I’ve mentioned before how I really like Jason Aaron and
that makes it all the more disappointing that the volume 7 of Wolverine and the X-men is probably the
lowest point of the entire series. It’s a shame because for a while Wolverine and the X-men was the best
X-men title at Marvel. With X-men: Schism
in 2011 Aaron was spearheading the line and thanks in part to his efforts and
the efforts of many other writers it was an exciting time to be reading X-men
comics. That was true for almost a year. By the time the Avengers vs. X-men comic around, Wolverine and the X-men along with all the other X-men titles were
pulled into a companywide event. The stories radically shifted focus but Aaron
was still able to write interesting stories, despite the Marvel Universe’s new
direction.
It wasn’t all bad though. Since the series written by
Aaron wasn’t the only one affected it still remained the most enjoyable and
consistent X-men comic. When I reviewed volumes 5 and 6, my enjoyment was based
on the return to form following the interruptions Avengers fighting X-men and
nobody being really satisfied with the event. The downside to those volumes is
that you could easily sense that Aaron and his team of artist were working hard
to rebuild the momentum the series had lost during the event. It’s great that
they were doing so but it also made those volumes feel like they were laying
the ground work and everybody was holding back a little. At the time I
hypothesized that the series was building towards a big storyline which was
meant to pay-off on all the subplots that were building since the first issue.
