I was trying to figure out if it's a 3 or 4. It's more like a 3.5. It's by far the best volume of the Ultimate Comics run after Ultimatum for X-Men. After the mutants still here create a area for themselves called Utopia it's time to fix up their community. There's only around 20 left and most follow Kitty's ideas and rules. She is the one who liberated them so why not follow her?

When Kitty and crew create a magic seed that can cure world hunger Tony Stark comes over to help them promote it but also protect them. This volume is heavily focused on the political side of it all. There's very little fighting and mostly people trying to figure out what they want. With Naomi back and going against everything Kitty has going for it, and similar powers to Magneto, we can see them drifting apart. On top of that the remaining mutants are taking sides.

What I liked: Loved most of the dialog in this. Most characters are teenagers or young adults. They have no clue what to do and watching Kitty begin to break down is both scary and sad. We also see other characters battle their internal demons and try to find who they are. The idea of the seed was great and having support cast of Tony show up was great because brought new layers to the story that could have fell apart.

What I didn't like: Some characters switch their alliance way to quick. Some felt wrong or not earned. Also stormfront, the prequel story at the end for Storm was just okay.

I really dug this volume. I bumped it to a 4 because I was really invested into the characters this volume. I'm hoping it continues and finishing up strong. Wood gets what the X-Men are about. Wished he wrote the main series now.