And then there's what-the-hell is going on with Brand and Hank. I reacted to that badly when I thought it was just a 'love' situation, out of nowhere, but I should trust Joss more than that, and I'm sure there's more than meets the eye.

Well, for one thing, in this issue Scott says when they talk about everyone's missions that Hank and Kitty are the only ones who have a chance to deactivate the missile if Kruun won't budge, and he says that while standing right in front of Brand. As by the time Brand takes the hit for Hank they still think this is true (not knowing yet the missile is a bullet), I automatically concluded this was her main reason for saving Hank.

However, WHAT DO YOU MEAN OUT OF NOWHERE? Haven't you been reading my reviews? I've been seeing the Hank/Brand subtext for a full year now! Long before the snowy cave issue!

Cave sex: is the surefire way to find love, as wisdom of fanfic in all fandoms tells us always starts as a method to maintain body temperature and ends with one or both parties discovering their feelings.*veg*

Brubaker will not pull a what's his name who wrote Endsong on us, I am sure of it. And I'm so looking forward to both the Scott-Tony and Emma-Tony interaction!