User blog:Johnnybravo44/Uncanny X-Men Vol 2 4 review by Johnnybravo44

Double dose of Uncanny X-Men reviews comin' at'cha. (Part Deux)



I'm normally not a fan of the Phalanx. In fact, they normally confuse the crap out of me so I don't like them. This made me think they were kinda cool. Made me think of the Ego crap the FF fougt before..you know, with Iron Man? What issue was that..

Anyways. Colossus was quick to turn Juggernaut on this lone Phalanx, though I wasn't too convinced he had to, he sure did want to. And Mr. Sinister was tied to this Phalanx, so I couldn't exactly hate it. Since Emma is..recovering..Psylocke takes her place this issue while managing to not say a word nor show her powers once. Sheesh.

This issue seems to say that this is the last Phalanx out there, but I'm sure at some point in the future won't be true. So this 'last' Phalanx just gives up, and boom, he's gone. Hurm. Just like that, eh? I wonder if Gillen has this set up for something bigger later, or if I'm just going crazy. In the solicit for, the N'Gari (who I practically forgot about) come back, and I can assume that is for just one lousy issue too. So probably just crazy. Yay.

I'll give this one a 3.5 out of 5 though. Good, but not great. Art was fine, there was some action, but he Phalanx are...alright, however too much of the issue was put to explain this one even being here. But I do feel like this issue could have fit in as .1 issue better. It really is a one-shot by itself, and shows you the team in action, with this Phalanx (I presume) not really even having any lasting effects. Hmm.. I'd be more inclined to recommend this issue if it was a dollar cheaper. If you want to follow Uncanny X-Men, you can probably skip this one issue, though I got it anyway.

--Johnnybravo 44 06:55, January 5, 2012 (UTC)

PS - This is entirely un-related, but did anyone else notice the striking resemblance between the cover of and ? Both Iron Man fighting some guy in practically the same stance, and both released on the same day. Weird…