Writers Eve L. Ewing & Evan Marcisse

Pencilers Tiago Palma & Eduardo Pansica

Inkers Tiago Palma & Oren Junior

Color Artist Brian Reber

Letterer VC’s Joe Sabino

Variant Cover Taurin Clarke, with Lockheed

Shadow Play, Part Two

Issue opens in a nightmare barren realm.

We see Kitty Pryde, Psylocke, Beast, Nightcrawler, Gambit, and Magneto, as they adjust to their new space.

We are treated to Demon versions of our X-Men, which is pretty intense.

Clearly, our X-Men learned a very important lesson from the Pokemon First Movie, and switch up opponents. That just makes sense.

Calico is leading Loolo and Loa to Louisiana, as Bronze and Marigold watch on.

Hopefully Marigold isn’t secretly a camera for Mister Sinister.

Cheslea St. Junior puts the Louisiana visitors in a dome, as that is her power.

We get a hint that maybe Shadow King is involved with this plot.

We get a connection to Uncanny X-Men / Unbreakable X-Men’s Shuvahrak plot, and maybe we are in Penumbra?

Kitty gets a quick update on what Shuvahrak and Perumbra is. No one is sure why Shuvahrak has taken the form of Emma Frost.

Demon Kitty is pretty intense.

Right when everyone needs it, Calico and Ember arrive to save the adults! I love so much that Calico and Ember are being spotlighted this issue.

I just wish we got a moment with Kitty and Becca & Ember this issue.

Scott & Emma have rejoined Graymatter Lane.

I like Axo being the one to mention that Kitty is also missing.

Calico is so happy to be reunited with everyone. Truly the X-Men are United here.

As is Ember!

Five Minutes Later.

Magik is here too! And as per the rule, Magik and Kitty Pryde cannot talk to each other. Why are they not at least sitting together?!

Marigold is here, still with Bronze, so we’re not even having Kitty and Marigold have a moment.

Or, heck, Magik and Marigold can finally meet.

Though I am a sucker for when all of our merry mutants are together.

I love so much that Magik’s War Captain instincts kick in.

You can just tell that Marigold is very impressed.

I’m not sure why Kitty doesn’t update Emma about Penumbra, and the giant Emma demon. Now is the time to do so.

Issue ends with Wither and Blade arriving, so maybe we’ll get more answers next issue?

This has been my favorite issue since the first issue.