All New X-Men #30
by Brian Michael Bendis
and Sara Pichelli
All New X-Men is a playground. It gives today's artists and creators a chance to play with the characters they grew up with. The original cast was brought forward in time allowing Scott to travel with his father, Jean to see how powerful she could be without the Phoenix force, and Bobby to use the same jokes on new people.
The one thing about the All New X-Men is that you get to do all new things, although I wonder when the All New X-Men will become old and Marvel will start over with the All New, New X-Men #1.
Issue 30 cheats a little by relying on the artwork for almost four full pages with no dialog. It reminds me a little of G.I. Joe #21, but not as good. I liked the idea of X-23 being happy with someone and at first it looked like it would be Scott, which felt natural, but it's with Warren, as the cover dictates, and it feels forced.
Jean begins training with the White Queen. This is just wrong. I still consider her to be from the Hellfire Club, the image of her presiding over Kitty Pride telling the New Mutants that they will forever be hers from the last page of New Mutants #15 will forever be etched on my psyche.
Jean Grey seems a lot smarter, while Emma is still a bit... Emma, and that is only the fist half. If you like Guardians of the Galaxy, you get a taste of that here. If you like crossovers, the last page works, and if you like a pacer issue between the Brotherhood and whatever comes next, this is it. All in all, a decent issue, but I am looking for something better, something maybe a little more old, than new.
3 stars out of 5
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