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Zub continues his epic run. One of the very best comic series ive ever read. this is tremendous stuff. this issue was so good.

Almost a perfect issue. We need more comics like this. Joshua Williamson is having fun and it shows. excellent stuff.

Kevin Smith cannot help himself and the lame outdated dialog and jokes overshadow what should be a home run for everyone on the book. instead it's a huge miss. We get small bits of cool moments but the bad well overshadows the good. I almost thought it was Deadpool dressed as Spider-man. RB silva is an amazing artist but even he cannot save the outwit annoying writing on this book. really bad stu ff. more

Cancel the book. look at the number of reviews. as of 8/21 i'm the only user review and I'll tell you... this book is dreadful. Saladin is writing this just like his Wolverine book. that means it's incomprehensible. Shard is awful. Bishop has become Cable more than his own character. don't buy this.

- [ ] Deathstroke #6 We get the ending of the first arc and what a story. Fun action packed. has real stakes. This is the best Deathtroke has been in many year. Tony Fleecs isn't my favorite writing but im eating crow. he nailed this one and shut me up big time. Carime killed it on art duties overall despite some inconsistencies on this issue. hats off and standing ovation on this first story arc .
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The solicit got it right in the opening lines "Wild Ride" continues in desperation!"
Gail hyped this issue up on her Facebook saying " Today is UNCANNY X-MEN #34 and a lot of the future of two key X-Men starts here, just saying!
You're going to want this.
Gambit and Rogue in crisis, and someone new at the door!"

If you came away with that feeling after this issue I'm jea lous of you because this issue was awful. Gail continues the Gambit possessed story so at least that is paid off from earlier issues. Just like most things in this X-men run ,its just bad. the fact that gambit has morphed into some type of dragon is beyond me. the fact that it was a fly last issue also makes little sense. This time we get attack on Titan inspired monster sentinels ? Idk anymore. I also don't care - something much of the industry seems to feel as well...just look at the number of reviews on this book. 3 from the usual shills. Gail is doing her best to try everything and anything on this book. new characters galore, sci-fi , possession, monsters ... nothing works. this new character Howler,who is just like every other character Gail makes, is overcome with trauma and abuse. Howler will be forgotten like her other creations They are all one note.
Save your money. wait for the relaunch of X-men in Dec. Luciano's art is mid at best.
Someone... Anyone... Please save the X-men. I heard that many people passed on writing these books and Gail on a steep decline In her career,said Yes. It's time for a change again.this isn't cutting it. more

I’m getting tired of Simone‘s only two themes - child abuse / safe space and demonic threats. As usual, Vecchio‘s art is a mixed bag - there are certainly worse artists at Marvel right now, but man, do I miss the old times when comic book artists knew what they were doing.

Re. MrNobody: if you had read all of my reviews, you would have noticed that there are Marvel titles I do enjoy, s uch as the Punisher. I would also prefer to rate the X-titles higher, and I have done so now and then (quite recently the Juggernaut issue of X-Men) but often I can’t, because they are crap.more

This book continues to shock and awe me. We come off a few down issues in a row and settle back to what is working. Aka the Scarecrow who is the best villain so far in the series. We get robin death , call backs to cool moments and Clayface framing Batman yet again as a killer. Where this book goes after this idk but I’ll be here waiting to buy it.
Great job on the art as well.

X-men United #6. I didnt buy it. But I did read in my LCS out of morbid curiosity. Eve L Ewings book has next to no reviews, as everyone has dropped off this total mess. This issue is cowritten by Evan Narcisse. The entire series has been under the premise that the team is interacting in Grey Matter Lane. Training mutants in a “Mind school”. This issue is the Xmen battling evil shadow versions of themselves during what was supposed to be a role playing game under ben Lius power. These Shadow versions seem to be all lead by Shuvahrak. That character hasn’t been seen in a single issue leading to this series or mentioned in this book once. They just appear with no build, and disappear just as fast for no reason. They literally are just gone. In between , we have story with Chelsea St. Juniors interacting with the now mentally sane Calico,Loolo and Loa. It’s pointless and awful. The art is something to really behold. On the page showing all the characters Ms. Marvel doesnt even have a face. And the art is among the worst ive ever seen on a professional book. Im so happy this series is canceled. And shockingly,it’s getting worse as it goes on as Eve becomes less invested in it. A 0/10. more

Both the writing and art are subpar. Eve Ewing doesn’t even seem to care about the logic of Graymatter Lane, but it doesn’t matter anyway, since it’s all nonsense.

Last issue we had a Juggernaut self reflection issue. This time it's Beasts turn. Jed must be feeling emo or /and most likely the case- He is stalling to build some stakes and tell as much back story as possible headed into the big battle with 3K. I do care about Beast and his talk with Magik has its moments But it's a boring issue at times. I'm happy that it at least is fleshing out these charac ters more but Jed has to nail the landing here. 3K has been on and off in the entire series going on 35 issues. The Anomaly ,Age of revelation, Danger room, X-manhunt all sucked and we had a battle with 3k already in issues 16 and 17.That battle sucked as well.So this is Jed laying all his cards on the table here. If this isn't an all out battle , and just another continued skirmish its over for this book. Aside from Woe is me Beast we end on what promises to be some action. Can Jed nail the landing here having built up 3K for most of this series ? my opinion-Doubtful. The art by Tony Daniel is once again completely uninspired, He doesn't get much to do in this script. more

Uncanny X-men …here comes the final rant. Gail hyped this issue up on her Facebook page. Here is Gail in her own words. “ Just saying, if you have been away from UNCANNY X-MEN for a bit, today is the day to jump back on board. It's a new arc, and some important new characters are involved, and I can't say more but this is a good jumping back-on point and this story REALLY goes bananas.Gambi t needs an exorcist.And the one Rogue found might not be working on the side of the angels!Plus, NEXT issue, it's the first appearance of...well, that would be telling.The last time I did a message like this was the debut of the uber-popular MUTINA, so just saying, it's a GOOD JUMPING ON POINT.” What I read this week was such a jumbled mess full of unexplained nonsense I thought I missed 2-3 issues. Rogue brings the possessed Gambit to Gabriel the demon hunter who I recall from old 70s marvel comics. How he knows Rogue, no idea. Never explained. Calico all issue displays bizarre trauma. Which necessitates her teammates hugging her ? Apparently gambit used to do this ? Why is someone so insane on the X-men ? Last issue she was dancing with her lesbian lover. This issue …in the fetal position needing to be coddled. The person to do it is Someone she’s never met or been introduced too…. Also someone who is just here for reasons. Quicksilver. it doesn’t go as planned as she tries to kill him. Oh and the Gambit possession. Turns out it’s a fly demon. That’s the issue. Just stuff. The big reset for Gail. No explanations. Just bullshit. I’m done. Uncanny has been dropped. A collector since Giant size #1 which I bought at 8 years old in 1989 for $110. I saved for a full year doing chores. Back then I was so excited to see Wolverine and the team. Now I’m 44 and I despise the book. I’m gone. more

a major title like ASM and not a single user review. and its Sunday! thats insane. well ill tell you my thoughts. Joe Kelly is writing an angry jealous childlike Peter who is very unlikeable. in fact this issue Peter is just a nasty sad sack for much of it. IDK where this Cormac stuff is going but just look at the stars of the issue on the opening pages. who are these losers ? Joe needs to fix this story and go someplace and not rush to an awful ending like the last storyline. Ed's art is fantastic and elevates the book to a 6 for me. but story alone- this is a 3. more

Gambit needs an exorcism. Calico needs therapy. I need a different book.

Seriously, I can’t take this constant entitled whining from the Outliers anymore. I actually liked these kids when they were introduced, but Rogue’s team is treating them like five year olds, not like future X-Men. These kids need to learn how to shut the fuck up and get the job done. All of them except Random are constantly crying about the most trivial things, and instead of the grown ups telling them to get a grip, even their most childish behavior is being validated. Calico in particular is portrayed as a person who has suffered constant abuse from her mother. Simone actually does a good job at showing her trauma in a consistent way - but if she is really that damaged, she doesn’t belong on a team like the X-Men.

This is another issue I have with Simone’s writing. Despite the fact that she is constantly talking about keeping the children safe, she also portrays their relationship to the grown X-Men in a very weird and inappropriate way. Gambit has been a little too close to these girls physically, considering he is not their biological father and these are teenage girls, not children. Maybe this was the artist’s choice, but you have to be really careful about these things, especially when one of your main themes is child abuse. In this issue Quicksilver is filling Gambit’s role, carrying Calico like a baby (a young woman who is not injured, just confused) and wanting to “tug her in”. Eew.

But enough of that. The other storyline - Gambit and Rogue asking this Gabriel character for an exorcism - makes even less sense. Did I miss something? Who is this Gabriel? It seems like the X-Men have met him before, but where? Who is this demon? Why is Rogue talking in this weird, stilted way? To be honest, at this point I don’t even care anymore. more

Batman is one of the best characters around. just like Spiderman. it's the Pinnacle of comics. so why on both books are these writers awful? Fraction cannot tell a story! We in fact get fragments of multiple stories. all started. not finished. many abandoned. and Matt has the balls to throw in one more with a groups of assassins coming to Gotham to kill Bruce. Finish just one plot point Matt F raction! Jesus Christ and the idea Bruce didn't read Alfred will, and was a member of a secret society of butlers who were with heroes ? WTF sense does that make given Batman's origin and Alfred was already the butler to the parents?? stuff just happens. all over the map in this book. Im losing my patience with this book.Fraction needs to dial it in and actually tell a goddamn story. this book is a wreck with some cool moments but at least it's absolutely gorgeous to look at. the elevator fight is awesome and a highlight of the book. if Matt can tell a story from start to finish this book could be very cool. but this just isn't it. more

all you have to do is look at the number of reviewers giving this a score. No ones reading this book and with good cause. Shard? who asked for this awfulness. Saladin is soon to be removed from Wolverine where he has written an awful Logan. Don't believe me? read the first storyline with the Windego and you'll see a little kid who drew a comic about eating his friend. not even exaggerating. anyway ... back to this trash. this comic is mostly people with giant hair battling. thats really how best to describe it. its dreadful. don't hate yourself enough to read this. its never going to be remembered or sourced back by anyone. more

X-men Outback. Lord almighty. Im going to say it. Steve Freakin Orlando is writing the best Xmen book in Marvel right now. But thats like dunking on a kid in a wheelchair. This comic has Maddie tryin to hack Reaver tech all night but she triggers a hidden super reaver named Godshredder who looks like the adamantine mixed with beta ray bill. Godshredder sends out drones that mind control each of the xmen except Wolverine. Logan then goes on to take out each team mate one by one. Until he goes one on one with the villain. we move at a lighting pace through the issue. We see Logan vs each xman in 1-2 panel battles with text summarizing what happened. Missing out on what could have been a few issue story line.. all just thrown away. The reveal at the end is cool. The concept of the issue is cool. But We just rush past it. It’s still the best x-men book out. Im taking what I can get. But this still was such a missed opportunity.more

X-men #34. Juggernaut is upset by a statue of trask the sentinel creator and attacks it. However it’s protected by an unbreakable force field. So all issue we get some kind of introspection on Juggernaut before the X-men come to clean up this cry baby bitch. What was this issue besides nothing on a page ? Character work? Who cares. The X-men last I knew were battling the evil powered team lead b y Cassandra and dark beast. All paused for this issue of nothing. Next time I’ll just burn $4.99 plus tax. Christ sakes man. Someone save the X-men !! more