This issue of the X-Men: Legacy sees Mike Carey experiment with his story and it must be mentioned that he is doing a very fine job with it. The story seems to be growing with each new issue every month. Carey has managed to narrate the story beautifully with his wide range of characters and situations. Presently, the story has Rogue gearing up against Emplate but Carey has also got Bling who played the character of the trainee in X-Men.

Carey also attempts to explore the fate of Gambit at the hands of Apocalypse and uses the Utopia set up from the popular Uncanny X-Men. This gives Carey the access to Science Team and forgotten mutants like Ariel which you came across in Fallen Angels. Carey has really done a great job with the different characters at his disposal and you can see a nice playfulness surrounding in the script. The story has a wonderful mix of seriousness and humor. His genius is evident form the set up in the story which resolves the fight and chase scene making it fast and completely entertaining.

Daniel Acuna’s art is also very appreciative. His art looks as if it was printed on the page and his intelligent use of the background details and a sharp combination of lines and colors makes the images jump out from the page. Overall, this issue of the X-Men legacy is pure fun which utilizes the full X-Men cast keeping the focus on Rogue and promises to be a great read.

The Star War Legacy vol.36 is all about space battles and has no Sith, Jedi or pirates to mention. It is mostly about the political and military resistance among the many factions of fleets. Some of the plot points of this issue have been taken from the earlier issues and does not lead us to anything new.

In this issue, Admiral Stazi who leads the new alliance along with former emperor Fel tries to capture some of the ships which belong to the Sith empire. The trouble starts when Admiral Fenel who is sent by emperor Fel starts to control the Sith’s Empire. This eventually results in a split between Stazi and Fenel.

The plot of the story is complicated as it relies on the commanders who decide when and which ship to take out and also capture escape pods and to cut out escape routes. The story is overall very realistic and straightforward. The positions of the ships have also been taken into account as they have not been shown to drift too far from the place where they started.

The issue has some great art work thanks to the lack of action as there is no battle to show off. The issue focuses on the people who are in the command posts regardless of the fact that it is an issue about space battle. It also gives us a good knowledge of the strategies and situations which come across in massive space battles. Although it makes a good read, sporadic readers can afford to give it a miss.