Strange Adventures And Apparitions #151

The Uncanny X-Men #151
“X-Men Minus One!”
Chris Claremont and Jim Sherman

Synopsis
Kitty’s parent’s pull her from the school and ship her off to Emma Frost’s academy. You ask me, something fishy is going on here.

Rolling Commentary
Man, Kitty’s parents are jerks. Or they don’t want their daughter to die horribly. One of the two. And yes, Nightcrawler, of course they can pull her from the school. They're her parents. Duh.

Page 4. Emma Frost is still an evil telepath. Shouldn’t Storm realize she’s probably manipulating the minds of Kitty’s parents?

Page 6. It’s the tearful goodbye page.

Page 8. Panel 5 is rather off-putting, isn’t it?

Page 9. Looks like Emma’s planted her consciousness into Storm’s body. Because she’s evil. I guess.

Page 12. Young Nightcrawler’s in love… it’s touching, really.

Page 13. …Until he gets zapped by a Sentinel, that is.

Page 15. Why is it that every time an enemy is “defeated” Cyclops seems sure that the team will never have to deal with them ever again?

Page 19. Man, Hellfire pawns are so completely useless. She’s on the ground, bleeding out the ears, but you guys still couldn’t capture her.

Post Mortem
Emma! Sentinels! Body swiping! Despite a really, really slow start, the second act of this issue was rip roaring action fun! Hurrah!

That all being said, the Hellfire isn’t the most organized of organizations, is it? First off, they never seem to be able to hire help that’s of any real use. Secondly, you notice how Shaw’s plan and Emma’s plan don’t really work together at all? Even though they’re the top two members? Hmm. Yes. As Big Barda would say, "They lack discipline." (No-Prize to whoever can name the exact reference!)

Emma’s got quite the set up at her school, doesn’t she? I wonder what will happen when she has her mental break down and leaves to help Charles? But that’s a long way off, I suppose.