![]() Hellbound, on the other hand, is directly linked to the main X-Men narrative, forcing the storyline to act in a more traditional fashion. Psylocke brushed up against the X-Men world only tangentially, instead busying itself with Betsy's own personal adventures in Japan. Harvey Tolibao reunites with his Psylocke collaborator on Hellbound, but unfortunately I found the artist's style was a better fit for Betsy Braddock's exploits than this squad's. ![]() She has a lot of trusts to earn, and it's somehow fitting that the only characters willing to risk their lives for her are essentially bullied into it. ![]() The overwhelming opinion on Utopia is that they're all better off without Illyana around, which sets up a good underdog angle for the newly returned New Mutant. That said, Hellbound is more about Sam's new team and their history with Limbo than Illyana (who only appears in a flashback of a scene in New Mutants #12). Frankly, these underutilized faces are the ones I'd chose to read about over more overexposed team members like Wolverine, Psylocke, Emma, and Cyclops. For Hellbound, Chris Yost assembles a squad that has something for every X-fan, featuring Cannonball leading the likes of Northstar, Pixie, Gambit, Dazzler, Anole, and Trance. We saw that proven in Mike Carey's "Necrosha" tie-in issues of X-Men: Legacy, where Rogue led a team which included members from all corners of the mutant world like Magneto, Husk, and Blindfold. One of the better features of the Utopia angle in the X-books is that with most of the mutants in one place, any dream team lineup could be just around the corner.
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