I forgot how much I enjoy Jim Lee's art. He made his debut a few issues back, but he becomes the regular penciler with Uncanny X-Men #267, and he adds his distinctive touch to Chris Claremont's stories. In this run, we have an arc featuring a Storm that reveals how she became so young and introduces another soon to be fan favorite character, Gambit. Jim Lee proves he is the right artist for the job with a solid Wolverine/Captain America/Black Widow tale, and after a year of waiting, we finally learn Rogue's fate.
[3-Stars] 265 - "Storm" Young Storm is robbing from the rich returning the stolen property she finds back to their original owners. She must keep a low profile to avoid drawing the attention of both Nanny and the Shadow King.
[3-Stars] 266 - "Gambit: Out of the Frying Pan" The Shadow King sets a trap to finally capture Storm, but she receives help from a mysterious Cajun thief in an issue that boasts the first appearance of Gambit.
[3-Stars] 267 - "Nanny: Into the Fire" Storm and Gambit are on the run from the Shadow King and his "hounds" while Nanny and Orphan Maker make their move.
[4-Stars] 268 - "Madripoor Knights" This is a really fun issue weaving together two related stories in Madripoor. The first is a 1941 flashback in which Wolverine helps Captain America and Ivan Petrovich save a very young Natasha Romanov from the sinister Nazi villain, Baron Strucker. The second story also has Wolverine helping Black Widow. This time, Psylocke and Jubilee join the duo in an attempt to stop the Hand and an alliance between Matsuo Tsurayaba and Fenris (Andrea & Andreas Strucker).
[3-Stars] 269 - "Rogue Redux" Rogue is back! She was sucked in with Nimrod/Master Mold back in Uncanny X-Men #247, but unlike the other X-Men, she retained her memories. She is also split from a very angry Carol Danvers (Ms. Marvel). Appearing at the Australian base, Rogue barely escapes the Reavers with the forced help of Gateway and finds peace and solitude in the Savage Land, but her solitude is violently ended when a disintegrating Ms. Marvel attacks. There is only enough life force for one of them to exist, so it is a fight to the bitter end.
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