The Brent Anderson drawn flashback is enough to make this more than just a standard issue and kind of a special event, and all around it's a realsmooth read. As far as the rest of the visual art, sure there are a couple of times you have to do a bit of a double take to tell what character it is with all the shadows, but I see so much torment, pain and confusion rendered so palpably, in a dark issue where even the heroes become ghastly visages.

All-New X-Men continues to say "why reboot when you can literally bring your past back into your present," and while I especially enjoyed last issue, I probably could've left this issue on the stands. "The Trial of Jean Grey" has collected edition written all over it.

It's honestly not the most thrilling crossover event, but this issue has enough twists and turns and back and forth and "and then this happened" type moments to build up some momentum again. Manta gets one of the best shots in the obligatory battle, un-cluttering the playing field, leaving room for combatants like Scott to make dramatic shots. His "or I will kill you" line keeps with the dramatic and more violent, emotional tone. The lighter banter is also back, so this issue gets you where you're going with enough to enjoy. It's a dark, moody tale with a frigid space backdrop. I like it a lot.

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This comic does so many things right. It's aware of Magneto's history. It sets up its own concepts to reference. It applies "realistic" nuances to actions like flying, showing them to be harder than always depicted. It doesn't rely too heavily on the past either.

I'd be lying if I said it I wasn't curious where they were taking this, especially in regards to this new character Clara, but honestly I'm bored. Wolverine is my favorite character, but he hasn't spoken an actual word in Origin II yet. This whole issue was about the villains anyway, and while I like Sinister and Sabretooth, I kind of envy anyone who has the patience to wait for the trade or the will power to skip the series altogether.

Frank Cho seems to have found a nice balance between his personal style and the demands of the character – I will certainly stay tuned for more of the Savage Wolverine comic book!

It's not an industry shattering forever changing the name of the game comic, but you won't find a better kind of Wolverine story.

I recommend buying it. It's not blazing new frontiers, but like last issue it's another classic kind of Wolverine tale, and sadly they don't tell them like they used to, except here. Also like last issue, I find this format a much better way to delve into Wolverine's past than trying to scientifically catalogue, categorize and chronologize his whole life from birth to now.

I like this as a starting point because it works well as a stand alone issue. Obviously it's still part of a larger narrative, but I read it and felt like a full story was told here. If this was my first issue, I'd have been satisfied and it would have left me with a good impression. I also try to imagine what it would be like if all I knew of The Walking Dead came from this one issue, and I think it would give a person a really interesting perspective. If this was anybody's first issue, I'm jealous.

It's not an exciting issue of The Walking Dead, but I think there is a lot that fans will find satisfying.

Looking at The Walking Dead through the lens of history " if Rick takes down Negan, will he be destroying something? How many whole empires could rise and fall over the course of the new human history that The Walking Dead depicts? Perhaps humanity will rebuild and destroy itself over and over again, with these first hundred issues or so being only a drop in the bucket compared to what the series has in store for us.

A typical issue of The Walking Dead, but average ain't too bad for this title.

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This is also one of the best cliffhangers ever. Negan has won a victory in that regard that's even more important than the razing of Alexandria. It didn't give me a *headdesk* reaction of frustrating urgency, but it will keep me thinking until next issue, which in my mind, is the perfect kind of cliffhanger.

The Walking Dead #122 is another strong entry into the "All Out War" story arc. It's not really any longer or shorter than the typical issue, but they pack enough twists and turns into the overall narrative that it's a filling issue. It really feels like enough, and every character we focus on has enough time to breathe and be themselves. It even elevates previous issues, by not let letting us just brush off acts like "performing massive surgery with minimal tools while also dying of the zombie plague" as an easy everyday occurrence. If you like these people, you should enjoy this issue.

People try to relate to each other despite the new gulf of widely varying stages of grief and mourning. Events from previous issues escalate, and the action keeps you guessing. Characters who have survived this far build new bridges of hope. This issue might not have any moments that guarantee they will stick with you forever, but it has everything else I just listed. I can't complain when they give me just about everything I ask for.

Cable and X-force was my favorite book while it was running, and that team meshed really well with this team here in Uncanny X-Force. Both teams are full of edgier, less stuffy X-Men members who talked more like real people talk, really making this "Vendetta" arc a shorter, too cool for school version of "Battle of the Atom." I'm sad to see both these books go, but I'm happy that they got a quality sendoff.

I give this issue a thumbs up. I enjoyed the three scenes of comic book violence, and they give you a lot to think about in regards to Magneto. I'd also recommend buying it. Single issues of Uncanny are almost always satisfying on their own, and there just isn't enough of that in comics anymore.

This is exactly what an X-Men comic should be, young mutants learning about their powers, encountering strange situations, and on the run just for being who they are. Uncanny X-Men continues to evolve its ongoing story one satisfying-on-its-own issue at a time. If it already isn't, this should be considered the flagship title of X-Men.

Uncanny X-Men #19 does a lot. We check in with Hijack, we touch On Eva's recent trauma, and we see poor captive Agent Dazzler, who Mystique has no problem abusing because she sees her as a race traitor. There's just enough to keep these plot threads weaving without overriding the main goal, gaining momentum for the war with S.H.I.E.L.D. and the mysterious villain. For a series of essentially one shot issues, they pack a good amount of overall story development in here " I'm really happy with it. I don't even feel like making fun of the #1.NOW gimmick this time around (any issue of Uncanny really makes a good jumping on point anyway), but I do have to say I appreciate Goldballs putting on his snazzy uniform for it!

Thumbs down " Compare this forced melodramatic garbage to something like the heartbreaking yet heroic Wolverine #75, which also had Wolverine lose one of his defining traits and walk away a broken man, and you'll quickly understand why I'm recommending you skip this issue.

Pretty much everything in this issue is said and done for the sake of exposition anyway, but beyond that it doesn't seem to have much meaning. " pretty cool and pretty lame.

The storyline with the kids actually felt more consequential than the one with the adults, which surprised me. You can't expect the "Schism" to just resolve in one issue, they still need to drag that out for the overall franchise, but issues like this at least keep that pot simmering in the meantime.

All in all it's pretty typical Wolverine and the X-Men. Living landmasses that cry lava, pint sized villains who are too young to know how to drive, and poop jokes are what this series ran with, and that's what it'll end with. Visually it's not bad to look at. The overcast sky and blowing leaves are perfect for setting the tone they seem to want. Paige looks nice and every bit as sweet as Toad sees her as. The classic X-Men leaping into battle shot is pretty epic for a book that's devoid of any real epic action. Wolverine and the X-Men #41 is a traditional "hero blows it with the girl" story, told with all the nostalgia for Silver Age type silliness that they can muster.

This is without a doubt the least valid renumbering I've seen in Marvel NOW! so far, and Wolverine coming around to Scott's way of thinking is just one more example of how "Killable" is the worst thing to happen to the character since I came back to reading comics. It's one step forward/two steps back for Wolverine, meanwhile his team book continues to be good in theory, but atrocious in practice. Instead of any kind of middle ground, we just have two extremes.

Both the writer and the visual artists seem to have a pretty good grasp on these characters. There are a lot of elements in play regarding "AvX," "Battle of the Atom," the Askani, and the futures of Wolverine's students, especially Quire and Kid Apocalypse. I really wish "Killable" wasn't a driving force behind the current state of the school, but there's nothing I can do about that. I'm kind of leaning towards "get the trade" with this series, but that conversation between Wolverine and Storm was just too good for me to recommend anything other than "buy it."

The individual previous X-Force titles had a little more personality than this, which almost seems to be overcompensating for what might be perceived as a somewhat drab visual look. I think the murky, muddy watercolor vibe works with what they have here, with the character designs all resembling violent G.I. Joes, but I can see where it wouldn't be for everyone. I'm not totally sold, but I was entertained, and as long as Dr. Nemesis has someone to talk down to I'll keep coming back.

Spurrier has done it again " made an X-Men comic that's about X-Men comics, only now it's X-Force, so instead of psychedelics and mindscapes and feelings it's tactics and war and the future and the safety of mutantkind. This might just be the new best comic out there.

This book has had to overcome a lot. First there was the whole weird marketing of it, as a book about female X-Men that didn't want to be known as a book about female X-Men. Then "Battle of the Atom" hijacked the series way too soon, forcing it to start again from a full stop. Now of course it has the arc within an arc, which exists only to try to sell the #1.NOW gimmick, but regardless, the series has built up a lot of momentum again. Despite my plot nitpick, it's even using the Jean Grey School (as a backdrop) better than the titles it is front and center in. Even the villains get a fair shake in this issue, with enough time to be developed as characters without making the whole comic about them.

Thumbs up for an X-Men comic that's a commentary on X-Men comics. This series has been complementary and contradictory in creative ways, and so well written, that it will probably end with the kind of surprise you feel like you should have seen coming all along. Even though it is ending soon, I recommend picking this one up, otherwise you're missing out on series that lives up to all the potential of what X-Men comics can be. This is the kind of comic that changes the name of the game, and I'd shatter any future that dared keep me apart from this book.