The X-Axis, 17 August 2003
Part 2 of 5: EXILES #30

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Exiles #30 concludes the three-part "Unnatural Instincts", and with it Chuck Austen's fill-in run.

I'm not going to waste time repeating what's been said before: this is not an Exiles story but a dull exercise in sequelling Austen's Uncanny X-Men werewolf arc.  The werewolves weren't worth publishing last time round, and they haven't improved any.  You would have thought that, by this point, Austen might have seen fit to provide them with some sort of coherent agenda, but evidently not.

There's some middling character material at the end, where Austen belatedly realises that he ought to do something with Nightcrawler and Nocturne.  Archangel ends up with a magic sword.  The art is perfectly pleasant.  It's still riddled with plot holes - can the creative team please make up their minds whether Alex has a severe injury or not?

Mediocre.

Rating: C-

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EXILES #30
Marvel Comics
September 2003
$2.99 US / $4.75 CAN

"Unnatural Instincts, conclusion"
Writer: Chuck Austen
Penciller: Clayton Henry
Inker: Mark Morales
Letterer: Dave Sharpe
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Editor: Mike Raicht

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