UNCANNY X-MEN #496
Written by Ed Brubaker
Art by Mike Choi
Ya, I said I wasn't going to be picking this book up anymore and I wasn't, but I'm going to blame the lack of books out this week and my retarded collector mentality for picking it up.
Immediately, I'm still pissed at the direction of the book. It's almost like they did their own Brand New Day with Messiah Complex. Pre-MC we have all these storylines going on in the various X-books. Post-MC, good books are cancelled, characters are moved around and everything from MC and earlier is forgotten in favour of new stories and all new directions that have been done before and no one wanted to see. Still no real mention of Xavier's "death", what happened to him, what happened in MC or what's up with all the injured or dying people from that crossover. Elixir? Blindfold? The rest of the New X-Men? No wondering if giving Cable the supposed saviour of the mutant race was a good idea or wondering what happened to Bishop's body at the end of that whole deal where he betrayed them, tried to kill a baby and what not. Magic! We don't have to explain it, I guess.
To be fair, Brubaker is doing his best work on Uncanny post-MC, but his earlier stuff wasn't all that great to begin with either. This issue continues the hippies in San Fran and we even get to see a cameo the giant Celestial from the Eternals mini-series! Eternals? Canon in my Marvel books? Crazy. I'm pretty sure it has no significance plotwise, but it was cool to see nonetheless.
Basically, Emma and Cyclops, who are the best couple in comics right now, go check on Angel. That's all that happens on that front. In Russia, we find out Colossus is all teary eyed and homesick because Kitty died. Ya, in a year or two's time, when Giant-Sized Astonishing X-Men finally comes out, Kitty is going to die. Good to know. With Wolverine in tow, they obviously all get in a barroom brawl. Then we see the Russian mafia finding out Colossus is alive and wanting to recruit him again. Joy.
I can't see me picking this up again next month, but I am weak willed, so I guess I can't guarantee that if it falls on another slow week for me. Like BND, some might like the new direction, but this is not the kind of book I want to read.
Verdict - Check It
Written by Ed Brubaker
Art by Mike Choi
Ya, I said I wasn't going to be picking this book up anymore and I wasn't, but I'm going to blame the lack of books out this week and my retarded collector mentality for picking it up.
Immediately, I'm still pissed at the direction of the book. It's almost like they did their own Brand New Day with Messiah Complex. Pre-MC we have all these storylines going on in the various X-books. Post-MC, good books are cancelled, characters are moved around and everything from MC and earlier is forgotten in favour of new stories and all new directions that have been done before and no one wanted to see. Still no real mention of Xavier's "death", what happened to him, what happened in MC or what's up with all the injured or dying people from that crossover. Elixir? Blindfold? The rest of the New X-Men? No wondering if giving Cable the supposed saviour of the mutant race was a good idea or wondering what happened to Bishop's body at the end of that whole deal where he betrayed them, tried to kill a baby and what not. Magic! We don't have to explain it, I guess.
To be fair, Brubaker is doing his best work on Uncanny post-MC, but his earlier stuff wasn't all that great to begin with either. This issue continues the hippies in San Fran and we even get to see a cameo the giant Celestial from the Eternals mini-series! Eternals? Canon in my Marvel books? Crazy. I'm pretty sure it has no significance plotwise, but it was cool to see nonetheless.
Basically, Emma and Cyclops, who are the best couple in comics right now, go check on Angel. That's all that happens on that front. In Russia, we find out Colossus is all teary eyed and homesick because Kitty died. Ya, in a year or two's time, when Giant-Sized Astonishing X-Men finally comes out, Kitty is going to die. Good to know. With Wolverine in tow, they obviously all get in a barroom brawl. Then we see the Russian mafia finding out Colossus is alive and wanting to recruit him again. Joy.
I can't see me picking this up again next month, but I am weak willed, so I guess I can't guarantee that if it falls on another slow week for me. Like BND, some might like the new direction, but this is not the kind of book I want to read.
Verdict - Check It
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