In which Nightcrawler comes to an end, Rachel finally learns to appreciate Black Vortex, we have some feelings about Cyclops and Havok, and you should totally come to the ECCC meetup this Saturday.
REVIEWED:
Nightcrawler #12 (0:55)
Amazing X-men #18 (2:22)
Wolverines #12 (3:14)
*Uncanny X-Men #32 (5:02)
All the Black Vortex Tie-Ins (7:30)
*Pick of the Week (10:36)
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In which Magneto remains magnificent, Cyclops pretty much ends, some very important canon is confirmed, and we can’t believe we’ve done THIRTY of these.
REVIEWED:
All-New X-Men #39 (0:58)
Guardians Team-Up #3 (2:25)
*Magneto #16 (4:21)
Wolverines #11 (7:01)
Cyclops #11 (9:03)
Storm #9 (11:04)
*Pick of the Week (13:23)
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In which the All-New X-Men reading order breaks laws of space and time, depth of focus is a startlingly underused storytelling tool, and Rachel’s blood feud with the Denver Airport continues.
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In which Monet is awesome, Wolverines is ridiculous, and the Denver Airport might actually be Hell.
Reviewed:
Avengers World #18 (0:31)
*X-Men #25 (1:41)
Wolverines #9 (4:09)
*Pick of the week (6:23)
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In which Miles once again holds down the fort, and Rachel is too tired to come up with more engaging copy than this.
Reviewed:
All-New X-Men #38 (00:19)
Spider-Man and the X-Men #3 (1:46)
Amazing X-Men #17 (3:08)
Wolverines #8 (4:29)
Uncanny Avengers #2 (6:15)
Pick of the Week: Avengers World #17; which is neither technically an X-book nor of this week, but is good enough that we don’t care. (8:19)
RACHEL ADDS:
I kind of love Miles’s vague implication that I’m cooling my heels in Mexico until things blow over.
Here are my very short and sleep-deprived addenda to the reviews:
All-New X-Men #38
Often, “very Bendis” is a compliment. This is not one of those times: the cleverness comes at the expense of characters’ voices. Not exactly bad, but frustrating. I’m pretty damn excited about Teen Space Pirate Cyclops to the rescue, though; and the fact that that probably means a more organic end to the Cyclops ongoing than the abrupt cancellation I was sort of expecting.
Spider-Man and the X-Men #3
This is the ideal use of this team, and I feel really good about it and also about Ernst busting down walls. The first few issues were fun but kind of flailing; here, it feels like the book is really finding its voice and catching its stride.
Amazing X-Men #17
Too busy cracking up at the return of one of my favorite dumb Silver-Age villains to objectively review this.
Wolverines #8 Um, actually, Miles, both Fang’s debut and the incident in which Wolverine stole his costume took place during the M’Kraan Crystal storyline, not the Dark Phoenix Saga.
That said, there is literally nothing about this issue that I did not enjoy immensely. Also, I really hope that Fang and Volstagg turn out to be buddies, because they obviously should be.
Uncanny Avengers #2
Meh. I’m having trouble caring about this storyline. I recognize that Acuña is objectively good at what he does, but at the same time, his art completely fails to hold my attention, which sort of sums up my feelings on this series in general.
-Rachel, who is not actually on the lam in Mexico; although she has learned a lot over the last few days about the laws and logistics concerning international transport of human remains.
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In which Rachel is out sick, Miles perseveres in the face of adversity, and X-Force goes out with a bang.
Reviewed:
Guardians of the Galaxy #24 (0:37)
X-Men #24 (2:01)
Nightcrawler #11 (3:58)
All-New X-Men #36 (5:35)
Cyclops #10 (7:07)
Wolverines #6 (8:35)
*X-Force #15 (9:39)
*Pick of the week (11:24)
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In which Wolverines is extraordinarily pretty, the Guardians of the Galaxy play D&D, and we disagree about Mister Sinister.
Reviewed:
The Black Vortex #1 (0:24)
Wolverines #5 (2:41)
Pick of the Week:Agent Carter, S1E5 (5:20)
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In which we carefully avoid spoiling Uncanny X-Men and remain disappointed by the lack of Wolverines heists; and Rachel mispronounces Bachalo but doesn’t realize until she’s already editing the video (oops).
Reviewed:
Uncanny Avengers vol. 2 #1 (0:27)
*Uncanny X-Men #30 (2:59)
Wolverines #4 (4:17)
Spider-Man and the X-Men #2 (5:52)
Amazing X-Men #16 (6:57)
*Pick of the Week (8:22)
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In which All-New X-Factor ends, Iceman is his own best foil, and Jordie Bellaire is a hell of a colorist.
Reviewed:
All-New X-Men #35 (00:26)
Wolverines #3 (2:19)
X-Factor #20 (3:45)
*Magneto #14 (5:01)
*Pick of the Week (7:18)
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In which we continue to be frustrated by Cyclops, but everything else is pretty great.
Reviewed:
Wolverines #2 (00:23)
X-Force #14 (2:23)
*Amazing X-Men #15 (4:59)
Cyclops #9 (7:26)
Nightcrawler #10 (9:39)
*Pick of the week (11:24)
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