Fans of the X-Men and Avengers will enjoy every second of Uncanny Avengers. It balances character and action with a heroes-at-war angle that suits the dark time Marvel's mutants are in. This is great adrenaline-charged superhero comics. Read Full Review

In the wake of ORCHISs terrorist attack on the X-Men, and their Avengers allies, Captain America reforms the Unity Squad, with Quicksilver, Rogue, Gambit, M and Psylocke, and they take their fight to the frontlines, getting ready to do battle with the all new, all deadly Mutant Liberation Front. Can they save the world, and in turn themselves? Duggans continuing his winning streak after a really great opening salvo in the Fall of X. The team wastes no time in getting set up, and he keeps the book going at a breakneck pace. Hopefully the ending lands at the same quality as the opening shot, because Avengers and X-Men fans can rejoice over this killer team. Read Full Review

Garron delivers great art throughout the issue. The action is visually impressive and engaging and I love the drama of the character moments. Read Full Review

Uncanny Avengers #1 does an excellent job motivating every character to be there, regardless of whether they are good or bad guys. Read Full Review

I have not been reading any of the Fall of X story. I was concerned going into this book that I would be lost and have a hard time following the story. However, between the summary at the beginning of the issue and excellent writing throughout, I was never lost. I found myself wanting to pick up other X titles and catch up on everything. That is what you want, you want a story to grab you and want more. I'm very happy to have read this issue and I cannot wait to see where the story goes from here! Do yourself a favor and don't miss out on this one. Even if you're behind on the mutants in the Marvel Universe. Read Full Review

As the ‘Fall Of X' continues a familiar but different team rises as the ‘Uncanny Avengers' follow the adage of see a fascist, and punch a fascist. A very dark but also hopeful and action-packed series that once again thankfully puts mutants and other heroes on the same page against the forces of evil. Read Full Review

Uncanny Avengers #1 brings the Unity Squad back when needed most. An important issue that brings an Avengers perspective to the catastrophic mutant situation. Read Full Review

Duggan and company manage a very cleverly-modulated first issue. Its remarkable how much the creative team manages to cram into a single book without making it feel cluttered. Its really only 38 pages or so, but it feels spacious and well-executed enough that they could have actually filled a few issues. Theres a sharp slickness about it all that feels like its. Going in a fresh direction for everyone involved. The themes being covered have been around in X-books for decades, but Duggan and company are giving it fresh life in a new series.  Read Full Review

Garron's work is, for the most part, pretty extraordinary in Uncanny Avengers #1, elevated with some help from colorist Morry Hollowell. Read Full Review

The new team is off to a pretty strong start, with a lot of good character recruitments as we gear up for an ongoing series. Read Full Review

(Plus: former Head of X Jonathan Hickman supplies a brief teaser for his upcoming G.O.D.S. series, if thats something youre intrigued by.) Read Full Review

There's not enough here to likely make me stay with the comic for more than an issue or two. However, despite the hodgepodge nature of the group (did someone at Marvel simply draw character names out of a hat?), the comic does have its moments such as Captain America stating his case against conspiracy whackjob fascists (whose hateful rhetoric is sadly all too timely in today's world). Read Full Review

Fantastic start to this series. No notes

Absolutely amazing. Even if I'm not currently following the mutants series, Duggan managed to perfectly tell a great story with all the references. Let's see who this new Captain Krakoa is!

Read this issue.
Don't make me twist your arm.

Got stuck with the DISGUSTING Greg Land cover...
WHACK.

But omg this was another good debut. FALL OF X so far is off with a BANG.

I thought this was a pretty good start to this miniseries. I've been reading Duggan's X-Men run since it started and I've always like the concept of Captain Krakoa. Here, I will say that I'm very interested to find out who this new person that's taken up the mantle is. As for the Unity Squad, I must admit that I wasn't incredibly interested by the line-up when I first saw it. However, I do like the team after reading this. Deadpool's my favorite comic character, so him being here definitely helped and he was fun here. Steve Rogers is always a great leader and I think he's the perfect leader here. Those two are the highlights for me, but I also generally like everyone else, although I don't know much about Penance. Moving back to the story itself, I thought this book established the new team and their antagonists nicely. I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes. more

I liked the FCBD det up issue better, but it has some promise. I like the Captain Krakoa stuff. It just felt like it was a little generic.

After seeing the atrocities committed by Orchi first-hand, Captain America goes on a recruiting mission to form a new Unity Squad in this week’s UNCANNY AVENGERS #1 by Gerry Duggan and Javier Garrón. I was actually surprised at how much this book complements the work Duggan is doing in the main X-Men title, so much so that we see the two teams meet-up for a strategy session. I can see some interesting cross-over potential between the two books in the future and if it means we somehow get a Psylock, Monet, & Shadowkat trio I would gladly take it! But I digress…

Duggan’s script was a lot stronger in the first half of the issue compared to the second half. There was a lot of exposition early on that gave a succinct and important recap of events, offering new readers a necessary on-ramp if they haven’t been following all the recent X-titles. It all helps to build palpable tension quickly and Duggan also packs a lot of emotion into Psylocke’s current mindset. I wish we got to spend more time with her and Monet as a duo as they are an interesting pairing and are two characters with very passionate fanbases.

However, the story becomes rushed and begins to fall apart at the seams once we get to Captain Krakoa building the New Mutant Liberation Front and their showdown with Captain America’s new Unity Squad. When Captain Krakoa heads back to Krakoa to recruit the Fenris Twins, I was left wondering why Xavier’s island defense system shown in last week’s IMMORTAL X-MEN #14 didn’t activate? Also, how/why did the Fenris twins show up at the Limbo Embassy in this week’s DARK X-MEN #1 if they immediately joined Captain Krakoa’s crew after be broke them out from the Pit? I was willing to let their appearance in DARK X-MEN slide since it was a throw-away, but the continuity bothers me now with them a part of this series’ main villain group. We also arrive at the final battle between the two sides rather abruptly and don’t get to spend too much time with it before Captain Krakoa breaks Captain America’s arm on the last page’s cliffhanger. It all felt sloppier than the very well paced and slow-build of the first half.

I have a feeling the art in this book is going to be divisive. Garrón’s designs are have a very distinct look and I personally thought they worked very well, especially during action sequences. They do lend to some odd facial reactions for a few of the human characters, notably Captain America. There are certain panels were his eyes look off and they took me out of the moment. Morry Hollowell had a major task with colors throughout the book. There is practically a shade of every color under the sun in here given that variety of characters, environments, and settings. Character costumes all look great and keep the reader’s eye focused on them during action panels. Travis Lanham’s lettering work is magnificent as well. There are multiple color boxes employed for different sources of exposition are provided, allowing readers to easily understand when a change in tone or voice has occurred. The sound effects are also done supremely well, including a really effective sequence where Psylocke’s stealth swordsmanship is on full display.

I understand there’s always a lot of table-setting to do in the first issue of any new series, especially when a brand new team is being formed, so I’m willing to give Duggan a break after his strong work in the run-up to Fall of X and the post-Hellfire Gala X-MEN #25.

Rating: 7/10 more