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Yeah right. This was the best of X-Men since Second Coming. Forgetting was meant to show that Cyclops was the hero, and didn''t back down from consequences. Most of the deaths were of characters that didn't mattered. Oh you little soul, you haven't saw a editorless book!
Uncanny X-Men #22
| Writer | Matthew Rosenberg |
| Artist | Salvador Larroca |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
It all ends here. This is forever! As Cyclops' cleanup mission nears its close, all the problems the X-Men face come together. The truth behind the Hellfire Club's intentions, the culmination of the O.N.E.'s assaults on mutantkind and even the inner struggles within the team... It all ends here. This is forever.
Rated T+
CRITIC REVIEWS
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9.5
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Jul 17, 2019Salvador Larroca and David Messina go above and beyond with the art in this issue. All of the characters look amazing. The action is great and the last few pages blew me away visually. Read Full Review
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8.5
AIPT - Nathaniel Muir
Jul 17, 2019Emotional storytelling and an exciting plot make for a memorable issue. Months of questions are answered. This is a must read issue. Read Full Review
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8.4
You Don't Read Comics - David Harth
Jul 17, 2019Uncanny X-Men #22 caps off Rosenbergs run and wipes the slate clean for Hickman to come in and work his magic. Rosenberg has used his 12 issues to let readers into Cyclops head and hes done a great job. Things have gotten a little dark but it all fit the story he was trying to tell. The only weakness of his run has been the tired mutants are in danger of extinction trope that has been Marvels go to mutant story since the end of House Of M, but hes made it work rather well. Laroccas art in this issue is some of the best hes turned in on the book and really strengthened the story Rosenberg was telling. Messinas art feels out of place taking over for him, but it is still good. All in all, this issue worked. There were a few little things that could have been better, but overall, this one is an action packed roller coaster. Read Full Review
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7.7
Weird Science Marvel Comics - waltgator
Jul 17, 2019Well that is it, the closing issue on the Uncanny run of 2018-2019. Was glad that we did get deaths at the end of the series, could actually feel the risks after each issue. Read Full Review
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7.6
Comic Watch - Steve Batley
Jul 24, 2019A bit of a mixed bag of a finale. Some disturbing elements with very contradictory consequences. To say its been a challenge is putting it mildly. But for those who dont like it easy its been a fun ride. Read Full Review
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7.0
Black Nerd Problems - Jon-Carlos Evans
Jul 23, 2019Mutants Killed (or drastically altered) by Rosenberg in Eleven Issues of Uncanny X-Men:Strong Guy, Wolfsbahne, Sunspot, Joseph (Magneto clone), The Vanisher, Triage, Havok, Multiple Man, Banshee, Magick, Juggernaut, Chamber, and so many more". Read Full Review
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6.5
Beyond The Panel - Jideobi Odunze
Jul 18, 2019Uncanny X-Men #22 could have ended on a much better note. I wish I could have loved it till the bitter end, but sometimes this is what you sign up for with the X-Men books. Some story decisions you will love, others will leave you asking why. Here's to hoping that Marvel has figured out what they want to do with these characters in their next chapter. Read Full Review
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6.0
Newsarama - C.K. Stewart
Jul 26, 2019It's a wrap on Matthew Rosenberg's Uncanny run with this week's Uncanny X-Men #22, and as with the run as a whole the issue aims high and falls short. Read Full Review
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6.0
Razorfine - Alan Rapp
Jul 30, 2019The issue, like the series, has it's up and down moments. Although I'm hardly his biggest fan, Havok likely deserved better (along with many mutants who met their end over the course of the series). Ending with a stronger united team deciding hatred and bigotry are better than hiding and anonymity, the X-Men appear ready to write their next chapter. For fans. Read Full Review
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4.0
ComicBook.com - Jamie Lovett
Jul 17, 2019Matthew Rosenberg's run on X-Men started off feeling fresh, focused, and energetic. As it's continued on it's grown a bit unwieldy, and that feeling is present in this final issue as well. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS
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9.0
Truthfully this was more than a wrap of this run of Uncanny. It was the end to Rosenberg's recent X-Books (New Mutants: Dead Souls, Astonishing, MM, Phoenix Resurrection). Some really memorable splash pages.
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8.5
Cool enough, I like the message that they shouldn't be the ones to hide.
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7.5
I'm disappointed that the ending of the last issue is undone by this issue. It was a cool idea, but I guess it was unmanageable as well. I was expecting a bigger ending to this, but I guess not. I hope Hickman's relaunch is great and doesn't ignore these last X-Men stories.
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7.0
"I beat the Odds."
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7.0
The first half was actual peak, the second was alright with too much dialogue and no newounce
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6.5
While I am disappointed with how this issue basically nulls the last issue's ending, it isn't a bad conclusion to this run. The series has seen criticism with the amount of deaths that have occurred, and it reaches its apex in this issue, with one death rather comical than emotional. There is a feel good moment that ties into Age of X-Man Omega, that I is a spoiler (should be obvious at this point), but otherwise an average ending to a semi fun series. Just wish it kept the status quo of the last issue for Hickman's run.
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5.0
Like much of Rosenberg's work, this feels like very big plot ideas draped in ill-fitting storytelling. I can see what he's getting at and what the story is he's trying to tell, but what's on the page often doesn't really feel like it connects to that. Big moments feel like bullet points in a plot outline rather than logical dramatic culminations. It's too bad, because his love for the franchise and its continuity really shines through.
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4.5
The art switch literally could not have come at a worse time. Between this and AoX, I'm developing a PTSD trigger for comics characters talking about their own lives in storytelling metaphors. It can be done well, but it definitely wasn't in these two series. Here -- particularly when Dani starts talking about being a supporting character -- it stinks of desperation.
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4.0
What a pointless series. Are they just going to pretend this one never happened?
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2.0
This book is garbage. Rosenberg was once a promising writer but his Uncanny run has been a disaster. What was the point of making humans forget about mutants only to reverse that in the very next issue? How does blowing up the cerebro helmet accomplish this? Why were so many characters meaninglessly killed off? What is Jordon White even doing? He's clearly not 'editing' anything. Larroca's looks great but the the second artist looks terrible. Help me Jonathan Hickman, you're my only hope.
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2.0
The only reason this is even 2 = Larroca 1. Emma's hair keeps on magically growing back. tertiary mutation? 2. Those deaths. WTF? Just for drama? 3. "To me my x-men" line. What for? dramatic impact? They're already all behind her. 4. That kiss. too much. 5. emma's cape. just disappeared. lazy lazy art. a tired uninspired story's end. i just couldn't care at all about the characters.
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1.0
If you wanna know how pointless this series is, basically every mutant killed in this series is shown alive in promo art for future series.
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