The biggest problem is simple. This entire story is just... god awful. Everyone is out of character except for Santo. Really, his lines are the sole enjoyable part of the story. He's an ass, but you can't help but love him. Back to what I was saying, let's take a look at the characters here. Cyclops is presented as ruthless and cold. He's acting alone, which is literally impossible when you're bedding down with a telepath. And oh, he's grouped together kids to go kill some old students. Wait, isn't there already a X book out about mutants that kill? X-Force. Guess what? It's characters? They actually stay in character. How quaint.

Dani is even shown putting a gun to Blindfold's head. Dani would never do this. She's a voice of reason, for fuck's sake. Now I'm supposed to accept that she'd gun down one of the kids she not too long ago looked after? Bullshit. Now, I know there's the whole clue earlier in the book that this isn't even really Cyclops (the sentinel thing said five mutants in the room, but he should make six). Seriously? That's the hook here? Wow, how original.

The only scene more underwhelming is the "big reveal" at the close. Ink sucks, this books sucks, Greymalkin looks like Caliban Jr. and I'm frankly glad I was given this issue because had I paid for it I'd have been so pissed off I couldn't even properly put it into words.

By the close of this book.