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All New X-Men #10 Review

4 / 5

First thing I want to note - these are some dense books. Page number-wise the Marvel books tend to pale in comparison to their DC counterparts, but All New X-Men doesn't let that stop it. The panels are small and are mostly filled with dialog, which suits me just fine. What we're getting is a lot of plot, a lot of discussion, and a lot of character development. What you're not getting is large pages with nothing but an action shot of a character or a few panels per page with very little happening. This is truly maximizing your space, and I commend the creative team for making it happen. 

Anyways, issue 10 is the followup to last month's arrival of Cyclops and the Uncanny X-Men at Wolverine's school. It's appropriately tense / amusing watching the two sides confront one another verbally (with the exception of the lawn of the academy which does attack the Uncanny X-Men at one point… :) ). It's an important issue in that we get to see the young X-Men confront Cyclops for the first time. What makes it particularly satisfying is that instead of it being in the context of a fight like most books would have done, the story is told in a setting in which you know there's not going to be any action. It allows the dialog and the characters' motivations to build the momentum and tension, which really is an impressive feat. Major kudos to Bendis on this. The exchange results in the young X-Men questioning which side really is right in the fight. Meanwhile, Cyclops has left an invitation to the students of Wolverine's academy to join his Uncanny X-Men. There are a couple of twists towards the end that make this worth reading. It also leaves you with one hell of a cliffhanger that makes waiting for next month's issue a pleasure. Keep up the great work!