UNCANNY X-MEN #3
Recap
As the X-youth contingent receive a visit from a returned Legion, Jean’s team deal with the dinosaur attack in Montana and head off to assist Storm and her team in Kansas. After Jean and Psylocke shut down the horde of Madri, they find Jamie Prime is being held captive underground and he reveals his captor is none other than Legion. At that very moment the seemingly stable David shows his true colors and rushing back to Xavier’s the full team discover that Legion is the least of their problems.
Review
Art: Go to the head of the class Yildiray. Some incredible set pieces with the three pronged attacks. No shortage of great action within the fights, with everyone having a moment to shine, with Cannonball swooping in as Jean keeps everyone to task. All of the little attention to detail, such as the old school shading of characters during the confrontation in Kansas, it just gave me a nostalgic pang of the good old days.
Story: The flow of the narrative works very well for me here and pacing is tempered and measured, showing the plot is going to be pretty full on, with the right balance of humor in the discomfort of the bigot with the placard being saved by Bishop and then with his aside with Bobby, reminding me of their recent “IceShop” team up in Iceman’s series recently.
All the action in three different settings being tied in via Jean in a great show of psi communication, with Beast even commenting that the sensation still scares him was a great touch. Another issue of three different writers making the story gel perfectly. Coupled with the cliffhanger every issue, this is keeping me hooked and reminding me what I love about them. Just when I think they can’t top the final scene of each previous issue and they do it as this ending delivers yet another jaw dropping cliffhanger and the Age of X-Man begins to built up some impetus.
Final Thoughts
With all the hallmark drama of a well rounded epic X-Men adventure, the inclusion of a new iterations of familiar characters turning up at the door to threaten the X-Men’s very existence has the tried and tested feel of a truly grand saga.
Uncanny X-Men #3 Still Crazy After All These Years
- Writing - 8/108/10
- Storyline - 8/108/10
- Art - 8/108/10
- Color - 7/107/10
- Cover Art - 7/107/10