The issue does an amazing job of showing the struggles of being a teen. The comic still is a fun adventure story for fans with characters fans are starting to see are just as flawed as they are. Read Full Review

From the quieter elements to the supervillain weapons auction, this is an excellently scripted book. Read Full Review

By moving away from the problematic premise of the title, and focusing more on the teen angst melodrama of the original series, it creates a more fun and enjoyable book. Read Full Review

This issue makes next to no mention of this premise, and as such, it makes it easy to focus on the relationships and dramas of the teen mutants and their teachers, and this is way more like the original series, so it finally i something that matches with the themes and feel of the original series more than just a title. Read Full Review

Average stuff. Revolving door villains is offputting. There was characters' developments but a lot of it was the unspoken love which did not come across as interesting to me. And the Kade concept has irked me for awhile.

The supervillain auction stuff turns out to background noise, which is actually a good thing for this title. (Kade Kilgore drops a huge insult on Quentin before fading out, which is fun.) Focusing most of her attention on Ben Deeds, Christina Strain paints a nicely-nuanced portrait of a realistic angsty teen. Speaking of realism, Eric Koda's art veers a little too hard into it. He sticks with clean linework even though the shortage of detail renders a lot of his characters interchangeable.