All New X-Men #8

Written by Dennis Hopeless

Penciled by Paco Diaz

Cover by Mark Bagley

Published April 13, 2016

   After being rescued from an attack by Toad, Scott Summers from the past rests in a hospital room as Hank McCoy and Bobby Drake hold vigil. Seeing Doctor Strange on tv in the waiting room, young Beast has an idea. He sets out to track down the mysterious warlock and see if there's a magical spell that could bring them all back to their time.

   He finds him in Idaho trying to exorcise demons from an entire town. Hank tells him he believes using magic is akin to cheating, but science has failed him and at this point he'll try anything. Strange throws him a portable third eye of Horus, and with that, Beast finds himself trapped in a demon filled horror world until he passes out. Later, the doctor explains that he was once a great surgeon, skilled in the world of science until his hands began to tremor and his gifts were gone. In learning sorcery, there is a certain science to all of it. But just as he finishes explaining this, he's attacked by a magma serpent. 

   Henry throws on the eye and assists - solving theorems and equations and showing Strange that sometimes the ability to fix problems can be equal parts science and magic. They fix their inter dimensional demon problems and the doctor returns the Beast's own personal demon, the little Nightcrawler clone Pickles. As the issue wraps, Henry McCoy learns a lesson. While there's no spell to return him to his time, Strange reminds him that there is one resource the young X-Man can always use: his brain. And with that, the issue wraps.

   When Brian Michael Bendis hatched a plan to bring all the old X-Men back, I was irritated at first. As a subscriber, All New X-Men became the flagship title and I was like "Oh what is this crap?!" I never would have thought I'd have gotten so much enjoyment out of it. It's really turned into a fantastic title and I look forward to it. This one again failed to disappoint... I give it a 9/10.

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