Why haven’t you read an x-men title? Maybe because it’s
always been hard to follow, if you haven’t been reading since the Chris Claremont
days. The title x-men has suffered so much from continuity it’s hard to tell a
story without having to refer to a dozen other stories for an explanation and
for a while there were so many mutants that they didn’t seem so much of a
minority anymore then m day happened a took away most of the mutants on earth.
Leaving only a couple hundred x-men left after the events of this Cyclops the
leader of the x-men decides to move out to San Francisco in hopes of protecting
the last of the mutant population and that’s where the fun begins!
The Good
This book begins matt fractions run on Uncanny X-men. Most x
men books are full of continuity and for that reason most x books are
impenetrable by the typical comic reader. In Fractions run there really is no
need for a lot of pre knowledge of the x-men because it’s all explained and
explained well at that it’s not boring and the explanation of characters you
don’t know are short and sweet. The X men were always seen as outcast but as
the years went on there was more and more mutants so they weren’t such a
minority anymore, after m day they became a minority again and where do minorities
go? San Francisco of course! It is really great seeing a super hero team in the
west coast since most of the marvel universe it based in New York this gives
the X-men much needed room to breathe away from the rest of the universe. In that room they grow stronger as a team
because since they are in a new land there are new bigots like the hell fire
cult who threaten to kill the rest of the living X-men. In dealing with the new
evils that face them the story becomes more of a fight for civil rights and equality
and this story comes with a great message that everyone despite who they are or
what powers they use to or do have, everyone should be treated equally. As for
the writing its Fraction at his best he makes every character in the marvel
universe unique and different whether its Namor, Cyclops, Emma Frost, or the
first human torch none of these characters ever feel boring or the same, This
also applies to the female characters since he is a male writer most male
writers have problems writing women and if there are many women their
personalities tend to be exactly the
same thus making most female characters boring, fraction doesn’t have this
problem. Fraction weaves many stories in this book in too a pretty little bow such as Pixies troubles
with racism, colossus dealing with losing kitty pryde , Cyclops dealing with
the X-men's move across the country, and beast forming a rag tag group to try and
kick start the mutant race all and all this is a great read for the story
alone. As for the Art it remains consistent between the three artists.
The Bad
This book suffers from the most clichéd things that happen
to the x-men the first is one of Cyclops X wives comes back to life and the
other is a character that is thought to be dead returns to life. These are the two
parts of the story that left a bad taste in my mouth.
The Score 7/10
If you enjoy Matt Fraction and want to read an x-men book
this is where you should start. Matt Fraction does a great job of using many
characters of the marvel universe far and wide and makes a breathe taking
story.
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