Xmen 171.
The first thing I thought of when I read the intro was,oh no an X23 clone.
I was wrong though.Foxxy is the complete opposite of X23,for the most part.The scenes between her and Gambit are very heated and written pretty good.I'm glad to see Gambit becoming more involved in the X stories and hope he continues to.The art is great,but Wolverine looks too tame or something.The biggest problem,(imo) ,with this new story line is that it starts off almost too quick.You kind of get the feeling the intro was rushed and they just wanted to get this character in their ASAP.
So far I like the new xmen run though,mostly because of the darker tones it has taken (compared to Uncanny or Astonishing).
Issue 171 rating: 8.0
Cable/Deadpool issue 13.
I've been reading this book since issue ten(Cable fights Silver Surfer) and have been impressed.Reading this series realy makes me hope they make a Deadpool movie.It would be Sin City meets Hellboy!
I love the artwork and the the writing is halarious.In issue 13, the only thing I realy disliked was the Bin Laden clone who's death was the issues main focus.The end works like a laughable twist ending,but Deadpool fans will see it coming from the beginning.
Overall rating:8.5
Uncanny X men 461
I realy hated to read this.I hate Mojo and I belive Claremont could be doing a lot better than he is.As you could probably already guess,the X men turn into the X babies (including Juggernaut which is rather funny).The only moment in this issue which gave me anything worth readingwas when Juggernaut was talking to Strom about Sammy.The problem is resolved by the issues end (thank God),but at the same time makes it seem pointless.
Rating:3.0
House of M number 2
Okay,I missed out on the first one and I haven't been reading Excalibur,but the intro explained the idea pretty well to me.Seems pretty cool so far.I don't think as of now it has the kick Age of Apocalypse did,but it's still early in the game.
Rating:8.0