...Review: X-Men #26...

Review: X-Men #26 “The Burning World: Conclusion

This issue of X-Men feels like it’s playing a huge game of catch-up, getting all the women out of their problems, getting them out of the underground monster den, and getting the fight against Krakoa, Part Two over with as super-quick as possible.

And, a lot of that is because Secret Wars is coming faster now, and if I understood this correctly, every Marvel comic was told to hurry up and finish their current story arcs before Secret Wars, which shows here.

(Not that I’m really a fan of the Dragonball Z approach to comics, but “The Burning World” could have used one more issue.)

Yet—for all of the rushedness of the story—Wilson’s writing is so amazingly good because, instead of trying to do the super-quick-but-satisfying showdown with the Big Not-So-Bad, Wilson turned this issue into a meditation about loss and brokenness, pain and new beginnings.


Wilson made this issue about family.