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Uncanny X-Men (2016) (Single Issues)
Uncanny X-Men #1
In a world that's never hated or feared mutants more, there is only one constant: bigger threats require more threatening X-Men. Refusing to accept one more mutant death, the most ruthless mutants on Earth have banded together to proactively mow down their enemies. But with a team populated by relentless killers, one question applies above all others: can they stay away from each other's throats long enough to sever their targets'?
24 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 6, 2016
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About the author
Cullen Bunn
2,104 books1,060 followersCullen grew up in rural North Carolina, but now lives in the St. Louis area with his wife Cindy and his son Jackson. His noir/horror comic (and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt), The Damned, was published in 2007 by Oni Press. The follow-up, The Damned: Prodigal Sons, was released in 2008. In addition to The Sixth Gun, his current projects include Crooked Hills, a middle reader horror prose series from Evileye Books; The Tooth, an original graphic novel from Oni Press; and various work for Marvel and DC. Somewhere along the way, Cullen founded Undaunted Press and edited the critically acclaimed small press horror magazine, Whispers from the Shattered Forum.
All writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler.
And, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it.
Visit his website at www.cullenbunn.com.
All writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler.
And, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it.
Visit his website at www.cullenbunn.com.
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February 16, 2016
Magneto is meddling again as the self proclaimed voice and protector of mutant affairs. He isn't alone though, he's assembled quite possibly the most unlikely group ever to be called X-Men.
Magneto is the guy who speaks up for you, when you really don't want him to. This time him and his group of "X-Men" are "rescuing" people who paid a substantial amount of money to be protected from the terrigen mist cloud that is making mutants sick. Since this is a comic book he probably is rescuing these people who probably signed up for Mr. Sinister or Apocalypse to experiment on them. Going around killing people and trying to force mutants to join him really hasn't worked for old Mags, perhaps the soft pitch would go better. At some point Magneto just needs to make an infomercial saying something like If you're a mutant and you're tired of being treated badly, call Magneto and associates and we'll pick you up.
Uncanny X-Men #1 really didn't have anything that special going for it. Like the other X-Men releases since Secret Wars, the mutants are afraid of the terrigen mist cloud and are reacting in various ways. The classic X-Men are somewhat in hiding, the time displaced X-Men are road tripping, and Magneto and friends are surprise killing people. I guess they never watched the 90s X-Men cartoon, because everyone knows to create a cure for a disease you just need to infect a Wolverine, which X-23 Laura Kinney counts as a female clone of Logan, and wait for their bodies to develop the cure. No fuss no muss.
Magneto is the guy who speaks up for you, when you really don't want him to. This time him and his group of "X-Men" are "rescuing" people who paid a substantial amount of money to be protected from the terrigen mist cloud that is making mutants sick. Since this is a comic book he probably is rescuing these people who probably signed up for Mr. Sinister or Apocalypse to experiment on them. Going around killing people and trying to force mutants to join him really hasn't worked for old Mags, perhaps the soft pitch would go better. At some point Magneto just needs to make an infomercial saying something like If you're a mutant and you're tired of being treated badly, call Magneto and associates and we'll pick you up.
Uncanny X-Men #1 really didn't have anything that special going for it. Like the other X-Men releases since Secret Wars, the mutants are afraid of the terrigen mist cloud and are reacting in various ways. The classic X-Men are somewhat in hiding, the time displaced X-Men are road tripping, and Magneto and friends are surprise killing people. I guess they never watched the 90s X-Men cartoon, because everyone knows to create a cure for a disease you just need to infect a Wolverine, which X-23 Laura Kinney counts as a female clone of Logan, and wait for their bodies to develop the cure. No fuss no muss.
November 20, 2016
Elixir is back from the dead,
stronger than ever, and inflicting his new power on the people who murdered him.
The real question though, is he strong enough to defeat the M-Pox?
The Uncanny X-Men annual actually has two stories, but as the second one is about Domino and Sunspot, I'm simply focusing on the first story about Elixir. Right before Elixir died he healed more people than he ever did before. Apparently his power changes so much that death was an obstacle to overcome. Elixir is understandably angry considering he was murdered. He appears to be strong enough to perhaps save the mutants from M-Pox. Elixir's return was somewhat emotional and his angry was palpable. I hope to see him join the Uncanny X-Men and not just fade into the background. He seems interestingly troubled and his powers are a blessing and a curse.
stronger than ever, and inflicting his new power on the people who murdered him.
The real question though, is he strong enough to defeat the M-Pox?
The Uncanny X-Men annual actually has two stories, but as the second one is about Domino and Sunspot, I'm simply focusing on the first story about Elixir. Right before Elixir died he healed more people than he ever did before. Apparently his power changes so much that death was an obstacle to overcome. Elixir is understandably angry considering he was murdered. He appears to be strong enough to perhaps save the mutants from M-Pox. Elixir's return was somewhat emotional and his angry was palpable. I hope to see him join the Uncanny X-Men and not just fade into the background. He seems interestingly troubled and his powers are a blessing and a curse.
March 20, 2021
Bad guys being bad? I am here for it. Good first issue.
January 9, 2016
I've been out of the loop on Marvel comics for quite a few years now, but I still have much love for the X-men characters, especially Psylocke. With Marvel relaunching all of its series after Secret Wars, I took the opportunity to jump on board this series since it is a new starting point. Psylocke and Archangel being members of this team are pretty much the only things that made me interested in this title. Monet St. Croix, Magneto and Sabretooth are the other members of the team. The only comics I've ever read with Monet in them are the ones that had her in Generation X back in the 1990's. I think that having Magneto and Sabretooth on a hero team is a waste. I would consider both of those characters to be in the top 10 villains Marvel comics has ever had.
Cullen Bunn is the writer for this series. I've heard the name mentioned in a couple of comics chatrooms, but this is the first thing I've ever read that was written by him. The story sees Magneto and his team of five attacking a shipment of cryongenically frozen mutants in order to free them. The mutants were frozen of their own free will in order to escape the Terrigen Mist. I know that the Terrigen Mist is how the Inhumans get there powers, but I have absolutely no clue what it has to do with mutants. Maybe that will be revealed later in the series or I may have to do some digging on my own to find out what that's all about. Anyway, Magneto wants these mutants out on the streets helping other mutants and not hiding in fear.
There are some decent verbal exchanges between Monet and Sabretooth. Psylocke ends up telling them they should get a room. I have no idea what history Monet and Sabretooth have with each other, but I have a really hard time believing that Psylocke would work with Sabretooth after their past which left Betsy fighting for her life after being mauled by Sabretooth. Aside from that, Betsy seemed like her-kick-ass-telepathic-ninja-self. Betsy/Psylocke is shown to still care about Archangel. I'm really glad to see that Cullen Bunn (and possibly other writers at Marvel as well) are still working the Psylocke/Archangel love story after nearly 20 years of history between them. On the Warren Worthington/Archangel side of that story, he seems to be a mindless shell. That's yet another thing I need to find out about. The story ended up being a pleasant enough experience to make me interested in seeing where it goes. I really wanna see how the writer works Magneto and Sabretooth and why any heroes would work with these two villainous souls. The writing gets 4/5 due to the nice dialogue between the main characters and for piquing my interest in this series.
Greg Land landed (heehee) art duty on this series. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed that aspect of the book. I have absolutely no idea who this artist is but, be producing some nice looking characters. I'm not a big fan of the overall character design for Sabretooth, but in one panel that shows Sabretooth in close-up, Land gets the face and teeth of the character just right. Psylocke, Monet, and Magneto seem equally well drawn. I'm pleased that Psylocke, my favorite Marvel character, looks good. I've seen too many artists in the last 20 years not do her justice. The only character I had a problem with art-wise is Archangel. Something just seemed off with his face and I can't exactly put my finger on what it is. In general, I enjoyed the art. It was much better than I expected. The last few Marvel books that I picked up just didn't look that good to me, but so far, the art is the best thing about this series. Land gets 4/5 for his art.
After averaging the two halves of this book, the final score 3.75 stars out of 5. While this didn't blow me away, it was good enough that I'll stick around for a little while to see where the series goes. It also had me wondering about a couple of things and asking some questions. If the series gets better, or even if it stays on par with where it currently is, I might have to give some of the other X-men titles a shot. This isn't the perfect jumping on spot for new readers, but it is about as close as you can get in the convoluted world of comics and the myriad of books that all tie together. If you're looking for an opportunity to get into a X=men series, now is your chance.
Cullen Bunn is the writer for this series. I've heard the name mentioned in a couple of comics chatrooms, but this is the first thing I've ever read that was written by him. The story sees Magneto and his team of five attacking a shipment of cryongenically frozen mutants in order to free them. The mutants were frozen of their own free will in order to escape the Terrigen Mist. I know that the Terrigen Mist is how the Inhumans get there powers, but I have absolutely no clue what it has to do with mutants. Maybe that will be revealed later in the series or I may have to do some digging on my own to find out what that's all about. Anyway, Magneto wants these mutants out on the streets helping other mutants and not hiding in fear.
There are some decent verbal exchanges between Monet and Sabretooth. Psylocke ends up telling them they should get a room. I have no idea what history Monet and Sabretooth have with each other, but I have a really hard time believing that Psylocke would work with Sabretooth after their past which left Betsy fighting for her life after being mauled by Sabretooth. Aside from that, Betsy seemed like her-kick-ass-telepathic-ninja-self. Betsy/Psylocke is shown to still care about Archangel. I'm really glad to see that Cullen Bunn (and possibly other writers at Marvel as well) are still working the Psylocke/Archangel love story after nearly 20 years of history between them. On the Warren Worthington/Archangel side of that story, he seems to be a mindless shell. That's yet another thing I need to find out about. The story ended up being a pleasant enough experience to make me interested in seeing where it goes. I really wanna see how the writer works Magneto and Sabretooth and why any heroes would work with these two villainous souls. The writing gets 4/5 due to the nice dialogue between the main characters and for piquing my interest in this series.
Greg Land landed (heehee) art duty on this series. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed that aspect of the book. I have absolutely no idea who this artist is but, be producing some nice looking characters. I'm not a big fan of the overall character design for Sabretooth, but in one panel that shows Sabretooth in close-up, Land gets the face and teeth of the character just right. Psylocke, Monet, and Magneto seem equally well drawn. I'm pleased that Psylocke, my favorite Marvel character, looks good. I've seen too many artists in the last 20 years not do her justice. The only character I had a problem with art-wise is Archangel. Something just seemed off with his face and I can't exactly put my finger on what it is. In general, I enjoyed the art. It was much better than I expected. The last few Marvel books that I picked up just didn't look that good to me, but so far, the art is the best thing about this series. Land gets 4/5 for his art.
After averaging the two halves of this book, the final score 3.75 stars out of 5. While this didn't blow me away, it was good enough that I'll stick around for a little while to see where the series goes. It also had me wondering about a couple of things and asking some questions. If the series gets better, or even if it stays on par with where it currently is, I might have to give some of the other X-men titles a shot. This isn't the perfect jumping on spot for new readers, but it is about as close as you can get in the convoluted world of comics and the myriad of books that all tie together. If you're looking for an opportunity to get into a X=men series, now is your chance.
April 27, 2016
Me ha sorprendido mucho, sobre todo después de leer bastantes criticas negativas en diferentes paginas especializadas. Teniendo en cuenta, por un lado, que han pasado ocho meses desde el fin de las Secret Wars "de golpe y porrazo" nos encontramos con algo completamente diferente; y por otro todavía hay muchas lagunas sobre lo que ha pasado en ese tiempo, el inicio de esta serie me parece mucho más que interesante y para nada tan mierder como se reseña por ahí.
Es posible que la historia descoloque al principio pero es en parte por lo que he dicho anteriormente, pero en seguida sabes la situación en que se encuentran los mutantes y como se van a desarrollar los acontecimientos. El grupo escogido también es interesante, no por el hecho de haber cuanto tardan en matarse entre ellos (que en parte también lo tiene), sino, porque es como si Cullen Bunn hubiese cogido a la antaño Hermandad de Mutantes Diabólicos de Magneto y le hubiera dado un protagonismo que parecía estar reclamando desde hace tiempo más allá de la contrapartida de los X-Men.
Ninguno de los personajes elegidos me desagrada, de hecho me alegra ver que ha recuperado a Magneto en (aparente) posesión de sus facultades después de su paso por su serie y las Secret Wars. Del resto creo que es una buena formación, aunque me sorprendió ver a Warren Worthington III en su forma de Arcángel, teniendo en cuenta que lo que voy leyendo de Lobezno y la Patrulla X (sí, todavía estoy leyendo eso) tiene una personalidad más alegre y relajada, y por supuesto no es azul. Es sobre quien más curiosidad tengo de saber que le pasó, aunque me hago una ligera idea.
En cuanto al dibujo, debo decir que no me desagrada en absoluto. Por regla general cualquier cosa dibujada por Greg Land me suele producir arcadas y cierta vergüenza ajena, en este caso tengo que reconocer que está más que correcto. Es cierto que sigue siendo poser en alguna que otra escena y, sobre todo, que ciertas expresiones de M y Mariposa Mental están calcadas de cualquier otra escena/personaje que haya dibujado.
En resumen, es una serie que me ha gustado y de la que espero cosas muy buenas.
Es posible que la historia descoloque al principio pero es en parte por lo que he dicho anteriormente, pero en seguida sabes la situación en que se encuentran los mutantes y como se van a desarrollar los acontecimientos. El grupo escogido también es interesante, no por el hecho de haber cuanto tardan en matarse entre ellos (que en parte también lo tiene), sino, porque es como si Cullen Bunn hubiese cogido a la antaño Hermandad de Mutantes Diabólicos de Magneto y le hubiera dado un protagonismo que parecía estar reclamando desde hace tiempo más allá de la contrapartida de los X-Men.
Ninguno de los personajes elegidos me desagrada, de hecho me alegra ver que ha recuperado a Magneto en (aparente) posesión de sus facultades después de su paso por su serie y las Secret Wars. Del resto creo que es una buena formación, aunque me sorprendió ver a Warren Worthington III en su forma de Arcángel, teniendo en cuenta que lo que voy leyendo de Lobezno y la Patrulla X (sí, todavía estoy leyendo eso) tiene una personalidad más alegre y relajada, y por supuesto no es azul. Es sobre quien más curiosidad tengo de saber que le pasó, aunque me hago una ligera idea.
En cuanto al dibujo, debo decir que no me desagrada en absoluto. Por regla general cualquier cosa dibujada por Greg Land me suele producir arcadas y cierta vergüenza ajena, en este caso tengo que reconocer que está más que correcto. Es cierto que sigue siendo poser en alguna que otra escena y, sobre todo, que ciertas expresiones de M y Mariposa Mental están calcadas de cualquier otra escena/personaje que haya dibujado.
En resumen, es una serie que me ha gustado y de la que espero cosas muy buenas.
January 18, 2016
Starring two favourites (Magneto and Psylocke!) and the 'Uncanny' title, I was sure I'd be in for a treat with Cullen Bunn's new X-Men -- this is the same writer behind Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, of all things! It seemed like a perfect fit for the darker, "do what has to be done" side of the X series. How wrong I was, and what a disappointing first issue this is.
The cast gets a brief introduction amidst a snappy fight scene in which each mutant prattles off a few one-liners. Jokes about shitting ones pants, and "getting a room" are choked out as the characters strut around as if stars in a fashion show. Fortunately, the costume design is spot-on, giving the characters a poor excuse, but an excuse none-the-less to be prancing about as they are. The art, overall, is quite nice, and surprisingly vibrant considering the dreary atmosphere the story has.
A few brief lines near the end save Magneto from being another dull, troubled trope which I'm grateful for. I enjoy the idea behind the team, and the moral ambiguity amongst the dying race they belong to, but a good idea can't save writing this dry. If issue #2 contains more substance, and ditches the shoddy humour, I'll consider keeping up with this, but that's mostly due to the bonds I've formed with the characters in other, better issues.
The cast gets a brief introduction amidst a snappy fight scene in which each mutant prattles off a few one-liners. Jokes about shitting ones pants, and "getting a room" are choked out as the characters strut around as if stars in a fashion show. Fortunately, the costume design is spot-on, giving the characters a poor excuse, but an excuse none-the-less to be prancing about as they are. The art, overall, is quite nice, and surprisingly vibrant considering the dreary atmosphere the story has.
A few brief lines near the end save Magneto from being another dull, troubled trope which I'm grateful for. I enjoy the idea behind the team, and the moral ambiguity amongst the dying race they belong to, but a good idea can't save writing this dry. If issue #2 contains more substance, and ditches the shoddy humour, I'll consider keeping up with this, but that's mostly due to the bonds I've formed with the characters in other, better issues.
January 9, 2016
It read way to fast, but I like how I was still brought up to speed without too much backstory fluff. It was mostly self-contained and I enjoy that too. This team is badass and that goes a long way for me. Kewl beanz
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February 9, 2016Review of issues #1-3
Nothing really grabbed me. Same-ol "mutants under attack" business but with characters I'm less interested in than, say, Extraordinary X-Men. I'm a little curious about what happens with Archangel, but not enough to keep reading.
Nothing really grabbed me. Same-ol "mutants under attack" business but with characters I'm less interested in than, say, Extraordinary X-Men. I'm a little curious about what happens with Archangel, but not enough to keep reading.
January 13, 2016
Great first issue. Introductions to the team and story were well done. Land's art is beautiful, as always.
April 3, 2016
I hate what they do, but damn the graphics are amazing.
April 30, 2016
The first comic I have read in a long time and it did not disappoint.
Cant wait to read the next one
Cant wait to read the next one
July 13, 2017
Now THAT'S how to tell an X-Men story! Worth the wait!
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