The X-Men get up to the delicate art of living as the Sisterhood plan their imminent demise. The Science Team gets to work, trying very hard not to kill one another first. Simon Trask gains traction in the California state legislature, muscling "Proposition X" to an emergency ballot vote. If it passes, mutants past and present, powered and otherwise, won't be allowed to breed. All this, and a friend returns as a foe and ready for murder! Oh, things are getting ugly... Collects Uncanny X-Men #508-512.
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Before joining Marvel Comics, writer Matt Fraction had already established his reputation as an emerging new talent with his work on Last of the Independents. Fraction's tale of a bank robbery gone wrong earned him a coveted "A" grade from Entertainment Weekly, as well as interest from Marvel. After taking on a short story assignment in the anthology title X-Men Unlimited, Fraction was handpicked to launch two of Marvel's biggest projects for 2006: Punisher War Journal with artist Ariel Olivetti, and Immortal Iron Fist, with co-writer Ed Brubaker and artist David Aja. Both series met with overwhelming critical and fan acclaim, selling out their respective first issues within days of release. This led to two even bigger projects: The launching of Invincible Iron Man, a high-profile first issue premiering the same month as the blockbuster film; and Uncanny X-Men, written in tandem with Immortal Iron Fist partner Brubaker. In addition to his Marvel work, Fraction writes Casanova, an off-beat series illustrated by Gabriel Bá which recently moved to Marvel's Icon imprint. He is also a talented filmmaker and graphic designer, heading up the MK12 firm with a worldwide client base that includes Adidas, MTV and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Fraction remains one of Marvel's most popular writers; other credits include The Order and Thor: Ages of Thunder.
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This review is from: Uncanny X-Men: The Sisterhood (Uncanny X-Men (Marvel Paperback)) (Paperback)
Sisterhood is the latest trade paperback in Matt Fraction's current run on Uncanny X-Men, and it's illustrated by Greg Land (issues 508-511) and Yanick Paquette. (issue 512) Now, odds are if you're reading this review you already know how you feel about Greg Land. Either you enjoy his style of hyperrealism and crisp, clear colors; or you hate the airbrushed faces and lack of discernible emotion. In case it isn't clear I fall into the latter category. The characters have this stiff, unreal quality about them and generally seem only to express one emotion, which is manic glee. Every female appears to be posing for the cover of Glamour even when the story requires them to emote. Apparently though, there are some people that enjoy this sort of thing.
Sadly the art isn't the worst thing about this book. Regardless of you opinions on Land the story is a convoluted mess. The plot goes that the Red Queen is some kind of psychic entity who wants to become corporeal. (This is never properly explained) Although she is rather powerful, she wants a body in order to become more powerful. (Fair enough) She recruits a random assortment of female villains from the bowels of X-Men continuity and enacts her plan to become omnipotent. **I should warn you that some minor spoilers lay ahead if your life is ruined by those kind of things** Her plan goes as thus: Resurrect Psylocke but mind-control her and put her in her old body. Why she felt this was a good idea and wouldn't come back to bite her in the butt is anyone's guess. She uses Psylocke to attack the X-Men in order to steal Wolverine's lock of Jean Grey's hair (sigh) in order to find Jean's body. The location of Jean's body? In the publicly known X-Mansion under a grave marked "Jean Grey-Summers." These are some rather Draco-sized plot holes. Combine that with the "Also-Chuck-Austen-esque" dialogue, those insipid name boxes, (I know who Cyclops is for crying out loud) the random villains with unexplained powers, and what you get is a wholly forgettable experience. Oh and I almost forgot, there's an issue at the end starring the X-Club who go back in time for reasoning equated to "I 'unno." It's a cute, if slightly irrelevant story. In short, only pick this up if you're a huge Greg Land fan, or if you absolutely have to own everything with the letter "X" on it. If you're a new fan, maybe one who enjoyed the movies, start perhaps with Astonishing X-Men because this is absolutely inexcusable.
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the writing improved a little but the art didnt help it,
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This review is from: Uncanny X-Men: The Sisterhood (Uncanny X-Men (Marvel Paperback)) (Paperback)
It's like a student wrote this on Sunday night and his friend drew it quickly.... and it was due Monday morning. very bad editing. This time, the writing made some sense and was set in the X-universe. but things werent really explained. people just appeared all over randomly. and D listers KO Colossus in like 2 seconds. haha. the art made no sense. everyone had the same faces. I liked his covers sometimes but not good for interior art. I was interested cause lots of X-men i liked were in this one.. including Psylocke. but it skips around a lot. like watching a movie with random missing frames.
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x men,
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I've loved the Uncanny X-men for a long time, through many of it's notable ups and downs. I've been following this particular book leading up to and following the Messiah Complex event. This book is.....alright. If you've been reading the stuff before it and you are planning on reading Utopia then this is good. Not great, but good. Worth reading if you're an X Men fan and you like Psylocke.
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