New X-Men? #112

Now On Sale Monthly! X-Men #112

“Magneto Triumphant!”

Chris Claremont and John Byrne

Synopsis

Taken captive by Magneto, the X-Men are forced to fight for their lives against the Master of Magnetism! (It’s not going to go well)

Rolling Commentary

Look kids! A Perez cover! Awesome! Also, I personally find this month’s retitling humorous.

Page 3. Man, Magsy, I know you can turn just about anything into a flying car here, but seriously, you couldn’t have gotten something just a little more badass? And Wolverine: Dude. Magneto. Metal claws. Back away slowly.

Page 6- I know this sounds absurd, but Magneto is totally serious. The 60’s were filled with Magneto robots. Really.

Page 7. It’s nice of Magneto to be gentle removing Mesmero from the fight, isn’t it? Good for Mesmero that he’s a mutant, and that the only thing he did to anger Magneto was “be annoying.” He’d be very dead if he’d actually pissed him off.

Pages 8 and 9. I totally dig Magneto’s Ice Fortress. Screw Superman’s hidey-hole of Solitude, THIS is a fortress!

Page 10: Cyclops! Colossus! It’s Magneto! Stop throwing metal things at him you idiots! And too bad about Beast, huh?

Page 15. Well. In five pages Magneto has single handedly dispatched the entire team. Again. Sweet.

Post Mortem

Magneto rules.

This is a kick ass issue, all the way around. The fight seen goes exactly the way it would have to, with the only real threat to Magsy being Phoenix. And since Jean’s powers aren’t completely under her control here, well, Advantage: Magneto.

Also, the final torture scene- Good times. Too bad those X-bastards are going to escape next issue.