X-Men 178

Publisher: Marvel
Price: $2.50
Cover date: January 2006
W: Peter Milligan
A: Salvador Larroca

Synopsis: Just as the X-Men come under attack by the Sapien League, a group of Sentinels park themselves on the lawn of the Xavier Institute. And Bobby "Iceman" Drake undergoes (another) drastic, life altering mutation.

Thoughts: I really need to read House of M. I realize the mutant gene has been nearly eradicated and now there are only 198 mutants running around, and I know Iceman is one of the mutants-turned-human — but why are there humans piloting Sentinels and what is their (seemingly cooperative) interest in the X-Men? Yes, this is part two of three, so maybe reading part one would help explain some of this stuff. But, really, this is the X-Men we're talking about. It rarely makes sense. That said, I'm quite interested in learning what Emma did to Bobby.