It seems as if the mutant energy vampire Selene has found an all day and night buffet of mutant power. Undead mutant power of course, and these particular resurrected mutants have been dead since a devastating sentinel attack on Genosha so many years ago. With her new scheme finally revealed does Cyclops’s X-force have any means of stopping her from becoming the new closest thing to a god?

November’s issue of Uncanny starts off with a bang as we find our X-men’s Utopia under attack by not one, but rather five Predator X’s. It’s time to see Matt Fraction, Greg Land and crew serves us up some of the best mutant action in the buisness. And may I certainly say that they more than delivered.

Peter David, accompanied by artists Bing Cansino and Marco Santucci, ushers in the 200^th issue of what may be the most underrated of Marvel’s X-titles. Has it really been 200 issues? In a technical sense, sure, but really this is the 51^st issue of Peter David’s run. X-Factor is but one of several Marvel titles to be renumbered this year; other titles to receive this treatment include Thor, Incredible Hulk, Daredevil, Captain America, and . . . Deadpool?!

That last one was a joke, and Marvel knows it.

Gillen and Sanders continue their outer-space romantic-action-comedy with a solid second issue.

The pace of the first chapter is maintained as Gyrich begins collecting Earth's known aliens. Among the captured are Noh-Varr (Marvel Boy), Jazinda (Skrull and partner to She-Hulk), Joe Ego (who?), Beta Ray Bill and fellow-Korbinite Ti Asha Ra, Adam X, Hepzibah, the S'Thalin family (Z'Nox defectors), and Karolina Dean (of the Runaways). Also detained are any supporters of Abigail Brand.

This issue starts off with a bang as we are introduced to a new threat to the beloved Utopia and the return of Magneto! However the Master of Magnetism has not come looking for a fight, instead he has come looking for the leader of the X-Men - Cyclops. What is Magneto’s ultimate motivation, why has he  truly returned ?

New Mutants #6, by writer Zeb Wells and artist Diogenes Neves, begins the series's Necrosha tie-in arc. In spite of my dislike for previous issues, I have given this new chapter a chance to again spark my interest in the series. I had no idea what I was in for.

Picking up after the events of issue five, the team heads to the base on Utopia where they reunite with Charles Xavier. During this suspiciously upbeat moment, however, a virus-infected Doug Ramsey (messed with by Selene) watches from the shadows outside. While I am unfamiliar with the character, I found myself—temporarily—fascinated by Ramsey as he gives the reader an interesting insight into the true meaning of the words spoken by Xavier and the others. He reads their body language and facial movements, translating them into the statements they imply. I found this to be the most interesting part of the entire issue, though it was jarring at first.

It seems that Selene has resurrected an army of undead mutants and is attempting to destroy the Utopia Scott Summers built. It also seems that it’s up to our friendly neighborhood X-Force, to kill them all before it gets out of hand. For classic X-fans this will bring back fond memories as many classic mutants such as Darkstar, Pyro and many more make a return from the dead in this issue. Selene wisely brought back characters to torment the X-Men who may have connections with the undead. Does Selene have a much darker wish to fulfill with her newly formed army of the dead?

X-Necrosha, not only being a plague - I mean...play on Genosha's name, was one heck of bangin' start to this X-Men crossover. For those of you that do not know, X-Necrosha is the story of long time X-Men foe Selene, making her move to destroy the people that she felt destroyed her. Her ancient lover, Eli Bard is backing her with an undead army of mutants that he resurrects using the stolen Techno-Virus from Bastion. Selene starts things off by attacking various X-Teams on the new headquarters of Utopia. She shows great strategic skills by sending the (un)dead team of Hellions to confront Emma Frost. They catch her off guard and attempt to attack her but Cyclops, Domino, and Wolverine jump in to help. Wolverine makes an attempt to end it fast by stabbing a Hellion but the impaling has no effect and Wolvy is knocked into the ocean thus, taking a big player off the board early. The same strategy is used when the resurrected Cypher uses his past with Magma to infiltrate her room and sneak attack her. Another battle highlighted is the resurrected Pyro and Berserker taking on Warpath and Archangel. The story ends with Selene and her Inner Circle stepping on the shores of Hammer Bay, Genosha with the idea of resurrecting the dead.

How would you like another great Wolverine book? That’s right I thought you might enjoy it, and I know I did. This series has come onto the scene very fast and I haven’t read an X-book that started off so well since X-force. This issue takes the ol’ kanucklehead into a place he’s never been. Wolverine has somehow ended up in a psych ward. Logan can remember a good deal about who he is, but he can remember the X-men and many of the important people in his life. Has Logan become completely irrational or is there something more sinister at work here? Will he ever escape this prison of the insane?

Issue 32 finds the X-Men continuing their battle with the “organic” sentinel.  We’re also treated to the return of The Brood.  The battle wages on in the streets of San Francisco until an unlikely hero ends it for good.  Afterwards, Abigail Brand lays quite a shocker on the X-Men and we’re left with yet another cliff hanger ending.

Ellis’ writing continues to shine in this new arc.  After plodding through “Ghost Box”, it seems he’s finally hit the mark.  The character writing is spot-on and in my opinion, this arc should finally get X-fans to stop mourning the loss of Whedon on the title and embrace Ellis as the full-time writer of Astonishing.