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1. Impossibilly says:

   January 3, 2012 at 11:27 am

   The only issue of Uncanny X-Force I didn’t enjoy was the previous .1 issue. And I really do not like Billy Tan’s art. I might leave this one on the shelf.

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2. 36crazymet (@themikeylamb) says:

   January 3, 2012 at 11:30 am

   I might be mistaken but dosen’t Uncanny X-force #20 come out this week also?

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3. ghostmann says:

   January 3, 2012 at 1:13 pm

   because of Ron’s constant praise of this book on this site I went and read all 18 issues.

   Yeah, Ron is right.

   I’m in.

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4. glunders says:

   January 3, 2012 at 1:51 pm

   I can’t decide if I should jump on with this or start with the trades. Thoughts, anyone?

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   • ghostmann says:

     January 3, 2012 at 2:00 pm

     Start with the trades. A couple of months ago I tried to begin this series with issue 16 and just didn’t get the dynamic of the whole thing.

     But

     Recently I decide to give the series another shot (due to all the praise the book was getting) and started with issue 1 and was hooked.

     Start with 1 bro.
   • Conor Kilpatrick">Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:

     January 3, 2012 at 2:08 pm

     Definitely don’t start here. It’s not so much about UNCANNY X-FORCE as it is a platform to kick-off of AGE OF APOCALYPSE.

     https://ifanboy.com/articles/marvels-next-big-thing-age-of-apocalypse-1-by-david-lapham-roberto-de-la-torre/
   • HailScott says:

     January 3, 2012 at 5:24 pm

     Ugh! I thought these .1s were SUPPOSED to be good jumping on points. Glad I read this before I picked it up.
   • glunders says:

     January 3, 2012 at 11:00 pm

     Yeah, me too, HailScott. Thanks, guys!
   • NeoApocalypse says:

     January 8, 2012 at 2:44 am

     Disappointed I didn’t read this before picking this up. What is Marvel doing with these .1s? After hearing how good it was on the podcast, I picked this up to see how Remender is going with these X-Force characters, figuring that the .1s were supposed to be jumping on points. None of X-Force were in this issue. This is setting up yet another X-book, and nothing in this makes sense with the last stuff I read in Age of Apocalypse. I was left confused, disappointed and had my interest in X-Force unanswered.
     Still, I trust Remender, so I went and ordered the first trade.
5. Impossibilly says:

   January 3, 2012 at 3:28 pm

   This reminds me of the issue of The Authority that was used to just launch The Monarchy and had nothing to do with The Authority.

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   • KenOchalek says:

     January 3, 2012 at 4:53 pm

     Wow, I totally bought the Monarchy because of that Authority issue. I remember being so confused by that book.

     More on topic, I want to start reading X-Force, but I’m holding out for an Omnibus of the first 18 issues, and then reading this in trades from there on out (I try to keep a tight leash on how many 20 page $3.99 books I buy)
   • Firevine says:

     January 3, 2012 at 6:07 pm

     I bought Monarchy because of The Authority as well, and then wishing I had spent that money on tacos instead.
6. adrianrigter says:

   January 3, 2012 at 6:28 pm

   the .1 issues, the four doller price tag, the double shipping & the constant worry of marvel crossover mania all factor into my reading UXF in trade.

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7. Cameron Wolff says:

   January 3, 2012 at 8:05 pm

   Okay, I was going to pick this up until I heard that it is for Age of Apocalypse, not the actual X-Force title. Is the last issue, number 19, a okay place to start?

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   • glwarm76 says:

     January 4, 2012 at 7:51 pm

     I agree with the rest of the comments, you should really go back and start at issue #1. If you really are opposed to starting at the beginning issue #19 is the best place to start going forward, as it is the first issue of the new arc, then skip to issue #20
   • Cameron Wolff says:

     January 4, 2012 at 9:02 pm

     Thanks,man. Just went and picked up issue 19. I think I can understand easily what is going on, just I may check out the trades to get the full story.
8. Maty. says:

   January 3, 2012 at 11:57 pm

   Sometimes Remender’s writing is so dense I have to put it down to pick it up. It’s Dickens, compared to a lot of stuff. Not a complaint.

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   • Maty. says:

     January 7, 2012 at 11:06 am

     I loved this issue. The art was great, all smudg-ey and sfumato- and Remender tells a great story. Can’t wait for AoA.
9. Limitless says:

   January 5, 2012 at 2:09 am

   So, as much as I hear people talking about disliking Billy Tan’s work, I found the style of art for this issue to be perfect. It just seemed to work with the dirty, hopelessness that Remender was showing us in this, one of, if not the, worst moment in the Age of Apocolypse universe.

   Now, I wouldn’t want Tan’s work for every issue, but for this one issue, storyline taken into account, I actually enjoyed it.

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   • Impossibilly says:

     January 8, 2012 at 9:14 pm

     I think this is the best I’ve ever seen out of Billy Tan’s art.
   • stasisbal says:

     January 9, 2012 at 10:57 am

     Agreed. I thought the art looked great and this is easily the best Billy Tan art I’ve seen. He seems to have tweaked his style a bit and I hope he sticks with it.
10. stasisbal says:

    January 9, 2012 at 11:06 am

    This is the problem with .1 issues. It isn’t a jumping on point for Uncanny X-Force at all. If you’re looking for that try #19 or 20. Issue 19.1 is 100% a lead in to the Age of Apocalypse mini-series. As that it is fine. Well written and well drawn. But I got my AoE fix from Uncanny X-Force proper. I don’t need to see more and everyone in this world is pretty much dead already anyway.

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11. kingpinII says:

    March 3, 2013 at 3:05 pm

    I’m hopeful. Really hopeful that this will build into something really good. We’ll see… 4/5

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