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New X-Men: Childhood's End, Vol. 5: Quest for Magik by Craig Kyle, Skottie Young, Christopher Yost
4.0

And here comes the end to Kyle's run on X-Men. Shame too because this was pretty entertaining stuff.

The final arc includes Magick and honestly, never been a huge fan of her. However, the devil comes out to play and he's kind of pissed off. He wants her back and these poor X-Men kids have to go through hell (no pun intended) to survive. Half the group is split up and that makes for some very screwed up deaths, fights, and mayham. The last two issues are basically a closing chapter, a goodbye to a lot of characters, and also the prologue to these kids entering Massiah Complex event (which already reviewed and it was awesome!)

Good: I really enjoy this art. Very cartoony but it works so well. The characters all get a chance to shine here, and it's about the whole team which was nice, and of course in bloody fashion we have some screwed up deaths. I also thought the closing chapters were bitter sweet since what comes next is not too nice.

Bad: I thought it was a little heavy on the action. I could have used a few more somber moments or funny moments with the kids and of course with the series getting canned it feels a bit rushed.

Overall this was really fun run. It had great moments throughout, mostly good, never really terrible, and that's all you can ask for. A 3.5 out of 5.