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Ultimate X-Men, Vol. 9: The Tempest by Chris Eliopoulos, Brian K. Vaughan, Justin Ponsor
4.0

Sinister: I know Xavier's greatest weakness.
Xavier: What are you doing?
Sinister: STAIRS!

*Proceeds to throw Xavier down a flight of stairs*

Okay I know it's bad to laugh but it did, and Sinister is a piece of shit here but damn if he isn't fun. I love a good villain and when Sinister is introduced as a horseman to Apoclypse, the X-Men have a new baddie to deal with. Rogue, Nightcrawler, Angel and more get to shine here as new members of the X-Men team. We also get Dazzlers crazy ass to help too.

Overall, this is a quick but fun volume of X-men. To see them all have to figure out how to stop someone as sinister as Sinister was fun. Brian K Vaughan keeps the dialogue tight with some good jokes, good character motivation, and fights. This continues bendis strong run for the series and I'll jump into the next one soon!

A 4 out of 5.