New X-Men? #102

All-New, All-Different X-Men #102

“Who Will Stop The Juggernaut?”

Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum

Synopsis

As the fight rages on at Cassidy Keep… um…. Well, the fight rages on at Cassidy Keep.

Rolling Commentary

*Sigh* Is it just me, or is the title of every single comic book that Juggernaut appears in some direct variation on the one used here?

Page 3. Dude…. Seriously, how strong is Wolverine? He just tossed Colossus! Holy shit!

Page 4. Is Juggernaut’s helmet made out of Adamantium or something?

Page 10. Jean Grey roomed with Misty Knight? Huh. I totally didn’t know that.

Page 11. Do you see?!?!? Charles is having his very own little freak out party right there, with absolutely no care at all for Scott’s feelings for Jean. I mean Jean just died (sort of), and he wants Cyke to fly across the Atlantic right this second on the off chance that the fight will still be going on in six hours. See? He’s a dick.

Okay… so what exactly are Black Tom’s powers here on page 13? Shooting lasers out of a stick? And WHAT THE FUCK are those things on the next page?!?

Post Mortem

Elves??!?!!??!???!? Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I swear…. Okay, as much fun as issues with nothing but fight scenes are, I feel safe in saying that if I had skipped over this issue I would be able to figure out what happened within a page of the next one. Because only three things happened:

1.) The X-Men had their asses handed to them by Juggernaut and Black Tom

2.) Scott told the Professor no to a stupid request of his, and Charlie blew up in his face, then had a seizure

3.) Elves or leprechauns or something equally fucking inane kidnapped Nightcrawler.

I have no idea how something that stupid got past the editorial department. Words fail me. I know this is filler, but seriously! Wasn’t the X-Men still bi-monthly at this point? And people had to wait ANOTHER two months for this stuff to finish? Geesh.

That being said, the fight itself was quite enjoyable. It’s just that nothing else happened. At all.

Leprechauns, man…