Professor X. is about to open his mutant school to combined humans and mutants. He works to unite both mutant and human but the death of a mutant by a human stirs anger in the students already at Xavier’s School For Gifted. Quentin (later known as Kid Omega) creates chaos and kindles the anger of his fellow students by using his mental powers and a drug that enhances each of their powers.

I have been going back to comics but only reading graphic novels that I find deals on so I am reading them out of order. Xmen has always been a favorite of mine. I prefer the original X-Men team but I like being introduced to new mutants. This is the second graphic novel I have read with Quentin (Kid Omega). In both, he has huge anger problems and really seems to mess things up and causing deaths. Not a big fan of him. I was interested in the Cyclops, Emma Frost, and Jean Grey triangle.

I had an issue with the art though. Especially with the way Quentin is usually drawn. Sometimes he looks like a girl and sometimes his facial features just seem off or not normal. Also, the gang that Quentin gets together wears these red and green sweaters that make them look like a Freddy Krueger gang. Maybe because they are a nightmare.

Still a Marvel fan I will continue to read comics. I think anyone who into superheroes or feels like an outcast will like the X-men comics. ( )

Wow, what a fast-paced issue! It's all action and shenanigans, with drug issues, rebellion and feelings of loneliness taking center stage. The opening issue is a bit of a filler one, but the rest is pure gold. And the art style is beautiful and stays consistent all the way through. I am starting to like Xorn, while the story focuses on the wrong new students (Beak is bland). But overall, the most interesting and consistent run of the New X-Men up to this point. ( )

Loving the "losers" gang and the new "bad guy". Great stuff. ( )

This volume was less to my taste. The Omega gang were too annoyingly written, and the X-Men were too ineffective/uncaring, until after things got serious, and then they were just as effective as usual. The story arc was too predictable, complete with "drugs are bad" messaging. ( )

I love everything Marvel. The storylines are incredible! They have everything you could want: action, adventure, comedy, romance, political intrigue, allegories, metaphors, etc. Some stories drag, some end too soon. ( )