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3.0

I'd put it at a 3.5. I really thought this was better than recent runs I read of X-men.

I'll be honest, I am not a HUGE X-Men fan. I enjoy them. They're cool. I love the "idea" of them more than the product. Saying that, I'll always enjoy a good story with my favorite mutants. This one is more about the team working together and it just feels like a fun little adventure. More like a TV episode of the X-Men. Kitty is running the X-men and right off the bat I'm happy. I love her. She's a natural fit for being a lead. With the rest of the team she tackles some tough fights but also focusing on becoming the new X-men team to help. Against racist politicians and crazy sentinel creators the team of X-men have to face adversity once more.

Good: I dug Kitty as a leader. She's awesome. most of the team is pretty cool too. Rachel is smoking hot. Also how fun was Gambit here? For once he didn't actually annoy me. I also really liked the first half a lot for it's plot points and the art kicked ass.

Bad: The 2nd half suffers from a plot we've seen a few too many times and the art goes down a few notches. Also Old Man Logan is just not...fun? He's too...meh.

Overall I enjoyed this quite a bit. It's easy read, fun moments, Kitty is Boss, and I'll continue reading as long as it stays being this enjoyable. I don't expect to be blown away but most X-Men comics don't do that for me. So this works. A 3.5 out of 5.