Astonishing X-Men #48 p.20 - Kyle Kidnapped? Splash

Astonishing X-Men #48 p.20 - Kyle Kidnapped? SplashA spectacularly visual page featuring Kyle as he attempts to track down Northstar and is suddenly accosted by a mysterious figure coming out of a dark alley!

Thankfully

Beautiful black bordered page featuring Pilgrim explaining to Jennifer that he has initiated a fail safe at the Prescott building which will fill the entire place with a lethal mixture of liquid nitrogen and the Prescott bio-agent within only 26 seconds

Wonderfully creepy cover image featuring Levi Kamei in mid transformation as the silhouette of the Pale Wanderer's hands hang in the foreground

This is the 2nd of an 8 consecutive page sequence featuring the battle against the Kiss of Death

with fabulous use of ink

we cut back to Surtur

when Swamp Thing turned him into a Banyan tree back in issue #2

the entire run by Ram Venkatesan and Mike Perkins became an instant classic and will over time undoubtedly attain "legendary" status

Superb pencilling

So before purchasing

Gorgeous details in the machinery really sets the stage here

He tells her that he's been playing the game for a very long time and that he doesn't see her a a threat yet and that he'd keep things that way if he were she