REVIEW: I really haven't had the greatest luck with the X-Men in comic book form. I did enjoy the Ultimate X-Men series for the most part, but other than that they've all been pretty lame to me. This volume didn't start out too great at first, because it was kind of a similar story that's been told before with the X-Men. The mutants being disliked by humans, and an all out war on the brink as Cyclops and his team try to fight the good fight. What it turns into though is that you're really unsure of Scott Summers' condition to lead a team of heroes because of information Magneto leaks to S.H.I.E.L.D. I surprisingly ended up really liking this volume and I think it was to do with the excellent writing from Brian Michael Bendis who always seems to do a very nice job of handling multiple characters without losing himself in the story. Often times, group comics tend to be a handful with all of the characters, but Bendis takes a few familiars and throws in a couple newbies and you've got a whole new team that's easy to follow, and each has their own personality and traits. I really like this Uncanny X-Men team and I hope it continues on the path that it has built in the first volume. The art is great, and I really like the way they make Cyclops look with the dark reds and X-visor with his costume because it gives him that evil aura. It does cause some confusion as to who to root for, but it does provide for some great super hero drama and this volume of Uncanny X-Men is not short on that. This is easily one of the better Marvel NOW! entries, and I hope that it can continue to be so.
WRITING : ( 8 / 10 )
ARTWORK : ( 9 / 10 )
STORY : ( 8 / 10 )
COVERS : ( 8 / 10 )
AWESOME : ( 8 / 10 )
FINAL RATING : ( 8 / 10 )
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