This Issue! Things Get Worse! #138

X-Men, All New! #138
“Elegy”
Chris Claremont and John Byrne

Synopsis
Jean Grey’s funeral prompts Scott to remember the past as he tries to reconcile with all that’s happened.

Rolling Commentary
Apparently Jean was 24 when she died. For those keeping track, Kitty Pryde is almost 14 now, so you can keep track of how much time has pasted from then to now and how old everyone is. Or something.

Page 2. This is all a recap of X-Men #1, if you missed that. And I guess Charlie always had a knack for sending in students against bad guys before they were trained.

Page 3. Bah. I’m not going to cover every single issue they’re recapping here. (Although Vanisher is issue #2, Blob #3, and the Brotherhood issue #4) Just trust me, its all old issues.

Page 5. Crazy alien abductions? Sacrifices to Tyrannosaurs? Man, I have got to read this stuff!

Page 7. I, for one, always kind of liked their original uniforms. But it’s probably just me.

Page 9. The Living Monolith was such a weird villain…

Page 11. Well, Cyclops, you thought the Professor was cruel because he was. He’s a dick.

Page 15. Here’s the real conformation that Jason Wyngarde is Mastermind’s real name and not just an alias.

Page 18. Exeunt Cyclops and Phoenix, enter Kitty Pryde.

Post (post) Mortem
It’s a sad little issue that brings a glimmer of hope to the X-Men at the end.

There’s not much to say about this issue, really. The entire issue is nothing but a recap of everything the X-Men have done up to now, which, though it wouldn’t have been the route I took with this story, I can understand why Claremont and Byrne decided to do it here. There’s not much more to say.

Jean Grey is dead. The X-Men will live on.