Northstar has been having dreams – nightmares, in which the X-Men turn against him. And then the team is attacked by the Marauders, headed by Chimera, and a group of mercenaries. But it seems that Chimera is being controlled by someone else – not a mutant with superpowers, but someone very ambitious with some high-grade, cutting-edge tech, who intends to turn the X-men into her tools.
And in the middle of all this, Jean-Claude and Kyle get married.
The main story arc is pretty much standard fare, but very well done – tight and focused, with some surprising revelations and character development that’s a notch above what you expect from a superhero comic.
As for the relationship between Kyle and Jean-Claude, writer Marjorie Liu actually uses it to advance the plot in a number of instances – it’s an integral part of the story, not just a throw-away. (You can read my reaction to it here.)
Mike Perkins did the art, and my comments in the review of #51 hold: it’s well done, although sometimes a little too detailed, but the layouts are clear and the narrative doesn’t falter. Andy Troy’s color is fairly highly modeled, but it doesn’t detract from the images.
On the whole, this is a series worth looking at – Liu has done an excellent job of handling the gay relationship and it’s an absorbing story.
(A note: Northstar is sometimes referred to as "Jean-Claude" and sometimes as "Jean-Paul," in case you were wondering about the discrepancy between this and the Epinions review. Not My Fault.)
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