I think I’ll end every year by checking in on Iceman. It’ll
be a nice way of keeping track of how the character is being treated and my
ignorance of all things X-related. I may be looking forward to the Icemanongoing series, but I doubt I’ll still be able to make much sense of what’s
going on. Fortunately, this issue is light on continuity-related shenanigans
that would intimidate a new reader or make a seasoned reader’s head spin. There’s
some talk of “Egypt and Hank” and the blue kid (whom the intro page calls “Kid
Apocalypse” but the Internet calls “Genesis”) has a couple of panels talking about
what he would do for Apocalypse, but mostly it’s about young, newly out Bobby
Drake’s first time at a gay bar. And it’s just as adorable as it sounds.
