User blog:Johnnybravo44/Uncanny X-Men Vol 2 3 review by Johnnybravo44

Double dose of Uncanny X-Men reviews comin' at'cha.



Mr. Sinister is my favorite villain. Normally I'd prefer him with the Marauders, but this time no way. He actually fought the fight, and boy did he. I really feel like Kieron Gillen did justice to Nathaniel Essex. Gillen managed to show just how big of an ego Sinister has, how powerful he is, his obsession with evolution and how he plans to be on top, heck, Gillen even manages to show us Sinister's Victorian routes via his outfit; and I liked it all.

I was unsure at first, from the promo images of, but by issue #2 of the new series my mind was fully made. He mentions Phoenix to Hope, and I wonder if he'll play a rold in the upcoming Avnegers vs. X-Men crossover. If he does, I may think about picking it up.. Anyways, in this issue, he gets away. And this promises future Sinister encounters! :D

So Emma was pretty badass this issue, by reverting to her human form even though her human arm was gone. Nice. Really showed how tough she can be, and what she's willing to do to win a fight. And even though she isn't shown next issue, I'm sure she's fine. She has, after all, survived being shattered to pieces. Though to be fair, Jean Grey was alive back then..

While we don't see the promised (sort of) fight on the cover, the X-Men do stare down the Celestials and prove they are the 'Earth's mightiest heroes'. "Someone call the Avengers. They've just been made obsolete." - Hope Summers. Slow clap - me. While the crowd may not exaclty respect the X-Men or cheer for them yet, they do respectfully fear them. So Gillen made his point. Much as he did when he proved his point of Juggernaut's unstoppability (is that a word?) in the last arc of the last series. I like Gillen as a writer, and he seems fairly fresh to the X-Men too, which is a bit of a surprise.

I'll give this one a 4.5 out of 5. Really good issue, but not quite a perfect one though I don't really have quite a reason why. But if you're looking for a book post Schism, try this one over WATXM. I like it, so you should. ;)

--Johnnybravo 44 06:53, 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…