Uncanny X-Men #512

I really liked this issue, and it makes me sad that this series is going to focus on the dark x-men stuff rather than the science team stuff next.  I would quickly drop uncanny right now if they spun off a science team book based on this issue alone.  I started picking up Uncanny in issues with 500 and have been thinking about dropping it and going back to trade for a while.  I enjoyed the first science team arc, but found the other hellfire arcs surrounding it merely ok.  Whereas this one shot had everything I want out of superhero comics.  It was fun, witty, and inventive.  Sure the proto-sentinal was a little bit like the giant spider in the awful Wild, Wild West movie, but Fraction wrote it in such a fun way and since this was a single issue story, the action was quick and fun so the camp felt like it fit.  Plus I love his characterization of Beast being a giddy nerd because they get to time travel.  It was a fun, old school marvel story and wasn't a bunch of whiny Pixie stuff or Scott and Emma's realtionship stuff, which seems to always be treading the same "you sure you're not thinking about jean" ground.  Plus, no Land art was also a big big plus.