Rating: 7 out
of 8
Writers:
Kelly Thompson, Matthew Rosenberg, Ed Brisson
Artists:
Mahamud Asrar, Mark Bagley + more
Reviewer
Note: This review was written shortly after the issue
released. I’ve read each Uncanny since
then.
Uncanny X-Men #1 Review
You often want to help people, don’t you? It might not
always seem worth it; maybe they’re ungrateful, or you realize they wouldn’t do
the same. I’d say the X-Men often feel similarly, especially as their ethos is
to protect those who fear and hate them. How often can you go on knowing a lot
of the people you’re helping and saving are afraid of you, or hate you so much
they’d rather see you dead?
The conflict over this is touched on with the younger
X-Men, particularly between Armor, a teen who can create a pink, non-metallic
armour around herself, and Glob, a fellow who’s got a partial skeleton inside a
pink glob. The two teens’ uncertainty revolves around an earlier conflict with
a group of Mutant criminals, who had sought to destroy a facility creating a
vaccine that would be used to prevent anyone becoming Mutants.
There was a similar story in the film X-Men 3 and in
the comics not so many years ago, but it was about ‘curing’ Mutants of being
Mutants. Key to the ongoing story is a Senator named Ashton Allen, who Multiple
Man gets involved with in a major way. My question as to what Jamie/MM was
doing is why – and another question I won’t mention so to avoid spoiling the
story. There’s a very exciting cliff-hanger to the main story, one which really
excites and intrigues me, especially due to one character and what’s happened
to them.
A welcome addition to the issue is the humour provided
from people like Iceman and Glob, who gets a nice few good jokes in thanks to a
guy named Forearm. Something else I really welcomed was the English feeling I
got at times when Psylocke spoke. Interestingly, she has ties to two different
comic worlds, being a Mutant and Captain Britain’s sister.
Alongside the main story, there’re three more, set
before it. The first centres around the time travelling Lucas Bishop, who’s
seemingly in search of Dark Beast, an evil alternate reality Beast from a
reality that no longer exists. Bishop comes across a rather interesting fellow
during this search, though it’s not entirely fruitful. While the green skinned
Oya and Armour are on a sewers mission, they unfortunately do come across Dark Beast and I’m not entirely sure what he meant
by what he said to them.
In a story between Bishop’s and the young X-Men’s,
there’s one focusing on Jean Grey. While waiting for Storm, she comes across an
older woman, who has some very sobering things to say. I get the feeling from
later in the issue that this woman will prove important in some way, but I’m
not sure how. Some of the more welcome parts of these stories was the inclusion
of a rarely character with Dark Beast, while Armor and Oya feeling like the
more experienced X-Men are sending them on less important missions. I find this
aspect interesting, that younger X-Men feel disregarded by the veterans.
Interestingly, those veterans, like Jean or Storm,
might have felt the same way at their age. I’m curious will this be a major
part of future Uncanny issues? One of
the best aspects of the new series is that it’ll be weekly for the next 9 weeks
or so, something which is very welcome when you’re really getting into a story.
Overall, a very good first issue, with a mix of art styles and a refreshingly
large roster of X-Men. I look forward to seeing what happens next week and
seeing just how many more characters become involved.
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