X-Men 26

Man, I hate to say it, G. Willow Wilson, but this storyline was bad.  About one, maybe two issue’s worth of story in a four-issue bag… I think one could easily have cut the entire issue spent fighting giant bug-monsters in a cave and the story would not have suffered for it.  I have nothing against the idea of an all-female cast as a matter of principle — see Fearless Defenders for a great example of how to do it right — but when it comes to an X-team comprised of Storm, M, Rachel Grey, and Psylocke, they’re all too bloody similar.  Three of them are telepaths, for pity’s sake.  The thing about X-Men is that their diversity gives everyone something to play off with each other, be it their background, powers, motivations, or gender.  These four women, each within the context of the X-Men, just don’t have enough tension or conflict to make for an engaging team dynamic.  (Hence that time Brian Wood turned Rachel into a lunatic, constantly demanding of Storm, “Who went and made you leader, anyway?!”)  The story ended well as they tried to reach a deranged Krakoa monster that had been experimented on and weaponized years ago, but ended up bring forced to destroy it… but all in all, I’m glad my hex took effect and brought about this series’ cancellation as just one X-title too many.