Inspired by the fantastic new series, All-New X-Men, I decided to give another X-Men title a go. Uncanny X-men follows Cyclops, Magneto, Magik, and Emma Frost as they try to redeem themselves after the events of AVX. The governments of the world consider these X-Men to be criminals. Though they acted under the influence of the Dark Phoenix, the mutants realize that they did wrong and strive to put things right by saving as many new mutants as possible before they can be surgically removed by a clandestine new squad of Sentinels. Adding to the drama, the Uncanny X-Men’s powers have been broken by their time under the possession of the Dark Phoenix and to top it all off, Magneto is covertly selling Cyclops and his new mutants out to SHIELD.
With these X-Men, you don’t
know who to trust. Are their intentions pure or is there something sinister
underneath. The art is superb but it’s the storytelling that really sells this
book. Also, character development is phenomenal. A couple of these new mutants
were introduced in the pages of All-New X-Men. Now, we get to see what their
training and life is like at the NEW Xavier School for Mutants.
There’s a great web of
interconnectivity between these two titles and I suspect that the other
X-titles interweave just as flawlessly. It’s making me want to get my hands on
those titles with further exploring the goings on of these X-Men as well as the
classic time-displaced X-Men. On top of that, I really want to read AVX!
Worth Consuming.
Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.
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