Young X-Men #12
Story: End of Days
Writer: Marc Guggenheim
Pencils: Rafa Sandoval & Daniel Acuña
Inks: Roger Bonet & Daniel Acuña
Colors: Ulises Arreola & Daniel Acuña
After just a year of stories, the Young X-Men are an end again. Young X-Man Dust is dead (relax, she gets better) and a lot of other X-Men cameo. The unfortunate fact of the matter is, we’re doing this again. This has been a great title with interesting characters, and a wonderful place in the X-Universe as Cyclops tries to train what could very well be the last generation of X-Men. Unfortuantly, Marvel doesn’t seem to feel the same way. There’s also some pretty unnerving sequences drawn by Daniel Acuña that are set in the futrue, showing the price paid for Dust’s revival, and needless to say its a pretty crappy outcome for such a beloved character.
I really can’t stress how sad it is to see this book go, and these characters be shuffled away, again. Like Anole says in the book, the Young X-Men seem to exist solely to be cannon fodder. Hopefully, Marvel will realize soon that these characters have a far greater potential than they give them. This is still a good issue, but its tainted by the foreshadowing of Dust’s future and the knowledge that we’re waving good-bye to these characters a second time.
Final Grade: C
