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Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #11
Uncanny X-Men Masterworks Vol. 11
Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #189-193, X-Men Annual (1970) #8, X-Men and Alpha Flight (1985) #1-2, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine (1984) #1-6.
Chris Claremont made the X-Men a global sensation and the Marvel Masterworks are once again proud to present his tales of honor, prejudice, evolution and perseverance. It begins with Wolverine’s return to Japan, where the young Kitty Pryde has found herself in over her head with the yakuza. It’s an adventure that will change both characters forever! Meanwhile in America, the X-Men face the Hellfire Club and Kulan Gath turns all of Manhattan — and all Marvel’s heroes — into a barbarian horde. Then, in the All-New, All-Different X-Men 100th issue, a ghost from the team’s past confronts them on one of their most devastating moments. Finally, fan-favorite Paul Smith returns for a story with massive implications for the X-Men’s future.
Chris Claremont made the X-Men a global sensation and the Marvel Masterworks are once again proud to present his tales of honor, prejudice, evolution and perseverance. It begins with Wolverine’s return to Japan, where the young Kitty Pryde has found herself in over her head with the yakuza. It’s an adventure that will change both characters forever! Meanwhile in America, the X-Men face the Hellfire Club and Kulan Gath turns all of Manhattan — and all Marvel’s heroes — into a barbarian horde. Then, in the All-New, All-Different X-Men 100th issue, a ghost from the team’s past confronts them on one of their most devastating moments. Finally, fan-favorite Paul Smith returns for a story with massive implications for the X-Men’s future.
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Published January 16, 2019
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Chris Claremont
3,275 books890 followersChris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.
Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.
Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.
Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.
Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.
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February 16, 2025
3.75 stars
December 13, 2018
Not bad. It's getting a little messy, at the time Claremont was balancing multiple books, The New Mutants are heavily involved in most of this collection. Which is fine but it starts to get a little crowded. Rogue and Storm are the standouts in this volume. Claremont does such a superb job writing strong female characters and Rogue naturally and slowly grows on you, it's clear why she quickly became a fan favorite. Issue #193 is one of my single favorite issues since the Phoenix Saga, truly fantastic. I loved seeing Nightcrawler as the leader (Storm lost her powers), he is not a good leader but it makes for some great reading and interesting scenarios.
Wolverine and Kitty are absent for most of this volume, they were at the time in their own spin-off series and Kitty was constantly jumping back and forth from The New Mutants and Uncanny. The big "epic" arc with Kulan Gath was actually a bit of a slog to get through, it really disrupted the storytelling and sub-plots going on within the team. I'm hoping Claremont finds a footing in the next volume because this was hit and miss for me.
Wolverine and Kitty are absent for most of this volume, they were at the time in their own spin-off series and Kitty was constantly jumping back and forth from The New Mutants and Uncanny. The big "epic" arc with Kulan Gath was actually a bit of a slog to get through, it really disrupted the storytelling and sub-plots going on within the team. I'm hoping Claremont finds a footing in the next volume because this was hit and miss for me.
December 28, 2020
Chris Claremont's legendary run on the Uncanny X-Men is largely collected in a 12-volume (and counting) set in the Marvel Masterworks series that takes us through some of the most pivotal stories in X-Men lore. (As of volume 12, it gets up to Uncanny X-Men #200.) Here we see the launch of a new X-Men team that includes, over time, Cyclops, Jean Grey/Phoenix, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Kitty Pryde, Rogue and many others. The stories include some of the most iconic in X-Men history, including the Hellfire Club saga, the Dark Phoenix saga, Days of Future Past and the Trial of Magneto. All told, the Marvel Masterworks - Uncanny X-Men series is must-read material for anyone who wishes to dive deeply into the rich (and often difficult to navigate) history of the X-Men. It is must-read material for anyone who wants to get a taste for what it was like during a period of time when the X-Men grew from an also-ran Marvel title into one of the greatest superhero tentpole franchises of all time. And if all that isn't enough, within these volumes are some of the most enjoyable writer/artist pairings you'll find from this era of Marvel comics, including Claremont's epic collaborations with John Byrne, Dan Green and John Romita, Jr. Within these volumes are stories that continue to resonate today, tales that beyond beyond people in colorful tights punching each other out and into an ongoing commentary on what it means to be hated for one's nature, on what it means to protect those who see you as an enemy, and what it means to live with heroic dignity in a world committed to stripping that very thing from you. These are some of the finest comic book stories ever published. They are deeply fun to read, and most of all, they are an important chapter of a beloved medium.
April 16, 2021
More classic stories from the X-verse. Aside from some straight-up Uncanny stories (which introduce Firestar and develop Warpath, which are both crucial moments), there is a very lackluster annual (UXM#8), and a very cool crossover with Alpha Flight. JRJR continues doing great artwork, and Claremont does what he does best!
The Uncanny titles transport us to a different time and place right in the middle of our 616 Universe, where the Avengers, the X-Men, and all of New York is take back to the middle ages, and no one (except Spider-Man) knows what is going on. They must face an ancient evil and try to regain their memories. As Storm remains powerless, she must use her wits and fighting skills to help save the X-Men and the Avengers.
We also have in this collection the Kitty Pryde/Wolverine mini-series, which really develops Kitty into a force to be reckoned with. She is overtaken by Ogun, and must fight for her life. I've reviewed this run elsewhere, but it is VERY well done, and it shows the maturity Kitty has developed since her introduction some 60 issues ago.
The Annual is just a fairy tale told by Illyana about Lockheed and his pet Kitty. Very fanciful and the artwork is very mediocre. Definitely NOT worth the read.
Finally, we encounter the X-Men/Alpha Flight crossover. This is a fun story with Loki pulling the strings and we see Madeline undergo her first transformation (a forbearer of things to come?) We also find out she is pregnant (with Cable), and we see her and Scott interact, and maybe things aren't quite so blissful in this paradise of marriage.
Characters that are introduced and developed in this run include Rachel, Kitty, Storm, Warpath, and Talisman (from Alpha Flight). A great read!
The Uncanny titles transport us to a different time and place right in the middle of our 616 Universe, where the Avengers, the X-Men, and all of New York is take back to the middle ages, and no one (except Spider-Man) knows what is going on. They must face an ancient evil and try to regain their memories. As Storm remains powerless, she must use her wits and fighting skills to help save the X-Men and the Avengers.
We also have in this collection the Kitty Pryde/Wolverine mini-series, which really develops Kitty into a force to be reckoned with. She is overtaken by Ogun, and must fight for her life. I've reviewed this run elsewhere, but it is VERY well done, and it shows the maturity Kitty has developed since her introduction some 60 issues ago.
The Annual is just a fairy tale told by Illyana about Lockheed and his pet Kitty. Very fanciful and the artwork is very mediocre. Definitely NOT worth the read.
Finally, we encounter the X-Men/Alpha Flight crossover. This is a fun story with Loki pulling the strings and we see Madeline undergo her first transformation (a forbearer of things to come?) We also find out she is pregnant (with Cable), and we see her and Scott interact, and maybe things aren't quite so blissful in this paradise of marriage.
Characters that are introduced and developed in this run include Rachel, Kitty, Storm, Warpath, and Talisman (from Alpha Flight). A great read!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 9, 2020
WHAT I LIKED:
- Character work is great. Claremont is so gifted with these characters (heroes and villains) and knowing how to tell compelling stories.
- John Romita Jr. is a pretty outstanding artist and world builder. I had remembered John Byrne and Paul Smith more vividly, but John's work here is top notch as well. Nice surprise for me in the Volume 10 and here as well.
- The supplemental stories with Kitty Pride & Wolverine and Alpha Flight were pretty great as well and the art on the Alpha Flight cross-over by Paul Smith is beautiful. One funny note - the Alpha Flight story read really similar to the Asgardian Wars story that is collected in the next Masterworks Volume 12 - I didn't notice at the time, but reading so closely to one another it struck me as a bit of story recycling, or at least deja vu.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
- Too many cross-overs with other books and tie-ins. When the main narrative stories are moving, the book really sings, but in this series there are constant cross-overs and tie-ins that feel forced/editorially mandated. When that happens (which is a lot), the character arcs lose momentum. And there are only 5 core X-Men issues. That was a bit of a disappointment in 457 pages of content.
January 8, 2023
The Wolvie/Kitty Pryde mini series didn’t cut it out for me. Too long, way too wordy and emphatic and poorly illustrated by Al Milgrom to boot. Quite the opposite of the Storm/Magic 4-parter from previous volume.
The Kulan Gath arc where lower Manhattan is transformed in a kind of heroic fantasy reality absurdly comes from left field. It was only a 2-parter but I slogged through it and wholeheartedly disliked it. Reckon I don’t like these mash-ups much.
The following regular issues are not particularly of note and are easily forgotten. Same goes for Annual 8, as bland and innocuous as any other annual out there.
Then there’s The gift. Classic but very well handled 2-parter on the themes of what cost the greater good for the greater number and freedom of choice. It’s illustrated by Paul Smith/Bob Wiacek to so no need to insist on how luscious it is but as good as it is, it’s still not enough to redeem the whole volume.
The Kulan Gath arc where lower Manhattan is transformed in a kind of heroic fantasy reality absurdly comes from left field. It was only a 2-parter but I slogged through it and wholeheartedly disliked it. Reckon I don’t like these mash-ups much.
The following regular issues are not particularly of note and are easily forgotten. Same goes for Annual 8, as bland and innocuous as any other annual out there.
Then there’s The gift. Classic but very well handled 2-parter on the themes of what cost the greater good for the greater number and freedom of choice. It’s illustrated by Paul Smith/Bob Wiacek to so no need to insist on how luscious it is but as good as it is, it’s still not enough to redeem the whole volume.
August 8, 2023
The previous Masterworks volume showed the better side of the Nocenti-edited Claremont years on the X-Men - a chaotic, energetic, restless tapestry of a comic whose unpredictability helped make it the industry leader. But that approach had its downsides too, particularly since being the market leader heaped editorial pressure on Claremont for more of the same. Physically, the man could produce 2 monthly comics and a continuous flow of mini-series and specials, but his creative energies and focus were unevenly distributed. And even this maximum wasn't enough for the Marvel sales department, which always wanted more X-books.
The obvious conclusion of THAT subplot is a couple of years off. And meanwhile Volume 11 feels as lavish as the rest - 14 Claremont comics, four of which are extra-sized. But only 5 of those are regular monthly issues of the X-Men, and even with the extras we're not getting the complete picture. At this point sister comic New Mutants is in the brief, staggering run with Bill Sienkiewicz on art, and Claremont seems suddenly giddy with the possibilities the younger characters afford him: every one of those 5 issues either guest-stars the New Mutants or continues a New Mutants plot. Even in the X-Men/Alpha Flight mini-series, which needs to find room for two full super-teams and a new set of freshly-empowered characters, Claremont spends a couple of pages with Doug Ramsey.
The lines between his various X-comics are blurring, in other words, and unfortunately for this volume his best work is happening in the comic next door next door. But that's a risk with this way of storytelling, and it's been a long while since the X-Men comic even pretended to work as a set of discrete episodes. The X-Books are a sprawling ensemble piece, and just as Claremont's energies have waxed and waned, there have always been characters who hog his attention - Wolverine for a while, then Kitty Pryde, then Storm. If this section of stories has a lead character - a current Claremont crush - it's probably Rachel Summers, who fits the loose, patchwork vibes of the book perfectly.
Just as John Constantine exists because Sting looked so cool on videos, Rachel Summers owes her fictional life to Annie Lennox. With her red crew-cut, rat-tail, and wardrobes flickering between tailored suits and fetish gear, she's the most visually striking thing in the comic since Mohawk Storm, and the most overtly queer-coded character Claremont's ever introduced. But her story is told piecemeal: suddenly the comic is full of Rachel without there ever being much of a settling-in story (compare Claremont's careful seeding of Rogue, only a year or so prior).
Claremont drops Rachel's scenes into both his comics and often writes her as if we've already read 20+ issues of her back story and adventures, so there's a near-constant sense that you've missed something. By the time we get to X-Men/Alpha Flight, while Claremont writes the Alpha characters well, it's Rachel's trauma and anxiety and her meeting with Cyclops that seems most fascinating to him - incidentally, yet another key scene which happens off to the side of the 'main title'.
That doesn't annoy me as much as it might, as X-Men/Alpha Flight is the comfortable highlight of this collection - one of the best spins on the very common "beware of what you wish for" plot, with a host of strong character vignettes and gorgeous Paul Smith art, and enough extra space to land all its thrilling or emotional moments. It was one of the first imported Marvel comics I read after Secret Wars reeled me in, and stands up for me as one of Claremont's best moments on the series, even though the dilemmas and side-taking it deftly sets up are actually resolved by the real villain just showing up and having a tantrum.
At the other end of the volume is a second miniseries, Kitty Pryde And Wolverine, this one 6 normal-sized issues. I wasn't looking forward to revisiting this, because in my head it was a poor attempt to recapture the magic of the original Wolverine mini, with Al Milgrom on art awkwardly attempting Frank Miller action sequences. None of that is exactly untrue. But read it alongside its contemporary X-Men comics and its better qualities shine through: it's actually a decent, well-thought-through attempt at a Wolverine sequel. It's very well paced - each issue has a job to do, showing that Claremont could do conventional comics plotting if he cared to. Milgrom may not do a great Frank Miller but a good one is enough to make the action sequences sing, and using Kitty as lead is a fantastic choice - it makes the mini work as a thematic sequel to Wolverine without having to actually undo any of the genuine character development in that comic.
Those two minis take up over half the page count, leaving the half-dozen actual X-Men issues as sandwich filling. And here's where we see the price of Claremont doing great work over at New Mutants and on the occasional mini - he has little juice left for X-Men itself. John Romita Jr, quickly comfortable as penciller, keeps everything looking hot and modern, but these are the weakest stories since the stretch after John Byrne quit. Yes, there are powerful sequences (like Professor X's assault), and classic Claremontian moments (like him waking up after said assault in BDSM gear). But there's also the two issue "Manhattan taken over by sorcery" story, as baffling and irritating now as it was at the time, though it also reads as a dry run for Claremont's much more successful forays into fantasy in Volume 12. Almost everything in this Volume feels like a prelude or sequel to something better, in fact - even X-Men/Alpha Flight is outshone by the Asgardian follow-up. That's inevitable maybe when you're working the way Claremont was, but frustrating nonetheless.
The obvious conclusion of THAT subplot is a couple of years off. And meanwhile Volume 11 feels as lavish as the rest - 14 Claremont comics, four of which are extra-sized. But only 5 of those are regular monthly issues of the X-Men, and even with the extras we're not getting the complete picture. At this point sister comic New Mutants is in the brief, staggering run with Bill Sienkiewicz on art, and Claremont seems suddenly giddy with the possibilities the younger characters afford him: every one of those 5 issues either guest-stars the New Mutants or continues a New Mutants plot. Even in the X-Men/Alpha Flight mini-series, which needs to find room for two full super-teams and a new set of freshly-empowered characters, Claremont spends a couple of pages with Doug Ramsey.
The lines between his various X-comics are blurring, in other words, and unfortunately for this volume his best work is happening in the comic next door next door. But that's a risk with this way of storytelling, and it's been a long while since the X-Men comic even pretended to work as a set of discrete episodes. The X-Books are a sprawling ensemble piece, and just as Claremont's energies have waxed and waned, there have always been characters who hog his attention - Wolverine for a while, then Kitty Pryde, then Storm. If this section of stories has a lead character - a current Claremont crush - it's probably Rachel Summers, who fits the loose, patchwork vibes of the book perfectly.
Just as John Constantine exists because Sting looked so cool on videos, Rachel Summers owes her fictional life to Annie Lennox. With her red crew-cut, rat-tail, and wardrobes flickering between tailored suits and fetish gear, she's the most visually striking thing in the comic since Mohawk Storm, and the most overtly queer-coded character Claremont's ever introduced. But her story is told piecemeal: suddenly the comic is full of Rachel without there ever being much of a settling-in story (compare Claremont's careful seeding of Rogue, only a year or so prior).
Claremont drops Rachel's scenes into both his comics and often writes her as if we've already read 20+ issues of her back story and adventures, so there's a near-constant sense that you've missed something. By the time we get to X-Men/Alpha Flight, while Claremont writes the Alpha characters well, it's Rachel's trauma and anxiety and her meeting with Cyclops that seems most fascinating to him - incidentally, yet another key scene which happens off to the side of the 'main title'.
That doesn't annoy me as much as it might, as X-Men/Alpha Flight is the comfortable highlight of this collection - one of the best spins on the very common "beware of what you wish for" plot, with a host of strong character vignettes and gorgeous Paul Smith art, and enough extra space to land all its thrilling or emotional moments. It was one of the first imported Marvel comics I read after Secret Wars reeled me in, and stands up for me as one of Claremont's best moments on the series, even though the dilemmas and side-taking it deftly sets up are actually resolved by the real villain just showing up and having a tantrum.
At the other end of the volume is a second miniseries, Kitty Pryde And Wolverine, this one 6 normal-sized issues. I wasn't looking forward to revisiting this, because in my head it was a poor attempt to recapture the magic of the original Wolverine mini, with Al Milgrom on art awkwardly attempting Frank Miller action sequences. None of that is exactly untrue. But read it alongside its contemporary X-Men comics and its better qualities shine through: it's actually a decent, well-thought-through attempt at a Wolverine sequel. It's very well paced - each issue has a job to do, showing that Claremont could do conventional comics plotting if he cared to. Milgrom may not do a great Frank Miller but a good one is enough to make the action sequences sing, and using Kitty as lead is a fantastic choice - it makes the mini work as a thematic sequel to Wolverine without having to actually undo any of the genuine character development in that comic.
Those two minis take up over half the page count, leaving the half-dozen actual X-Men issues as sandwich filling. And here's where we see the price of Claremont doing great work over at New Mutants and on the occasional mini - he has little juice left for X-Men itself. John Romita Jr, quickly comfortable as penciller, keeps everything looking hot and modern, but these are the weakest stories since the stretch after John Byrne quit. Yes, there are powerful sequences (like Professor X's assault), and classic Claremontian moments (like him waking up after said assault in BDSM gear). But there's also the two issue "Manhattan taken over by sorcery" story, as baffling and irritating now as it was at the time, though it also reads as a dry run for Claremont's much more successful forays into fantasy in Volume 12. Almost everything in this Volume feels like a prelude or sequel to something better, in fact - even X-Men/Alpha Flight is outshone by the Asgardian follow-up. That's inevitable maybe when you're working the way Claremont was, but frustrating nonetheless.
December 30, 2024
This volume contains many issues that I hadn't read, including the (non Days of Future Past) introduction of Rachel Summers and a Wolverine Kitty Pryde 6 issue series. The Wolvie/Kitty series wasn't my favorite, very verbose and Kitty suffers from Wesley Crusher syndrome. However, the Rachel stuff was so good and I kept hearing Connor Goldsmith from Cerebrocast voicing Selene (SeLEEEEEENe!) in my brain. Super fun! Don't forget about Seleeeeeene, Kulan Gath!
January 25, 2023
The rest is nice representation of late-stage classic Claremont Bronze Age X-Men, but the push to five-star classic rating is the six-part Kitty Pryde and Wolverine limited series. Blast from my childhood past. I felt gratitude rereading this, that I had this to look forward to month-by-month in its original run.
December 12, 2023
Y después de solucionar el tema de los Fantasmas y la pérdida de poderes de Tormenta, Claremont va a poner encima de la mesa durante algunos números a Selene como enemiga principal de la Patrulla. Esta mutante vampírica había aparecido en Nuevos Mutantes, en Nueva Roma, y aquí, va a volver para tratar de dominar a Rachel y Magma, y para enfrentarse a Selene, que se postula como Reina Negra para el Club Fuego Infernal, estas se colarán en el mismísimo Club, aunque finalmente el propio Xavier tendrá que intervenir para salvarlas. Y ese será el momento en el que el destino disponga que Kulan Gath (un perverso hechicero devoto de fuerzas oscuras que había aparecido en las páginas de Conan, en 1972, para ser pronto trasladado al Universo Marvel convencional y enfrentarlo a Spiderman) vuelva a la vida.
Los números de esta saga de Kulan Gath en Patrulla-X se transformarán en una aventura de espada y brujería, pues toda Manhattan se convertirá en una especie de ciudad de fantasía, con los mutantes y los Vengadores convertidos en la guardia del hechicero, y Tormenta y Calisto como las únicas que saben que deben hacer algo para derrotar a Kulan Gath. Y aunque finalmente lo consigan, junto al Capitán América o el Doctor Extraño, la manipulación temporal que realiza Magik tendrá consecuencias a medio plazo, pues aunque se evita el despertar de Kulan Gath, la ruptura espaciotemporal favorecerá la llegada de Nimrod, un tipo de Centinela del futuro que pondrá a los X-Men en grandes problemas poco más adelante. Pero además, en estos números, veremos como un grupo de jóvenes está a punto de acabar con la vida de Xavier en un acto racista y antimutante... lo que también va a tener gran importancia en poco tiempo.
Y la siguiente confrontación del grupo vendrá por parte de los Infernales... o más bien de un puñado de ellos. Y es que Ave de Trueno, es decir, James Proudstar, el hermano del difunto John Proudstar, va a secuestrar a Banshee, y ayudado por Ruleta, Émpata y Estrella de Fuego (manipulada por Émpata), va a obligar a la Patrulla-X a infiltrarse en la base Valhalla de la Norad, el lugar donde murió su hermano, convirtiendo a la Patrulla-X en fugitivos buscados, aunque al menos Estrella de Fuego y Ave de Trueno comenzarán aquí su camino a convertirse en héroes.
Los números de esta saga de Kulan Gath en Patrulla-X se transformarán en una aventura de espada y brujería, pues toda Manhattan se convertirá en una especie de ciudad de fantasía, con los mutantes y los Vengadores convertidos en la guardia del hechicero, y Tormenta y Calisto como las únicas que saben que deben hacer algo para derrotar a Kulan Gath. Y aunque finalmente lo consigan, junto al Capitán América o el Doctor Extraño, la manipulación temporal que realiza Magik tendrá consecuencias a medio plazo, pues aunque se evita el despertar de Kulan Gath, la ruptura espaciotemporal favorecerá la llegada de Nimrod, un tipo de Centinela del futuro que pondrá a los X-Men en grandes problemas poco más adelante. Pero además, en estos números, veremos como un grupo de jóvenes está a punto de acabar con la vida de Xavier en un acto racista y antimutante... lo que también va a tener gran importancia en poco tiempo.
Y la siguiente confrontación del grupo vendrá por parte de los Infernales... o más bien de un puñado de ellos. Y es que Ave de Trueno, es decir, James Proudstar, el hermano del difunto John Proudstar, va a secuestrar a Banshee, y ayudado por Ruleta, Émpata y Estrella de Fuego (manipulada por Émpata), va a obligar a la Patrulla-X a infiltrarse en la base Valhalla de la Norad, el lugar donde murió su hermano, convirtiendo a la Patrulla-X en fugitivos buscados, aunque al menos Estrella de Fuego y Ave de Trueno comenzarán aquí su camino a convertirse en héroes.
July 8, 2025
I've been reading Uncanny X-Men on Marvel Unlimited, I've not read the Kitty and Wolverine in Japan stuff! (You can't make me enjoy Kitty!)
The Storm and Forge story is great but otherwise, after an incredible run of issues, there was a dip in this collection.
The New Mutants are shoehorned into a lot of this, and since I'm not reading that I wasn't interested in them. The first issue focuses on Rachel Summers and Amara (who I think is Magma but I remember it she gets named as that) getting caught up with The Hellfire Club and their new Black Queen, the sorceress Selene.
In general the Rachel Summers plot is developing at a glacial pace as well... and it seems like nobody has told Scott about it? The X-Men seem very unconcerned about her story.
There was also a two issue arc where a skrull sorcerer Kulan Gath took over which really dragged. Warlock featured in the second part, he's very weird but I do like him, he'd be the only reason I'd be interested in New Mutants. the following issue has his Dad come to Earth to hunt him.. which I guess just be picked up in NM because it is drilled in X-Men!
I hope this mashing of New Mutants doesn't go on for too long. It makes the stories too crowded and incomplete.
There is still this rumbling story of Kitty and Collosus's failed romance.. which I hate because, again, she's a 15 year old child and it's revolting for adults to be encouraging it!
It really is Storms personal journey with now having lost her powers that is keeping me going. I am also enjoying Rogues slow integration into the team, and I am now seeing how she turned into such a fan favourite (she is my fave from the cartoon!).
The Storm and Forge story is great but otherwise, after an incredible run of issues, there was a dip in this collection.
The New Mutants are shoehorned into a lot of this, and since I'm not reading that I wasn't interested in them. The first issue focuses on Rachel Summers and Amara (who I think is Magma but I remember it she gets named as that) getting caught up with The Hellfire Club and their new Black Queen, the sorceress Selene.
In general the Rachel Summers plot is developing at a glacial pace as well... and it seems like nobody has told Scott about it? The X-Men seem very unconcerned about her story.
There was also a two issue arc where a skrull sorcerer Kulan Gath took over which really dragged. Warlock featured in the second part, he's very weird but I do like him, he'd be the only reason I'd be interested in New Mutants. the following issue has his Dad come to Earth to hunt him.. which I guess just be picked up in NM because it is drilled in X-Men!
I hope this mashing of New Mutants doesn't go on for too long. It makes the stories too crowded and incomplete.
There is still this rumbling story of Kitty and Collosus's failed romance.. which I hate because, again, she's a 15 year old child and it's revolting for adults to be encouraging it!
It really is Storms personal journey with now having lost her powers that is keeping me going. I am also enjoying Rogues slow integration into the team, and I am now seeing how she turned into such a fan favourite (she is my fave from the cartoon!).
November 4, 2020
The stories in this collection are very inconsistent in terms of quality, with a lot of it seeming like filler that doesn't really move the storyline forward or develop the characters in any meaningful way.
October 22, 2023
The stories are really weak (Claremont well past his best ideas (most of them were plotted by Byrne) and the mini-series should not be included....but the art or Romita Jr, Steve Leialoha and Paul Smith are well worth looking at.
August 11, 2025
I have reached the level of brain poisoning where I think the time travel stuff in the X-Men is actually really cool. The Kitty Pryde & Wolverine miniseries and the annual are lame but everything else is great.
April 1, 2022
This volume was weaker than Claremont's earlier stuff. It's not bad by any means but it's a step down.
October 10, 2023
A real mess of a collection. Plus, we're back to weird one-off stories, which I don't care for too much.
November 24, 2023
This was a good collection, and interesting, taking the X-Men in interesting and new directions, but I found myself missing interacting with the main cast...
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