Warbird (57-58). A wonderful story that provides a great focus on Warbird and what makes her tick as an unusual Shi'ar. It's one of those stories that makes me want to see much more of the character [8/10]. 
 Prelude to X-Termination (59). A muddled story because of its lack of focus. The attention to Northstar and to Apocalypse-Kurt is all nice, but it feels all over the place [6/10]. 
 Icepocalypse (62-65). Another terrific story, this time because of its deep and interesting focus on Bobby Drake. It's also got beautiful art (like most of this volume) and great continuity. I think it dragged about an issue too long, but otherwise it was strong [8/10]. 
 The Baby Alien (66-67). I wasn't too thrilled by the main plotline here, but Liu continues to offer great characterization. This story takes off with the intro of Wendy in the second issue, whose storyline could easily have been straight out of a Chris Claremont issue [7+/10]. 
 Finale (68). Interestingly, the Chris Claremont feel continues right into this final issue, which was all about family -- something that the X-Men had under Claremont but don't really now. It's a solid ending for the book, though sadly I think this "family" will disappear into the rest of the X-Men as soon as the comic ends [7/10]. 
 Overall, I was impressed with both the writing and the artwork in this issue. I thought that Liu's run started off really shaky, but by here she had a great handle on the characters and was writing about them emotionally.