David Given Schwarm

Writer: Kieron Gillen
Penciller: Terry Dodson

The Story: (hide) Breaking Point Part 3 (of 4) What can one alien do with a single knife on an island packed full of some of the most powerful mutants on Earth? Anything he wants — as long as none of them are awake. Revenge runs red and debts are bloodily settled as BREAKING POINT approaches its climax.

I picked this up at Alakazam. I read it at Peets by UCI on a Friday after attending Reggae Day.

It was a great afternoon and that likely helped my enjoyment of this comic which felt like a bit of a throw back X-Men issue to me. I had been very upset by Magneto being depicted as a chump in the last issue and here we again see one man fairly trounce most of the X-Men. Of course, Wolverine is not defeated, which just further cements the lameness in my mind. The end was strong, but it felt like this issue and the last could have been combined and moved this story off the front burner faster–there is so much other good stuff going on around this story that I really wish it would just end.