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Uncanny X-Men (1963) #487-491
Uncanny X-Men: The Extremists
The X-Men are back from space. Well, half of them, anyway.
The team is shattered, broken and separated. The group that has returned to earth is finding it much worse than how they left it? especially underground. Attacks in the Morlock Tunnels immediately grab the X-Men's attention. What do these attacks have to do with the future of the mutant race? Maybe special guest-star Storm can get to the bottom of all this...
Collects Uncanny X-Men #487-491.
The team is shattered, broken and separated. The group that has returned to earth is finding it much worse than how they left it? especially underground. Attacks in the Morlock Tunnels immediately grab the X-Men's attention. What do these attacks have to do with the future of the mutant race? Maybe special guest-star Storm can get to the bottom of all this...
Collects Uncanny X-Men #487-491.
120 pages, Paperback
First published January 9, 2008
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About the author
Ed Brubaker
1,798 books3,026 followersEd Brubaker (born November 17, 1966) is an Eisner Award-winning American cartoonist and writer. He was born at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
Brubaker is best known for his work as a comic book writer on such titles as Batman, Daredevil, Captain America, Iron Fist, Catwoman, Gotham Central and Uncanny X-Men. In more recent years, he has focused solely on creator-owned titles for Image Comics, such as Fatale, Criminal, Velvet and Kill or Be Killed.
In 2016, Brubaker ventured into television, joining the writing staff of the HBO series Westworld.
Brubaker is best known for his work as a comic book writer on such titles as Batman, Daredevil, Captain America, Iron Fist, Catwoman, Gotham Central and Uncanny X-Men. In more recent years, he has focused solely on creator-owned titles for Image Comics, such as Fatale, Criminal, Velvet and Kill or Be Killed.
In 2016, Brubaker ventured into television, joining the writing staff of the HBO series Westworld.
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October 12, 2021
This story starts with some villain named Masque leeching powers and like targeting humans but when one of the X-Men named Caliban is put in harms way its upto Storm and the X-Men to stop him and they have to go to the morlocks lane and confront evil there meanwhile Professor X and Nightcrawler search for Magneto who these people have been inspired by. Its an okay story when all this intersects and ehh its a tough one to read and it gets boring and its a big let down from the previous arc tbh and the art is not that encouraging, so maybe skip this one.
August 13, 2014
So I was a little confused while reading this book. I stopped reading X-books right before House of M, read that event book, then completely stopped until Uncanny X-Men got rebooted for Marvel Now! So I've missed a lot. I at least knew about decimation, so I could basically understand the story. But there's a fair bit here that I would have liked to have more background on.
That said, it's still a good story. I'm glad that somebody thought about how decimation would affect the Morlocks. It does make sense that some of them would turn terrorist. Sure, the plans seem directionless and nonsensical at times, but Brubaker is the first to point that out, and honestly it fits. Why should the Morlocks having a plan that works on every level? Especially one based on the visions of a less than stable mutant seer named Qwerty. Which is just about the best name ever, isn't it? My point is, the plan itself is crazy, but it should be crazy.
And it also has Nightcrawler. My favorite! Granted, he's given the somewhat thankless task of shadowing Xavier and constantly asking him what he's doing, but I was happy to see him anyways. Hopefully, he'll be given more to do in the next volume.
That said, it's still a good story. I'm glad that somebody thought about how decimation would affect the Morlocks. It does make sense that some of them would turn terrorist. Sure, the plans seem directionless and nonsensical at times, but Brubaker is the first to point that out, and honestly it fits. Why should the Morlocks having a plan that works on every level? Especially one based on the visions of a less than stable mutant seer named Qwerty. Which is just about the best name ever, isn't it? My point is, the plan itself is crazy, but it should be crazy.
And it also has Nightcrawler. My favorite! Granted, he's given the somewhat thankless task of shadowing Xavier and constantly asking him what he's doing, but I was happy to see him anyways. Hopefully, he'll be given more to do in the next volume.
July 1, 2018
This was a average x-men adventure. Save some mutants, fight other mutants, and everyone is happy. Not great, nor amazing, not horrible, just okay. Not much to really say about this one to be honest.
June 23, 2018
The Extremists is a very solid adventure that takes advantage of the post-House of M climate of fear and doubt and leads up to the events of Messiah Complex. Nothing too special here, but it does what it sets out to do by providing a seamless transition into Messiah Complex.
Good writing by Ed Brubaker, though not as good as the previous arc due to the more down to earth nature of the plot (literally). Good pencils by Salvador Larroca, though there are some awkward moments when Storm's eyes are misaligned, but it's a very rare occurrence. And lastly, I really have to give props to Jason Keith's coloring - he knocked this one out of the park and really complimented Larroca's pencils perfectly, giving the whole book a semi-realistic feel that reminds me of X-Force's Clayton Crain's work.
Good writing by Ed Brubaker, though not as good as the previous arc due to the more down to earth nature of the plot (literally). Good pencils by Salvador Larroca, though there are some awkward moments when Storm's eyes are misaligned, but it's a very rare occurrence. And lastly, I really have to give props to Jason Keith's coloring - he knocked this one out of the park and really complimented Larroca's pencils perfectly, giving the whole book a semi-realistic feel that reminds me of X-Force's Clayton Crain's work.
October 1, 2020
3.5 stars. The Morloks are following some prophecy that is actually keeping them a few steps ahead of Storm team until it doesn’t and Storm gets pissed. Solid story.
April 19, 2022
Ed Brubaker is such a great writer! Salvador Larroca is such an underrated artist. Put both together and you get a compelling and beautiful comic.
The story did a good job of showing how in desperate times people are eager to believe in fate and destiny, but that can easily be twisted. Many people can interpret things very differently. I found the organized religion and cult parallels fascinating.
James Proudstar/Warpath was the stand out character in this. He is such an awesome warrior character who still comes off human. He wants to do the right thing and be a hero, but that doesn't mean he's not tempted to want revenge. I like how they show that it is hard for him to not go to far and control his rage. It makes him seem even more heroic for doing so.
The romantic tension between him and Hepzibah is quite fun.
She is a very fun and quirky character. She helps relieve the tension in the dark parts of this story at times without taking way from it.
Storm is the grounded leader of the team who falters when facing her claustrophobia, but still manages to show why she is the Queen weather Goddess she is.
Caliban is a sweet character.
Kurt and Charles Xavier's parts could be a little slow, but not bad.
Over all this was a good read that I recommend.
I want to see more of this Warpath/Hepzibah romance! <3
The story did a good job of showing how in desperate times people are eager to believe in fate and destiny, but that can easily be twisted. Many people can interpret things very differently. I found the organized religion and cult parallels fascinating.
James Proudstar/Warpath was the stand out character in this. He is such an awesome warrior character who still comes off human. He wants to do the right thing and be a hero, but that doesn't mean he's not tempted to want revenge. I like how they show that it is hard for him to not go to far and control his rage. It makes him seem even more heroic for doing so.
The romantic tension between him and Hepzibah is quite fun.
She is a very fun and quirky character. She helps relieve the tension in the dark parts of this story at times without taking way from it.
Storm is the grounded leader of the team who falters when facing her claustrophobia, but still manages to show why she is the Queen weather Goddess she is.
Caliban is a sweet character.
Kurt and Charles Xavier's parts could be a little slow, but not bad.
Over all this was a good read that I recommend.
I want to see more of this Warpath/Hepzibah romance! <3
January 11, 2014
Return of the Morlocks
August 30, 2015
This only makes sense of you read more x men comics. Some entertaining bits anyway.
March 15, 2022
This is underrated in my opinion. Ed Brubaker is money at most, if not all, times. This builds off THE event of the X-Men from the year 2005 to 2019, until House of X/Powers of X, and this arc continues the clever and skilled building from said event that leads to the next thing... Messiah CompleX.
Done, done
Onto the next one
🤘🏻
Done, done
Onto the next one
🤘🏻
July 27, 2019
Si la primera saga de Brubaker nos llevó a las estrellas, la segunda, por oposición, baja a los subterráneos. Con el equipo reestructurado tras los eventos de Ascenso y Caída del Imperio Shi´ar, y con Hepzibah y Tormenta (que compagina su presencia entre los Cuatro Fantásticos y este equipo) que suplen las ausencias de aquellos que se quedaron junto a los Saqueadores Estelares, la Patrulla-X tiene que hacer frente a una amenaza mucho más cercana: un grupo de terroristas mutantes dispuestos a sembrar el caos entre los no mutantes de la manera más sucia. Los atacantes son ni más ni menos que un grupo de Morlocks supervivientes de la Diezma, liderados por uno de los enemigos más incómodos de la Patrulla-X y sus allegados, Máscara. Lo que comienza como lo que parece ser un caos aleatorio, resulta ser algo planificado, pues los Morlocks se han escindido en dos facciones que tratan de llevar a cabo, cada uno a su manera, las visiones de una de los suyos, una vidente llamada Delphi (en una trama que no es del todo nueva y que ya Claremont había desarrollado tiempo atrás con la búsqueda de los Diarios de Destino en X-Treme X-Men), y que parece centrarse en el regreso de Magneto...
La verdad es que después de Ascenso y Caída del Imperio Shi'ar, Los Extremistas parece quedar como poco más que un interludio entre esta y la siguiente gran saga de los mutantes, Complejo de Mesías, que vendría a reestructurarlo todo, pero lo cierto es que si como he dicho antes el guión no es del todo original, la presencia en los lápices de Salvador Larroca le da mucha fuerza a la historia.
La verdad es que después de Ascenso y Caída del Imperio Shi'ar, Los Extremistas parece quedar como poco más que un interludio entre esta y la siguiente gran saga de los mutantes, Complejo de Mesías, que vendría a reestructurarlo todo, pero lo cierto es que si como he dicho antes el guión no es del todo original, la presencia en los lápices de Salvador Larroca le da mucha fuerza a la historia.
June 30, 2017
This is the 5 issues of the X-men that take the story from the events of the Shi'ar story line to the Messiah Complex story line.
The overall concept of this story is that a rogue element of the Morlocks (the mutant community that live below the sewers of New York City) are on a quasi-religious quest to put into motion the series of events as they are written in a book by one of their former members, who not only has precognitive powers but is also now dead, seemingly a martyr to these people.
This is very obviously some filler story that is intended to setup the people and places for the next big story arc, The Messiah Complex.
Mr. Brubaker tells a passable story of these events, but they aren't necessary to the reading of the previous or following story arcs.
A lot of people very much like Salvador Larocca as an artist, but I am not one of them. I just don't like his style. Not so much that it turns me away from the books he pencils, but enough that I don't go out of my way to buy them unless they are well written.
I would only recommend this trade paperback to the X-men completist, as this story is not very integral to the overall X-men events going on, except perhaps for the 'big reveal' at is conclusion. That reveal though doesn't justify the price of this book, especially since it is mentioned in other books as it is needed to be known.
The overall concept of this story is that a rogue element of the Morlocks (the mutant community that live below the sewers of New York City) are on a quasi-religious quest to put into motion the series of events as they are written in a book by one of their former members, who not only has precognitive powers but is also now dead, seemingly a martyr to these people.
This is very obviously some filler story that is intended to setup the people and places for the next big story arc, The Messiah Complex.
Mr. Brubaker tells a passable story of these events, but they aren't necessary to the reading of the previous or following story arcs.
A lot of people very much like Salvador Larocca as an artist, but I am not one of them. I just don't like his style. Not so much that it turns me away from the books he pencils, but enough that I don't go out of my way to buy them unless they are well written.
I would only recommend this trade paperback to the X-men completist, as this story is not very integral to the overall X-men events going on, except perhaps for the 'big reveal' at is conclusion. That reveal though doesn't justify the price of this book, especially since it is mentioned in other books as it is needed to be known.
June 7, 2022
After the events of the last volume, the members of the team that made it to Earth now have to find and stop a rouge group of morlocks, who are following a "sacred book" which apparently is telling them to deform and kill people.
Apart from that main story, the secondary story is of Magneto, and Xavier's attempt to find him. He cant use cerebro with him because he is not a mutant anymore since house of M. Though the ending of this volume hints that they may not soon be the case.
I think this was very much a throwback type of story where it's just X-Men goodness. Complete with morlocks and Magneto and all! I think the only thing I didn't like was that this was a very sparse team, and it would've been cooler to see some more members or maybe different members helping out.
The art by Salvador Larroca was really good! Sometime he can be a bit hit or miss with me, but this one, he really knocked it out of the park. Great job on the art overall.
A fun, action packed adventure of the X-Men, if you've been reading the series for a while, you'll be very used to this type of story.
Apart from that main story, the secondary story is of Magneto, and Xavier's attempt to find him. He cant use cerebro with him because he is not a mutant anymore since house of M. Though the ending of this volume hints that they may not soon be the case.
I think this was very much a throwback type of story where it's just X-Men goodness. Complete with morlocks and Magneto and all! I think the only thing I didn't like was that this was a very sparse team, and it would've been cooler to see some more members or maybe different members helping out.
The art by Salvador Larroca was really good! Sometime he can be a bit hit or miss with me, but this one, he really knocked it out of the park. Great job on the art overall.
A fun, action packed adventure of the X-Men, if you've been reading the series for a while, you'll be very used to this type of story.
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September 22, 2024Storm steals the show in this one. Her ending gambit is awesome, and I like how Brubaker brings her claustrophobia full circle.
So this arc follows the Shi’Ar empire storyline, where half the team is back on Earth. Masque and the Morlocks are stirring up trouble because of a prophecy one of their members wrote before dying, which also mentions Magneto, apparently de-powered after M-Day. It plays out how you’d expect, with the X-Men (in this case, Storm, Warpath, Caliban, and Hepzibah of the Shi’Ar) going after the Morlocks and stopping them. Meanwhile, Professor X and Nightcrawler try to find Magneto. I don’t know much about the Morlocks but I like how Brubaker addresses their status after M-Day. Some have turned terrorist, some remain peaceful. Kind of makes sense. It’s nice to see Xavier back in action after regaining his powers, too.
Overall, decent stuff. It’s a minor storyline, but well-done. It also leads into the next crossover, Messiah Complex, which I’ve got queued up.
So this arc follows the Shi’Ar empire storyline, where half the team is back on Earth. Masque and the Morlocks are stirring up trouble because of a prophecy one of their members wrote before dying, which also mentions Magneto, apparently de-powered after M-Day. It plays out how you’d expect, with the X-Men (in this case, Storm, Warpath, Caliban, and Hepzibah of the Shi’Ar) going after the Morlocks and stopping them. Meanwhile, Professor X and Nightcrawler try to find Magneto. I don’t know much about the Morlocks but I like how Brubaker addresses their status after M-Day. Some have turned terrorist, some remain peaceful. Kind of makes sense. It’s nice to see Xavier back in action after regaining his powers, too.
Overall, decent stuff. It’s a minor storyline, but well-done. It also leads into the next crossover, Messiah Complex, which I’ve got queued up.
February 19, 2019
I read this way back when it first came out. Clearly I've forgotten a lot about it because I could have sworn it had a lot more prologue to X-Men: Messiah CompleX. It doesn't. Just a page, kind of. And the art...It is painted nicely, but it is so boring and static. It hardly feels like it tells a story.
March 31, 2020
I was worried this would be too connected to Rise and Fall of the Shi'Ar Empire to read well on its own. But it really wasn't. If anything, it's more of a strange little leadup to Messiah Complex. And the b-plot of Magneto showing back up was very interesting. We'll see what this means for my binding plans.
February 18, 2018
Continuing the great x-read of 2017/18...
This is a solid story. Not the best but certainly interesting enough. Curious about this book and what it means to Magneto so it's at least setting up some interesting dangling plotlines if nothing else.
This is a solid story. Not the best but certainly interesting enough. Curious about this book and what it means to Magneto so it's at least setting up some interesting dangling plotlines if nothing else.
June 13, 2021
Spinning wheels before Messiah Complex. Another story about finding a prophecy but unlike “Blinded by the Light” (the X-Men story coming out at the same time), this doesn’t go anywhere.
April 9, 2025
Not an interesting story, opens the mutant world up a but with another clairvoyant mutant who couldn't make a decision.
Masque is super evil.
Larocca's art and the colours are pretty poor.
Masque is super evil.
Larocca's art and the colours are pretty poor.
November 10, 2021
This was fine, though it felt more like a backup story.
September 25, 2014
This thing is an absolute mess. I expect way more from Brubaker, who usually keeps stuff accessible for his readers who aren't versed in the entire convoluted history of the series he's writing (for instance, I'd never read a page of Captain America before he took over, and found it very easy to get accustomed to). Not here, though. This is just old X-Men character after old X-Men character, each with insane powers that are never really explained because he just assumes we know who they are. Also, reading this mostly on the subway meant I couldn't even look them up, so I never actually figured out who some of these weirdos were. Sorry, Ed! I don't know who the Morlocks are! I guess I suck!
Add on to this the fact that his previous storyline, The Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire, which is about the X-Men fighting every living thing in space, seems to just be over and done with in this volume, almost like it never happened. Xavier hyper conveniently has his powers back, skirting the result of House of M with very little effort, and we now have Space Catwoman on the team, but otherwise there are no real consequences. It's disappointing to have read that entire, poorly-conceived Star Wars ripoff and now have nothing to show for it.
All of that said, if the story itself was any good, I would forgive all of the above. But it isn't. It starts with an interesting if well-trod premise: a mutant with the ability to see all of the threads of possibility writes a prophetic book signaling the return of mutantkind to dominance on the planet. Following the Decimation, where all but about 100 mutants on earth lost their powers, this is a big deal. A group of cult-like mutant terrorists gets their hands on the book and starts blowing up things in New York (yikes?), and they're virtually unstoppable because the book tells them every minor detail of everything that is ever going to happen. They're able to predict things as minute as the exact second two X-Men jump out and attack them. Seems pretty foolproof to me!
Just kidding! Spoiler alert, the X-Men win. Fine. But, what about that book that foretold EVERYTHING anyone EVER DID? Well, it just suddenly wasn't right anymore. The X-Men didn't have to do anything to change probability, or counter the book's prophecy, or anything playing with the tools Brubaker set up throughout this story. The book is just wrong all of a sudden and the bad guys lose. Cool. It's one of the most anti-climactic things I've ever read. Everyone Poops has bigger plot twists.
Anyway, the very last page of this book seems to maybe set up that this whole thing wasn't a waste, but it's impossible to tell yet. As a standalone story, this one is super duper boring and all over the place. Skip the hell out of it.
Add on to this the fact that his previous storyline, The Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire, which is about the X-Men fighting every living thing in space, seems to just be over and done with in this volume, almost like it never happened. Xavier hyper conveniently has his powers back, skirting the result of House of M with very little effort, and we now have Space Catwoman on the team, but otherwise there are no real consequences. It's disappointing to have read that entire, poorly-conceived Star Wars ripoff and now have nothing to show for it.
All of that said, if the story itself was any good, I would forgive all of the above. But it isn't. It starts with an interesting if well-trod premise: a mutant with the ability to see all of the threads of possibility writes a prophetic book signaling the return of mutantkind to dominance on the planet. Following the Decimation, where all but about 100 mutants on earth lost their powers, this is a big deal. A group of cult-like mutant terrorists gets their hands on the book and starts blowing up things in New York (yikes?), and they're virtually unstoppable because the book tells them every minor detail of everything that is ever going to happen. They're able to predict things as minute as the exact second two X-Men jump out and attack them. Seems pretty foolproof to me!
Just kidding! Spoiler alert, the X-Men win. Fine. But, what about that book that foretold EVERYTHING anyone EVER DID? Well, it just suddenly wasn't right anymore. The X-Men didn't have to do anything to change probability, or counter the book's prophecy, or anything playing with the tools Brubaker set up throughout this story. The book is just wrong all of a sudden and the bad guys lose. Cool. It's one of the most anti-climactic things I've ever read. Everyone Poops has bigger plot twists.
Anyway, the very last page of this book seems to maybe set up that this whole thing wasn't a waste, but it's impossible to tell yet. As a standalone story, this one is super duper boring and all over the place. Skip the hell out of it.
August 17, 2025
Updated During 2025 X-Men Reread:
While I agree with my previous assessment that this is a filler-arc and that Larocca's art didn't grab me, I thought the story was perfectly fine. It was nice to see Storm in an X-Man book, as this is an era where she is both a member of The Fantastic Four, and Queen of Wakanda, so she had been absent from the X-titles for a bit.
Mostly this is a character study of some B-tier X-Men characters: Warpath, Hepzibah from the Starjammers, Skids, Caliban, and Masque from the Morlocks. There's also a peek at who Professor X is becoming now that he has his powers back again again again and is living in this post-House Of M/Decimation world.
While it's not required reading for X-fans, it's a fun intro to a modern take on some less-fleshed out characters and the story hopefully won't bore you as much as it bored me in 2018.
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Original 2018 Review: This is a dull filler arc between Brubaker's disappointing space opera, and the impending massive crossover "Messiah Complex". It relies heavily on minutae of X-Men history, but doesn't do anything interesting with it.
Larocca's tepid art doesn't help the story feel vibrant, either.
I don't recommend reading it unless you're a hardcore Morlock fan or you love the thousands of X-storyline where Magneto may or may not have powers.
While I agree with my previous assessment that this is a filler-arc and that Larocca's art didn't grab me, I thought the story was perfectly fine. It was nice to see Storm in an X-Man book, as this is an era where she is both a member of The Fantastic Four, and Queen of Wakanda, so she had been absent from the X-titles for a bit.
Mostly this is a character study of some B-tier X-Men characters: Warpath, Hepzibah from the Starjammers, Skids, Caliban, and Masque from the Morlocks. There's also a peek at who Professor X is becoming now that he has his powers back again again again and is living in this post-House Of M/Decimation world.
While it's not required reading for X-fans, it's a fun intro to a modern take on some less-fleshed out characters and the story hopefully won't bore you as much as it bored me in 2018.
***
Original 2018 Review: This is a dull filler arc between Brubaker's disappointing space opera, and the impending massive crossover "Messiah Complex". It relies heavily on minutae of X-Men history, but doesn't do anything interesting with it.
Larocca's tepid art doesn't help the story feel vibrant, either.
I don't recommend reading it unless you're a hardcore Morlock fan or you love the thousands of X-storyline where Magneto may or may not have powers.
July 9, 2008
Brubaker finally hits his stride penning the soap-operatic saga of the world’s most beloved yet feared mutants. I was about to just call it quits, and chalk up his first two X-Men story-arcs as being not just unfamiliar but impossible territory for a writer whose specialty lies in the crime noir and thriller genres. But coupled with an artist whose uncluttered realism – not to mention the phenomenal coloring by Jason Keith, which resembles deep watercolor washes – Brubaker returns Xavier’s students to some unresolved conflict with the underground dwelling Morlocks. Not to mention the foreboding and imminent return of a de-powered Magneto that plays itself out in the background.
Larroca’s art reminds me of one of my favorites, Jae Lee, whose work on the 12-issue Inhumans series with writer Jeph Loeb broke ground like none other. (Okay, it did hit an artistic high I haven’t seen since Chris Claremont snagged Bill Sienkiewicz to produce the best art The New Mutants ever saw back in the 80s. Think Gustav Klimt as a point of artistic reference if you have no idea what I’m talking about.) I will now happily say that I’m excited to see what Brubaker has in store next for our favorite mutant superhero team.
Larroca’s art reminds me of one of my favorites, Jae Lee, whose work on the 12-issue Inhumans series with writer Jeph Loeb broke ground like none other. (Okay, it did hit an artistic high I haven’t seen since Chris Claremont snagged Bill Sienkiewicz to produce the best art The New Mutants ever saw back in the 80s. Think Gustav Klimt as a point of artistic reference if you have no idea what I’m talking about.) I will now happily say that I’m excited to see what Brubaker has in store next for our favorite mutant superhero team.
June 22, 2008
Some of the Morlocks take the mutant decimation after House of M pretty hard, and start a ruckus to serve their goal of.... actually, their motivation isn't clear. They're following a book of prophecies by a new Morlock called Qwerty (which is an geeky, awesome superhero name) that'll lead to a glorious future for mutants, somehow. A team of non-Astonishing X-Men (Storm, Nightcrawler, Professor X, Warpath, and former Starjammer Hepzibah) take on the Morlock extremists.
While this story maintains the current X-Men's general post-Decimation depression and lack of leadership, it's still a fairly good read. At just five issues of stories, it's not nearly as good as Brubaker's last book, Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire, though I enjoy how he's developing the Warpath-Hepzibah relationship and Professor X's use of his powers. And it's always refreshing to read an X-Men book without Cyclops or Wolverine as the lead characters.
While this story maintains the current X-Men's general post-Decimation depression and lack of leadership, it's still a fairly good read. At just five issues of stories, it's not nearly as good as Brubaker's last book, Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire, though I enjoy how he's developing the Warpath-Hepzibah relationship and Professor X's use of his powers. And it's always refreshing to read an X-Men book without Cyclops or Wolverine as the lead characters.
January 24, 2008
It's really true. To read one x-men book means reading fifty books just to figure out what the hell is going on. And then another one-hundred to get the history behind it all! This volume fumbles with the very familiar idea that there is a book that reveals the future and you think, "is it the book written by the mutant destiny that they've been going on about forever now?" but no, it is a book written by another mutant, a morlock, and so, a mad dash to stop the Morlocks from making more terrorist actions that make life most uncomfortable for human and mutant alike. The art is very nice but can't distract you from the fact that the characterizations are rather shallow, the motivations rather sketchy and overall, not very compelling story.
July 2, 2019
It’s not bad, but it all feels like setup. There’s not much meat to this story.
The art is really good, if not a bit dark.
There is some badass Ororo action. A couple “oh shit” moments. I can’t help but wonder why they need to have the prophesy lady’s writings when the concurrent X-Men run already has that diary. Who knows. All shall be answered in Messiah Complex (hopefully.)
One thing I liked; the overall landscape after M Day has added a whole new level of tension to what’s going on. I dig it. The X world is a powder keg.
Can’t form much of an opinion with this tiny little snippet of story... but I’m excited to see where it goes.
I only recommend this book if it’s part of a larger reading. Does not stand well in its own.
The art is really good, if not a bit dark.
There is some badass Ororo action. A couple “oh shit” moments. I can’t help but wonder why they need to have the prophesy lady’s writings when the concurrent X-Men run already has that diary. Who knows. All shall be answered in Messiah Complex (hopefully.)
One thing I liked; the overall landscape after M Day has added a whole new level of tension to what’s going on. I dig it. The X world is a powder keg.
Can’t form much of an opinion with this tiny little snippet of story... but I’m excited to see where it goes.
I only recommend this book if it’s part of a larger reading. Does not stand well in its own.
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August 9, 2013I'm hesitant to review anything X-Men because despite having dabbled in the comic world with varying degrees of obsession for a dozen years, I'm far from an expert. I'm just that, a dabbler, yet this is my too-familiar hobby--in short, "biased" doesn't scratch the surface.
But there's something in this one that just so wonderfully sums up the weirdness that is Marvel comics.
...y'know that moment when the outer space cat-lady your dad was shtupping explains to you that she plans to mate with one of your teammates, but it's not meant as an insult, and everyone has a nice sunsetty hug about it?
But there's something in this one that just so wonderfully sums up the weirdness that is Marvel comics.
...y'know that moment when the outer space cat-lady your dad was shtupping explains to you that she plans to mate with one of your teammates, but it's not meant as an insult, and everyone has a nice sunsetty hug about it?
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May 9, 2024
No me acuerdo absolutamente nada de este comic ni por qué le puse puntaje tan bajo cuando tengo un buen recuerdo de los X-Men de Brubaker. Probablemente lo haya leído en las revistas españolas de aquel entonces. Debería darle otra chance un año de estos. O no.
July 28, 2013
Was a fun read, especially coming right out of "Rise and fall of the Shi'ar empire". From space to the sewers with the Morlocks, the continuing partnership of James and the Hepzibah is probably the highlight of the story in my opinion.
May 19, 2014
Much better X offering from Brubaker than the space odyssey I read before this one. He does so much better with these down to earth stuff.
But the art was so clean and cold breathless it wasn't even funny anymore.
But the art was so clean and cold breathless it wasn't even funny anymore.
March 29, 2011
Ok, engaging enough read with the Morlocks and Masque becoming terrorists.
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