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Uncanny X-Men (2018)
Uncanny X-Men: X-Men Disassembled
The flagship X-Men title that started it all is back — bigger and better than ever! Why is the X-Men's newest crisis shaping up to be…their final adventure?! It all starts with a mysterious and tragic disappearance, but their investigation draws the X-Men into a much larger — and deadlier — situation! Who or what are the Four Horsemen of Salvation, and what is their connection to Nate Grey, the incredibly powerful mutant known as X-Man? Will Nate's home dimension, the Age of Apocalypse, make its horrifying return? Or does the dawn of the Age of X-Man mean the end of the Uncanny X-Men?! It's a statusquo- smashing story that just might leave all of mutantkind in tatters, and it will take three fan-favorite writers to deliver the mutant madness!
COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men (2018) 1-10
COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men (2018) 1-10
248 pages, Hardcover
First published March 20, 2019
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Ed Brisson
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Credits include: COMEBACK, SHELTERED, THE FIELD (Image Comics), SECRET AVENGERS (Marvel), ROBOCOP, SONS OF ANARCHY, HELLRAISER (BOOM!) and X-FILES/TMNT: CONSPIRACY (IDW). Plus, you know, a bunch of stuff I can’t talk about yet.
Credits include: COMEBACK, SHELTERED, THE FIELD (Image Comics), SECRET AVENGERS (Marvel), ROBOCOP, SONS OF ANARCHY, HELLRAISER (BOOM!) and X-FILES/TMNT: CONSPIRACY (IDW). Plus, you know, a bunch of stuff I can’t talk about yet.
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June 21, 2023
Where do I start? Another flippin' X-Men refresh. The good - a repeat - but still great to see Madrox gone wild. Armor getting some feature. The ending. The bad? Virtually everything else. Poor art. Average storytelling. Plot full of holes. All saved by Madrox, Armor and the ending. My recommendation, seriously, just read the synopsis online. Having read Avengers: Disassembled, this book using that title does it a huge disservice. The main problem is there being far too many characters leaving zero room for any real character study or development. Too many X-Men, where's a Wanda solution when you need one? A weak Three Star, 6 out of 12.
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May 19, 2019
The X-Men spin their wheels for 10 issues for what could have happened in about 10 pages. Because this was a weekly comic, their are multiple writers and artists involved. Everything feels rushed and unfinished, especially the art. The characterization of many characters is off. A lot of the X-Men have changed since the last time I've seen them and could have used a reintroduction, especially since Marvel loves to keep introducing new X-titles and making it impossible to follow what's happening to the gajillion X-Men that appear in this book. I'm hoping when this Age of X-Man story ends, the writers are able to reset and pare down some of the characters in their books. They really need to examine how the X-titles were handled in the 80's and follow their example.
April 28, 2021
A pretty crappy start to this new series, Marvel is desperately trying to fix the X-Men now that they got the movie rights back from FOX, and it shows. They wanted to go big with Disassembled, but it ended up being too repetitive for a 10-issue volume, with yet another prophetic villain from another dimension, repeating the same thing over and over again.
In the end this was just a gimmick to get the current X-Men roster sent to another dimension, namely the Age of X, so Cyclops and Wolverine can come back from the dead and build things from the ground up, therefore starting a new (short-lived) era for the X-Men.
An ok read at best, Rockslide/Glob/Armor's side adventure was the coolest part of the book, everything else was tedious for a regular X-reader. Artwise it looked sketchy at times, some good panels here and there, specially when the big battles pop up.
I would only recommend Disassembled to X-Men completists.
In the end this was just a gimmick to get the current X-Men roster sent to another dimension, namely the Age of X, so Cyclops and Wolverine can come back from the dead and build things from the ground up, therefore starting a new (short-lived) era for the X-Men.
An ok read at best, Rockslide/Glob/Armor's side adventure was the coolest part of the book, everything else was tedious for a regular X-reader. Artwise it looked sketchy at times, some good panels here and there, specially when the big battles pop up.
I would only recommend Disassembled to X-Men completists.
May 7, 2019
Started off feeling pretty epic. A huge cast of characters to follow, and a prophetic madman that wants to make the world a better place no matter the cost. Typical X-Men stuffs.
Got a little long-winded in the middle...not sure if we needed 10 whole issues for this storyline...but I'll just chalk it up to them being excited about the return of the Uncanny title.
Ended nicely and left me intrigued with the set up for the future of the X-Men.
Really though....if I'm honest...I'm giving this 4-stars cuz Angel gets cool again and Storm loses her shit and gets all badass. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Got a little long-winded in the middle...not sure if we needed 10 whole issues for this storyline...but I'll just chalk it up to them being excited about the return of the Uncanny title.
Ended nicely and left me intrigued with the set up for the future of the X-Men.
Really though....if I'm honest...I'm giving this 4-stars cuz Angel gets cool again and Storm loses her shit and gets all badass. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
April 29, 2019
Wow!!! I will even give this a Sham Wow!!! What a whopper of a finale for this 10 issue arc to re-launch an X-men run. Starting off a little on the mediocre side the final 3 issues were absolutely relentless. A fantastic arc to blow open the X-Men brand. Disassembled features a huge cast, and I would say the reader needs to be versed in X-Men story to gain full enjoyment. Not what I would consider a good starting point.
Some tried and tested main plot devices were used in this volume. A vaccine has been created to inoculate against the mutant gene. People are all anti Mutant. A super Villain who while trying to exterminate the X-Men is trying to leave the world as a better place etc. It all seems very familiar. And I can't say there is much originality as far as X titles go.
The art was passable I have to say it must be difficult to produce a bi-monthly title where you can have up to 50 different characters in a single issue. Clearly the art will suffer at some point.
I couldn't find much of a break down for the writers and artists, but it looks like a big collaboration, and the art and writing maintains consistency throughout. I would also have to praise how tightly plotted the story was considering they jammed tonnes of content into this volume.
I borrow this from the library, but I notice a price of 52$ Cdn on this I mean WTF that would be my final gripe.
Some tried and tested main plot devices were used in this volume. A vaccine has been created to inoculate against the mutant gene. People are all anti Mutant. A super Villain who while trying to exterminate the X-Men is trying to leave the world as a better place etc. It all seems very familiar. And I can't say there is much originality as far as X titles go.
The art was passable I have to say it must be difficult to produce a bi-monthly title where you can have up to 50 different characters in a single issue. Clearly the art will suffer at some point.
I couldn't find much of a break down for the writers and artists, but it looks like a big collaboration, and the art and writing maintains consistency throughout. I would also have to praise how tightly plotted the story was considering they jammed tonnes of content into this volume.
I borrow this from the library, but I notice a price of 52$ Cdn on this I mean WTF that would be my final gripe.
April 20, 2019
Pretty long winded. 10 issues where the same thing just kept repeating itself. I guess this allows Marvel to reboot the xmen series but it probably could have been achieved in half the amount of issues.
March 24, 2019
Uncanny X-Men's return to the stand should have been a big event, but unfortunately this first storyline isn't exactly what the Professor ordered. X-Men from across the usual suspects unite to try and take down a combination of Legion, X-Man, the Age Of Apocalypse, four new Horsemen, a mutant cure, civil disobedience, and my waning interest.
If this story hadn't come out weekly, I'd probably be a lot harsher on it. As it did, it manages to evade some of my ire. This really is an example of good ideas spoiled by a being dragged out far longer than they should be, and yet still feeling like not enough space was given to some of them. I don't know if it's because there were three writers on this book (although books like 52 and Avengers: No Surrender prove that that's not an excuse) but there's definitely a lot of pacing issues here, with the focus of the book shifting entirely in the later stages before whiplashing backwards again as X-Men crawl out of the woodwork.
The beginning feels very disjointed especially, with lots of disparate plot threads dangling around that don't seem to have anything to do with one another. Once things become a bit clearer around issue 5 the series starts looking up, before that shift I mentioned throws it all out of whack before we scrabble around to try and finish off for issue 10.
I sound very negative so far, and I did enjoy parts of this series. The wide scope of X-Men was nice, and the philosophical discussions that Kitty and Apocalypse had were great fun. The art's solid all the way through too, with Pere Perez, Yildiray Cinar, and RB Silva taking three issues each, with Mahmud Asrar handling the opening issue. There's just a lot more to pick at than there is to praise at this stage. (I am happy to report that the following arc is fantastic so far though, so that's nice.)
Uncanny X-Men is back with a...well, not a bang, but it's not exactly a whimper either.
If this story hadn't come out weekly, I'd probably be a lot harsher on it. As it did, it manages to evade some of my ire. This really is an example of good ideas spoiled by a being dragged out far longer than they should be, and yet still feeling like not enough space was given to some of them. I don't know if it's because there were three writers on this book (although books like 52 and Avengers: No Surrender prove that that's not an excuse) but there's definitely a lot of pacing issues here, with the focus of the book shifting entirely in the later stages before whiplashing backwards again as X-Men crawl out of the woodwork.
The beginning feels very disjointed especially, with lots of disparate plot threads dangling around that don't seem to have anything to do with one another. Once things become a bit clearer around issue 5 the series starts looking up, before that shift I mentioned throws it all out of whack before we scrabble around to try and finish off for issue 10.
I sound very negative so far, and I did enjoy parts of this series. The wide scope of X-Men was nice, and the philosophical discussions that Kitty and Apocalypse had were great fun. The art's solid all the way through too, with Pere Perez, Yildiray Cinar, and RB Silva taking three issues each, with Mahmud Asrar handling the opening issue. There's just a lot more to pick at than there is to praise at this stage. (I am happy to report that the following arc is fantastic so far though, so that's nice.)
Uncanny X-Men is back with a...well, not a bang, but it's not exactly a whimper either.
April 18, 2019
I really wanted to scream at X-man that he was screwing up the environment worse than humans were. You can't just bring back megafauna that has been extinct for millions of years and expect the food web to remain intact! There are going to be so many new extinct species now because they were eaten by f-ing dinosaurs! He also took advice from Apocalypse. Never take advice from someone named Apocalypse.
April 19, 2019
This book really had the potential to be the big kick-in-the-butt that the X-Men has needed throughout all of its mediocre post-Secret Wars comics. It brings back a lot of X-Men that just hadn't received enough attention in recent comics, such as Psylocke and Bishop, and it puts them all into a coherent group, unlike the grossly scattered color-coordinated groups of recent years.
It also has a strong premise, with X-Man trying to change the world, Legion resisting him, and everyone else caught in the middle. This is the type of big-scale story that people just haven't been willing (or able) to think about in recent years.
Unfortunately, this encouraging story is too flawed to fulfill all those promises.
First, Brisson (and company's) writing just isn't up to the task. It's muddy, it never considers its themes (like the children of X-Men in conflict), and except for a few exceptions it's really bad at characterization (and even about the actual continuity of these characters).
Second, it's too long. This might have been a strong six-issue source, with its steps of revelation and its problems caused by both the main antagonists. But it really drags at ten.
Some of this could be resolved if future stories are better organized, and some may just reflect the writers not being as good as we deserve. But I'm more hopeful for the X-Men then I have been in a few years, despite this volume's notable flaws.
It also has a strong premise, with X-Man trying to change the world, Legion resisting him, and everyone else caught in the middle. This is the type of big-scale story that people just haven't been willing (or able) to think about in recent years.
Unfortunately, this encouraging story is too flawed to fulfill all those promises.
First, Brisson (and company's) writing just isn't up to the task. It's muddy, it never considers its themes (like the children of X-Men in conflict), and except for a few exceptions it's really bad at characterization (and even about the actual continuity of these characters).
Second, it's too long. This might have been a strong six-issue source, with its steps of revelation and its problems caused by both the main antagonists. But it really drags at ten.
Some of this could be resolved if future stories are better organized, and some may just reflect the writers not being as good as we deserve. But I'm more hopeful for the X-Men then I have been in a few years, despite this volume's notable flaws.
June 21, 2019
This was eh...okay?
There's moments that worked well. Some deaths I didn't see coming. The moments with Jean and Legion was pretty cool. I also think the fights are big and they look pretty good. On the flipside this is just one big fight with lots of set pieces and not much character development. Just everyone arguing without much meaning and the end...is weird as shit. Least it sets it up for a better future. But this? This is a 2 or 2.5 at highest.
There's moments that worked well. Some deaths I didn't see coming. The moments with Jean and Legion was pretty cool. I also think the fights are big and they look pretty good. On the flipside this is just one big fight with lots of set pieces and not much character development. Just everyone arguing without much meaning and the end...is weird as shit. Least it sets it up for a better future. But this? This is a 2 or 2.5 at highest.
August 13, 2019
If truly major events and choices actually ever had a "consequence" in comics, then I would have rated this higher. But I know somehow they will "undo" much of the events in here.
The events seem major. Legion, David Haller, is out to save the world. But from whom? Apparently X-Man (Nate Grey). So Nate has become Jesus. He decides to channel his inner-Apocalypse and creates 4 Horsemen of Salvation. Apparently, there is a vaccine to stop the mutant gene. Tempers are at a boiling point. Into this mess, Nate appears and says he is going bring about world peace by killing the mutants who won't cooperate. Legion wants to stop him.
Without too many spoilers the fights are epic and the story, convoluted as it is, turns out to be entertaining. Now I am not familiar with all these "new" X-Men (from Nate to some guy named 'Forearm') so I took nothing into this, other than remembering I didn't like the Chris Claremont "Age of Apocalypse" run from the '90s.
So while the story is exciting and it could be considered "epic", the problem is in comics nothing ever stays the same- not death, not consequences, nothing. Thus large impact endings like this lose their impact since it can be changed. Without being spoilery this is the end of mutantkind as we know it. Or is it? (It Isn't..I'm sure). Silly little tricks like that tend to make me irritated, thus while the ending is impactful, I doubt it will stay that way long.
A lot of action, a decent story and an epic ending (though doubtfully permanent) make for a good comic. If you are not familiar with the X-Men run recently, then this might be a wee bit confusing. Perhaps it was that confusion and the trope of a "really big ending" that won't stick long cause me to give this comic a 3 star rating. Not great but not bad either.
The events seem major. Legion, David Haller, is out to save the world. But from whom? Apparently X-Man (Nate Grey). So Nate has become Jesus. He decides to channel his inner-Apocalypse and creates 4 Horsemen of Salvation. Apparently, there is a vaccine to stop the mutant gene. Tempers are at a boiling point. Into this mess, Nate appears and says he is going bring about world peace by killing the mutants who won't cooperate. Legion wants to stop him.
Without too many spoilers the fights are epic and the story, convoluted as it is, turns out to be entertaining. Now I am not familiar with all these "new" X-Men (from Nate to some guy named 'Forearm') so I took nothing into this, other than remembering I didn't like the Chris Claremont "Age of Apocalypse" run from the '90s.
So while the story is exciting and it could be considered "epic", the problem is in comics nothing ever stays the same- not death, not consequences, nothing. Thus large impact endings like this lose their impact since it can be changed. Without being spoilery this is the end of mutantkind as we know it. Or is it? (It Isn't..I'm sure). Silly little tricks like that tend to make me irritated, thus while the ending is impactful, I doubt it will stay that way long.
A lot of action, a decent story and an epic ending (though doubtfully permanent) make for a good comic. If you are not familiar with the X-Men run recently, then this might be a wee bit confusing. Perhaps it was that confusion and the trope of a "really big ending" that won't stick long cause me to give this comic a 3 star rating. Not great but not bad either.
February 2, 2019
THIS is an X-Men story! Gosh this whole Ressruxtion movement from the X-office has brought so many amazing X-Men stories in the past year. Blue, Gold, Red and Black, X-23, Iceman, Domino... all of it. This has been a fantastic time to be an X-Men fan and I can't wait to see where it goes in 2019. Strap on your boots people. This is gonna be a joyous ride
May 14, 2019
Ugh. This had some great dialogue, but is not the X-Men story I wanted to be reading here in 2019. It felt very rehashed and tired. Definitely a step down from the X-Men Gold run (which had its own share of problems). The final issue that wraps it all up, I just... I don't have words for how upset I am that THIS was the plan to drive the never-ending X-Men soap opera drama forward.
Read as single issues.
Read as single issues.
October 30, 2019
I am so damn lost. What did I just read? Where has Nate been since his old X-Man series? Why is Betsy in her original body/not Japanese now? When did original Jean get back? Isn’t Wolverine alive again, and why wasn’t he there with the others? Where is Cable, isn’t this his usual brand of oh shit? How many wikis do I have to read to figure all this crap out?
January 16, 2019
In the end what has been presented as the mutant version of BMB's epocal relaunch of the Avengers franchise turned out to be a mediocre and completely forgettable, dull, unimaginative and poorly written maxiseries.
I'm not really looking forward to Rosenberg's run.
I'm not really looking forward to Rosenberg's run.
April 14, 2019
oh, hm, uh, yikes, this is a neat event filling me with terror. mutant right stuff hits so close to home for me lol
July 3, 2019
Initially, this turned out to be half-way decent with Brisson bringing in a slightly different voice. Not having read the X-Men in awhile, it took some adjustment to figure out who was in charge and on what team, why people look different etc.
As the story continues the reader begins to realize that the purpose of all of this is to tear down the current team of the last few years (it's also built into the title). That in and of itself is fine, because most of what this reader has seen recently have been very poor representations of what was once the greatest franchise for Marvel (and even for comics in general.) The problem is, too much of this story is a rehash of previous stories:
The younger X-Men sit around complaining that they aren't trusted by the adults, they never get to do anything important, etc. That's pretty much what the original New Mutants did back in the 80's and why they became very annoying anytime they were in the main book.
Clearly by the title, the story is going to mimic Bendis' "Avengers Disassembled" story where the team is torn apart in shocking moments over the course of a few issues.
And one more but spoiler territory
This is good in the sense that Marvel was cleaning up the team and the books to prepare for a new beginning and back to basics, presumably that being the now classic 90's era, but like some other recent Marvel stories, they are following a formula resulting in less than original writing.
As the story continues the reader begins to realize that the purpose of all of this is to tear down the current team of the last few years (it's also built into the title). That in and of itself is fine, because most of what this reader has seen recently have been very poor representations of what was once the greatest franchise for Marvel (and even for comics in general.) The problem is, too much of this story is a rehash of previous stories:
The younger X-Men sit around complaining that they aren't trusted by the adults, they never get to do anything important, etc. That's pretty much what the original New Mutants did back in the 80's and why they became very annoying anytime they were in the main book.
Clearly by the title, the story is going to mimic Bendis' "Avengers Disassembled" story where the team is torn apart in shocking moments over the course of a few issues.
And one more but spoiler territory
This is good in the sense that Marvel was cleaning up the team and the books to prepare for a new beginning and back to basics, presumably that being the now classic 90's era, but like some other recent Marvel stories, they are following a formula resulting in less than original writing.
September 30, 2020
I love uncanny, its my favorite series from marvel. This is a great event with LOTS of x-men and the writing is pretty good but NOT amazing. I appreciate the cast they included its a good team but I think the story just fizzles out. Once you get who is the main villain it feels very down hill from there. I am sort of caught up with the newest stuff so I believe( might be wrong) but it foreshadows the krakoa stuff decently. The action is GOOD, the Psylocke/Angel part is really rad, ties in lots of older stories. I wish Nightcrawler had a bigger role... maybe one day ..again but yeah,
lots of artists but overall pretty good but not the A team.
Its worth a read and I actually bought this because some how my work ( ME!) didnt order it :(
lots of artists but overall pretty good but not the A team.
Its worth a read and I actually bought this because some how my work ( ME!) didnt order it :(
January 9, 2019
Don't waste your time. The X-Men have outlived their usefulness. The world may still hate but the scorned fight back differently and reliving AGE OF APOCALYPSE with a cast of 30 isn't gonna bring back the feel goods.
April 25, 2023
Después de Extermination y la vuelta a su tiempo de los jóvenes X-Men, en esta nueva etapa de colección única al mando de tres (sí, tres) guionistas al alimón, Ed Brisson, Matthew Rosenberg y Kelly Thompson, y con dibujo de Yildaray Cinar, desaparecen los grupos con colorines y todos los X-Men se reúnen en la escuela, en Central Park, bajo la dirección de Kitty Pryde. Hay nuevas incorporaciones al equipo (como Estrella del Norte), y por algún motivo, Betsy Braddock vuelve a ser inglesa y ya no es asiática, supongo que me he perdido el cambio en algún sitio. El caso es que pronto van a coincidir diversos eventos que en principio no parecen tener relación (la desaparición de Kitty Pryde en una misión con los estudiantes jóvenes, lo que va a provocar que dos de ellos sufran heridas importantes, Oya y Anole; la aparición de una vacuna contra el gen mutante; y una serie de extrañas apariciones por todo el mundo, desde un lago en el Serengueti con Tormenta incapaz de controlar el clima a dinosaurios en Montana). Pero estos eventos dispersos pronto van a ir entrelazándose, con más desapariciones (Ángel abandona a sus compañeros en plena misión, Madrox aparece desatado y enloquecido, multiplicado hasta verse desde el espacio, y buscando a Kitty Pryde). Y todo ello para descubrir que todos los eventos están relacionados a través de una sola persona: Nate Grey, más conocido como X-Man, que ha secuestrado a Kitty, a Apocalipsis y al senador que aboga por la lucha contra los mutantes, para convertirlos en su consejo asesor.
Nate Grey había surgido como personalidad alternativa de Cable durante la Era de Apocalipsis, un experimento de Siniestro basado en los genes de Jean Grey y Scott Summers, y criado en esa realidad distópica como arma secreta de Siniestro contra Apocalipsis. Cuando la historia se había corregido, X-Man había sido uno de los personajes de la Era que pasaron a nuestra realidad, contando con colección propia, pero realmente esta nunca había terminado de despegar, y terminó convirtiéndose en una especie de chamán mutante en esa etapa en la que Warren Ellis actuó como coordinador de X-Force, Generación-X y la propia X-Man. Y ahí le perdí yo la pista la verdad, pero aquí reaparece, bastante enloquecido, y con sus propios Jinetes (pero con nombres buenrrolleros como Vida, Abundancia...): Magneto, Mole, Ángel y Rojo Omega), decidido a cambiar el mundo para rehacerlo a su imagen de como deberían ser las cosas. Y esto va a provocar varias cosas: la destrucción de la Escuela (poniendo fin así a la temporada en Central Park), y el regreso de otro personaje clásico de la historia de los mutantes, Legión, decidido a hacer cualquier cosa para derrotar a X-Man.
Y en este conflicto, va a ocurrir algo que puso fin durante un tiempo a los propios X-Men. A partir de aquí, el enfoque de la colección va a cambiar, mientras aparecían una serie de pequeñas miniseries enfocadas a la Era de X-Man. Y no sé si voy a echar un ojo a esas series, pero es verdad que la sido, por lo menos, entretenida. O quizá es que me marca mi debilidad ante la Era de Apocalipsis... A saber...
Nate Grey había surgido como personalidad alternativa de Cable durante la Era de Apocalipsis, un experimento de Siniestro basado en los genes de Jean Grey y Scott Summers, y criado en esa realidad distópica como arma secreta de Siniestro contra Apocalipsis. Cuando la historia se había corregido, X-Man había sido uno de los personajes de la Era que pasaron a nuestra realidad, contando con colección propia, pero realmente esta nunca había terminado de despegar, y terminó convirtiéndose en una especie de chamán mutante en esa etapa en la que Warren Ellis actuó como coordinador de X-Force, Generación-X y la propia X-Man. Y ahí le perdí yo la pista la verdad, pero aquí reaparece, bastante enloquecido, y con sus propios Jinetes (pero con nombres buenrrolleros como Vida, Abundancia...): Magneto, Mole, Ángel y Rojo Omega), decidido a cambiar el mundo para rehacerlo a su imagen de como deberían ser las cosas. Y esto va a provocar varias cosas: la destrucción de la Escuela (poniendo fin así a la temporada en Central Park), y el regreso de otro personaje clásico de la historia de los mutantes, Legión, decidido a hacer cualquier cosa para derrotar a X-Man.
Y en este conflicto, va a ocurrir algo que puso fin durante un tiempo a los propios X-Men. A partir de aquí, el enfoque de la colección va a cambiar, mientras aparecían una serie de pequeñas miniseries enfocadas a la Era de X-Man. Y no sé si voy a echar un ojo a esas series, pero es verdad que la sido, por lo menos, entretenida. O quizá es que me marca mi debilidad ante la Era de Apocalipsis... A saber...
January 18, 2019
For the big relaunch of the flagship X-Men title, this needed to be a lot better. Hell, it needed to be any kind of good at all. Unfortunately what we ended up with was a muddled, disjointed, unfocused mess. I've loved the X-Men since I started following them in the early 90s, and I've seen them go through good, bad, and downright ugly times. This may not be quite on the level of the worst the X-Men have had to offer, but it's nowhere near good.
This book suffers greatly from too many characters, too many writers (three writers? Seriously?), rushed weekly issues with rotating artists--about the only thing it doesn't have in unnecessary excess is actual story. The plot follows WAY too many X-Men just sort of meandering around trying to stop world crises that relate to Nate Grey's plan to fix the world in some vague way that's never explained. Legion has driven Multiple Man crazy for some reason in an attempt to stop Nate Grey's plan in some vague way that's never explained. There's a whole lazy subplot about yet ANOTHER "cure" for mutants in the form of a vaccine (oh yay, that old chestnut), that has almost no bearing on anything until literally the last page, which feels more like an "oh yeah, we almost forgot about that" moment than an actual important part of the story.
The only part of this entire book I found remotely interesting was the chapter where the Young/New/Whatever-You-Call-Them-Now X-Men (Pixie, Rockslide, Glob, etc.) take a brief detour to the Age of Apocalypse. Speaking of Apocalypse, he's in this story...for some reason. He doesn't really do much of anything except stand around. Nearly every X-Man that was ever on the team shows up in the penultimate issue for the inevitable battle royal at the end--and what's the point, really, because there are so many characters that you might get to see each of them one time in the background of a fight panel if you squint really hard. One of the more prominent, powerful, and personal-favorites-of-mine X-Men switches sides (mental manipulation) in the penultimate issue and it's so glossed over it has almost no actual impact on anything, because everything is so busy and rushed and oversaturated with too many characters. Forget nobody getting a chance to shine, most of them don't even manage to dimly glow.
The ending is complete crap, with the outcome pretty much rendering the entire ten issues of story utterly pointless. I have to ask, if Mr. Grey had the power to finish things as he did all along (and this is AFTER he's been powered down), why didn't he just use it right out of the gate? I'm being vague to avoid being too spoilery, but the end result is that they are setting up another "Age of Apocalypse" type of event without actually setting up the story to properly earn it first. And hey, maybe the event, handled by a variety of writers, will be better than this dumpster fire, but this setup does nothing to inspire confidence. You'd think Marvel would care to do better by the X-Men in their flagship book, especially after just winning the film rights back.
What's most disappointing is that I'm familiar with Kelly Thompson's writing, and I know she's capable of good, fun stories, and looking at the resumes of the other two I feel confident that they must be talented as well. But this is what happens when you have too many cooks in the kitchen and too many ideas--they all just end up stepping over each other and the end result is utterly uninspired.
I'll check out the next issue out of morbid curiosity after Brisson and Thompson depart, but if the quality doesn't drastically improve under Rosenberg's solo direction, I'm out. What an unfortunate mess.
This book suffers greatly from too many characters, too many writers (three writers? Seriously?), rushed weekly issues with rotating artists--about the only thing it doesn't have in unnecessary excess is actual story. The plot follows WAY too many X-Men just sort of meandering around trying to stop world crises that relate to Nate Grey's plan to fix the world in some vague way that's never explained. Legion has driven Multiple Man crazy for some reason in an attempt to stop Nate Grey's plan in some vague way that's never explained. There's a whole lazy subplot about yet ANOTHER "cure" for mutants in the form of a vaccine (oh yay, that old chestnut), that has almost no bearing on anything until literally the last page, which feels more like an "oh yeah, we almost forgot about that" moment than an actual important part of the story.
The only part of this entire book I found remotely interesting was the chapter where the Young/New/Whatever-You-Call-Them-Now X-Men (Pixie, Rockslide, Glob, etc.) take a brief detour to the Age of Apocalypse. Speaking of Apocalypse, he's in this story...for some reason. He doesn't really do much of anything except stand around. Nearly every X-Man that was ever on the team shows up in the penultimate issue for the inevitable battle royal at the end--and what's the point, really, because there are so many characters that you might get to see each of them one time in the background of a fight panel if you squint really hard. One of the more prominent, powerful, and personal-favorites-of-mine X-Men switches sides (mental manipulation) in the penultimate issue and it's so glossed over it has almost no actual impact on anything, because everything is so busy and rushed and oversaturated with too many characters. Forget nobody getting a chance to shine, most of them don't even manage to dimly glow.
The ending is complete crap, with the outcome pretty much rendering the entire ten issues of story utterly pointless. I have to ask, if Mr. Grey had the power to finish things as he did all along (and this is AFTER he's been powered down), why didn't he just use it right out of the gate? I'm being vague to avoid being too spoilery, but the end result is that they are setting up another "Age of Apocalypse" type of event without actually setting up the story to properly earn it first. And hey, maybe the event, handled by a variety of writers, will be better than this dumpster fire, but this setup does nothing to inspire confidence. You'd think Marvel would care to do better by the X-Men in their flagship book, especially after just winning the film rights back.
What's most disappointing is that I'm familiar with Kelly Thompson's writing, and I know she's capable of good, fun stories, and looking at the resumes of the other two I feel confident that they must be talented as well. But this is what happens when you have too many cooks in the kitchen and too many ideas--they all just end up stepping over each other and the end result is utterly uninspired.
I'll check out the next issue out of morbid curiosity after Brisson and Thompson depart, but if the quality doesn't drastically improve under Rosenberg's solo direction, I'm out. What an unfortunate mess.
August 10, 2019
Mah...
Se, come me, siete cresciuti con gli X-Men di Claremont e Byrne, se vi ricordate con nostalgia dell’era Star Comics, beh... scordatevi tutto, sennó vi farete del male. Qui abbiamo sceneggiatori che semplicemente non sono all’altezza, che vanno in confusione a gestire troppi personaggi, che abbozzano buone idee ma non le portano fino in fondo (per mancanza di coraggio o per precise disposizioni dall’alto?), che hanno difficoltà a far decollare dei dialoghi in partenza buoni, che non spingono sull’acceleratore fino in fondo. Troverete anche disegnatori nella media, che fanno il loro compitino senza distinguersi in nulla, con poca cura nei dettagli.
Ci sono anche bei momenti e, se siete lettori dell’ultima ora, troverete in questo evento un buon passatempo, ma i fumetti memorabili sono fatti in un altro modo.
Le ultime due pagine peró scompaginano tutto e preparano il terreno per qualcosa che potrebbe essere la pedissequa ripetizione di trame passate oppure qualcosa di nuovo, dipende da come verranno gestite.
Ecco, la terza stella è d’incoraggiamento per Hickman, che se ho ben capito prenderà in mano le redini della testata.
Se, come me, siete cresciuti con gli X-Men di Claremont e Byrne, se vi ricordate con nostalgia dell’era Star Comics, beh... scordatevi tutto, sennó vi farete del male. Qui abbiamo sceneggiatori che semplicemente non sono all’altezza, che vanno in confusione a gestire troppi personaggi, che abbozzano buone idee ma non le portano fino in fondo (per mancanza di coraggio o per precise disposizioni dall’alto?), che hanno difficoltà a far decollare dei dialoghi in partenza buoni, che non spingono sull’acceleratore fino in fondo. Troverete anche disegnatori nella media, che fanno il loro compitino senza distinguersi in nulla, con poca cura nei dettagli.
Ci sono anche bei momenti e, se siete lettori dell’ultima ora, troverete in questo evento un buon passatempo, ma i fumetti memorabili sono fatti in un altro modo.
Le ultime due pagine peró scompaginano tutto e preparano il terreno per qualcosa che potrebbe essere la pedissequa ripetizione di trame passate oppure qualcosa di nuovo, dipende da come verranno gestite.
Ecco, la terza stella è d’incoraggiamento per Hickman, che se ho ben capito prenderà in mano le redini della testata.
July 18, 2020
The flagship X-book returns with a massive 10-part event that (gasp...) sets up yet another event... as is Marvel Standard these days with any new series... sigh. Overall, it’s only a mildly decent endeavor but you know all the beats of these types of stories by now. The X-Men face a massive threat, end up fighting each other, then come back together to fight the threat, and in the process “nothing will ever be the same again!” quote-unquote (at least until the next event or reboot). Plot-wise, it’s not very compelling because so much of it treads all-too-familiar ground better traveled in previous excursions in rote procession, but at least it mostly looks pretty. Hopefully the next volume is better... Frankly, I’m tempted to just skip the rest of this series and dive into Hickman’s relaunch, but fuck it, onwards I go.
December 9, 2020
"It's what X-men do, Senator. We're heroes. For everyone."
THIS is an AMAZING volume (though I should probably say UNCANNY)!! Not since the Uncanny X-men comics I grew up with in the 90s have I read an X-men comic this good, that reminds me so much of those older stories. Deep, with all the right classic themes: Sacrifice for the greater good; Defending a world that fears and hates you; Equality; Questioning our place in the world. I can't say enough how much reading X-men comics growing up helped to develop my sense of compassion and equity for all. Thanks for bringing back my Uncanny X-men. This was the perfect book to bring hope to the end of my 2020 year and complete my 2020 Goodreads Reading Challenge.
THIS is an AMAZING volume (though I should probably say UNCANNY)!! Not since the Uncanny X-men comics I grew up with in the 90s have I read an X-men comic this good, that reminds me so much of those older stories. Deep, with all the right classic themes: Sacrifice for the greater good; Defending a world that fears and hates you; Equality; Questioning our place in the world. I can't say enough how much reading X-men comics growing up helped to develop my sense of compassion and equity for all. Thanks for bringing back my Uncanny X-men. This was the perfect book to bring hope to the end of my 2020 year and complete my 2020 Goodreads Reading Challenge.
November 12, 2020
The first ten issues of the Uncanny X-Men relaunch coming out of the "colors" era (which is, ultimately, just a placeholder relaunch killing time before Hickman's "HoXPoX" and Dawn of X), this is wildly uneven, with the stable of artists claiming issues seemingly at random and varying in quality to issue to issue. It's fun to see all the X-Men of the Colors era come together, but story-wise, even being published weekly, this is a bit stretched out; it's maybe six or seven issues of story padded out to ten. There's some moments of "epic-ness", with the brief AoA sidequest featuring the perennial Academy X trainees a standout, but also some problematic elements (like the portrayal of the mutant vaccine). All in all, a mixed bag.
August 8, 2019
Read these towards the start of the year as individual comics. It was coming out weekly and I was very excited to see what they were going to do with the teams.
Writing was great and it held my interest. Not the BEST event but a good one nonetheless. Have been catching up on my x-men so reading this in bulk to catch-up to issue 22
Writing was great and it held my interest. Not the BEST event but a good one nonetheless. Have been catching up on my x-men so reading this in bulk to catch-up to issue 22
March 24, 2024
Overall I liked this. Great artists on rotation. Good writers working together.
Definitely the next generation's Onslaught/AoA set up.
Mileage will vary. I think id read this again over the rest of the issues that follow in the lead up to the Krakoa era.
Definitely the next generation's Onslaught/AoA set up.
Mileage will vary. I think id read this again over the rest of the issues that follow in the lead up to the Krakoa era.
March 23, 2021
I could honestly barely make it through this.
February 3, 2020
Decided to go back and do my pre-House of X homework. I wonder how I would have felt about this if I'd read it when it was published. I'm not likely to read any further back into the post Cyclops's and Wolverine's deaths X-Men. It's a solid story but it probably helped that two of my favorites (Multiple Man and Legion) are heavily featured. I do like the exploration of how terrible the X-Men are at being parents. Like seriously Legion, Cable, X-Man, Daken...hell, ALL of Wolverine's kids and Rachel. Dang life sucks for the grandchildren of the atom.
The side story with the New X-men... or are they the Young X-Men? Young X-men, I had to google. The two series should have been named differently.
ANYWAY. The side story with the Young X-Men is the best part. These kids have been through too much for the "adults" to treat them like they're incompetent. It's a stark contrast to how their actual children are treated. I would have enjoyed the story more if the Young X-Men had been the main story & the older team members off fighting Jamies had taken the side story. The Young X-Men's story feels more developed and real.
By the way, X-Man's tattoo is the inspiration for my own X-symbol tattoo.
The side story with the New X-men... or are they the Young X-Men? Young X-men, I had to google. The two series should have been named differently.
ANYWAY. The side story with the Young X-Men is the best part. These kids have been through too much for the "adults" to treat them like they're incompetent. It's a stark contrast to how their actual children are treated. I would have enjoyed the story more if the Young X-Men had been the main story & the older team members off fighting Jamies had taken the side story. The Young X-Men's story feels more developed and real.
By the way, X-Man's tattoo is the inspiration for my own X-symbol tattoo.
January 19, 2019
Imagine me rolling my eyes and sighing for the rest of eternity.
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