Thursday, January 14, 2016

Uncanny X-Men #1


Marvel relaunches its flagship X-Men title with a new team of Psylocke, Archangel, M, Mystique, Fantomex, and Sabretooth led by Magneto. Uncanny X-Men #1 starts off with more of a whimper than a bang with a pointless story about Magneto's team rescuing mutants who don't have any interest in being rescued and have chosen to hide from the world until a time when mutant hostility and deadly mists are things of the past.

The cast of characters interests me, and I'm glad to see Magneto has adopted a bit of his old look back into his style, but I have a hard time seeing this team hold together for any amount of time. A fan of Magneto, Archangel, and Psychocke, I'm happy to see the threesome have found a home in a new title, but I'm not sure they couldn't have done far better. M, the character I know least about, may interest me the most from what we see in this first issue.

There's certainly plenty of action to be had, but first issue doesn't sell me on either the storyline by Cullen Bunn nor the art from Greg Land. Hit-and-Miss.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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