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UNCANNY X-MEN #497


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  1. Avatar photo ohcaroline says:
    April 21, 2008 at 6:08 pm

    Some kind of plot movement in this book would be awesome.

    That said, I kind of want to marry this cover.

  2. Avatar photo Guardedmarman says:
    April 21, 2008 at 9:50 pm

    How is this series, and if its good could I just start reading it with this issue??

  3. Avatar photo cutty says:
    April 21, 2008 at 10:11 pm

    @Guardedmarman – I’d suggest going back to #495.  To me, this post MC arc is by far Brubaker’s best stuff so far in his run

  4. Avatar photo KingMob says:
    April 21, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    I agree, this may not be the deepest story line ever (hell, let’s be honest, it’s filler) but it certainly is one of the most fun story lines to come around for X-men in a while.

  5. shogunt says:
    April 22, 2008 at 7:45 am

    It’s a decent story, but it’s coming at a time that makes no sense.  Sometimes I wonder if the X-books have any rhyme or reason to them at all.

  6. Avatar photo cutty says:
    April 22, 2008 at 9:11 am

    @shogunt – I agree 100%, but this is their only chance to breathe before whatever massive storyline is coming up in issue 500

  7. Avatar photo ohcaroline says:
    April 22, 2008 at 9:59 am

    I agree that 495 would be a good jumping-on point for Uncanny, if you’re just looking for a fun comic and/or to catch up with a lot of major X-characters.  Personally, though, I don’t find a lot of tension or dramatic suspense — plus, if you’re reading ‘Astonishing X-men’ and waiting for the end of that, it might be best to wait and pick up this Uncanny arc in trade, for a number of reasons. 

    For my money, Carey’s X-men: Legacy has been a much stronger series, both on its own terms and for how it works with continuity.  It’s a more challenging read, and has more depth both in characterizations and the issues it explores.  But I get the impression that’s a minority opinion, and I don’t dislike ‘Uncanny’ — I just feel like it could, and should, be better.

  8. Avatar photo Kimbo says:
    April 22, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    logic on how we got to this storyline aside, I’ve been enjoying this run a lot.

  9. Avatar photo xebix says:
    April 22, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    I want to make sweet love to that cover.

  10. Avatar photo DocHess says:
    April 22, 2008 at 6:12 pm

    @Ohcaroline: if that is the minority opinion, then I guess I’m also part of the minority.   For my money Legacy is the most rewarding read post-MC.  That being said, uncanny has been a lot of fun and I’m really looking forward to seeing where this goes. 

  11. Avatar photo ohcaroline says:
    April 22, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    @DocHess — that said, if the sorceress causing hippie chaos in San Francisco turns out to be Wanda Maximoff, I take every negative comment back.  And if it turns out to be Madelyne Pryor, Ed Brubaker can have my firstborn.

  12. Avatar photo DocHess says:
    April 23, 2008 at 5:28 am

    ha ha ha.  I really hope you are on to something… 

  13. Avatar photo ohcaroline says:
    April 23, 2008 at 8:45 am

    Man, I’ve been pulling for a Goblin Queen comeback ever since they announced Messiah Complex.  And they ought to do something with Wanda.   But it’s totally going to be a long-lost Summers sister.   Or Mojo.  Something like that. 

  14. Avatar photo cutty says:
    April 23, 2008 at 9:36 am

    I took a good 10 years off from comics, has she not made an appearance since inferno? 

  15. Avatar photo ohcaroline says:
    April 23, 2008 at 10:11 am

    Madelyne occasionally showed up in X-man or Cable as a ‘psionic ghost.’  And had an affair with Nate Grey who is, yes, the genetic child of her ex-husband and her clone.  If you’re making a chart.  And she was married to Alex Summers in the Mutant X AU.  But she’s actually been main-universe-dead since Inferno, as far as I know. 

  16. Avatar photo SlySally says:
    April 23, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    This story are has been good, could be way better as ohcaroline pointed out.  I have to admit though I do look forward to reading it.

  17. Avatar photo Mart says:
    April 24, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    Uncanny X-Men 497 was a fun read, nothing remarkable, though there were some cracking moments between Emma and Scott, and the cover was a smasher. The Russia plot with Wolverine, Colossus and Nightcrawler is dishwater dull, but I’m enjoying the Hippie Queen storyline

  18. English says:
    April 24, 2008 at 9:12 pm

    This wasnt a bad issue, but does any one recall a mini from the mid 90’s called X-men Liberators where basically Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Colossus all go to Russia, and they a) get into a bar fight which is almost the same as the fight a issue or two ago and B) they also get captured by the Russian government.

  19. shogunt says:
    April 25, 2008 at 9:05 am

    Everytime Pete goes to Russia he gets captured or attacked by the government. At this point I don’t undertand why he keeps going. Atleast he’s always smart enough to bring backup.

  20. shogunt says:
    April 25, 2008 at 9:06 am

    Anybody else think Choi’s art was drastically improved this issue? He’s really getting better with his facial expressions.

  21. Avatar photo AlexG says:
    April 25, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    I just don’t like this story. It’s not bad, and the art is fine, it’s just kind of boring and inconsequential.

  22. Avatar photo s1lentslayer says:
    April 27, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    Emma looks hot but the story seems kinda cheesy.

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