It's not perfect, but for the first time in years Uncanny X-Men has once again become the X-Book I look forward to most each month "- ultimately, that's got to count for something. Read Full Review

Uncanny X-Men #506 is a fun and entertaining mindless romp that provides from some good escapism for ten to fifteen minutes. If you are looking for a serious title then I would pass on this issue. If you are looking for a carefully crafted story with intelligent dialogue, in depth character work and a dense and complex story then I would not recommend Uncanny X-Men #506. However, if you just want a fun super hero story that has some neat plot lines and some good action then definitely pick up Uncanny X-Men #506. Read Full Review

In addition to all this character-driven goodness, we get some interesting developments regarding the role the X-Men will play in the larger mutant community, and further adventuring with Beast and Angel's fringe science team. Compared to the stronger work Fraction is doing with Colossus and Emma, the fringe science team's adventures come across as a little silly. I understand it's supposed to be madcap and all that, but Fraction is going to need to come up with some more original concepts than what has been presented here if he's going to pull this plot arc off with the aplomb he clearly capable of. Read Full Review

This is a fairly typical issue of a book that has been bubbling just above average ever since the new direction that was launched in issue #500. It still isn't the best X-book being published by Marvel -- that honour still belongs to Astonishing X-Men for now -- but neither is it the convoluted and complicated mess of superhero action that I would usually expect from a book with an "X" in the title. Read Full Review

Dodson creates beautiful people. Hes like amodern Adam Hughes, but with more angular designs. He does a great job in thisissue, but even his sugar-coated illustrations cant coat a weak story. Read Full Review