Product Description: Reeling from the events of Messiah CompleX, the surviving mutants reassess Xavier's dream amidst the rubble of the mansion. Betrayed by one of their own, and mourning the loss of former allies, is peaceful coexistence still an option? The only thing that's certain is an uncertain future for mutantkind. Is anyone safe in a world without X-Men? Collects Uncanny X-Men #495-499.
2008 TPB collects Uncanny X-Men #495-499 from Brubaker and Choi This trade paperback collects issues #495-499 of Uncanny X-Men published by Marvel Comics in 2008. Ed Brubaker, perhaps the best writer in modern comics, wrote all five issues. Mike Choi was the artist for the first four issues and Sonia Oback for the fifth. The post-Messiah CompleX story shows two groups of X-Men: Cyclops and Emma Frost on vacation and later searching for Angel in San Francisco, and Wolverine and Nightcrawler accompanying Colossus on a trip back to Russia. Choi's artwork is excellent, but the story is about average, especially considering the high expectations garnered by Brubaker's outstanding work on other titles. This often seemed like filler time before the next major story arc, about which the end offers hints. I'd probably give this TPB 3.5 stars if Amazon's rating system allowed for it.
i<3 the art^^ I don't read a lot of books over agian.But I know I read this at least 5 time(in a row) just for the art.And I don't think the fight with Omaga Red was a bad idea that is my fav part.^^ But to each there on.
That was... utterly pointless. Messiah CompleX, which I generally enjoyed, has really sort of spun out in strange directions. Professor X gets shot, so Cyclops disbands the X-Men. Why? They've operated without Charles before. Then they all go on vacation. Which is fine, and the most enjoyable bits of this were the Savage Land and Germany scenes.
(Aside: Emma is still hands-down the best character in the entire X-universe. Grant Morrison's choice to replace Jean Grey with her was maybe the best of his many, many strokes of genius.)
But then the scenes shift to Russia - where Wolverine, Colossus, and Nightcrawler fight Omega Red for no reason - and San Franciso - where Cyclops and Emma fight other X-Men and a randomly-included daughter of Jason Wyngarde. At least there's some story reason for the fight in San Francisco, because at the end of it the mayor, who was introduced in the final issue, randomly asks the team to stay there. In addition to this being a daft deus ex machina, isn't Joe Quesada the one who insists these comics take place in the real world? Why is the mayor of San Francisco a woman and not, you know, Gavin Newsom? Unclear, like most of this.
The only thing holding any of this together is the art from Mike Choi and Sonia Oback. It's much more rendered and beautified than the kind of work I usually prefer, but it's undeniably nice to look at. Plus, Scott and Emma look absolutely fantastic rendered as hippies. It's a wonderful touch. That said, someone decided for the final issue to replace Choi and Oback on the San Francisco scenes with Ben Oliver and Jason Keith, who turn in some purely pedestrian work.
And, last but not least, the Sisterhood of Mutants? What the heck is that? Is this comic meant to read like a throwback to the 90s stuff that didn't make any sense? I sure hope not, because that stuff was really awful.
A Change of Direction for the X-Men The Uncanny X-Men "Divided We Stand," not to be confused with the X-Men "Divided We Stand" book, follows the X-Men as they try to make sense of a post-"Messiah Complex" world.
Professor X is missing (in his own title, X-Men Legacy). Cable escaped with the mutant baby and into his own title. A handful of X-Men are still in outerspace fighting the third Summers brother, Vulcan. So where does this leave Cyclops and the core X-Men?
The X-Men are split into two groups, visiting Russia and San Francisco (the latter of which will become the new X-Men home base). If you've ever wondered if Emma Frost could wear less clothing, wait until you see her dressed as a flower child from the 1960s! The story, by Ed Brubaker, is filled with the usual menagerie of psychic fight scenes and claw-popping action--your standard X-Men fare, compared to Brubaker's past X-Men work. This title has a lot of potential, and this is a solid beginning.
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