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UNCANNY X-MEN #518


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  1. Avatar photo petropeterson says:
    November 30, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    out back to back weeks??

  2. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    November 30, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    Thank God, the dodsons.

  3. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    November 30, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    @Petro

    I think last week’s issue was actually late, and since this is a new artist (thank god) there was no reason to delay it as well.

  4. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    November 30, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    @petropeterson-It’s happened before with this run. One of the perks of having different artist on.

    Yay, Dodsons!

  5. Avatar photo petropeterson says:
    November 30, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    well that’s cool then

  6. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    November 30, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    Yes. The Dodsons are back…. apparently mid-storyline! Last issue wasn’t that bad…. but I’m losing my patience with Uncanny.

  7. Avatar photo Jediaxle says:
    November 30, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    Sweet loved last issue but like everyone else hated the art so really excited for this one.

  8. Avatar photo zattaric says:
    November 30, 2009 at 7:13 pm

    Great another issue focusing on Emma & Scott.  That hasn’t been done in a…..wait a minute….

  9. Avatar photo cutty says:
    November 30, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    Fraction has some serious faults, but this storyline is a step-up from Utopia. 

  10. flapjaxx says:
    November 30, 2009 at 7:50 pm

    @zattaric: HAH! Looking forward to this, though. I tend to like Fraction’s X-Men more when Emma, mental planes, and the Dodsons are heavily involved.

  11. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    November 30, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    I’d call that a good list to go by

  12. Avatar photo Diabhol says:
    November 30, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    I like Land and Dodson, so I’m happier than all y’all to have back-to-back Uncanny. 🙂

     

  13. Avatar photo lantern4life says:
    December 1, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    I dabble once in a while with current X-men.  Hoping I get something to latch onto.

  14. Avatar photo zattaric says:
    December 1, 2009 at 8:46 pm

    @flapjaxx Totally agree with you about the Dodsons.  I’m glad they’re back. 

  15. Avatar photo Luke says:
    December 2, 2009 at 5:16 am

    An okay issue with cool moments, but not as awesome as 517.

  16. Avatar photo toddkelley says:
    December 2, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    Surprised by Dobson’s art. Never really been a fan, but the way he drew Cyclops is dope as hell. 

  17. flapjaxx says:
    December 2, 2009 at 10:03 pm

    This was okay. 3/5. Art and writing were a bit weird and seemed "off" in places, but overall things seemed on-track. 517 was completely mundane to me. This at least had the semblance of some innovation and character development. Best issue since 512, imo. If Fraction could consistently build off the the developments here and not get sidetracked, then I’d really like his run. Not that I hate it as it is, but…

  18. Avatar photo cutty says:
    December 2, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    I really enjoyed it, best issue in a while

  19. HankMcCoy says:
    December 3, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    Sometimes I think Fraction would be happier doinf an Emma Frost book, the way Bendis should be doing a Luke Cage book.

  20. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    December 3, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    This was an issue for strong character moments. Fraction finally seems to be getting the voice for Scott and Beast don pat. Xavier still feels off. And Magneto seems to be a shell of a man, but there’s some fun stuff here. This was the most I enjoyed the X-Men…. probably since 500. 3/5 for me. Great work by the Dodsons. It’s nice to see Psylocke actually drawn Asian! And I was really happy to see her old Butterfly-shaped energy signature back. 

  21. VicDeZen says:
    December 4, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    This was a good issue.  Really getting indepth with the character development.  I’m kind of getting tired of the story revolving around Scott and Emma though.  That’s gotta change really soon.

  22. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    December 4, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    good stuff.  I have loved just about every issue of Fraction’s run.  the main reason is that at the end of each issue, I am looking forward to what happens next.

  23. Avatar photo theswordisdrawn says:
    December 4, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    Just when I thought that we couldn’t get any worse than last issue, this happens. Once again this whole book creaks with clunky exposition and dialogue which sounds so wildly out of character that ruins what on paper should be a decent issue.

    Why the hell does Iceman suddenly sound like a Ninja Turtle, from the 80s cartoon? That interchange between him and Beast was cringeworthy. 

  24. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    December 4, 2009 at 10:12 pm

    @theswordisdrawn "Scott needs us to be dudes. And you’re not being a dude right now." 😉

  25. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    December 5, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    Yeah, that scene between Iceman and Beast almost felt like, because of the X-Men movies, Fraction had forgotten that Iceman is one of the seasoned veterans and not 16.

    …or from 1988.

    Other than that, I enjoyed this issue.  Maybe not as much as the last two, but despite Fraction’s horrible attempt at dialogue, his run’s making me become an X-Fan. 

  26. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    December 5, 2009 at 3:48 pm

    he’s still only in his late 20s, I say "dude" all the time.  people I know in their late 20s and early 30s still say "dude".  and if you read the actual dialogue, it doesn’t sound that bad.

  27. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    December 5, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    @ABirdseyeView-But dude, do you like, say dude all the time when trying to have a serious conversation with someone? Dude.

  28. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    December 5, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    @Abirdseyeview He’s only 2 years younger than Cyclops. And about 6 years younger than Beast and Angel. And Scott should be around 32-36… 😉 The issue was that "Dudeness" doesn’t mean anything to me. So saying that Beast needs to be a "dude" was like saying Beast needs to be more like a "raxicoricophallapitorious" to Scott. 

     

  29. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    December 6, 2009 at 2:54 am

     The current Marvel Universe exists 10-12 years since FF #1.  If Bobby was the youngest X-Man, he was 14-16 in X-Men #1.  That means Bobby is 28 or thereabouts.

     He’s saying "dude" objectively.  He says what Scott needs is for them to be "dudes".  This implies that Scott needs them to act like his friends.  He’s referring back to the days when they were the guys that would hang out together outside the mansion looking for chicks and such.  Beast was there with them at this time, and he would know exactly what Iceman is referring to.  Beast does have a non-intellectual side to him.

  30. Avatar photo theswordisdrawn says:
    December 6, 2009 at 5:06 am

    That may be the intention but it doesn’t half sound unnatural. The whole scene is, like, totally bogus, dude… ;D

     

  31. Avatar photo cubman987 says:
    December 6, 2009 at 9:22 pm

    I actually liked this issue quite a bit, best one in a little while.

  32. Avatar photo AleSanch says:
    December 17, 2009 at 4:11 am

    Yay!  Terry Dodson and a story that’s not up it’s own ass…

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