And we're back again folks!

Yeah I'm blowing through these. It kind of helps I have a hazy memory for alot of these issues. The broadstrokes at least and its coming back to me the more I read.

I think we're getting close to when I stopped buying these - not for lack of interest, though gonna be honest that probably played a little into the choice - but because I had no job at the time XD

So we're three volumes and 19 issues deep into this series. We've lost 2 team members and unsurprisingly Calvin (Mimic), who comes from - by his own admission this volume - a fucking utopia of a world for mutants, is unraveling. BADLY.

Arguably Blink lived in the worst world (objectively speaking). Nocturne, Morph, Mariko and Sasquatch all came from similar enough worlds (in terms of how mutants are treated). So it makes sense its Mimic having a psychotic break over this. Dude may have been in his reality's version of the Brotherhood of Evil, but he did it mostly because he was bored. Soon as Xavier was like JOIN US, he joined up and rose through the ranks lickety split.

But lord his... petulance has definitely grown old. Also his admittance that he's essentially using Blink as a distraction from his pain made me want to murder him. I don't remember how in love she was with him, but just be upfront.

Contrasted with the evolution of Nocturne and Thunderbird's relationship, it makes him look worse. Go jump in a fire.

So we get Sentinel Reality, Lizard Reality (thanks Doc Connors), Namor vs Doom Reality (no winners there), interlude about Nocturne grieving (also maybe implied abortion?) and lastly Mojo Reality which...was sick (they do not explicitly state what's happened to Nocturne, but they sure as hell imply BAD STUFF).

Meanwhile Mimic is being a petulant little bitch. ( )

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It's been so long since I've read a graphic novel. I have a bunch of the Exiles that I bought cheap (way too cheap, trust me, the store didn't know the value of what they were selling.) Win for me. It still took me a ridiculously long time to start reading these. I wish I could have started with the first, but while I got lucky enough to get most of the series, they didn't have all of them.

It was easy enough to jump into the story. A group of superheroes were yanked out of their happy world where they actually mattered, and are forced to band together, "obey rules" and be sent to different worlds to perform a task, and then be zapped back again. If they continue to perform these tasks, one day they will be free to return to their own world, families, and loves.

Each story is good. The ending showdown is with the big baddie Mojo, who is just weird and gross. Nocturne's life is depressing with flashbacks and events. You get into the head more with Mimic and I find him perhaps my favorite character so far. Meeting WeaponX in a showdown story was also cool - another world hopping team forced together, including Spiderman.

The humor is fabulously adult. There's a few instances of bleeped profanities, pornography discussion, and a male member whining about not getting some despite most of the team being female. Plenty of action takes place and each story stands out individualized. ( )

I love everything Marvel. The storylines are incredible! They have everything you could want: action, adventure, comedy, romance, political intrigue, allegories, metaphors, etc. Some stories drag, some end too soon. ( )