Writer Ashley Allen

Artist Edoardo Audino

Color Artist Arthur Hesli

Letterer VC’s Clayton Cowles

Variant Cover Benjamin Su

I love this issue so much!  I treated myself to the Benjamin Su variant cover, with Dani (and a giant wolf I don’t recognize), reading Stephanie Phillips’ first issue of her Daredevil run. 

Issue opens with a history of the Dainsleif sword, created by dwarves of Nidavellir.  Its curse is it demands a kill before it can be sheathed. 

We get a nice recap of Magik’s ongoing series that Dani was a co-star of.  We get quite a bit of Magik in this series, which I was hoping for, but I was sold on this series regardless. 

Present day, we see Dani riding Brightwind, and I just love that we get a mutant powered, and Valkyrie powered Dani Moonstar.  She’s not powerless here. 

We get a recap of her New Mutants days.  We see her parents, who I would have sworn were dead.  Their spirits were trapped in the Demon Bear, and I thought they were released, as I never see her talk to her parents, or hear from her parents, or even discuss them.  I was expecting a final page reveal that they were figments of her imagination, but nope, they’re alive and very well. 

I like Dani referring to Illyana as her best friend.  It definitely feels like her and Rahne haven’t been as close since . . . forever, maybe? 

With Immortal Thor’s 25^th issue, no one remembers Asgard, which seems odd as isn’t Thor flying around?  Or part of Avengers history?  I’m sure Mortal Thor is handling all of these questions.  I’m curious, but not curious enough to look into it.  I’m sure time will be restored.

Yanisa and Kian from the Society Dani was working with, and who Dani and Magik brought down, arrive.  They need Dani’s help with retrieving Dainsleif.

It was teased that we were going to get a romantic interest for Dani in this series, so I immediately thought it might be Yanisa. 

Yanisa asks if Dani still has access to the teleporter mutant.  She’s so much more than that!

Instead of enlisting her, Brightwind seats three.

We get another flashback to Magik & Dani fighting the Society. 

We meet the threat of the series, Kyron, who has a mystical artifact that he’s trying to bring this cities dead to him, to power up Dainsleif. 

Yanisa and Kian rush into battle with Kyron, leaving Dani with only a poor decision to get into the fight sooner than she would have liked to.  Yanisa sacrifices herself so that Dani and Kian can get away. 

Which leaves Kian as the guy who will be having feelings for Dani, but that doesn’t mean Dani is going to return those feelings. 

Kyron needs a new artifact, and Dani has an idea of what he will need, so they have a next step to follow.