Writer & Artist Peach Momoko
Script Adaption Zack Davisson
Letterer Travis Lanham
Peach Momoko, Zach Daivsson, and Travis Lanham give us such a compelling penultimate issue! I believe we only have one more after this.
We are introduced to Makoto Amano, who I feel is very Doug Ramsey coded, but I may be completely off base here.
Issue opens with Akihiro still being tortured, so we shouldn’t forget that is happening.
Every couple pages, like chapter breaks, we get this very intriguing hand written information.
# 0 Amano, who is the escaped 256.
# 1 March 2024, Hisako. 256 is telling Mei that Armor is still around. But he’s like a ghost?
# 4 June 2024, Nico. Nico gets a warning from a pair of floating red eyes.
# 5 July 2024, Secret Society X-Men, I want this spin off!
# 5 July 2024, Natsu. Amano taunts Natsu, which isn’t very nice.
# 8 October 2024, Meat case. Good reminder that Kanon’s brother was one of the first characters introduced.
# 9 November 2024, Kanon. Amano helps Kanon channel her ancestors through her stick.
# 9 November 2024, friend. Mei hasn’t given up on Armor yet. Didn’t issue 22 end with Christmas? Interesting that we have gone back to fill that skipped time.
# 11 January 2025, New Home. Natsu is taken back in with the Children of the Atom. Who Amano hates as much as he does the X-Men it seems.
# 12 February 2025, Purpose. Mei is told Armor is still out there.
# 13 March 2025, Crew. Natsu isn’t sure if she deserves to be part of the team. She should be part of the team!
# 22 December 2025, Result. Did Mei get merc-ed? We see her face, with what appears to be blood coming at her, from her? I’m not sure. Such a crucial page to not know what is happening?! Amano clearly did something to her, as he floats into the sky, and appears to be another shadow like being?
What the heck is going on?!
Issue ends with Hi-Chan, maybe? Seeing Iron Lad’s big speech.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 