And so we come to a close for Wood's run on X-Men. It's a shame because it felt like he could have went on another few arcs. This is the boiling point. Jean wants the mutants to unite on Tian. Her little world in the sky. She believes mutants must come to her, that she's right, and basically she becomes the villain of the series. Kitty decides to step down and take the fight to Jean. The lines are drawn and non-violence is out the window!

What I liked: The build up is great. Jean trying to move her pieces to get Kitty to fight back was great. Loved watching Kitty fight back with both her fist and intelligence. The ending kind of hits a bit hard for Kitty because realize that the whole thing about Mutants is humans don't really care about them. They can all be wiped out and it would be nothing to the government. How fucked up is that?

What I didn't like: The change in Jean's character was evident through the run but she just felt a bit too "Evil" for the sake of being a "big bad" instead of earned it. I also hated the fallout with her, felt lifeless and waaaay to glossed over.

This was another solid book but not great. I still think Wood's best is volume 1, with volume 2 and 3 still solid but not as good. I really think if Wood had a few years to flush this out he could have made one of the BEST X-Men comics of all time. As it stands it's GOOD but not GREAT but sometimes that's the best we could get.