The tragic ballad of Paige & Mortimer, Part I

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I've had a lot of problems with Wolverine and the X-Men, but I enjoyed the romance between Toad and Husk, even though their storyline had a lot of flaws.

In X-Men: Regenesis #1, Toad wants to leave Utopia with Wolverine's side.



In Wolverine and the X-Men #1, we see the opening of Wolverine's Jean Grey School.





One of the problems with the storyline is how the X-Men treat Toad. They treat him like crap and it's used as comic relief, but I just ended up feeling sorry for him and thinking they were jerks.

In #9, the X-Men are teaching the students flight training.



Quentin Quire has a vision of the Phoenix and falls to the ground.




In #14, Kitty is trying to hold down the school with the remaining staff during AvX.





I wasn't too crazy about this scene either, and it doesn't really make sense for Toad to be acting like this anyway since we already know that Husk is interested in him. 

In #15, Toad takes Husk to the caves under the school.




In #18, Paige is in Kitty's office.



We see Paige zoning out while Quire and Glob Herman get in a fight.










Another problem I had was with how of much of their relationship happened offscreen. I think it would have been more interesting to see them go on a date instead of Iceman and Kitty Pryde.

Toad and Husk's storyline continued in the Hellfire Saga, which I'll be posting next.

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She's having trouble controlling her powers.