitty to be teaching the underage version of her current boyfriend.

Bendis' Mystique reminds me of Loki: always playing an angle, and possibly most dangerous when telling you the truth. Of course, that sort of shiftiness is perfectly fitting for her. I also appreciated that there were hints of Mystique from X-Men: First Class (mainly the "I'm here, I'm blue, deal with it" attitude), but with some understanding of the differences in their histories. Mystique from the movies couldn't say that Xavier was the only person who "gave a damn" about her, but it seems like a reasonable description of their comic universe relationship (even if it does seem to sell Destiny a bit short).

[russy_h]

My only problem with this issue is that, as a 'new' x-men reader, i had no idea that Raven was mystiques real name. I was thinking that Raven was maybe a mutant physically similar to mystique. It was only in the 'this month in the X books' bit that mystique was mentioned by name. A minor niggle to a great issue but it did confuse me a bit!

[DarkKnightJared]

Yep. Her full name is Raven Darkholme, if I remember right.

[Phillies64]

[pmaestro]

i agree with paul. this book is top shelf.
as for editor's notes. i'm So glad spider-man's the only place i have to deal with them. it's like Pop Up Video for comics. takes you right out of the story. it's like going to the theatre with a friend to watch "New to You 2" and your buddy keeps explaining shit from the first movie you didn't see. just let me read the comic. if i think raven's a new character for an issue, it doesn't matter. what's important is, there's this shape-shifting girl suggesting scott's only option is suicide, but she doesn't Seem to be 100% trustworthy. that's it. if this was your first comic - Ever - it would still be great. it's only made Greater being a longtime reader and knowing the extent of Scott and Jean's relationship, with the wedding and all, and knowing that kitty is currently dating iceman. if you weren't reading WatXM you wouldn't be lost because they don't mention it! that's what's SO SO great about Not mentioning garbage from other storylines... like how distracting would it be if storm was talking about making moves on wolverine (which she hasn't done yet cause she still has full hair, so the Date issue of WatXM hasn't happened yet)

anyway... what MIGHT be acceptable is if instead of editor's notes, they use more of those AR panels, like they did in Superior Spider-Man #3 (and all through AvX) it's still an ugly little square taking away from a nice looking page, but at least it's an ignorable logo and not a "Raven Darkholme aka Mystique has been a thorn in the side of the x-men since the 1980's! -Editor" or a "Scott and Jean were married in X-Men v2 #30 twenty years ago! TWENTY! gosh i feel old! -Editor"