Fan-boys (and fan-girls) tend to hate it when I give 1, 2 and 3-star reviews of books they love. These people are a real problem, because they gobble up whatever Marvel (and DC) put out, regardless of the quality.
The quality of the stories here are fine, but issues 38 and 39 are part of the "Black Vortex" storyline that spans 5 or 6 different titles (which is available in another, complete trade). Readers are faced with either (a) only understanding 3 of the 5 issues in this story or (b) redundantly purchasing these issues 2x when buying the Black Vortex trade, which is a win for Marvel but a loss for the consumer.
The gem of this trade is the Jean Grey-Emma Frost training session in Madripoor. It is drawn and colored well too. The last two issues deal with the Utopians, and it's a pretty weak storyline that is really just filler. Nothing new, unique or particularly interesting happens in that mini-arc.
Bendis is bored with the X-Men here, and it comes across. It's time to move on to the Fantastic Four or Alpha Flight (that would be a trip).
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