Uncanny X-Men #17
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| Writer | Gail Simone |
| Artist | Luciano Vecchio |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
HORROR COMES TO HAVEN HOUSE! When a brilliant but exploitative Hollywood director makes a surprise hit horror film featuring a serial-killing mutant girl, there are protests at theaters around the country and a rise in anti-mutant violence in those same communities. But IS it "just a movie," or is something much more insidious going on? Will a malignant force make the X-team their PREY? Will they get out alive, or will it all end in MISERY?
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9.0
Comic Book Revolution - Kevin Lainez
Jul 13, 2025Gail Simone is really in her bag as Uncanny X-Men #17 marks the start the second year of this series. Right away the threat establish plays into the greater X-Men direction and is done so in a way that brings real-world elements in a fascinating way Read Full Review
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8.9
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Jul 09, 2025Vecchio creates some beautiful art throughout the issue. I love the design of Mutina and the brilliantly detailed visual world of the issue. Read Full Review
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8.7
Nerd Initiative - Megan Nichole
Jul 09, 2025Gail Simone is unbelievable at mimicking real-world experiences and portraying them in a way that's entertaining and powerful. On the surface, "Murder Me, Mutina is just a movie, but the effect the movie has on society and the mutant population feels very authentic. Read Full Review
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8.5
AIPT - Joe Jones
Jul 09, 2025Year two of Uncanny kicks off with a great issue that signals a fun new direction for the book. The entire creative team of Uncanny X-Men continues to deliver awe as the book shifts into a thrilling and invigorating new era for the series. Read Full Review
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7.8
Weird Science Marvel Comics - mrgabehernandez
Jul 09, 2025Uncanny X-Men #17 delivers a surprisingly relevant and genuinely unsettling experience, blending superheroics with horror and social commentary. It's a clever take on mutantkind's struggles, proving that even a trip to the movies can be fraught with peril when you're an X-Man. Gail Simone and Luciano Vecchio are crafting a sharp, witty series that isn't afraid to confront uncomfortable truths, even if Rogue needs a quick grammar lesson. Read Full Review
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6.0
KPB Comics - A.S Tiger
Jul 09, 2025Uncanny X-Men #17 is a mixed bag, showing the promise of Gail's writing as well as the pitfalls. While the initial premise was delightful, if not slightly muddled, the issue ultimately leads the story to take a turn for the worse. Let's hope this story arc regains the quality of the issue's first half, rather than continuing the decline of the latter. Read Full Review
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5.5
The Comic Book Spot - Jack Stewardson
Jul 11, 2025The prospect of introducing a new mutant villain to the line does spark some curiosity, but the fact of the matter is this feels more like an afternoon tv-special rather than a superhero comic. I still yearn for the halcyon days of Krakoa, where it felt like anything could happen and every book bled into each other. Read Full Review
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10
Loved this issue and love Mutina as the Outliers' first arch-nemesis. Fun concept, with the horror movie angle. Very much looking forward to seeing where this goes.
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7.0
Pretty decent, although it doesn't feel like an X-Men book. This feels very YA/teen (I would say 'New Mutants' instead of 'teen', but this group doesn't hold a candle to the OG New Mutants). Trying to be patient in allowing the new characters to breathe, but we really just need 1 book with new teens, not 2. Let the grown ups play please.
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7.0
Art: 4/5 Story: 3/5 Total: 7/10
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5.5
Story was all over the place. THe villain seems very cliche to me. The art is ok, but I prefer Marquez'.
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5.0
Okay, I didn't want to read the X-books anymore, but this one looked pretty good - at first glance. So here we go.... First of all, someone should tell Gail Simone that her obvious LGBTQ+ allegory isn't working. For some reason, Marvel and literally the whole mainstream publishing industry are pushing the narrative that "queer people" are being oppressed by, well... everyone, while at the same time, these same people dominate the entertainment industry and try to force everybody into participating in their delusional neo-religion. Hollywood producing anti-trans... sorry, anti-mutant propaganda? Only in your wet dreams of perpetual victimhood, Ms. Simone! And before you ask, I'm one of the people you call "queer" (actually I'm just gay), more
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4.5
More of the same. Victimization of mutants seems to be the ONLY thing writers can manage with the x-men books these days and while this is an interesting version of that its still just more of that same old same old. This would be a sub plot at best in years past and now its the thing that will be their toughest challenge yet??? I'd hate to see these new mutants face something actually threatening. WTF has the x-men come to?
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2.5
Any comic you could describe before even reading it isn't a comic I enjoy.
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