I've been an X-Fan since way back when. I was a big fan back in the day. These days my interest comes and goes. Probably because Marvel just doesn't know what the fuck to do with the X-Men. Once they pick a direction, it comes to a screeching halt, all the books are started over and all the creative teams are new, all the X-Men teams are new and we start from scratch again. (And to be fair, it seems like that's the way with all their books, but X-Men and Avengers especially.)
The X-book is written by Cullen Bunn, whom I genuinely like despite how uneven he can be. I love him on this book, I HATED him on Aquaman. It's weird how someone can write something so readable and turn around and write something you can't make heads nor tales of. Anyway, Cullen Bunn's team of X-Men consists of Magneto, Psylocke, Sabretooth, M, Angel, Mystique and sometimes Phantomex. Basically all bad asses with attitudes and chips on their shoulders. And the dynamic of this team works well, even though it seems like it shouldn't.
My one big gripe about this series is Marvel has gone out of it's way over the last two decades of destroying the character of Angel. Even in this book they really seem to have no idea what to do with him, nor how to fix him. I wish they would make that a priority because even putting him in any X-book seems like a waste to me.
Hopefully this version of Uncanny X-Men will survive a little longer before it's rebooted into a completely different book with a different line-up and a different motivation.
Uncanny X-Men Superior Vol 3: Waking From The Dream
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Greg Land, Ibraim Roberson, Jay Leisten, Wade von Grawbadger
Marvel Comics
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