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Uncanny X-Men (1963) #508-512
Uncanny X-Men: Sisterhood
X-Men under siege!
The X-Men get up to the delicate art of living as the Sisterhood get up to the delicate art of killing. The Science Team gets to work, trying very hard not to kill one another first. Simon Trask gains traction in the California state legislature, muscling Proposition X to an emergency ballot vote. If it passes, mutants past and present, powered and otherwise, won't be allowed to breed... all this and a friend returns as a foe and ready for murder. Oh, things are getting ugly.
Collecting Uncanny X-Men #508-512 - written by Matt Fraction (Immortal Iron Fist), and illustrated by Greg Land (X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong) and Yanick Paquette (Ultimate X-Men).
The X-Men get up to the delicate art of living as the Sisterhood get up to the delicate art of killing. The Science Team gets to work, trying very hard not to kill one another first. Simon Trask gains traction in the California state legislature, muscling Proposition X to an emergency ballot vote. If it passes, mutants past and present, powered and otherwise, won't be allowed to breed... all this and a friend returns as a foe and ready for murder. Oh, things are getting ugly.
Collecting Uncanny X-Men #508-512 - written by Matt Fraction (Immortal Iron Fist), and illustrated by Greg Land (X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong) and Yanick Paquette (Ultimate X-Men).
136 pages, Paperback
First published August 26, 2009
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About the author
Matt Fraction
1,221 books1,864 followers"How he got started in comics: In 1983, when Fraction was 7 years old and growing up in Kansas City, Mo., he became fascinated by the U.S. invasion of Grenada and created his own newspaper to explain the event. "I've always been story-driven, telling stories with pictures and words," he said.
Education and first job: Fraction never graduated from college. He stopped half a semester short of an art degree at Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri in 1998 to take a job as a Web designer and managing editor of a magazine about Internet culture.
"My mother was not happy about that," he said.
But that gig led Fraction and his co-workers to split off and launch MK12, a boutique graphic design and production firm in Kansas City that created the opening credits for the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace."
Big break: While writing and directing live-action shoots at MK12, Fraction spent his spare time writing comics and pitching his books each year to publishers at Comic-Con. Two books sold: "The Last of the Independents," published in 2003 by AiT/Planet Lar, and "Casanova," published in 2006 by Image Comics.
Fraction traveled extensively on commercial shoots. Then his wife got pregnant. So Fraction did what any rational man in his position would do -- he quit his job at MK12 to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time comic book writer.
Say what? "It was terrifying," said Fraction, who now lives in Portland, Ore. "I was married. We had a house. We had a baby coming. And I just quit my job."
Marvel hired Fraction in June 2006, thanks largely to the success of his other two comics. "I got very lucky," he half-joked. "If it hadn't worked out, I would have had to move back in with my parents.
- 2009. Alex Pham. Los Angeles Times.
Education and first job: Fraction never graduated from college. He stopped half a semester short of an art degree at Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri in 1998 to take a job as a Web designer and managing editor of a magazine about Internet culture.
"My mother was not happy about that," he said.
But that gig led Fraction and his co-workers to split off and launch MK12, a boutique graphic design and production firm in Kansas City that created the opening credits for the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace."
Big break: While writing and directing live-action shoots at MK12, Fraction spent his spare time writing comics and pitching his books each year to publishers at Comic-Con. Two books sold: "The Last of the Independents," published in 2003 by AiT/Planet Lar, and "Casanova," published in 2006 by Image Comics.
Fraction traveled extensively on commercial shoots. Then his wife got pregnant. So Fraction did what any rational man in his position would do -- he quit his job at MK12 to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time comic book writer.
Say what? "It was terrifying," said Fraction, who now lives in Portland, Ore. "I was married. We had a house. We had a baby coming. And I just quit my job."
Marvel hired Fraction in June 2006, thanks largely to the success of his other two comics. "I got very lucky," he half-joked. "If it hadn't worked out, I would have had to move back in with my parents.
- 2009. Alex Pham. Los Angeles Times.
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February 18, 2022
This was a fun read!
We pick up with the Red Queen aka Madelyne Pryor and her sisterhood and new member Psylocke and attacking the X-Men and trying to take them down to get a certain thing and we get to see some cool face-offs and I like how they show Wolverine vs Lady deathstrike and then the team goes to attack Madelyne as she is after the body of a beloved X-Men and the drama ensues and another face off, the return of Psylocke, Madelyne's ultimate and nefarious plans and whatever Spiral and Lady Mastermind are gonna do, great face off and awkward romances and a great ending. It ends abruptly for sure but its a tactical thing Scott did and makes for a great story but the art was like super weird to read ngl.
And then the second story with X-club travelling in the past to get the DNA samples of Dr Nemesis parents and we get to see what happened there exactly in 1906 and its fun and facing off against a proto-sentinel was fun and the fate of his parents and its such a personal story and well written that it will make you love Dr Nemesis, easily the best story in this volume, just great stuff!
We pick up with the Red Queen aka Madelyne Pryor and her sisterhood and new member Psylocke and attacking the X-Men and trying to take them down to get a certain thing and we get to see some cool face-offs and I like how they show Wolverine vs Lady deathstrike and then the team goes to attack Madelyne as she is after the body of a beloved X-Men and the drama ensues and another face off, the return of Psylocke, Madelyne's ultimate and nefarious plans and whatever Spiral and Lady Mastermind are gonna do, great face off and awkward romances and a great ending. It ends abruptly for sure but its a tactical thing Scott did and makes for a great story but the art was like super weird to read ngl.
And then the second story with X-club travelling in the past to get the DNA samples of Dr Nemesis parents and we get to see what happened there exactly in 1906 and its fun and facing off against a proto-sentinel was fun and the fate of his parents and its such a personal story and well written that it will make you love Dr Nemesis, easily the best story in this volume, just great stuff!
August 5, 2016
This trade actually collects two stories: the Greg Land-illustrated story arc, "Sisterhood" and the Yanick Paquette- drawn "The Origin of the Species" of issue 512, which was writer Matt Fraction's strongest work at this part of his run on Uncanny X-Men.
Sisterhood teased the return of Jean Grey very heavily. Her presence was felt in the entire story, but that was it, just a tease and a presence that looms over Scott and Emma. It did return the psychic ghost of Maddie Pryor and the original European body of Betsy Braddock. As the story progressed, those two didn't stick, but it did return Psylocke to the active roster.
Issue 512 served as a nice coda to this collection, a time travel adventure for the X-Club to San Francisco at turn of the twentieth century. It's a showcase of Fraction's strengths, a story about science adventurers with steampunk robots. At this point of Fraction's career, he was known for his The Five Fists of Science graphic novel.
Since I restarted reading this chunk of Uncanny X-Men comics to get my Doctor Nemesis fix; the good doctor gives me a warm fuzzy feeling when he insults someone, I've started to keep track of his appearances.
Issue 508 -Yes.
Issue 509 - Yes.
Issue 510 - Yes.
Issue 511 - No.
Issue 512 - Hell yes! This was his origin issue.
Sisterhood teased the return of Jean Grey very heavily. Her presence was felt in the entire story, but that was it, just a tease and a presence that looms over Scott and Emma. It did return the psychic ghost of Maddie Pryor and the original European body of Betsy Braddock. As the story progressed, those two didn't stick, but it did return Psylocke to the active roster.
Issue 512 served as a nice coda to this collection, a time travel adventure for the X-Club to San Francisco at turn of the twentieth century. It's a showcase of Fraction's strengths, a story about science adventurers with steampunk robots. At this point of Fraction's career, he was known for his The Five Fists of Science graphic novel.
Since I restarted reading this chunk of Uncanny X-Men comics to get my Doctor Nemesis fix; the good doctor gives me a warm fuzzy feeling when he insults someone, I've started to keep track of his appearances.
Issue 508 -Yes.
Issue 509 - Yes.
Issue 510 - Yes.
Issue 511 - No.
Issue 512 - Hell yes! This was his origin issue.
October 29, 2020
Madeline Pryor has rounded up a crew of women super villains, her “Sisterhood” if you will, to help her with her ultimate goal. She is in a ghost form and needs a body to transfer herself into. Only one person would be strong enough house her energy but that person is dead. Madeline intends to dig up the body. An attack on The new Graymalkin and a really cool story beat later, this arc comes to a nice close. Later, Beast and his “X-club” of scientist are still working on fixing the no more mutant problem. They decide to travel back to 1906 get a blood sample from the parents of one of the first mutants born of this century. Fraction does some more cool things with the plot for this arc as well. So far I have been enjoying Fractions run on the Uncanny X-men.
September 23, 2022
I got to admit, I had low expectations of this volume. I mean, we get a bunch of C listers like Spyral and Chimera in a team to transfer the spirit of Madalyn Prior into Wolverine's body - kind of out there. But it is the X-Men so kind of not... for them that is.
But this was a very entertaining read. The team dynamic of the core group is lively and you can really feel the connection between the team. The villain team also has some great chemistry as well, as you can really see the personalities of each member. And the plot itself, while being batshit crazy, actually is pulled off well by Matt Fraction, as the return of Psylocke finally happens in this one.
I'm not a huge fan of Greg Land, and there are some issues with this volume art wise, but for the most part, this book actually looks really good. I don't know if he was fully "referencing" here or if he was a bit more free hand, but I thought the book looked damn good for the most part.
This was an exciting read, but steeped in X-Men lore. I don't know if I'd recommend it for new fans, but if you're familiar with where the X-Men are at in this point in time, this is definitely worth a read.
But this was a very entertaining read. The team dynamic of the core group is lively and you can really feel the connection between the team. The villain team also has some great chemistry as well, as you can really see the personalities of each member. And the plot itself, while being batshit crazy, actually is pulled off well by Matt Fraction, as the return of Psylocke finally happens in this one.
I'm not a huge fan of Greg Land, and there are some issues with this volume art wise, but for the most part, this book actually looks really good. I don't know if he was fully "referencing" here or if he was a bit more free hand, but I thought the book looked damn good for the most part.
This was an exciting read, but steeped in X-Men lore. I don't know if I'd recommend it for new fans, but if you're familiar with where the X-Men are at in this point in time, this is definitely worth a read.
June 15, 2009
I really loved this run, There were some great moments and it brought back to the fold one of my favorite X-Men Psylocke. There were a few things I loved.
1. Emma thrashing blonde Lady Mastermind.
2. Dazzler taking out dead version of Psylocke.
3. Northstars return to the X-Men.
4. Psylockes return to the X-Men.
5. Domino in Japan.
6. The dialogue.
7. Chimaera being thrashed by the Cuckoos.
Things I hated but didn't ruin the experience of reading.
1. Hisako being written as the biggest wimp, when she fought Ord and Danger at the same time. This didn't sit well as I love Hisako.
2. Chimaera and blonde lady mastermind not being put down permanently.
3. We still don't know how maddy came back.
4. Lands art, is not the best match for this book, especially his portrayal of all the young teen girls who look virtually the same as their much older colleague in the chest area. Some of these girls are too young to have the busts he's drawing them with.
1. Emma thrashing blonde Lady Mastermind.
2. Dazzler taking out dead version of Psylocke.
3. Northstars return to the X-Men.
4. Psylockes return to the X-Men.
5. Domino in Japan.
6. The dialogue.
7. Chimaera being thrashed by the Cuckoos.
Things I hated but didn't ruin the experience of reading.
1. Hisako being written as the biggest wimp, when she fought Ord and Danger at the same time. This didn't sit well as I love Hisako.
2. Chimaera and blonde lady mastermind not being put down permanently.
3. We still don't know how maddy came back.
4. Lands art, is not the best match for this book, especially his portrayal of all the young teen girls who look virtually the same as their much older colleague in the chest area. Some of these girls are too young to have the busts he's drawing them with.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 30, 2014
Man, Fraction knows how to keep the X-Men fun. All of the buildup from the past two volumes comes to a head in this one with the arrival of "The Sisterhood," a group of villainous female mutants led by the Red Queen. In typical X-Men style, the baddies seem to have an answer for every power the X-Men can throw at them, but Fraction handles this in his own oddly imperfect way that keeps it from ever feeling stale (hell, the mere fact that he's putting so many women in the spotlight is a welcome change on its own).
I say "imperfect" because, the more I read Fraction, the more I start to realize that he loves playing around with flawed superheroes who can actually make mistakes and have real-life human emotions. His dialogue can be a little arch at times, but in general he's writing very believable and, more importantly, LIKABLE characters that I become genuinely invested in. I'm not just waiting to see what the plot twist is, I'm interested in these people. This is particularly noticeable following Brubaker's X-Men run where I couldn't give a day-old damn about anyone he was writing, and these are literally the same people in Fraction's hands.
Top this off with Fraction's proficiency at writing sci-fi-based storylines like the one that gradually builds in this volume, and you've got an X book that plays with big ideas via grounded characters, which is pretty much the perfect storm for me as a reader. Also Fraction writes lines like Psylocke's "We're from the future and we're here to beat your brains out," which is the kind of stuff I could read for the rest of my life and be fine.
I say "imperfect" because, the more I read Fraction, the more I start to realize that he loves playing around with flawed superheroes who can actually make mistakes and have real-life human emotions. His dialogue can be a little arch at times, but in general he's writing very believable and, more importantly, LIKABLE characters that I become genuinely invested in. I'm not just waiting to see what the plot twist is, I'm interested in these people. This is particularly noticeable following Brubaker's X-Men run where I couldn't give a day-old damn about anyone he was writing, and these are literally the same people in Fraction's hands.
Top this off with Fraction's proficiency at writing sci-fi-based storylines like the one that gradually builds in this volume, and you've got an X book that plays with big ideas via grounded characters, which is pretty much the perfect storm for me as a reader. Also Fraction writes lines like Psylocke's "We're from the future and we're here to beat your brains out," which is the kind of stuff I could read for the rest of my life and be fine.
November 16, 2009
The best of Matt Fraction's run on Uncanny X-Men so far. He's excels at making confusing characters cool and easy to understand. Given the volume of X-Men titles produced since the 1980s, he has a lot of characters to choose from and prune away their messy backstories. Here, a group of mostly uninteresting women, headed by Cyclops' dead ex-wife clone (witch?) Madelyne Pryor, turns into a formidable team of villainy. Fraction also revives Psylocke in a way that washes away some of her overworked continuity. Domino is cool and, as it says in one of Fraction's captions, "a little O.C.D." Same with Northstar, although he's more X-Games than obsessive. The big fight with the Sisterhood at the end is a bit of a mess, but the characters throughout are enjoyable.
The collection ends with a one-off time-travel story to San Francisco in 1906. I'm still not quite sure why Beast and the X-Club go back in time, but the amusing story is reminiscent of both Fraction's Five Fists Of Science and Joss Whedon run on Runaways .
The collection ends with a one-off time-travel story to San Francisco in 1906. I'm still not quite sure why Beast and the X-Club go back in time, but the amusing story is reminiscent of both Fraction's Five Fists Of Science and Joss Whedon run on Runaways .
June 18, 2012
This could have ben better if they changed a few things. First change the artist, Greg Land, who does a decent job in some panels, but then draws the characters with identical faces and vapid, idiotic smiles. Many action sequences are difficult to figure out because many of the female characters look exactly the same.
Next change the main characters. We have Madeleine Pryor's ghost, which doesn't have have a comic book explanation. Then we have Psylocke, a character who has been body-swapped, blinded, murdered, given magic powers, traveled to other dimensions, and even traded powers with other characters. There are other characters, who are probably cool, but I'm not sure because they all have the same face and body type.
The bit of the tp has a separate story done by a talented artist. It features Dr. Nemesis and the science team. It almost redeems this book.
Next change the main characters. We have Madeleine Pryor's ghost, which doesn't have have a comic book explanation. Then we have Psylocke, a character who has been body-swapped, blinded, murdered, given magic powers, traveled to other dimensions, and even traded powers with other characters. There are other characters, who are probably cool, but I'm not sure because they all have the same face and body type.
The bit of the tp has a separate story done by a talented artist. It features Dr. Nemesis and the science team. It almost redeems this book.
June 23, 2024
Annoying flimsy villains like Spiral and Deathstrike make a comeback as visually striking, deadly threat as part of the sisterhood, along with chimera and the mastermind sisters. Lead by a.. Sort of psychic ghost? Of Madelyne Pryor.
Also including an issue of Beast leading the group of scientist, the x club and psylocke to the past to get a gene sample from the parents of one of the 1st mutants, and of the scientists. In a story I was very uninterested in, yet turned out to be very entertaining.
Also including an issue of Beast leading the group of scientist, the x club and psylocke to the past to get a gene sample from the parents of one of the 1st mutants, and of the scientists. In a story I was very uninterested in, yet turned out to be very entertaining.
June 21, 2015
I'd say this was a solid 3.5 stars. I actually enjoyed the secondary story a lot better than the main story about the Sisterhood. There was nothing wrong with it, I just enjoyed the action regarding the time travel and the relationship between the group of thinkers better. One thing I particularly loved throughout the whole book was the little character description boxes which had the name, ability and then some information like "not speaking to Logan" etc, it was a nice touch and made me laugh more than once.
May 30, 2014
I really do like the art of Greg Land.
And the story by Fraction ain't bad either. He pretty much saved X-men.
And the story by Fraction ain't bad either. He pretty much saved X-men.
April 6, 2024
Uncanny X-Men: Sisterhood (2009)
Writer – Matt Fraction
Illustrator – Greg Land
Series - Uncanny X-Men #508-512
Synopsis: While the X-Men are trying to settle down in San Francisco, an old foe, Madelyne Pryor recruits a group to launch a surprise attack on the X-Men.
Sisterhood is a very filler story arc that takes place between more eventful events.
The novel’s final chapter, ‘The Origin of the Species’ may not have anything to do with the whole Sisterhood arc, but has the best story. Covering a time travelling/origin story, it was an interesting tale of one of the lesser-known mutants.
The Sisterhood story arc (first 4 chapters) was very unorganised. A wide variety of mutants are constantly thrown at you in every panel with no real impact on the storyline. The objective and the way they go about it is very confusing and the quick resolution doesn’t help its case either.
The illustrations by Greg Land are a mixture of hits and misses, but overall, the artwork is not unique or memorable. The illustrations for the female cast are too obviously ‘adult oriented’. Almost every panel with women tend to be over sexualised for no reason and due to that they aren’t consistently portrayed.
I would suggest skipping this book as it offers nothing new and is a drag to get through.
RJG Rating – 1.25/5
Goodreads – 3.63/5
Writer – Matt Fraction
Illustrator – Greg Land
Series - Uncanny X-Men #508-512
Synopsis: While the X-Men are trying to settle down in San Francisco, an old foe, Madelyne Pryor recruits a group to launch a surprise attack on the X-Men.
Sisterhood is a very filler story arc that takes place between more eventful events.
The novel’s final chapter, ‘The Origin of the Species’ may not have anything to do with the whole Sisterhood arc, but has the best story. Covering a time travelling/origin story, it was an interesting tale of one of the lesser-known mutants.
The Sisterhood story arc (first 4 chapters) was very unorganised. A wide variety of mutants are constantly thrown at you in every panel with no real impact on the storyline. The objective and the way they go about it is very confusing and the quick resolution doesn’t help its case either.
The illustrations by Greg Land are a mixture of hits and misses, but overall, the artwork is not unique or memorable. The illustrations for the female cast are too obviously ‘adult oriented’. Almost every panel with women tend to be over sexualised for no reason and due to that they aren’t consistently portrayed.
I would suggest skipping this book as it offers nothing new and is a drag to get through.
RJG Rating – 1.25/5
Goodreads – 3.63/5
July 7, 2024
Wait a minute, Psylocke was dead? I mean, I knew that she was dead at one time, but didn't they already resurrect her? Did she die again? I'm confused! The X-Men are such a convoluted clusterphuck of deaths/resurrections that it has become a joke. At least they explained how she went from being a British telepath to an Asian ninja (thanks a lot for that suckiness, Jim Lee!). I haven't read much '90s X-Men, and with garbage like that, Cable, Bishop, and art by Rob Liefeld, why would one want to? Much of Matt Fraction's dialogue has a cheesy one-liner, made for a Michael Bay movie quality to it here. He is also bringing back many unwelcome aspects of the series. All is not lost, though, because Issue 512 is the best of the bunch. I would like to see a Hellfire Club mini-series further exploring the origins of the organization.
August 9, 2021
The first 4 issues are fine - the Sisterhood of Evil attacks the X-Men and tries to bring people back to life, an X-Men teammate comes back from the dead, and the Greg Land art sometimes looks good and sometimes looks bad.
But the final issue is excellent. It's a one-off story (more of these in comics whenever possible, please) and it's all about the X-Club (the best part of the Fraction run, if my memory serves me right) going back in time to 1906. And it's great.
But the final issue is excellent. It's a one-off story (more of these in comics whenever possible, please) and it's all about the X-Club (the best part of the Fraction run, if my memory serves me right) going back in time to 1906. And it's great.
April 10, 2023
The main Sisterhood story is a story that centers a lot of the women in the X-Books drawn by Greg Land. I would be embarrassed to be seen reading this out in public with how cheesecake the art is.
The second story, a time travel adventure, is much better. No surprise as it features Fraction’s pet characters Dr. Nemesis and Beast (not a dig, he just clearly has a handle on and enjoys writing these two).
The second story, a time travel adventure, is much better. No surprise as it features Fraction’s pet characters Dr. Nemesis and Beast (not a dig, he just clearly has a handle on and enjoys writing these two).
March 21, 2018
Continuing the X-read of 2017/2018...
This one was a decent read. I particularly enjoyed the steampunk/time travel/science team story - it was really well done.
This one was a decent read. I particularly enjoyed the steampunk/time travel/science team story - it was really well done.
November 16, 2018
Another day, another shitty X-men comic.
December 13, 2020
Kind of weird. I like Land's art but he has a way of making a story hard to follow, and this story is particularly convoluted, so it's frequently impossible to know what's going on.
July 15, 2022
Pegue, Emma, pegue.
August 9, 2022
Matt Fraction was like I have such a good idea for a story and Greg Land was like is it set in a world where every woman has the same body-type because I have a porn star I'd love to trace.
November 7, 2023
The artwork was great but the overall story was kinda off. Not the best but not bad either. Just kind of a little weird to me.
June 10, 2025
[A little review of mine from when I originally read this book; going thru my old Excel spreadsheet of books.]
Domino, Chimera, & Psylocke all so very… AWESOME!!! =D
Domino, Chimera, & Psylocke all so very… AWESOME!!! =D
June 14, 2022
Strong art with strong characterization. It really does feel like Matt Fraction likes the characters and is having fun with them.
March 24, 2021
Greg Lands art just oozes creepy disgusting grossness in every panel.
August 2, 2010
I'm becoming more and more impressed with Matt Fraction as the current writer on Uncanny. His writing reminds me of Joss Whedon's work on Astonishing, where the story seems more character-driven, with the big action happening, but more in the background. Yet the plot doesn't ever seem to suffer at the expense of the characters. It's all the a realy great balance of storytelling.
We finally find out what Madeleine Pryor, the Red Queen, has been up to these last couple of issues, but we don't find out why. It seems that she can bring people back from the grave with the help of her Sisterhood, a group of female villains that she brought together to help her achieve her means. When her ultimate objective is finally revealed, I felt a little lost, because there is no real explanation as to its cause, but maybe that's a story for another time.
I particularly enjoyed the X-Club's jaunt into the past, a past that seems to be heavily steampunk influenced, in search of possible answers to the reactivation of the X-gene. We even get our first glimpse at the first (steampunk) Sentinel!
A nice little addition to the current story, tying up several threads and leaving just enough to whet the appetite for the upcoming Utopia event.
Oh, and Greg Land continues to blow me away with his hyper-realistic art. Stunning.
We finally find out what Madeleine Pryor, the Red Queen, has been up to these last couple of issues, but we don't find out why. It seems that she can bring people back from the grave with the help of her Sisterhood, a group of female villains that she brought together to help her achieve her means. When her ultimate objective is finally revealed, I felt a little lost, because there is no real explanation as to its cause, but maybe that's a story for another time.
I particularly enjoyed the X-Club's jaunt into the past, a past that seems to be heavily steampunk influenced, in search of possible answers to the reactivation of the X-gene. We even get our first glimpse at the first (steampunk) Sentinel!
A nice little addition to the current story, tying up several threads and leaving just enough to whet the appetite for the upcoming Utopia event.
Oh, and Greg Land continues to blow me away with his hyper-realistic art. Stunning.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 17, 2012
As someone who is just now getting back into comics, I feel like I've stepped into a completely different world and Sisterhood is no different. Perhaps it is just the way of comics now, but I feel like the stories are becoming more and more disjointed. While reading Sisterhood I had to stop several times throughout the story just to make sure that I was understanding all of the nuances and not missing out on anything pertinent to the plot.
The Sisterhood storyline itself was engaging enough, but the true gem of this trade paperback is the time travel sequence at the end. I enjoyed watching some of my favorite mutants go back in time to explore the true beginning of modern mutants. I also enjoyed the steampunk liberties that the series took. Plus, the mini-twist at the end gave me chills and left me feeling incredibly satisfied. That particular issue was well written, well paced and, honestly, just plain old good storytelling.
I'd recommend this paperback to fans of the X-Men series, but would perhaps tell those who have no experience with comics or X-Men to steer clear of this one until they've obtained some background info on the characters and series.
The Sisterhood storyline itself was engaging enough, but the true gem of this trade paperback is the time travel sequence at the end. I enjoyed watching some of my favorite mutants go back in time to explore the true beginning of modern mutants. I also enjoyed the steampunk liberties that the series took. Plus, the mini-twist at the end gave me chills and left me feeling incredibly satisfied. That particular issue was well written, well paced and, honestly, just plain old good storytelling.
I'd recommend this paperback to fans of the X-Men series, but would perhaps tell those who have no experience with comics or X-Men to steer clear of this one until they've obtained some background info on the characters and series.
December 22, 2014
This was a pretty good arc! It gave a cool take on Domino's powers. Northstar was fun in it. Pixie was really cool in it too! Emma Frost gets some badass moments too. It makes the city of San Francisco look awesome! They showed just how powerful Dazzler is! She's a badass. The Red Queen is a great villain and I LOVE her look too! <3 Greg Land's art is gorgeous once again! The science team's story in the last issue is good and has some nice steampunk flare to it. Dr. Nemesis gets some character development out of it. I highly suggest this story, especially if you love female characters getting in the spotlight!
The only thing that bothered me was when Domino was in Akihabara, Tokyo and a Lolita called herself a goth love-maid >_< I don't even know what a go-gang sword warrior is suppose to be, which was what they called the guy with her. That's just the anime nerd in me nitpicking. Everything else was great!
The only thing that bothered me was when Domino was in Akihabara, Tokyo and a Lolita called herself a goth love-maid >_< I don't even know what a go-gang sword warrior is suppose to be, which was what they called the guy with her. That's just the anime nerd in me nitpicking. Everything else was great!
May 11, 2015
I used to collect X-Men back in the 80's and early 90's when there was just one X-Men title. I started collecting a little after Kitty Pryde joined the team. I stopped when they started introducing multiple X-Men titles and things got a little too confusing and the stories were lousy. I also collected New Mutants, Excalibur, some West Coast Avengers.
I found out my library had lots of X-Men graphic novels so I decided to see if I could find anything that would make me want to start collection X-Men again...
Sisterhood is keeply the interest alive, barely. The artwork was great, a visual feast. I liked seeing familiar characters like Psylocke, Nightcrawler, Storm.
What's up with Beast? Now he kind of looks like a cat, kind of.
What's up with Spiral's outfit. She's a visually interesting character but her outfit was a disaster, a confusing and dull mess.
The story was interesting so... worth reading, worth seeing just because of the artwork.
I found out my library had lots of X-Men graphic novels so I decided to see if I could find anything that would make me want to start collection X-Men again...
Sisterhood is keeply the interest alive, barely. The artwork was great, a visual feast. I liked seeing familiar characters like Psylocke, Nightcrawler, Storm.
What's up with Beast? Now he kind of looks like a cat, kind of.
What's up with Spiral's outfit. She's a visually interesting character but her outfit was a disaster, a confusing and dull mess.
The story was interesting so... worth reading, worth seeing just because of the artwork.
September 4, 2025
While I was never completely invested inthis story, Fraction's ridiculous writing made this an inoffensively fun collection. I remember the ads Marvel teased this storyline with, mentioning a famous redhead coming back. I certainly hadn't anticipated a Madeline Pryor story.
The plot is very silly but, unlike some X-stories, is aware of its ridiculousness. The art...sigh...I hate Greg Land's porn tracing. And I hate that he is the artist on this female-villain-focused story. But I was able to make it through.
The last issue in this volume, a follow-up to Endangered Species, was more theoretically interesting to me but it ended up being an uninspiring time travel story.
I recommend this for Madeline Pryor enthusiasts, X-fans greedy to see Psylocke without having to read Claremont issues, Spiralists, and those who enjoy Greg Land's hacky art.
The plot is very silly but, unlike some X-stories, is aware of its ridiculousness. The art...sigh...I hate Greg Land's porn tracing. And I hate that he is the artist on this female-villain-focused story. But I was able to make it through.
The last issue in this volume, a follow-up to Endangered Species, was more theoretically interesting to me but it ended up being an uninspiring time travel story.
I recommend this for Madeline Pryor enthusiasts, X-fans greedy to see Psylocke without having to read Claremont issues, Spiralists, and those who enjoy Greg Land's hacky art.
July 28, 2011
This was a good storyline and the artwork was beautiful!
In my reviews I generally like to write a bit about the storyline but I’m not sure how to do it here without giving the game away.
I was attracted to this graphic novel because I like the character Psylocke as I find her and more often than not stories around her very interesting. I personally do not feel that this story disappoints. I only wish that I was more up-to-date on my Marvel as I was when I was younger as I got a little confused in places but it was still wholly enjoyable and a nice light read.
In my reviews I generally like to write a bit about the storyline but I’m not sure how to do it here without giving the game away.
I was attracted to this graphic novel because I like the character Psylocke as I find her and more often than not stories around her very interesting. I personally do not feel that this story disappoints. I only wish that I was more up-to-date on my Marvel as I was when I was younger as I got a little confused in places but it was still wholly enjoyable and a nice light read.
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