Joss Whedon, he of Buffy fame, writing the X-Men! What could be better? The art by Cassaday (he of Planetary fame) is of course awesome and glorious.
The story picks up basically the day after Grant Morrison's New X-men run ends. I was surprised how directly the one leads into the other. Anyway, a scientist has developed a "cure" for being a mutant, which cuts to the core of the X-men. Beast and Wolverine fight it out over the cure, in fact. Beast of course is torn by the prospect of being human again. Whedon delivers fun dialogue, something he is good at.
Kitty Pryde is back on the team, along with her pet dragon. Kitty is a great character, part grizzled veteran, part wide eyed newbie. The plot sort of fizzles, as the issue of the cure is not adequately resolved, but I'm assuming Whedon comes back to it later. I will rate it 7 out of 10 pet dragons.
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