Scott Lobdell ends his run by bringing everyone together for a Lockheed-centric story.
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He tells the tale of Excalibur. He gets sick. And some X-Men show up to help.
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Except they’re actually warwolves in disguise.
There is lots of Lockheed backstory, if you’re into knowing more about the little dragon, and backstory for other characters.
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Other than that, it’s an opportunity for character development and it’s handled fairly well. I’m just so over this book at this point that it will take a massive overhaul to get me interested in it again. And it’s odd to have an issue that reads like a reboot when it’s a fill-in and a new team arrives right after.
At the end of the issue, Cable appears–he’s spying on them.
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But this doesn’t signify anything–next issue doesn’t build on it, and like I said it has a new creative team.