I know I'm excited about where this comic is headed. Read Full Review

Sometimes less is more. Uncanny #500 might not contain the epic material one usually expects from books as heavily marketed as this one, but I don't see why that's necessarily a bad thing. Admittedly, years of gimmickry had me predisposed to hate this book, but I couldn't help but fall into its deceptive trap. I can only hope that Brubaker and Fraction maintain this breezy approach as the series moves forward, while avoiding the general amount of pretentiousness that somehow managed to hijack the genre somewhere along the way. Read Full Review

Generally, this issue leaves me with just enough to feel excited about that I'm not going to drop the book outright. That's far from the glowing praise I was hoping to lavish upon it. I do suspect that the book will improve once the writers and artists pair off and focus on their own individual arcs. Still, Astonishing X-Men #25 left a much better impression on me using a very similar cast and premise. I really do have to wonder why both books still exist. The major benefit of a huge franchise like X-Men is that there are always alternatives to mediocre books. Read Full Review

It is a solid start for a major line of books for Marvel. Hopefully the story will kick off in a major way next issue. Read Full Review

So it's definitely not all frowns as far as Uncanny X-Men #500 is concerned, and I think there are some competent ideas in play here. It's just the follow-through that got garbled somewhere along the line. A dozen tiny fumbles do begin to add up after awhile, but I'm holding out hope that Brubaker and Fraction can run a tighter ship as everything settles. Read Full Review

I was completely unimpressed with Uncanny X-Men #500. I found it to be a rather dull story with poor character work and laughably bad dialogue. The artwork by committee created a schizophrenic, slap-dash and unprofessional feel to this issue. This was far below the quality of work that we got from Brubaker and Fraction over on Iron Fist. Read Full Review

Simply put, Uncanny X-Men #500 is not the issue that it should have been. The story is average at best, the art is either awful or decent (depending on the page/artist), and it's too early to tell if there is much potential in the arc being set up. What a letdown… Read Full Review

It might work as a jumping on point for some new readers, but I sure as hell wouldn't recommend it to anyone and won't be coming back to check this book out again for a long, long time. Read Full Review