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Uncanny X-Force (2010)
Uncanny X-Force, Vol. 7: Final Execution, Book 2
Collecting Uncanny X-Force (2010) #30-35. X-Force exists to tackle the problems that ordinary X-Men can't or won't confront -- with extreme prejudice. But as the killing begins to take its toll, a less existential crisis faces the a new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants -- led by Wolverine's twisted son, Daken, and specifically designed to dismantle X-Force...and then to kidnap Genesis, the young clone of Apocalypse, from Wolverine's Jean Grey School and fulfill his destiny to rise as a mutant despot!
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First published February 26, 2013
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Rick Remender
1,244 books1,423 followersRick Remender is an American comic book writer and artist who resides in Los Angeles, California. He is the writer/co-creator of many independent comic books like Black Science, Deadly Class, LOW, Fear Agent and Seven to Eternity. Previously, he wrote The Punisher, Uncanny X-Force, Captain America and Uncanny Avengers for Marvel Comics.
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August 17, 2015
Well, this is the end of Rick Remender's run on the Uncanny X-Force, and while I'm still partial to Kyle Craig's X-Force, this one definitely had more fun and humor in it. Not every volume has been a winner (for me), but, overall, this was a fantastic title.
So what's left of the X-Force goes up against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, led by Wolverine's son Daken, in an effort to rescue Genesis.
The Brotherhood's grand plan is to turn Genesis. You know, by hitting him, and doing a bunch of mental torture stuff.
They think by getting him to put on the Apocalypse suit, he'll somehow become evil, and fight by their side. I'm still not sure I get why they thought they would be in control of him if/when he decided to give in to his darker nature. Do you really want to piss of Apocalypse, and then hand him an outfit that makes him unstoppable?
Lotta holes in that theory, guys.
Then again, they may be right...
There's also some touching Father/Son moments between Daken and Wolverine.
Awww. Look at those two! Really warms your heart, you know?
Deadpool is a stand-out character in this one. His personalities seem to have grown a bit, and he really steals the show. Just...daaaaw!
*pinches Wade's cheeks*
In the end, Remender sends us off with his version of a Happily Ever After for most of these guys. As he should...
Like I said before, this was a (mostly) great title, and I'm glad I got the chance to read it.
So what's left of the X-Force goes up against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, led by Wolverine's son Daken, in an effort to rescue Genesis.
The Brotherhood's grand plan is to turn Genesis. You know, by hitting him, and doing a bunch of mental torture stuff.
They think by getting him to put on the Apocalypse suit, he'll somehow become evil, and fight by their side. I'm still not sure I get why they thought they would be in control of him if/when he decided to give in to his darker nature. Do you really want to piss of Apocalypse, and then hand him an outfit that makes him unstoppable?
Lotta holes in that theory, guys.
Then again, they may be right...
There's also some touching Father/Son moments between Daken and Wolverine.
Awww. Look at those two! Really warms your heart, you know?
Deadpool is a stand-out character in this one. His personalities seem to have grown a bit, and he really steals the show. Just...daaaaw!
*pinches Wade's cheeks*
In the end, Remender sends us off with his version of a Happily Ever After for most of these guys. As he should...
Like I said before, this was a (mostly) great title, and I'm glad I got the chance to read it.
June 18, 2023
Rick Remender concludes his run on Uncanny X-Force with another massive arc intended to evoke his career defining Dark Angel Saga. But what Final Execution doesn’t have is Jerome Opena who is missed on the interior art. Although he provides some covers to the monthly issues, I would have preferred Opena to end the book he launched with Remender. The artist for the arc, Phil Noto is no slouch though as he steps in to end the first volume of one of Marvel’s best titles in recent years.
The sins of Uncanny X-Force’s past adventures have come back to haunt them. Final Execution is divided in to two parts. The first part is the newly reformed Brotherhood of Evil Mutants' blitzkrieg against X-Force, destroying their headquarters and killing three of their number while marooning them in an alternate future.
The future arc has the world taken over by X-Force and its pre-emptive murder prevention policy, which simply put is to kill the killer before the killer kills. The future is basically a police state patrolled by X-Force and its agents. It arose from the consequences of their actions in the past and a responsibility Wolverine has not quite fulfilled.
The second part of Final Execution has the team returned to the past to face the new Brotherhood for perhaps the last time. Betrayal comes and death is dished out liberally. After all that it may seem Evan, the young clone Fantomex was raising to be an all-American hero just might ascend the mantle of Apocalypse.
Remender sure knows how to write an ending. Reading the last chapter, no team member is left unscathed and I‘ve come to realize a few things that I enjoyed about this run:
1. Wolverine may be the biggest star in the book but Psylocke has come into her own. The series developed her character well and she just might be able to support a book on her own now.
2. When Fantomex was introduced by Grant Morrison he was a prick, but in the hands of Remender, he is a prick because of his three conflicting brains and inability to find love.
3. Remender writes the best Deadpool ever.
This volume of Uncanny X-Force has ended and another is set to launch because of the goodwill this series generated. Remender moves on to Uncanny Avengers and that is something to be excited about. The writer has acknowledged Avengers to be his favorite title and one can only imagine the possibilities of the stories he will weave with a larger cast and a richer history. But his Uncanny X-Force will always have a special place as one of the best runs in the X-Men franchise.
Read originally as individual digital comics on the Marvel Comics app and on Marvel Unlimited.
The sins of Uncanny X-Force’s past adventures have come back to haunt them. Final Execution is divided in to two parts. The first part is the newly reformed Brotherhood of Evil Mutants' blitzkrieg against X-Force, destroying their headquarters and killing three of their number while marooning them in an alternate future.
The future arc has the world taken over by X-Force and its pre-emptive murder prevention policy, which simply put is to kill the killer before the killer kills. The future is basically a police state patrolled by X-Force and its agents. It arose from the consequences of their actions in the past and a responsibility Wolverine has not quite fulfilled.
The second part of Final Execution has the team returned to the past to face the new Brotherhood for perhaps the last time. Betrayal comes and death is dished out liberally. After all that it may seem Evan, the young clone Fantomex was raising to be an all-American hero just might ascend the mantle of Apocalypse.
Remender sure knows how to write an ending. Reading the last chapter, no team member is left unscathed and I‘ve come to realize a few things that I enjoyed about this run:
1. Wolverine may be the biggest star in the book but Psylocke has come into her own. The series developed her character well and she just might be able to support a book on her own now.
2. When Fantomex was introduced by Grant Morrison he was a prick, but in the hands of Remender, he is a prick because of his three conflicting brains and inability to find love.
3. Remender writes the best Deadpool ever.
This volume of Uncanny X-Force has ended and another is set to launch because of the goodwill this series generated. Remender moves on to Uncanny Avengers and that is something to be excited about. The writer has acknowledged Avengers to be his favorite title and one can only imagine the possibilities of the stories he will weave with a larger cast and a richer history. But his Uncanny X-Force will always have a special place as one of the best runs in the X-Men franchise.
Read originally as individual digital comics on the Marvel Comics app and on Marvel Unlimited.
October 10, 2013
A big, blowout ending to one of my favorite superhero series of the past 10 years. It's rare that a Marvel book gets to wrap so succinctly, both from in story and theme. Everything X-Force has done, right or wrong, comes into play in this final showdown, forcing them to deal with the consequences of their actions in every imaginable way.
One of the biggest letdowns with this series ending is knowing Remender's not around to write Deadpool anymore. He approached him with the most human, believable lunacy of any writer since Joe Kelly, and made you actually believe it when Deadpool would have crises of conscience, which have always come across as forced and stupid when Daniel Way writes them.
But really, the whole team has always been near perfect. Remender clearly picked his favorite outliers in the X-Men universe, characters that don't get a ton of screen time but serve as some of the most interesting. Well, minus Wolverine, who the team continually jokes about being on ever super team in the world. But Psylocke hasn't done much in recent years and is used here to perfection, Fantomex is an incredible, complex character leftover from Grant Morrison's New X-Men run, and hell, Age of Apocalypse Nightcrawler hasn't been seen since, well, Age of Apocalypse (a story I've never liked, and yet Remender made me admire in retrospect). This is just great team writing, on par with anything Joss Whedon's done onscreen or off, and I'm sad to see it come to a close.
Rick Remender's on my "watch" list, though. If he can do this with X-Force, I trust him with most anything else. Can't wait to read all the other stuff he's been putting out.
One of the biggest letdowns with this series ending is knowing Remender's not around to write Deadpool anymore. He approached him with the most human, believable lunacy of any writer since Joe Kelly, and made you actually believe it when Deadpool would have crises of conscience, which have always come across as forced and stupid when Daniel Way writes them.
But really, the whole team has always been near perfect. Remender clearly picked his favorite outliers in the X-Men universe, characters that don't get a ton of screen time but serve as some of the most interesting. Well, minus Wolverine, who the team continually jokes about being on ever super team in the world. But Psylocke hasn't done much in recent years and is used here to perfection, Fantomex is an incredible, complex character leftover from Grant Morrison's New X-Men run, and hell, Age of Apocalypse Nightcrawler hasn't been seen since, well, Age of Apocalypse (a story I've never liked, and yet Remender made me admire in retrospect). This is just great team writing, on par with anything Joss Whedon's done onscreen or off, and I'm sad to see it come to a close.
Rick Remender's on my "watch" list, though. If he can do this with X-Force, I trust him with most anything else. Can't wait to read all the other stuff he's been putting out.
September 15, 2015
Goodbye X-Force :(
What a great end to a great series this is quiet possibly the best complete series I've ever read. I'm so happy I gave this book a chance on top of being only my second X-MEN title it introduced me to the amazing Rick Remender. I have to recommend this entire series it's definitely worth your time I promise. One thing I love the most in the book is the way Remender had a loose attachment to the characters in a Game of Thrones type of way and was so willing to just kill off whoever necessary to make the story work. The friendships and relationships that develop through this are amazing. 5 out of 5 please read this.
What a great end to a great series this is quiet possibly the best complete series I've ever read. I'm so happy I gave this book a chance on top of being only my second X-MEN title it introduced me to the amazing Rick Remender. I have to recommend this entire series it's definitely worth your time I promise. One thing I love the most in the book is the way Remender had a loose attachment to the characters in a Game of Thrones type of way and was so willing to just kill off whoever necessary to make the story work. The friendships and relationships that develop through this are amazing. 5 out of 5 please read this.
July 1, 2020
Wow! What a great ending! Review to come.
February 21, 2013
Hot damn. Excellent ending, and a strong emotional core amongst the action sequences. So endeth one of the most mature and intelligent Marvel series I've ever read.
March 24, 2017
3,5*
I just took a look on my ratings for the whole of Remender's run: 2,5*, ranging from 1 to 4.
I don't think such standard deviation can be considered as a good thing. So I wouldn't say I liked this series. Didn't totally disliked it either but for one arc (Otherworld).
This conclusion was (surprisingly to me) quite good. Remender deftly ties up the threads he developed in the previous issues and somehow reconciled me with this team I've never been much in love with.
It ends on a satisfying note, I'll try and stick with that.
I just took a look on my ratings for the whole of Remender's run: 2,5*, ranging from 1 to 4.
I don't think such standard deviation can be considered as a good thing. So I wouldn't say I liked this series. Didn't totally disliked it either but for one arc (Otherworld).
This conclusion was (surprisingly to me) quite good. Remender deftly ties up the threads he developed in the previous issues and somehow reconciled me with this team I've never been much in love with.
It ends on a satisfying note, I'll try and stick with that.
April 8, 2013
Concluding the story arc from Uncanny X-Force: Final Execution, Book 1 (as well as the series), this book's first five chapters see X-Force emerging victorious from their Royal Rumble with Daken's new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, followed by an epilogue issue. Also collected in this volume are two "rare" short stories by Remender and Opeña, one featuring Wolverine, the other featuring Deadpool. While they are interesting, these two short stories are ultimately forgettable. They're also NOT the reason you're reading this review. Let's get moving, shall we?
Having kidnapped Genesis (in the previous volume), Daken, Sabretooth, and the Shadow King take him on a road trip in an RV through middle America. Their plan is to turn him into a bad guy, a new Apocalypse, but Genesis refuses to harm anyone. So Daken & Sabretooth make random stops on the way, telling him they will kill innocents unless he (Genesis) kills them first. Pretty twisted. Add to that the Shadow King messing with his mind, making him believe his parents are dead (and after that they reveal to him that his parents never even existed). Still, in spite of all this (you've got to give the kid some credit), he refuses to be like them.
X-Force eventually make their way to the new Brotherhood's secret underwater base, their objective being two-fold: rescuing Genesis and putting an end to the Brotherhood. Among the highlights of the many duels between various members of both teams, there's the final showdown between Wolverine & Daken, father & son, and only one is alive at the end .
In the epilogue issue, aptly titled " Rainbows, Puppy Dogs & Sunshine ", Remender wraps up his landmark run with a quiet issue (relatively), in which we see what the different team members have been up to.
Having kidnapped Genesis (in the previous volume), Daken, Sabretooth, and the Shadow King take him on a road trip in an RV through middle America. Their plan is to turn him into a bad guy, a new Apocalypse, but Genesis refuses to harm anyone. So Daken & Sabretooth make random stops on the way, telling him they will kill innocents unless he (Genesis) kills them first. Pretty twisted. Add to that the Shadow King messing with his mind, making him believe his parents are dead (and after that they reveal to him that his parents never even existed). Still, in spite of all this (you've got to give the kid some credit), he refuses to be like them.
X-Force eventually make their way to the new Brotherhood's secret underwater base, their objective being two-fold: rescuing Genesis and putting an end to the Brotherhood. Among the highlights of the many duels between various members of both teams, there's the final showdown between Wolverine & Daken, father & son, and only one is alive at the end .
In the epilogue issue, aptly titled " Rainbows, Puppy Dogs & Sunshine ", Remender wraps up his landmark run with a quiet issue (relatively), in which we see what the different team members have been up to.
March 23, 2014
That moment of a combination of glee and heartache at the thought of never seeing more of this fantastic run again.
But Jesus do I hate Daken - whiny, self-absorbed, woe-is-me-I-only-have-all-of-Wolverine's-powers-and-the-world-owes-me-more-I'm-a-poster-child-for-the-needy-pathetic-teenagers-who-fall-in-love-with-that-imaginationless-selfish-brat-Ayn-Rand. (Yeah, you could say I have minor issues with narcissists.)
Hey willyoulookatthat: I dunno when they made the switch, but it finally appears Psylocke is sporting something other than butt floss as a costume. Welcome to the 21st century Betsy.
Culmination of all the pain, torture and bad choices, it comes to this: Wolverine will be tormented by this big, rational choice for the rest of his life. And Remender finds a way to sell the moment so it'll ring in *my* head pretty loudly. Thanks man, I wasn't quite warped enough by your touch on my psyche - that's quite a bold reformation statement to nail to the door to my soul.
OTOH, the super-cool *decent* endings he gave to a couple or three other characters was...unexpected. I kept waiting for the next page turn to trip me on a claymore, or punch my brain with a badly-timed pun. None of that. When it's all said and done, this was a massive tale of redemption through the most bizarre and warped means.
Can I really feel settled after all the turmoil of this series? There's a lingering melancholy - each of the characters are a little...changed after all these killings and time travels and what does it all mean for love? I mean, can you imagine a story where Deathlok is the Buddha figure? That's like telling me that Garth Ennis is a prophet of some polytheistic schlock-worshipping religion...which I'm willing to believe if you swap him with Warren Ellis.
So what do we do now? Where do we go to follow the next mind-warping turns of Remender's imagination? Is it Uncanny Avengers? Black Science? Or do I go back to continue my way through Fear Agent or Venom? So many friggin choices man, just tell me where the best fart jokes are.
But Jesus do I hate Daken - whiny, self-absorbed, woe-is-me-I-only-have-all-of-Wolverine's-powers-and-the-world-owes-me-more-I'm-a-poster-child-for-the-needy-pathetic-teenagers-who-fall-in-love-with-that-imaginationless-selfish-brat-Ayn-Rand. (Yeah, you could say I have minor issues with narcissists.)
Hey willyoulookatthat: I dunno when they made the switch, but it finally appears Psylocke is sporting something other than butt floss as a costume. Welcome to the 21st century Betsy.
Culmination of all the pain, torture and bad choices, it comes to this: Wolverine will be tormented by this big, rational choice for the rest of his life. And Remender finds a way to sell the moment so it'll ring in *my* head pretty loudly. Thanks man, I wasn't quite warped enough by your touch on my psyche - that's quite a bold reformation statement to nail to the door to my soul.
OTOH, the super-cool *decent* endings he gave to a couple or three other characters was...unexpected. I kept waiting for the next page turn to trip me on a claymore, or punch my brain with a badly-timed pun. None of that. When it's all said and done, this was a massive tale of redemption through the most bizarre and warped means.
Can I really feel settled after all the turmoil of this series? There's a lingering melancholy - each of the characters are a little...changed after all these killings and time travels and what does it all mean for love? I mean, can you imagine a story where Deathlok is the Buddha figure? That's like telling me that Garth Ennis is a prophet of some polytheistic schlock-worshipping religion...which I'm willing to believe if you swap him with Warren Ellis.
So what do we do now? Where do we go to follow the next mind-warping turns of Remender's imagination? Is it Uncanny Avengers? Black Science? Or do I go back to continue my way through Fear Agent or Venom? So many friggin choices man, just tell me where the best fart jokes are.
May 27, 2014
Solid ending to a fantastic series. Rick remender is one of my new favorite authors because of this series. Specifically this book finishes the moral battle all the x-force experience, with fantastic vivid art. I usually hate daken stories but this father son arch is thoughtful and well told. The two side story at the end are a great read, love the dead pool breakfast ending. Overall I have to own this whole series, it's a must!
May 20, 2015
A very satisfying end to the series.
September 3, 2020
4.5 Stars
This was a good ending to the series, but man, it was a bit depressing. The ending itself could really be classified as a happy ending, but the overall vibe just seemed dark. Really the whole series was dark, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.
X-Force meets the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and we have some deaths some betrayals and some surprises.
The art wasn't bad but I still preferred the art in the early issues better.
Overall this run of Uncanny X-Force and the run of X-Force that came directly before this run as some of my favorite X-Men comics ever.
This was a good ending to the series, but man, it was a bit depressing. The ending itself could really be classified as a happy ending, but the overall vibe just seemed dark. Really the whole series was dark, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.
X-Force meets the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and we have some deaths some betrayals and some surprises.
The art wasn't bad but I still preferred the art in the early issues better.
Overall this run of Uncanny X-Force and the run of X-Force that came directly before this run as some of my favorite X-Men comics ever.
September 28, 2020
Could have been a contender
The art went downhill in this volume, that's number one.
Number two is more of a personal problem. Not being up to date on X-Men lore means I couldn't understand all the sacrifices and divided loyalties and potential tragedies.
X-Men is quite the long running super-powered soap opera, isn't it?
But it's the art, mainly.
The art went downhill in this volume, that's number one.
Number two is more of a personal problem. Not being up to date on X-Men lore means I couldn't understand all the sacrifices and divided loyalties and potential tragedies.
X-Men is quite the long running super-powered soap opera, isn't it?
But it's the art, mainly.
May 31, 2025
Not every book in this series has been perfect, but taken as a whole it's one of my favorite X-books without a doubt. Really satisfying wrap up for all of the team.
December 12, 2018
Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 with the team dealing with all the issues that have developing with the Apocalypse fallout Archangel etc! :D At the heart of the book they confront and deal with the Brotherhood of the Evil Mutants! :D This is delivered with aplomb but with Shish Kebab all over the place! :D The are and script show this of perfectly with the all marrying up perfectly Noto, Remender, Opeña et al deliver a book that not only explains plot points but it is full of epic character growth! :D The characters have blended as a team and work on every level! :D This is really exemplified in the way that you see Wolverine, Psylocke, Wade, Nightcrawler and Eva really are gelling! :D
Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 though at it heart is it's characters and this volume like the previous book is full oh humour! :D This humour infuses everything! :D At points where the characters could feel self important in strolls another team member and and deals with any Darth Vader level aspirations! :D Wade is a classic case of this as here immediately relieves young Apocalypse of the oh so serious books and leaves something far more pleasing for his age range! :D This is a great example all of the characters growth throughout the book and will have your ribs hurting throughout! :D The book knows how to punch all the right from the beginning! :D This adds to the tone of the book which works on multiple levels! :D The feel of the book and way things are done literally fly off the page! :D Be prepared to lose sleep finding out what happens! :D
Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 delivers on every level with the story! :D We can see that the characters have grown and Remender really shows this on the page! :D Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 has a great vibe and the characters themselves reflect this! :D This results in a book that works on all levels! :D Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 is full of epic world building but at the same time doesn't forget the more personal moments! :D Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 is a feel great feel of a book and will have you cheering along! :D Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 is full of adventure, rib cracking humour Bub, epic world building, Set ups, fist pumps and is action packed throughout! :D Incredible stuff Go and Get! :D Crisp High Five! :D
Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 though at it heart is it's characters and this volume like the previous book is full oh humour! :D This humour infuses everything! :D At points where the characters could feel self important in strolls another team member and and deals with any Darth Vader level aspirations! :D Wade is a classic case of this as here immediately relieves young Apocalypse of the oh so serious books and leaves something far more pleasing for his age range! :D This is a great example all of the characters growth throughout the book and will have your ribs hurting throughout! :D The book knows how to punch all the right from the beginning! :D This adds to the tone of the book which works on multiple levels! :D The feel of the book and way things are done literally fly off the page! :D Be prepared to lose sleep finding out what happens! :D
Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 delivers on every level with the story! :D We can see that the characters have grown and Remender really shows this on the page! :D Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 has a great vibe and the characters themselves reflect this! :D This results in a book that works on all levels! :D Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 is full of epic world building but at the same time doesn't forget the more personal moments! :D Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 is a feel great feel of a book and will have you cheering along! :D Uncanny X-Force, Volume 6: Final Execution, Book 2 is full of adventure, rib cracking humour Bub, epic world building, Set ups, fist pumps and is action packed throughout! :D Incredible stuff Go and Get! :D Crisp High Five! :D
July 23, 2013
What a perfect ending to this saga!
This book has built and built from page one. Everything just comes together so well here. There are themes held throughout - the primary being whether or not you can choose who you become. On the surface it seems like its just for Daken and Evan, but it's everyone. Every character from this book has a complete and amazing arc.
Some of them ended books ago, but even Angel still followed that path to see what he wanted to be versus what he was set up to be. Fantomex, Deadpool, Psylocke, all of them.
Remender doesn't have to use any tricks either. There is genuinely good storytelling here and the plot has great twists and turns. Again, the part that gets me the most is Psylocke's arc. She's amazing. She's been transformed and put through so much. She's enthralling to me now. Literally, the only reason I'm sticking with UXF in Marvel NOW is because she's leading the team (ok Storm doesn't hurt).
There were multiple points where I was moved by the story. At the height of the climactic scene I actually teared up for a few pages. Oh and Deadpool and Evan? AMAZING. And the end. The end was perfect.
The art was solid. A bit of a departure from the last few volumes, but I quickly got used to it and enjoyed it. It definitely added to the atmosphere and storytelling.
On top of all that goodness, you get two backup stories by Remender and Opeña for their early work on Wolverine and Deadpool. Wolvy is typically dark, but still interesting enough to get the blood pumping. Deadpool's story is the true gem here, though. It's short but absolutely hysterical. The comedy is juvenile but brilliant and the story is clever and action-packed.
Seriously, get this whole run. It's worth every penny and probably the best and most influential comic I've read in contemporary books.
This book has built and built from page one. Everything just comes together so well here. There are themes held throughout - the primary being whether or not you can choose who you become. On the surface it seems like its just for Daken and Evan, but it's everyone. Every character from this book has a complete and amazing arc.
Some of them ended books ago, but even Angel still followed that path to see what he wanted to be versus what he was set up to be. Fantomex, Deadpool, Psylocke, all of them.
Remender doesn't have to use any tricks either. There is genuinely good storytelling here and the plot has great twists and turns. Again, the part that gets me the most is Psylocke's arc. She's amazing. She's been transformed and put through so much. She's enthralling to me now. Literally, the only reason I'm sticking with UXF in Marvel NOW is because she's leading the team (ok Storm doesn't hurt).
There were multiple points where I was moved by the story. At the height of the climactic scene I actually teared up for a few pages. Oh and Deadpool and Evan? AMAZING. And the end. The end was perfect.
The art was solid. A bit of a departure from the last few volumes, but I quickly got used to it and enjoyed it. It definitely added to the atmosphere and storytelling.
On top of all that goodness, you get two backup stories by Remender and Opeña for their early work on Wolverine and Deadpool. Wolvy is typically dark, but still interesting enough to get the blood pumping. Deadpool's story is the true gem here, though. It's short but absolutely hysterical. The comedy is juvenile but brilliant and the story is clever and action-packed.
Seriously, get this whole run. It's worth every penny and probably the best and most influential comic I've read in contemporary books.
March 12, 2013
I really enjoyed the direction this series went. It felt like the choices characters made actually had a consequences that couldn't be ignored or brushed aside in future issues, and where in the previous X-Force series it seemed the only character who had a strong opinion about the killing was Rahne, this time it seemed each character had moments where they actually think about what all the killing is doing to them and those around them. Considering the premise of the book is that they're an off-the-record team of proactive killers, that's quite a writing challenge, but Remender manages to give everyone a distinct voice. I was especially impressed with his approach to Deadpool (balancing his unique humor with some serious moments without feeling maudlin) and Fantomex, who I was unfamiliar with before I read this series, and is now I character I look forward to following.
Honestly, there were several characters in this series who I never really had much care for before - Psylocke, Wolverine, Deathlok, even - where I now have an interest in their futures. Remender seemed especially attuned to Psylocke, and I look forward to seeing how she is teamed up with Storm in the new X-Force series.
Speaking of Psylocke, kudos to the various artists on this run, specifically Jerome Opena and Phil Noto, who took strides in drawing Psylocke in an atypical way - that is, normal and not the sexed-up thong one-piece type that emerged from the Siege Perilous in the early 90's. Plus, she actually appeared to be Asian!
Honestly, there were several characters in this series who I never really had much care for before - Psylocke, Wolverine, Deathlok, even - where I now have an interest in their futures. Remender seemed especially attuned to Psylocke, and I look forward to seeing how she is teamed up with Storm in the new X-Force series.
Speaking of Psylocke, kudos to the various artists on this run, specifically Jerome Opena and Phil Noto, who took strides in drawing Psylocke in an atypical way - that is, normal and not the sexed-up thong one-piece type that emerged from the Siege Perilous in the early 90's. Plus, she actually appeared to be Asian!
August 18, 2013
You'd never know that Rick Remender's run on Uncanny X-Force was truncated by about 25 issues, would you? This final volume wraps everything up neatly (though leaving a few plot points open to be picked up on later, especially regarding Fantomex) and brings the conflict between Wolverine and Daken to a close, as well as deciding the fate of Evan/Genesis too. It's heartbreaking, emotional, visceral, and just down right entertaining. The collection is rounded out with two early Remender stories which are decent but unremarkable, but their inclusion doesn't tar the volume at all, with the strength of the Final Execution keeping it well up at 5 stars.
The artwork in the lead stories from David Williams and Phil Noto is gorgeous, and the facial expressions are especially good too. Opena's art in the final two stories is decent though nowhere near his current work, but it does the job well enough.
The artwork in the lead stories from David Williams and Phil Noto is gorgeous, and the facial expressions are especially good too. Opena's art in the final two stories is decent though nowhere near his current work, but it does the job well enough.
January 27, 2015
Wow. This series started off shaky, but I'm really impressed by how it ended. It's a complete story in seven volumes, a bloody tangle surrounding the question of whether it's ever right to kill someone. I started off not liking any of the characters, and ended up deeply attached to all of them. I also didn't realize this is where I'd see Genesis' storyline after meeting him in the Wolverine & the X-Men series, so I'm really glad I got to see that. Loved him and his relationship with Deadpool.
I just can't get over how great this ending is. The perfect ending, the only ending for this story, and the fact that a comic series actually told a story instead of dribbling off into nothing. There's one specific panel with Wolverine and Genesis where it's just "Oh my god, this is what this whole story has been about." Of all the comics, why in the world am I crying about Uncanny X-Force. Oh god.
I just can't get over how great this ending is. The perfect ending, the only ending for this story, and the fact that a comic series actually told a story instead of dribbling off into nothing. There's one specific panel with Wolverine and Genesis where it's just "Oh my god, this is what this whole story has been about." Of all the comics, why in the world am I crying about Uncanny X-Force. Oh god.
January 17, 2020
Now that's more like it. After two volumes that weren't working for me, the final book goes out with bang. Nasty villains that resonate, tough choices with satisfying results and strong art. Psylocke feels like a character and not just a clothes horse, the Evan story arc doesn't take the easy road and that Wolverine gut punch.
Real good stuff.
Real good stuff.
December 28, 2012
Satisfying conclusion to the whole Remender run, Noto's art is on fire and the whole thing really is a page-turner.
March 24, 2013
For an action comic about a mutant kill squad, Rick Remender and Phil Noto really amped up the emotion without it ever becoming melodramatic. An amazing example of superhero storytelling.
October 3, 2013
Epic ending to an epic series.
December 19, 2018
What a great ending to a great series
March 8, 2021
I mean it's the end and there was an end so I will give it three stars for...ending. The overall Rick Remender X-Force? That gets a 2. Because - god it was a mess. At times a beautiful mess. At times a repetitive mess. But mostly a frustrating mess.
At the end - what did we learn? Well...I guess the take home message was...everyone can be redeemed? Unless they can't. The clone of a Apocalypse seemed to be a nice guy. Wolverine's son? No - can't be redeemed - kill him.
My biggest problem with this opus of Rick is that - Rick can't get out of his own way as a writer. He has some great ideas - he has a great flair for humour and action but he just over thinks things until some of these books just became a philosophy lesson. A poorly done philosophy lesson. Because we started this WHOLE journey killing a young Apocalypse - the WHOLE reason for this team recruited by Wolverine was "some threats need to be killed before they start" and then these last two books were "wow, that is too harsh a stance - that will lead to a horrible future". So...why go on this journey then? Just to find out Wolverine is wrong. When actually - he is right but you have to know when to draw the limits.
After killing Apocalypse in the first volume the team hated themselves for doing it for the next 6 volumes. *eye roll*
Also - it felt like the same story OVER and OVER. Team gets attacked by baddies from the future, from an alternative dimension, from their own team, who can make you sick and our guys ... get out of it somehow - usually by Fantomex creating the illusion that he died but he didn't.
For a team assembled to "do the missions no one else will" they did ONE mission (Kill a young Apocalypse) and then basically fought themselves (Angel going bad) or themselves (from an alternative dimension) or themselves (people trying to punish Fantomex for killing Apocalypse) themselves (from the future) or themselves (their sons) or themselves (because after killing Apocalypse they decided - clone him again!!!).
I am not blind to why people liked this run. It had some amazing art and if you forget the fact it was the same story repeated again and again it was a blast. But I have read a lot of Rick (because people keep saying how great his series are) and I am finally at the point where I get it. I will never like his style of writing. It always has a cool premise and then seems to be a chaotic mess.
At the end - what did we learn? Well...I guess the take home message was...everyone can be redeemed? Unless they can't. The clone of a Apocalypse seemed to be a nice guy. Wolverine's son? No - can't be redeemed - kill him.
My biggest problem with this opus of Rick is that - Rick can't get out of his own way as a writer. He has some great ideas - he has a great flair for humour and action but he just over thinks things until some of these books just became a philosophy lesson. A poorly done philosophy lesson. Because we started this WHOLE journey killing a young Apocalypse - the WHOLE reason for this team recruited by Wolverine was "some threats need to be killed before they start" and then these last two books were "wow, that is too harsh a stance - that will lead to a horrible future". So...why go on this journey then? Just to find out Wolverine is wrong. When actually - he is right but you have to know when to draw the limits.
After killing Apocalypse in the first volume the team hated themselves for doing it for the next 6 volumes. *eye roll*
Also - it felt like the same story OVER and OVER. Team gets attacked by baddies from the future, from an alternative dimension, from their own team, who can make you sick and our guys ... get out of it somehow - usually by Fantomex creating the illusion that he died but he didn't.
For a team assembled to "do the missions no one else will" they did ONE mission (Kill a young Apocalypse) and then basically fought themselves (Angel going bad) or themselves (from an alternative dimension) or themselves (people trying to punish Fantomex for killing Apocalypse) themselves (from the future) or themselves (their sons) or themselves (because after killing Apocalypse they decided - clone him again!!!).
I am not blind to why people liked this run. It had some amazing art and if you forget the fact it was the same story repeated again and again it was a blast. But I have read a lot of Rick (because people keep saying how great his series are) and I am finally at the point where I get it. I will never like his style of writing. It always has a cool premise and then seems to be a chaotic mess.
November 9, 2020
Bueno, pues último arco de Remender al frente de Uncanny X-Force, y la verdad es que el tío quiso terminar a lo grande, con un arco de diez números más uno de epílogo en el que ponía fin a su participación en la serie (y creo que a la propia serie, aunque creo que dentro de Marvel Now hubo dos colecciones de X-Force, estas no las leí en su momento). Y Remender decidió salir de la serie con el mismo argumento con el que había comenzado: Apocalipsis.
Convertido ahora en un niño bajo la tutela del Instituto Jean Grey, Evan se había convertido en personaje recurrente de Lobezno y la Patrulla-X, donde el muchacho, educado en un mundo artificial por Fantomex al más puro estilo Superman, con su granja en Kansas y sus padres granjeros educándole para darle un trasfondo ético, se iba a convertir sin embargo en el objetivo de una nueva encarnación de la Hermandad de Mutantes Diabólicos. Y la verdad es que aquí Remender se puso bruto, con una Hermandad digna de tal nombre: ni más ni menos que Daken, el Rey Sombra, Mole, Mística y Dientes de Sable, Arma III y Generación Omega, cada uno de ellos con sus propios objetivos pero unidos por una intención: convertir a Evan en el nuevo Apocalipsis.
Y a lo largo de los diez números de la historia, vamos a ver un enfrentamiento muy complejo entre X-Force y la Nueva Hermandad, perfectamente orquestado por Daken para dar a cada uno de sus compañeros la oportunidad de torturar a los miembros de X-Force de varias maneras, cada uno a su estilo, e incluso tendremos un breve atisbo a una nueva realidad futurista en la que Elizabeth Braddock es la líder absoluta del mundo, antes de tener que hacer frente en Genosha a la Hermandad, y tendrán que hacer frente al propio concepto fundacional de X-Force, a desafíos personales... y a la traición de uno de los suyos.
En fin, con este tomo finaliza la etapa de Remender, y con perspectiva sobre ella, aunque me ha gustado menos de lo que me gustó en su momento, me parece bastante interesante y entretenida, así que bien.
Convertido ahora en un niño bajo la tutela del Instituto Jean Grey, Evan se había convertido en personaje recurrente de Lobezno y la Patrulla-X, donde el muchacho, educado en un mundo artificial por Fantomex al más puro estilo Superman, con su granja en Kansas y sus padres granjeros educándole para darle un trasfondo ético, se iba a convertir sin embargo en el objetivo de una nueva encarnación de la Hermandad de Mutantes Diabólicos. Y la verdad es que aquí Remender se puso bruto, con una Hermandad digna de tal nombre: ni más ni menos que Daken, el Rey Sombra, Mole, Mística y Dientes de Sable, Arma III y Generación Omega, cada uno de ellos con sus propios objetivos pero unidos por una intención: convertir a Evan en el nuevo Apocalipsis.
Y a lo largo de los diez números de la historia, vamos a ver un enfrentamiento muy complejo entre X-Force y la Nueva Hermandad, perfectamente orquestado por Daken para dar a cada uno de sus compañeros la oportunidad de torturar a los miembros de X-Force de varias maneras, cada uno a su estilo, e incluso tendremos un breve atisbo a una nueva realidad futurista en la que Elizabeth Braddock es la líder absoluta del mundo, antes de tener que hacer frente en Genosha a la Hermandad, y tendrán que hacer frente al propio concepto fundacional de X-Force, a desafíos personales... y a la traición de uno de los suyos.
En fin, con este tomo finaliza la etapa de Remender, y con perspectiva sobre ella, aunque me ha gustado menos de lo que me gustó en su momento, me parece bastante interesante y entretenida, así que bien.
February 20, 2024
The final story of X-Force brings the whole plot full circle.
Since the beginning of the series, in volume 1, we saw that the main threat was and always has been, the arrival of a new Apocalypse. And when Farouk attacked the team in an earlier volume, he found out about this threat. So now that he is part of this new "evil brotherhood of mutants", they will use that - along with the teams many interpersonal issues - to bring them down and usher in a new age of apocalypse.
Remender really sticks the landing for this story. He uses every plot thread that was left lingering to execute this amazingly emotional last few volumes, that is rare when dealing what is usually, a one note kind of story when dealing with "X Force". Here, we care about the characters even if they don't care for themselves. We see how much they struggle with their own turmoil but somehow push that aside to do what's best for the future. And innocents get trampled along the way through no fault of their own, except for being made/born into the image of something they're supposed to be but aren't. Remender's story is a love letter to not only X-Men, but to antiheroes in general in my opinion, who sometimes are the most heroic characters, as they are fighting against their nature to be "good".
I gave this book five starts not just because of this volume, but for the overall series. Remender really gave this book such depth that it's hard not to say it's one of the best X-books ever. The stakes have never been higher, or the drama so fever pitched, and Remender nails the ending and even goes as far as to give us....dare I say - a happy ending?
I highly recommend this book to anyone who like's the X-Men, or really, any member of the X-Force team at that time. This story is a classic, and one that any X-Men fan should not miss.
Since the beginning of the series, in volume 1, we saw that the main threat was and always has been, the arrival of a new Apocalypse. And when Farouk attacked the team in an earlier volume, he found out about this threat. So now that he is part of this new "evil brotherhood of mutants", they will use that - along with the teams many interpersonal issues - to bring them down and usher in a new age of apocalypse.
Remender really sticks the landing for this story. He uses every plot thread that was left lingering to execute this amazingly emotional last few volumes, that is rare when dealing what is usually, a one note kind of story when dealing with "X Force". Here, we care about the characters even if they don't care for themselves. We see how much they struggle with their own turmoil but somehow push that aside to do what's best for the future. And innocents get trampled along the way through no fault of their own, except for being made/born into the image of something they're supposed to be but aren't. Remender's story is a love letter to not only X-Men, but to antiheroes in general in my opinion, who sometimes are the most heroic characters, as they are fighting against their nature to be "good".
I gave this book five starts not just because of this volume, but for the overall series. Remender really gave this book such depth that it's hard not to say it's one of the best X-books ever. The stakes have never been higher, or the drama so fever pitched, and Remender nails the ending and even goes as far as to give us....dare I say - a happy ending?
I highly recommend this book to anyone who like's the X-Men, or really, any member of the X-Force team at that time. This story is a classic, and one that any X-Men fan should not miss.
October 4, 2025
It's not often that an X-series has a proper conclusion. And when it does, it's often either awful, treacly, or else a jaunt into the future because authors are rarely allowed to finish a book without resetting all the characters to where they were at the beginning of the story.
This volume not only does a solid job of wrapping up Remender's run on Uncanny X-Force, it also ties a nice little bow on Daniel Way's Wolverine: Origins, Volume 1: Born in Blood.
The art is perfect. The writing is solid. It suffers ever-so-slightly from having to tie up some of the weaker strands from the book but they needed to be knotted.
I would be very pleased to never have to read another story involving The Shadow King. Particularly one that also involves Psylocke or Kwannon.
This volume not only does a solid job of wrapping up Remender's run on Uncanny X-Force, it also ties a nice little bow on Daniel Way's Wolverine: Origins, Volume 1: Born in Blood.
The art is perfect. The writing is solid. It suffers ever-so-slightly from having to tie up some of the weaker strands from the book but they needed to be knotted.
I would be very pleased to never have to read another story involving The Shadow King. Particularly one that also involves Psylocke or Kwannon.
August 30, 2025
What a run. Remender, Opeña, Noto, White, Tedesco, and everyone else who worked across this entire series should be proud of themselves.
This finale had so much heart. Every page filled with characters either swimming out from the depths of darkness or succumbing to it. It really was a poignant story of revenge, redemption, and forgiveness—told through the absurd and brutal lens of the X-Force.
Noto, Williams, Martin, White, and Rosenberg did a tremendous job for the art in this volume. It's easy to get whiplash when different issues are worked on by different teams, but here it was cohesive. Brutal, emotive, dynamic.
I genuinely am excited to scour through years of X-Men comics to see where the characters from this series have gone off since. Betsy, Logan, Wade, Kurt, Warren, Evan, Deathlok, EVA, and my favorite, Jean-Philippe.
This finale had so much heart. Every page filled with characters either swimming out from the depths of darkness or succumbing to it. It really was a poignant story of revenge, redemption, and forgiveness—told through the absurd and brutal lens of the X-Force.
Noto, Williams, Martin, White, and Rosenberg did a tremendous job for the art in this volume. It's easy to get whiplash when different issues are worked on by different teams, but here it was cohesive. Brutal, emotive, dynamic.
I genuinely am excited to scour through years of X-Men comics to see where the characters from this series have gone off since. Betsy, Logan, Wade, Kurt, Warren, Evan, Deathlok, EVA, and my favorite, Jean-Philippe.
June 26, 2017
Rick Remender ends his Uncanny X-Force run with a story that epitomizes X-Men books. The motivations for the Brotherhood made sense and the desperation that X-Force endured felt real. I liked this volume of Final Execution much better than the first because the book seemed more streamlined and had more soul. There were a few resolutions that were tied up too quick and neat but weren't terrible. The art was very good but I just wish Jerome O'Pena could have ended the run with Remender. Overall, a satisfying end to the series.
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