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Uncanny Inhumans (Collected Editions)
Uncanny Inhumans, Vol. 4: IvX
Collecting Uncanny Inhumans #15-20.
Join the Inhumans on a path to war with the X-Men! In the depths of Black Bolt's Quiet Room, a plan is being hatched that will decide the future of Inhumanity. The daughters of the fallen Inhuman Auran are plotting a desperate attempt to resurrect her - as well as revenge against her murderer. They will reunite their family, even if means the fall of their entire race...because the cost of cheating death is high. And as the recriminations from one battle linger, a fresh conflict looms...and the X-Men will be fierce foes, because they're fighting for their very lives!
Join the Inhumans on a path to war with the X-Men! In the depths of Black Bolt's Quiet Room, a plan is being hatched that will decide the future of Inhumanity. The daughters of the fallen Inhuman Auran are plotting a desperate attempt to resurrect her - as well as revenge against her murderer. They will reunite their family, even if means the fall of their entire race...because the cost of cheating death is high. And as the recriminations from one battle linger, a fresh conflict looms...and the X-Men will be fierce foes, because they're fighting for their very lives!
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First published May 24, 2017
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Charles Soule
1,518 books1,692 followersCharles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist, comics author, screenwriter, musician, and lapsed attorney. He has written some of the most prominent stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm in addition to his own work, such as his comics Curse Words, Letter 44 and Undiscovered Country, and his original novels Light of the Jedi, The Endless Vessel, The Oracle Year and Anyone. He lives in New York.
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December 21, 2017
Two separate tales as Charles Soule winds down his run. R.B. Silva pencils a story about Auran's children and a plot to bring her back to life using Reader's power. After going terribly, with Auran being a poor copy of herself. They, of course, work things out because even newer, generic characters can't stay dead in comics. I love Silva's heavy character outlines and detailed interiors. It's somewhat similar to Terry Dodson.
In the second story, Kim Jacinto does his best Olivier Coipel impersonation on the art. It's a loose IvX crossover. Trigon, Lineage, and The Unspoken tag along with Maximus as he tries to recreate the formula for the terrigen crystals. In typical Maximus fashion, he pulls the rug out from underneath the plan at the last second to make the whole story pointless.
In the second story, Kim Jacinto does his best Olivier Coipel impersonation on the art. It's a loose IvX crossover. Trigon, Lineage, and The Unspoken tag along with Maximus as he tries to recreate the formula for the terrigen crystals. In typical Maximus fashion, he pulls the rug out from underneath the plan at the last second to make the whole story pointless.
March 22, 2017
Auran's daughters have a plot to see their mother once more and it revolves around Reader.
Maximus and his escaped Inhuman prisoners The Unspoken and Lineage take a road trip.
Uncanny Inhumans IvX reads like filler material. Nothing of consequence occurs despite Maximus's storyline seeming like something excellent could happen.
The first story about Auran's daughters hoping to see her again to say goodbye was beyond idiotic. Primarily because the fool Reader knows what he reads comes to life. So he should absolutely know better than to read the book, but he does.
The second storyline about Maximus started strong with Maximus's particular brand of crazy. The character interactions were excellent seeing the Inhuman villains pal around was fun. I was really excited to see how it would conclude, but it ended in the most unsatisfying way.
Uncanny Inhumans volume 4 concludes the Uncanny Inhumans series and Charles Soule's run. The Uncanny Inhumans along with the All-New Inhumans spurred me to buy my first comic book in more than a decade. My experience with Uncanny Inhumans was the opposite of my experience with All New Inhumans. Uncanny Inhumans started strong and ended uneventfully while All New Inhumans started in a ho hum fashion and ended with me wanting more.
I learned a few things in the year and a half I started buying comics again. Number 1 is I hate single issues. Who wants to buy a book a chapter at a time? I sure don't and I won't be moving forward. It's the volume or nothing for me now. Second I think Charles Soule may hate Black Bolt because he really did nothing with him from Inhuman to the end of Uncanny Inhumans. He himself stated that Medusa was the main character and that was clear. It also led to many of the series struggles. Overall the experience was positive, I just hope the new Inhumans series have more consistently strong writing.
Maximus and his escaped Inhuman prisoners The Unspoken and Lineage take a road trip.
Uncanny Inhumans IvX reads like filler material. Nothing of consequence occurs despite Maximus's storyline seeming like something excellent could happen.
The first story about Auran's daughters hoping to see her again to say goodbye was beyond idiotic. Primarily because the fool Reader knows what he reads comes to life. So he should absolutely know better than to read the book, but he does.
The second storyline about Maximus started strong with Maximus's particular brand of crazy. The character interactions were excellent seeing the Inhuman villains pal around was fun. I was really excited to see how it would conclude, but it ended in the most unsatisfying way.
Uncanny Inhumans volume 4 concludes the Uncanny Inhumans series and Charles Soule's run. The Uncanny Inhumans along with the All-New Inhumans spurred me to buy my first comic book in more than a decade. My experience with Uncanny Inhumans was the opposite of my experience with All New Inhumans. Uncanny Inhumans started strong and ended uneventfully while All New Inhumans started in a ho hum fashion and ended with me wanting more.
I learned a few things in the year and a half I started buying comics again. Number 1 is I hate single issues. Who wants to buy a book a chapter at a time? I sure don't and I won't be moving forward. It's the volume or nothing for me now. Second I think Charles Soule may hate Black Bolt because he really did nothing with him from Inhuman to the end of Uncanny Inhumans. He himself stated that Medusa was the main character and that was clear. It also led to many of the series struggles. Overall the experience was positive, I just hope the new Inhumans series have more consistently strong writing.
July 4, 2017
One of the best volumes of Inhumans from Soule. I especially liked the IvX related stuff, largely because it really had nothing much to do with the event. Instead, it was the quirky adventures of Maximus, a character who can be really fun to read under the right circumstances.
May 9, 2018
Well we ended on a crossover mess but this was a strong series.
May 14, 2017
[Read as single issues]
I trust Charles Soule. He's one of my favourite writers at Marvel right now - no matter what gets thrown at his series they always roll with it. So of course when Inhumans Vs. X-Men stomps all over the final arc of his Uncanny Avengers run, there's no need to fear.
Instead of focusing on the actual battle between the Inhumans and X-Men, Soule instead uses Maximus as a vehicle to wrap up all of the plot lines he's darted across his Inhumans run, drawing in Triton, Lineage, and the Unspoken for a quest to restore Terrigen to Attilan. But this is Maximus, so you know, that goes about as well as you'd expect.
There's also a three-parter that teams Auran's children and Reader as they attempt to resurrect Auran herself (in time for her to appear in the Inhumans show in the autumn?) that also doesn't go very well for all involved. Soule exercises his dramatic storytelling and his impeccable humour between these two stories and even manages to bring the series to a satisfying conclusion that leads into Al Ewing's Royals series too.
On art duties are the delightful RB Silva who seems to get even better with practise, and goes full-on with the madcap layouts in his story, while Kim Jacinto tackles the IvX story nicely too - I'm glad they're getting some more Marvel work after their great Angela work.
Soule says goodbye to the Inhumans in style, with great artistic collaborators and his usual flair for cohesive storytelling despite event storylines smashing stuff.
I trust Charles Soule. He's one of my favourite writers at Marvel right now - no matter what gets thrown at his series they always roll with it. So of course when Inhumans Vs. X-Men stomps all over the final arc of his Uncanny Avengers run, there's no need to fear.
Instead of focusing on the actual battle between the Inhumans and X-Men, Soule instead uses Maximus as a vehicle to wrap up all of the plot lines he's darted across his Inhumans run, drawing in Triton, Lineage, and the Unspoken for a quest to restore Terrigen to Attilan. But this is Maximus, so you know, that goes about as well as you'd expect.
There's also a three-parter that teams Auran's children and Reader as they attempt to resurrect Auran herself (in time for her to appear in the Inhumans show in the autumn?) that also doesn't go very well for all involved. Soule exercises his dramatic storytelling and his impeccable humour between these two stories and even manages to bring the series to a satisfying conclusion that leads into Al Ewing's Royals series too.
On art duties are the delightful RB Silva who seems to get even better with practise, and goes full-on with the madcap layouts in his story, while Kim Jacinto tackles the IvX story nicely too - I'm glad they're getting some more Marvel work after their great Angela work.
Soule says goodbye to the Inhumans in style, with great artistic collaborators and his usual flair for cohesive storytelling despite event storylines smashing stuff.
December 6, 2020
Ah, yes, Inhumans vs. X-Men. That is certainly an event.
But first, we get a really good story about Frank and Auran! No, seriously, I actually really dug this. It's maybe the best part of this age of Inhumans so far. It's not perfect, but it's got some great moments. Issue #15 is supposed to be a big clean jumping on point, it even has #1 in a big box on the cover so everyone knows it's a fresh start! So it's plagued by lots of exposition as every character talks in depth about their past. The good news is, that the exposition is part of the story itself and makes sense considering the plot! It's a brief three issues but it's fun, with great art from penciller R.B. Silva, inker Adriano di Benedetto, and colourist Java Tartaglia.
Black Bolt is also a main character in this story and by god... he makes everything better. Charles Soule writes a fantastic Black Bolt and finds some cool ways to explore his powers and actions. I can appreciate Soule turning Medusa into the leading character who finally has some agency of her own, I dig the new cast of characters (especially Reader) that have been introduced, it's a great direction for the series... but Black Bolt is the best. His powers, his role in the universe, his relationships with the other characters, it's all incredible and he's been the highlight of Soule's runs in the few places he's actually featured prominently. Very good stuff!
And then we get to IvX. Inhumans vs. X-Men. The titular event, which is garbage, that this trade is named after. We get the tie-ins here...
And they're fantastic?! What the hell! Soule did a great job with Maximus' minor role in earlier stories, but this arc is basically just Maximus (and his 'friends') screwing around while the Inhumans and X-Men try to murder each other. He's delightfully silly and full of himself, and the ending of the arc is some great anime bullshit full of mechas and kaiju and a bunch of crazy stuff. It was such a blast. This is the energy I wanted for the rest of the series! Maybe Soule has grown as an author since then, which is of course true, or maybe he just let loose since this final arc is his big finale, but damn. He needs to keep up this energy for the rest of his comics. I love it.
But first, we get a really good story about Frank and Auran! No, seriously, I actually really dug this. It's maybe the best part of this age of Inhumans so far. It's not perfect, but it's got some great moments. Issue #15 is supposed to be a big clean jumping on point, it even has #1 in a big box on the cover so everyone knows it's a fresh start! So it's plagued by lots of exposition as every character talks in depth about their past. The good news is, that the exposition is part of the story itself and makes sense considering the plot! It's a brief three issues but it's fun, with great art from penciller R.B. Silva, inker Adriano di Benedetto, and colourist Java Tartaglia.
Black Bolt is also a main character in this story and by god... he makes everything better. Charles Soule writes a fantastic Black Bolt and finds some cool ways to explore his powers and actions. I can appreciate Soule turning Medusa into the leading character who finally has some agency of her own, I dig the new cast of characters (especially Reader) that have been introduced, it's a great direction for the series... but Black Bolt is the best. His powers, his role in the universe, his relationships with the other characters, it's all incredible and he's been the highlight of Soule's runs in the few places he's actually featured prominently. Very good stuff!
And then we get to IvX. Inhumans vs. X-Men. The titular event, which is garbage, that this trade is named after. We get the tie-ins here...
And they're fantastic?! What the hell! Soule did a great job with Maximus' minor role in earlier stories, but this arc is basically just Maximus (and his 'friends') screwing around while the Inhumans and X-Men try to murder each other. He's delightfully silly and full of himself, and the ending of the arc is some great anime bullshit full of mechas and kaiju and a bunch of crazy stuff. It was such a blast. This is the energy I wanted for the rest of the series! Maybe Soule has grown as an author since then, which is of course true, or maybe he just let loose since this final arc is his big finale, but damn. He needs to keep up this energy for the rest of his comics. I love it.
August 14, 2017
Very loosely tied to the main IvX event (the first half isn't even related), this volume is clearly the best of the bunch.
The first 3-parter focuses on the deceased Aura, "resurrected" by Reader from the memories of those who knew her. Problem is memories are not a personality and Aura gets quickly conflicted between the different existing perceptions of herself. Clever.
The second 3-parter is centered on Maximus and wraps up previous loose ends with him and Triton. This one is good and fun, Maximus being as charming as he is a traitorous snake, all with a smile and good humour.
The best conclusion of the best of series between the concurrent Mutants-Inhumans.
The first 3-parter focuses on the deceased Aura, "resurrected" by Reader from the memories of those who knew her. Problem is memories are not a personality and Aura gets quickly conflicted between the different existing perceptions of herself. Clever.
The second 3-parter is centered on Maximus and wraps up previous loose ends with him and Triton. This one is good and fun, Maximus being as charming as he is a traitorous snake, all with a smile and good humour.
The best conclusion of the best of series between the concurrent Mutants-Inhumans.
February 17, 2018
Soule's final volume of Inhumans returns to almost the heights of the original Inhuman run, after a pretty uneven period post-Secret Wars.
That's in two parts, both of which are delightful stories.
First we get the story of trying to resurrect Auran. It's a great look at the repercussions and ramifications of Inhuman powers, treating them as a scientific process. It's also a great story about the emotional arc of several lesser-known Inhumans.
Second, we get the story of what Maximus is doing during IvX, and it's entirely delightful mainly because Soule does such a great job of writing Maximus, who is hilarious and scary, but mostly hilarious. This is also a pretty fun, potentially game-changing story.
(As a whole this volume is closer to 4.5 stars, with the only problem being that the plot drags from time to time.)
In his afterword, Soule notes that he was given the job of creating new characters in Inhumans. He certainly did, and although the youngsters (like Flint and whats'er-name) are totally forgettable, others like Lineage and Frank McGee and Auran's children and Reader and Flagman are great new characters. I hope we'll see them in the future and not just return to the 12 Inhumans that everyone writes about.
That's in two parts, both of which are delightful stories.
First we get the story of trying to resurrect Auran. It's a great look at the repercussions and ramifications of Inhuman powers, treating them as a scientific process. It's also a great story about the emotional arc of several lesser-known Inhumans.
Second, we get the story of what Maximus is doing during IvX, and it's entirely delightful mainly because Soule does such a great job of writing Maximus, who is hilarious and scary, but mostly hilarious. This is also a pretty fun, potentially game-changing story.
(As a whole this volume is closer to 4.5 stars, with the only problem being that the plot drags from time to time.)
In his afterword, Soule notes that he was given the job of creating new characters in Inhumans. He certainly did, and although the youngsters (like Flint and whats'er-name) are totally forgettable, others like Lineage and Frank McGee and Auran's children and Reader and Flagman are great new characters. I hope we'll see them in the future and not just return to the 12 Inhumans that everyone writes about.
June 7, 2022
First a three-part story in which the twins get Reader to use his power in an interesting way. I liked this and I wondered if it was written that much better than the rest of the series. No, I realized, I just liked the art, penciled by R.B. Silva and inked by Adriano di Benedetto, enough that I was more inclined to like the story.
Then a three-part story taking place during IvX following Maximus, Lineage and the Unspoken as they try to figure out how to recreate the Terrigen crystals. While reading IvX, I was wondering why they didn't use superhero science to condense the Terrigen cloud back into crystals. That's sort of addresses here. The story is a bit over the top and entertaining, with Maximus coming off a bit like Loki, trickster-ish and smart assed, but the story ends in a total bullshit swerve.
Then a three-part story taking place during IvX following Maximus, Lineage and the Unspoken as they try to figure out how to recreate the Terrigen crystals. While reading IvX, I was wondering why they didn't use superhero science to condense the Terrigen cloud back into crystals. That's sort of addresses here. The story is a bit over the top and entertaining, with Maximus coming off a bit like Loki, trickster-ish and smart assed, but the story ends in a total bullshit swerve.
June 20, 2017
It's interesting how much a IvX book skirts around the crossover, especially when it's an Inhuman book.
The book really does more to close Soule's Inhumans run more than participating in the crossover, which I guess is good since he can tell stories he wanted to get out...I hope.
The book really does more to close Soule's Inhumans run more than participating in the crossover, which I guess is good since he can tell stories he wanted to get out...I hope.
May 15, 2022
As I’ve stated in the past, coming into a comic series in the middle means you don’t get the full story. All you can do is deal with the tale the writers, illustrators and creators have presented and try to piece together the tale. It’s really no different than piecing together the solution to a murder mystery.
Here, I encounter characters I’ve seen before in other stories and many others I have not. The initial tale deals with only one character I know: Blackagar Boltagon (which has got to be one of the most awkward names I’ve ever encountered in fiction), a.k.a. Black Bolt of the Inhumans. I don’t know a lot about Inhumans, save that they’re a bunch of humans who were bioengineered by the Kree and ultimately abandoned for unknown reasons. So they’re sort of like mutants, only their DNA has been tinkered with by aliens and they possess vastly extended lifespans.
Frankly, there are quite a few reasons I’ve never been an Inhuman fan. They’re supposed to be human but they’re ruled by royalty and, as an American, that irks me more than a little. Also, their leader is Black Bolt, an Inhuman who can’t even speak because his voice is so powerful it’s capable of leveling cities. Yikes! I always thought that was a power more suited to a supervillain than a would-be hero (another subject I’ll get to shortly).
I’ve never been an avid comic book fan so that’s as far as my knowledge of and attention to the Inhumans goes. However, I possess a marginally greater interest in the mutant part of the Marvel Universe, specifically the X-Men. So when I read on the back cover that the Inhumans were in some sort of war against the mutants I eagerly picked up this magazine.
Imagine my disappointment when I saw the mutants were nowhere within this volume. They’re mentioned quite a bit but we never see them. Instead we get a story about a pair of teenaged girls trying to bring their mother back from the dead, among other things.
Uh oh. Anyone who’s read stories about dead loved ones being resurrected—whether through magic, science or superpower—knows this is going to end badly. And badly it does. The story digs into the girls’s rationalization of this disastrous decision, the man who reluctantly agrees to help them, the man who tries to stop them and the horrifying result of their endeavor.
We know it’s going to end in tears but the book gives us a very specific look at why it goes awry and brings near-disaster with it. Then Black Bolt appears and we witness a miracle—he regains his voice. How and why he does is something you must read for yourself. It’s an integral part of the story and makes him a much more sympathetic character than I initially thought.
Another story deals with humans being altered by the release of a Terrigen cloud…another incident in the MCU about which I knew nothing. Operating on this assumption, I was at first baffled by the appearance of the Maximus character, an Inhuman apparently able to make people do and say whatever he wants simply by imposing his will on their minds. This made him seem very much like Maxwell Lord, a DC character who could telepathically influence people’s minds, typically in the form of pushing a subconscious suggestion to others. (What was the difference? Not much, from what I could see.)
Maximus Boltagon is brother to Black Bolt and a thorn in the latter’s side. His abilities make him so formidable that his own family doesn’t seem to be able to keep him in check or incarcerated. Here, he seeks to become a hero but intelligent readers swiftly realize he’s what’s known as an anti-hero.
Maximus has no hesitation in using people, discarding them for his purpose, manipulating authority figures to bow to his will, coercing innocents and bullying his associates. He doesn’t have friends and barely has allies. He delights in secrets, is easily bored, unpredictable and completely unapologetic about his nasty tendencies. “Never be ashamed of who you are,” is one of his mottoes.
He’s the kind of villain people secretly love and others love to hate. You can’t help but wish that he’d come a cropper but it’s not going to happen in this volume.
Brilliant illustrations, creative use of white spaces and compelling storylines make this a fascinating entry for MCU lovers. However, if you’re a true X-men aficionado, look elsewhere.
Here, I encounter characters I’ve seen before in other stories and many others I have not. The initial tale deals with only one character I know: Blackagar Boltagon (which has got to be one of the most awkward names I’ve ever encountered in fiction), a.k.a. Black Bolt of the Inhumans. I don’t know a lot about Inhumans, save that they’re a bunch of humans who were bioengineered by the Kree and ultimately abandoned for unknown reasons. So they’re sort of like mutants, only their DNA has been tinkered with by aliens and they possess vastly extended lifespans.
Frankly, there are quite a few reasons I’ve never been an Inhuman fan. They’re supposed to be human but they’re ruled by royalty and, as an American, that irks me more than a little. Also, their leader is Black Bolt, an Inhuman who can’t even speak because his voice is so powerful it’s capable of leveling cities. Yikes! I always thought that was a power more suited to a supervillain than a would-be hero (another subject I’ll get to shortly).
I’ve never been an avid comic book fan so that’s as far as my knowledge of and attention to the Inhumans goes. However, I possess a marginally greater interest in the mutant part of the Marvel Universe, specifically the X-Men. So when I read on the back cover that the Inhumans were in some sort of war against the mutants I eagerly picked up this magazine.
Imagine my disappointment when I saw the mutants were nowhere within this volume. They’re mentioned quite a bit but we never see them. Instead we get a story about a pair of teenaged girls trying to bring their mother back from the dead, among other things.
Uh oh. Anyone who’s read stories about dead loved ones being resurrected—whether through magic, science or superpower—knows this is going to end badly. And badly it does. The story digs into the girls’s rationalization of this disastrous decision, the man who reluctantly agrees to help them, the man who tries to stop them and the horrifying result of their endeavor.
We know it’s going to end in tears but the book gives us a very specific look at why it goes awry and brings near-disaster with it. Then Black Bolt appears and we witness a miracle—he regains his voice. How and why he does is something you must read for yourself. It’s an integral part of the story and makes him a much more sympathetic character than I initially thought.
Another story deals with humans being altered by the release of a Terrigen cloud…another incident in the MCU about which I knew nothing. Operating on this assumption, I was at first baffled by the appearance of the Maximus character, an Inhuman apparently able to make people do and say whatever he wants simply by imposing his will on their minds. This made him seem very much like Maxwell Lord, a DC character who could telepathically influence people’s minds, typically in the form of pushing a subconscious suggestion to others. (What was the difference? Not much, from what I could see.)
Maximus Boltagon is brother to Black Bolt and a thorn in the latter’s side. His abilities make him so formidable that his own family doesn’t seem to be able to keep him in check or incarcerated. Here, he seeks to become a hero but intelligent readers swiftly realize he’s what’s known as an anti-hero.
Maximus has no hesitation in using people, discarding them for his purpose, manipulating authority figures to bow to his will, coercing innocents and bullying his associates. He doesn’t have friends and barely has allies. He delights in secrets, is easily bored, unpredictable and completely unapologetic about his nasty tendencies. “Never be ashamed of who you are,” is one of his mottoes.
He’s the kind of villain people secretly love and others love to hate. You can’t help but wish that he’d come a cropper but it’s not going to happen in this volume.
Brilliant illustrations, creative use of white spaces and compelling storylines make this a fascinating entry for MCU lovers. However, if you’re a true X-men aficionado, look elsewhere.
July 15, 2017
2.5 Stars... at some point this story lost the "Uncanny" and focused solely on "Inhumans".
This Volume is divided in half. The first half (a much better story in my opinion) is about Reader bringing (a not-whole shell of) Auran back to life, at the request of her daughters, so they can "kiss her goodbye". In addition to dealing with the trauma of being not-dead, she apparently has a new power... one that lets her steal Black Bolt's voice. This creates some trouble, but provides a much needed emotional look at Black Bolt, now that he can speak. This "human" emotional part was the best for me. Powers get restored and Auran leaves the Inhumans to rediscover herself.
The second half was disjointed and slightly annoying. The premise: Maximus the Mad has discovered the formula to create Terrigen crystals. He gathers people to help him find the ingredients.... but then chooses to make a giant robot instead (for the battle against the X-Men who don't show up AT ALL in the book). This is the story that was supposed to link it to IvX, but failed in my opinion.
With this Volume, Uncanny Inhumans ends. Overall, a middle-of-the-road title for me, but nice exposure to a section of the Marvel Universe that I don't have much knowledge of.
This Volume is divided in half. The first half (a much better story in my opinion) is about Reader bringing (a not-whole shell of) Auran back to life, at the request of her daughters, so they can "kiss her goodbye". In addition to dealing with the trauma of being not-dead, she apparently has a new power... one that lets her steal Black Bolt's voice. This creates some trouble, but provides a much needed emotional look at Black Bolt, now that he can speak. This "human" emotional part was the best for me. Powers get restored and Auran leaves the Inhumans to rediscover herself.
The second half was disjointed and slightly annoying. The premise: Maximus the Mad has discovered the formula to create Terrigen crystals. He gathers people to help him find the ingredients.... but then chooses to make a giant robot instead (for the battle against the X-Men who don't show up AT ALL in the book). This is the story that was supposed to link it to IvX, but failed in my opinion.
With this Volume, Uncanny Inhumans ends. Overall, a middle-of-the-road title for me, but nice exposure to a section of the Marvel Universe that I don't have much knowledge of.
October 13, 2021
Maximus undertakes his own quest in the midst of IVX, to see if he can find a way to stop the fighting...
...which is very noble of him, considering his character. The whole volume is him coming up with a plan to make more terrigen crystals, and his quest to get the ingredients to do so. Which is actually, the best plan available when you think about it. That way the cloud could be wiped out, and the Inhumans can still make more Inhumans the old fashioned way! ... er, with crystals I mean, crystals. Which actually begs the question... why didn't anyone else think of that? You would think Karnak or one of the other high intellect Inhumans would have thought about making more crystals.
Unfortunately, as great as the premise is, Maximus, being who he is, decides at the very last minute, after issues of gathering the materials and questing through each location, that he didn't want to do it after all. So it was all just a big waste of time. Thanks Charles Soule.
Either way, the book was engaging right up until the end, so, if you're a fan of the Inhumans, specifically Maximus, this is right up your alley.
...which is very noble of him, considering his character. The whole volume is him coming up with a plan to make more terrigen crystals, and his quest to get the ingredients to do so. Which is actually, the best plan available when you think about it. That way the cloud could be wiped out, and the Inhumans can still make more Inhumans the old fashioned way! ... er, with crystals I mean, crystals. Which actually begs the question... why didn't anyone else think of that? You would think Karnak or one of the other high intellect Inhumans would have thought about making more crystals.
Unfortunately, as great as the premise is, Maximus, being who he is, decides at the very last minute, after issues of gathering the materials and questing through each location, that he didn't want to do it after all. So it was all just a big waste of time. Thanks Charles Soule.
Either way, the book was engaging right up until the end, so, if you're a fan of the Inhumans, specifically Maximus, this is right up your alley.
February 3, 2022
IvX was... surprisingly good? I don't know what I was expecting per se... or, well, I do. AvX was so drastically one-sided. The X-Men were right and the Avengers were dicks and caused the entire mess that then had to be cleaned up. This one though, it was actually legitimately complicated with logic and ambiguity and complexity on both sides and I really enjoyed it!
And! All the tie-ins were relevant and interesting and expanded on the story in fun and interesting ways (barring a few small "that character definitely wasn't at that battle" art inconsistencies at places).
Now specifics: Uncanny Inhumans was a very fun and silly story following Maximus being his ever chaotic self. Overall fun, though probably not very interesting on its own outside the event.
And! All the tie-ins were relevant and interesting and expanded on the story in fun and interesting ways (barring a few small "that character definitely wasn't at that battle" art inconsistencies at places).
Now specifics: Uncanny Inhumans was a very fun and silly story following Maximus being his ever chaotic self. Overall fun, though probably not very interesting on its own outside the event.
October 13, 2025
Charles Soule ends his long run on Inhumans with this (and IvX) and he did a lot for the characters but this is also up and down. This collection is two parts, the first being shoehorned in and the second, a weak tie-in to the huge IvX story. I liked Reader's guilt making him do something that he shouldn't do and the results were entertaining but the story just fit strangely in the series. The second half of the book, we see what Maximus is up to and it falls flat. He is great and his motivations and action are fun but the hows and whys, in the middle of IvX, seemed wrong. I enjoyed the artwork throughout. Overall, the series had some great ideas that panned out but this was a running theme and that's a roller coaster of storytelling quality.
April 23, 2018
Now that’s how you do a tie-in book! The first story has nothing to do with IVX, and features Treste and Irelle trying to bring their dead mother Auran back for a final goodbye. It’s got Frank, Reader, and Flagman being all cool. The second story is even better, featuring Lineage, the Unspoken, Triton, Banyan, and Kludge as a “superhero team” “led” by Maximus, who is trying to recreate the Terrigen crystals. It’s only very tangentially related to IVX, which allows the story to really be its own thing. It’s hilarious, and more books should feature Maximus trying to be his warped version of a hero. Also, Kludge because that dude is mad as a hatter.
June 5, 2017
Maximus is one of my favorite Inhumans to follow, you never know what will happen next. I didn't follow the full IVX saga, but this side story was satisfying and easy to follow without having to look into the other IVX issues.
Soule was an amazing writer, and I've greatly enjoyed the whole Uncanny Inhumans run. They've become my favorite segment of the marvel universe. Thank you so much for 4 wonderful volumes.
Soule was an amazing writer, and I've greatly enjoyed the whole Uncanny Inhumans run. They've become my favorite segment of the marvel universe. Thank you so much for 4 wonderful volumes.
August 27, 2017
Public library copy.
I like the writer's work usually, but I'm glad this title finished. I never found the Inhumans interesting and this book did little to change my mind. The best thing was getting Black Bolt, albeit toward the end , involved, which was a misstep from the beginning. I think a more successful approach may have been using the original character cast all along or starting with them while veering off with new ones.
I like the writer's work usually, but I'm glad this title finished. I never found the Inhumans interesting and this book did little to change my mind. The best thing was getting Black Bolt, albeit toward the end , involved, which was a misstep from the beginning. I think a more successful approach may have been using the original character cast all along or starting with them while veering off with new ones.
June 12, 2017
Not bad, but what is here turns out to be just part of a much larger story arc titled IVX (I, personally, have no idea what it means. There is no explanation that I could see in this volume). I will say that Soule did a great job with the character of Maximus. Here is a villain who is infinite steps ahead of everyone around him and it really worked.
October 28, 2017
The story of Auran's daughters trying to bring back their mother is beautiful. Sure, the IvX tie in with Maximus searching for a way to make new Terrigen crystals was fun, 4 star quality, but the first half of this volume contains the best Inhuman story in Soule's entire run. I really hope we see Auran again soon.
March 9, 2020
You know what? These are characters I couldn't possibly hope to care about and I did care about them! I liked this story. I liked these characters. I liked how they got exciting (in the first arc) and then super goofy zany in the second.
Impressive work.
Impressive work.
June 20, 2017
I dig that R.B. Silva art. The Auran story was pretty cool.
August 24, 2017
Okay. Maximus is officially my favorite bad guy in the Marvel U.
March 17, 2018
If you really like Maximus the Mad then you'll love this. I don't. So I didn't.
July 13, 2018
Good story. I did like Maximus' little side quest. It's hard to work with the insane.
August 14, 2018
These stories seriously lack some depth.
February 1, 2022
It is cool to see a character like Maximus get the focus but I am not really sure how this ties into Inhuman vs X men event but it was kind ok.
February 1, 2024
The Great Marvel Readthrough, pt 298
July 26, 2024
end of an era
despite the inhuman versus xmen controversy, Soule and the other artists were able to put out a run of good comics.
despite the inhuman versus xmen controversy, Soule and the other artists were able to put out a run of good comics.
June 12, 2023
İki farklı öykünün olduğu bir ciltti. Ayrıca Soule için Inhumans defteri de bu hikayeyle kapandı. İlk hikayede Auran'ın hikayesini görüyoruz. Auran önceki ciltlerde Black Bolt tarafından ani bir şekilde ölmüştü. Auran'ın kızları Reader'ın yardımıyla annelerini geri çağırıyor ama işler tabii ki iyi gitmiyor. Ölümden anne çağırma işleri hep böyledir. Öykü fena değildi ama çok da beğendim diyemem.
İkinci hikaye Inhuman evreninden hiç sevmediğim Maximus'un çılgın planlarına dairdi. Ayrıca Inhumans vs X-Men hikayesine de bağlantılı bir hikayeydi sözde. Bu bağlantı olabilecek en uzak şekilde kurulmuştu. IvX damgası olmadan da güzel olabilirmiş bu hikaye. Maximus'u normalde hiç sevmesem de burada hoşuma gitti. Kurnazlığı, üçkağıtçılığı keyifliydi. Yanındaki kafası çalışmayan adamları üzerinden yapınca daha bir hoşuma gitti.
İkinci hikaye Inhuman evreninden hiç sevmediğim Maximus'un çılgın planlarına dairdi. Ayrıca Inhumans vs X-Men hikayesine de bağlantılı bir hikayeydi sözde. Bu bağlantı olabilecek en uzak şekilde kurulmuştu. IvX damgası olmadan da güzel olabilirmiş bu hikaye. Maximus'u normalde hiç sevmesem de burada hoşuma gitti. Kurnazlığı, üçkağıtçılığı keyifliydi. Yanındaki kafası çalışmayan adamları üzerinden yapınca daha bir hoşuma gitti.
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