4.0

Another great volume, what a surprise!

X-Factor is everything I want in a series. Noir, crime drama, investigations, with Mutants, and lol moments scattered throughout. This time we have Val and her brother coming to the X-Factor investigations to find out what happened to Sue, Invisible Woman. When Jamie and the crew go to talk to Mr. Fantastic they are right away thrown off balance. Something is not right here, there is EVIL around, and now the crew has to figure out how to save Sue and even the kids at the same time by traveling to new dimensions!

Good: The humor is spot on, so damn good, and so human-like that I can't help but love it. The art is also pretty good here, and consistent, which is nice. The storyline is easy to follow despite dimension jumping (thank god) and I also thought the fights were pretty epic. Monet grows as a character even more, and this series juggles so many storylines a issue really well it's amazing.

Bad: The fantastic four feel a little out of character. Val is pretty good but everyone else seems a little different, but that's pretty much it.

Overall, another fantastic volume (no pun intended). It's light at times but hits on heavy themes, which I love, and it's also really well told. I see now why Peter David is held to such a degree, he knocked it out of the park with this series to remain this fun this long. A 4 out of 5.