BLIIIIINNNKKKKK - we're back friends!

Oh boy are we back.

Sigh.

Okay so the first...third of this volume I hated. Like. I can't properly enunciate why I hate it, and since this is a personal review I don't have to. Just know I hated it. Also it would have been maddening to me with what they did AGAIN - we finished with the Exiles, Sunfire is dead, Blink is back...here's 5 issues with THE OTHER reality hopping team Weapon X, but it apparently matters for the next story arc for the Exiles.

As a sidenote, I really hate when stories do that in individual comics. That means it was a SIX MONTH WAIT to find out what it meant that Blink was back. Six. Month. Wait.

Anyhow so the Weapon-X team has a couple new people, including Hyperion who I don't know at all, but I'm getting he's a bit like if Superman went Tyrant God? He immediately is like "nah let's not kill everyone and do the mission...LET'S INSTEAD TAKE OVER THE WORLD". When that doesn't...quite...work out....ugh when that doesn't work out they skip out of that reality and go to a new one.

We come to find out that between that mission (Mission Die) and the one in which the Exiles stumble into (Mission Die Part 2) there was a couple in which Gambit managed to fu...er mess with the crazies in the group (Hyperion, Ms. Marvel, Spider) enough that they could you know, avoid committing genocide for funs.

God I hate these people.

In comes the Exiles, Morph is mad at Mimic, Mimic is emo'ing left and right, Illyana is being Illyana. Blink is all sorts of confused, but not QUITE as confused as Weapon X Gambit who just wants everyone to remember to eat okay? Weapon X Gambit fills everyone in - Hyperion has gone completely rogue taking Spider (who let's face it was always a murderous idiot) and Ms. Marvel (wow Carol you uh went dark huh) with while he decides this Earth is nice enough to be the ruler of.

Things happen, including some insight (that may have been a lie anyhow) into Illyana's behavior, Morph coming to grips with certain things (though that felt a bit forced) and Blink proving she does deserve to be the leader. And more shady Timebroker "I'm a construct of collective consciousness" shenanigan's which NO ONE BELIEVES SO STOP THAT.

The last two issues are Nocturne talking about happy memories she has about her father/world. Which 100% will have no bearing on a future plot for the series I'm sure. This series LOVES giving us heart warming moments for no story reason at all. ( )

Enjoyable but not my favorite. There is a lengthy backstory for Nocturne. Usually I like these but this one wasn't holding my interest. The Exiles and Weapon X are merged into a surprising situation that is series changing. Glad to see Blink has returned, even though I can't really figure out why or how that's possible. ( )

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