Uncanny X-Men #474

Uncanny X-Men #474
Oh my god, this is AWFUL. Utterly, completely nonsensical. I can't completely blame Tony Bedard for this mess, as he's trying to clean up the loose ends left by Chris Claremont when he was forced to leave due to ill health, but I really don't believe that Bedard had any idea what Claremont was trying to accomplish with this story. Of course, in much of his more recent work, even Chris Claremont doesn't seem to have a clue as to where he's going. X-Men: The End is just the most recent example, but does anybody remember Sovereign Seven? Even the introduction of Power Girl couldn't make that title readable. And what happens to Jamie's mates? Apparently, they just wander away while the X-Men pose and Bishop takes a cellular phone call from Ororo in Africa. I must restate, this was AWFUL. I just hope that the next, non-Claremont storyline makes sense, because this is rapidly turning into a title to avoid at all costs.