Young X-Men #7 (2008)

This series rapidly went from an intricately plotted serialized tale to one with done-in-one stories that tie together through a few plotlines.  I tend to prefer the latter, so I’m happy about this.  I’m also happy about it because the first arc didn’t make much sense (which was on purpose–it made sense after the big reveal that Cyclops was actually Donald Pierce in disguise), while these stories are pretty easy to digest.  In a year where nearly every other series was connected to the massive Secret Invasion event, it’s nice to have smaller and simpler stories.

OK, having said all that, here’s what happens here: On the cover, Rockslide tells us that one of the crew is not a mutant.  Much of the issue is dialogue and character work as each member defends their own mutant status.

For the “action” story, they go to an island that turns out to be alive, like Krakoa, and it feeds on mutants.  When it rejects a meal of Ink, they learn he’s not a mutant.

After the adventure, Dust visits Donald Pierce in his jail cell and Pierce tells her that although Ink isn’t a mutant, his tattoo artist, Leon Nunez, is…

That’s a cool revelation.  Marc Guggenheim is doing a wonderful job at keeping little mysteries and reveals going.  In the same conversation, Dust says that she is dying–but we don’t know more details yet.

Site note: For simplicity, I tagged Krakoa as a character appearing.  I know that not all islands look alike (I’m not a racist), but since they’re all manifested on Earth I’m just group tagging living islands as Krakoa.  I mean, who’s to say that they’re not all related?