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Rating:  -
I really enjoyed this book. I am a former comic book collector who has switched to collecting Graphic Novels for organizational reasons. I really enjoy the fact that Marvel now publishes their comics along with Graphic Novel collecters like me. It's true that as a stand-alone read, this book would not be reccomended. But for readers familiar with the current Uncanny X-Men storyline, this is a great read!
It takes place tying in with events where the X-men have moved to San Fransico and are recovering from the Scrull Secret Invasion War storyline. This book also leads into events that tie into the upcoming Dark Reign storyline. It answers or brings to surface questions such as 1) How is Colossus handling the disappearance/Death of of his long-time lover/friend/Kitty Pride? 2) Where is Cyclops/Emma Frost's love relationship going? What hidden secrets are they holding from each other and what will happen when everything comes to the light? What are Emma Frost's ties to Norman Osbourn in the upcoming 'Dark Reign' storyline and where will the answers lead to with her involvement with the X-men?
It also includes plenty of action, the preview of the return of Magneto, The Red Goblin Queen, Spiral, and other x-villians. This book is more of a bridge and plot-builder to an upcoming X-men event, but I enjoyed it. I not only read the X-men stories for great action, but great story plots and drama.
I recommend this book to fans of the current Uncanny X-men series!
Rating:  -
The highlight of this collection is the reprint of Uncanny X-men Annual #2. Unlike some other reviewers, I actually liked the contrasting art styles used on this piece--especially the present sequences by Mitch Breitweiser. I don't think that anyone was actually asking to see Emma Frost and Namor in bed together (either literally or figuratively), but the results are amusing. This ties into the "Dark Reign" event running through the Marvel Universe titles in 2009. You wouldn't know that from just reading this book, however, so the alliance between Norman Osborn, Dr. Doom, Loki, Emma Frost, the Hood, and Namor won't make any sense without any background knowledge.
And that's the problem with this collection: Almost nothing here stands on its own. The only storyline that sees any sort of resolution involves a newly-created villain from Colossus's past. Angel and the Beast's quest to assemble the biggest and best scientific minds to solve the mutant birth problem leads them to some rather odd characters (have Wikipedia handy). A redhead from Cyclops's past returns. And the X-Men confront more anti-mutant hysteria. The move to San Fransisco seemed like a fresh start for this title. So why does it feel like we've seen all of this before?
Rating:  -
Passable writer. Likes captions every issue that introduces us to characters we met in the issue before. Sometimes funny. Sometimes even witty. Not Claremont. Not even Lobdell or Nicieza. Luckily, he's not Loeb.
Yeah, so he does this for every character, and I can't really recommend this volume because it's got nothing really going for it as a stand alone. It's in the middle of his other arcs. And he's got lots of silly ideas like a Sisterhood of Evil Mutants and Magneto in a High Evolutionary magneto-suit, when all he had to do was say Magneto is using his powers but lying low and pretending not to use them, which is Magnus-like and more interesting than what he's managed to do. I quit Uncanny as a result of Fraction's stuff, but honestly, I was on the way out as a fan because of Brubaker, who didn't impress me much, either.
Personally, anyone into X-peeps should get X-Factor, and the alternate reality X-Men Forever and Exiles, and leave the rest of the X-verse (Ultimate also, tho' it's canceled thankfully for now) alone.
Rating: -
"Lovelorn" reprints Uncanny X-Men #504-507 and Annual #2. While it's okay as an installment of an ongoing serial, I can't recommend it as a standalone volume. The reason for this is that it's all middles--of storylines, that is. Nothing begins and nothing ends in this volume.
The Beast is in the process of recruiting specialists to help him reawaken the mutant gene and prevent the race from dying out. Cyclops deals with public relations. The White Queen continues to poke around inside his mind. A woman who looks suspiciously like Cyclops' dead ex-wife is going around making irresistible offers to other women who bear a grudge against the X-Men. Colossus pines over the loss of Kitty Pryde, and confronts a heretofore unmentioned (as far as I know) villain from his distant past. (Okay, this last storyline has some resolution, but it's hardly a major one.)
Matt Fraction's writing is solid enough for the main series, as is Terry Dodson's art, but neither is particularly impressive. The annual story is a bit more unpleasant. It's a confusing bit of revisionist history concerning the Hellfire Club and the Sub-Mariner, and ties in with Marvel's current "Dark Reign" crossover event. The art on this is terrible, people act out of character (What is Doctor Doom doing there?) and I was generally lost by the end.
If you have basic familiarity with recent events in the Marvel universe, or are collecting the trade paperbacks as they come out, you might be able to get by with this book. If this is your first taste, however, you're probably not going to get much out of it. I know this is volume two, but wouldn't it have made more sense to combine it with the previous volume? (No numbering appears on the book, anyway.) I'd recommend waiting for the larger hardcover collections. I've read the individual issues that follow the ones reprinted in this book, and the series does get better.
Rating:  -
The Goblin Queen RETURNS as The Red Queen. Madelyne Pryor is BACK!
This is the build up to the upcoming return of Jean Grey. Do not miss this!
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