If you’ve not been paying close attention to the solicitations, you might be surprised to discover that this limited series - heavily pushed as being based on Iceman’s journey towards San Francisco - is actually an anthology. It’s much in the vein of the recent “Divided We Stand” 2-issue miniseries, with the added bonus that there’s [...]

Although the X-Men franchise managed to break it’s “Annual” habit in the first half of this decade, it’s recently discovered an even more debilitating addiction: specials. Barely a month goes by without Wolverine embarking on a forty-eight-page killing spree, or a supporting character seizing their moment in the sun. It’s difficult to see a reason [...]

After last month’s prototype, Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction deliver the finished article. With a more focussed plot and a unified art style, the writers’ injection of some CSI-style gloss into the X-Men’s world clicks into place, although it’s still too early to be sure whether they are willing to grasp the full potential of [...]

After an enjoyable introduction last month, Ellis takes a more focussed route for this second issue, throwing the characters straight into the plot. It’s a masterful example of how to make a chapter of a multi-part comic read like a full story.
The over-arching plot does feel a bit like stock Ellis-Sci Fi with the X-Men dropped in [...]

Swierczynski’s Cable series has, for the most part, provided a fitting epilogue to Messiah Complex, explaining what Cable did next with the Messiah Baby and what became of Bishop in his attempt to track him down. With issue #6, the series takes a one-issue breather - if you can use the term “breather” given the [...]

As if the last year hasn’t driven the point home enough, Uncanny X-Men #500 will immediately remind you that it’s a very good time to be an X-Men fan. The writing team of Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction have brought with them their unbridled enthusiasm for the X-Men characters, and you can feel it bursting [...]