Wolverine and the X-men #20 Review

Wolverine and the X-Men has been one of the most consistent titles being produced throughout the whole of comic books. It is great to see that with this issue not much has changed. Jason Aaron is still doing a fine job, and this latest attempt has shown other writers how to write a great stand alone issue.

This issue mainly focuses on the attempts by Angel to introduce a new mutant to the school. We see how her mutant identity has developed from the very start, as well as her total reluctance to join Angel in travelling back to the school in New York. After a brief encounter with Mystique and the new Silver Samurai, she ends up joining the school, and I am looking forward to seeing how she gets on there. It really does not sound like much, but everything fit perfectly in a totally Jason Aaron kind of way.
What I did really enjoy was the character development of Angel. We learned in this issue that when his powers run out then he will cease to exist. Angel seemed fine with that as he believes he has a mission to find all the new mutants in the world and take them under his wing.
The last page also hints to future plans for upcoming issues. If what was teased at the end is written well then we may be approaching one of the best story arcs in the history of this title. However, I hope it is a bit of a slow burner as this battle between two separate sides really needs to be built up for a while I believe.

The art was hit and miss which is unusual for an issue in this series, however a stand in artist was in place. It wasn't terrible, in fact in some places it was great. It is just some things that did not look right. Beast for example looked terrible in every single panel he was in. Not really too big of a deal as the art in more places than not really did help tell the story and did not ruin the experience in the slightest.

All in all, another solid issue of everyone's favourite X-Men series. You know you have read a great one shot issue when it tells a separate story, as well as giving some great character development  and also developing future story arcs. A very nice read indeed.


Rating: 8 / 10