X-Men 232: Nerf Balls!

What we learn this issue besides that the X-Men have plush Nerf balls for your to squeeze and manipulate at your leisure. 

LIVE AND SLEAZY WAS EASILY THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S BEST LIVE ALBUM OF THE 70'S.

A SHARK ATE ME. A FUCKING SHARK!

WE'LL SEE HOW LONG I CAN KEEP THE BELCHING BIT GOING. I'M THINKING QUITE A WHILE.

 MADELYNE PRYOR YOU LOOK LIKE A LITTLE WHORE AND LITTLE PIECE OF TRASH.

JUST A LITTLE FUN NIGHT RAPE.

WOLVERINE: REMORSELESS SLAUGHTERING MACHINE.

I'm not the biggest fan of the Brood, but of all their major arcs, I think this one is my favorite. Playing up their body snatching qualities and less of their wacky space bugs society with living space whale ships.

This time, the Brood have come to Erf in a giant shark and start infecting a bunch of random schlubs in Denver Colorado. Some of these schlubs are actually mutants though, so the X-Pals have their work cut out for them. Also Madelyne Prior sees her husband, Cyclops, the best X-Men, getting awfully chummy with his supposedly dead ex girlfriend, Jean Grey, and freaks out.

This was more of a table setter for the next few issues, since the X-Folk only chase some Brood infected guy around for most of the issues and only confront a whole gaggle of Sleazoids (yeah they're still calling them that) in the last page.

Silvestri and Green continue to produce superb art and Claremont is his usual endearingly verbose.

That all sounded rather pedestrian. Oh well, more fighting next issue.