The Uncanny X-Men #500

dmstarz's The Uncanny X-Men #500 - SFX, Part 1 review

Uncanny X-Men 500

So a milestone for the X-Men both in terms of issues reached and in new location.  But is it any good?  Sadly, I'm not sure it is.  The whole being accepted in San Fransisco by the more liberal society thing is very well done but I have to agree with Pania about the fight with Magneto.  It's just bizarre, though, like Pania, I do think it's a deliberate homage to the Magneto confrontations of the 60s.  There's some pretty nice art from Land and Dodson but I have to say that I'm hugely disappointed in Brubaker and Fraction.  I mean, elsewhere - Daredevil, Iron Fist, Iron Man, Captain America, the Order - their writing has been top notch.  Why, in now over 20 issues of X-Men, have I yet to read one story that I think really holds up to these other books?  I'll keep going for a few issues yet but UXM is in danger of saying goodbye to the pull list.  2 stars.

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