I think he is, Uncanny X-Men 2 was pretty good. It looks like he working on Emma and Scott relationship/ friendship a bit more, they has interesting talk in Uncanny X-Men 2.

Magneto looks like he is betraying Cyclops, which is a good thing. It looks like old Magneto is returning.

In the next issue they will be fighting the Avengers.

What do you guys think? Is Bendis doing a good job ?

Lol facking hell m8.

This is worse than i thought.

@AgeofHurricane said:

Lol facking hell m8.

This is worse than i thought.

Was is wrong with it, apart from the artwork.

@time: Lol. The writing/plot/premise/everything. Bendis doesn't even deserve Bachalo working with him, that hack doesn't deserve half of the top-talents who's contracted to illustrate his half-arsed generic decompression

@AgeofHurricane: You could say that about 85% of all X-Writers...

@chasereis: Unnecessary hyperbole. Bendis is one of a kind, and he isn't an "X-Writer". Lol no.

I don't think there anything wrong with Bendis work. Matt Fraction and Gillian only care about turning Cyclops into a major bad ass leader and while they did they fail Magneto character and Emma Frost character. It seems to mean Bendis is actually working on Magneto and Emma character abit more. Which I think is good thing. If Magneto return to the villian he was, then comics will get much better.

@time: Emma's still conversing with others like a lone hillbilly on coke, so no thx.

@AgeofHurricane said:

@time: Emma's still conversing with others like a lone hillbilly on coke, so no thx.

At least she having more of a role in the comic and Bendis is choosing to work on her relationship with Scott. Instead of boring us death like Matt Fraction and Gillian did. They care more about trying hook up Emma with Namor. The title is not so focus on Cyclops, which it has been for the past 6 years. Bendis is bringing something fresh to X-Men comics and it' about time to.

Negatory.

@Rickbarry said:

Negatory.

I guess you don't like it either.

Si

@Ren_ said:

Si

You don't like it as well.

@time: No. I do.

@AgeofHurricane: Well, you know there are some writers who have written "X" that I do not like yet they have written (much to my chagrin), so I have to accept that they are X-Writers, as do you. Fortunately most end up being ex-writers (no that isn't a exiles pun).

It's two issues in, ridiculous to make any snap judgements now

@Ren_ said:

@time: No. I do.

What do you like about it and do you think Bendis is doing a good job

@AgeofHurricane said:

@time: Emma's still conversing with others like a lone hillbilly on coke, so no thx.

@Rickbarry said:

Negatory.

Pretty much this.

@thatlad said:

It's two issues in, ridiculous to make any snap judgements now

True wait till it's about 10 issues, then give a real judgment. I like Bendis writing. He seems to be better than Jason Aaron and Kieran Gllian. Miles ahead of Matt Fraction.

@time said:

@AgeofHurricane said:

@time: Emma's still conversing with others like a lone hillbilly on coke, so no thx.

At least she having more of a role in the comic and Bendis is choosing to work on her relationship with Scott. Instead of boring us death like Matt Fraction and Gillian did. They care more about trying hook up Emma with Namor. The title is not so focus on Cyclops, which it has been for the past 6 years. Bendis is bringing something fresh to X-Men comics and it' about time to.

There's nothing fresh about fighting generic sentinels, getting new mutants, reeling from previous detumescence and conspiracies going about a team. There is nothing "fresh" about this. This is just awful. Now knowing how Avengers fans felt like after Bendis had clearly bitten more than he could chew.

@chasereis: ...

@time: anyone is better than Ben Affleck...i mean Matt Fraction. Actually I take that back I think of two people who are worse than Fraction. One likes to kill red birds and the other can only count up to twelve.

@AgeofHurricane: what?! Whadda I do now? Christ on a pojo stick.

@AgeofHurricane said:

@time said:

@AgeofHurricane said:

@time: Emma's still conversing with others like a lone hillbilly on coke, so no thx.

At least she having more of a role in the comic and Bendis is choosing to work on her relationship with Scott. Instead of boring us death like Matt Fraction and Gillian did. They care more about trying hook up Emma with Namor. The title is not so focus on Cyclops, which it has been for the past 6 years. Bendis is bringing something fresh to X-Men comics and it' about time to.

There's nothing fresh about fighting generic sentinels, getting new mutants, reeling from previous detumescence and conspiracies going about a team. There is nothing "fresh" about this. This is just awful. Now knowing how Avengers fans felt like after Bendis had clearly bitten more than he could chew.

@chasereis: ...

Your right on the villains, but the new mutants seem to be interesting, better than the one at the School, with the exceptions of genesis and kid Omega and Armor. Cyclops seems have better new students. How he writing Magneto seems pretty decent. Emma seems to be more interesting now, then she was, when she was living in Cyclops shadows.

@chasereis said:

@time: anyone is better than Ben Affleck...i mean Matt Fraction. Actually I take that back I think of two people who are worse than Fraction. One likes to kill red birds and the other can only count up to twelve.

You are the worst.

@chasereis said:

@time: anyone is better than Ben Affleck...i mean Matt Fraction. Actually I take that back I think of two people who are worse than Fraction. One likes to kill red birds and the other can only count up to twelve.

What 's Gillian and Jason Aaron excuse for bad writing. They wrote a lot of bad stories.

It's better than All-New X-Men.

@fesak said:

It's better than All-New X-Men.

I don't think so, but its' good so far and i think it will get better.

@AgeofHurricane: The worst at what?

@time: The length of the list of bad writers in the X-Men universe far surpasses the length of the good writers. They are just another name on the list.

First issue was okay. Second issue was passable. Bendis fails to give this team a distinctive voice. Also he still cannot write a good Emma Frost.

@chasereis said:

@AgeofHurricane: The worst at what?

@time: The length of the list of bad writers in the X-Men universe far surpasses the length of the good writers. They are just another name on the list.

They should get some good writers, Maybe take some writers from DC

@time: That would be ironic since most fled Marvel to DC. Yet my pull list weighs lbs more than my Marvel list....sigh.

Remember what happen to Jim Lee, he was the man. Although I always care more about the X-Men, then any other comics. I do like DC comics, they have some quality titles. Most X-Men titles have suck over the last 10 years. It seems now it's only getting good.

I don't like it, but I learned to not read any comic book that doesn't interest me. Obviously there is a market for these stories and if I'm not the right customer, someone else will purchase it. I tend to like evolving storylines and consistent characterization and I don't really like the current direction of the X-Men atm.

I'm sticking with X-Factor, will check out the all female X-Men book and do keep up with X-Force. Just not into Uncanny X-Men or All New X-Men. I'm surprised to be so into "Journey Into Mystery", "Captain Marvel" and the "Thor" books, as I've never been into those Marvel titles before. I can't really enjoy the Avengers main line since so many of the current rosters seem to revolve around the characters from the movies, and that lineup is not quite my favorite - Kooky Quartet for the win!

@time:

I agree, I do also think that every writer has their own strength weaknessess.

I like Aaron's writing but only for short spurts of a story, there's no long term payoff or character build

Fraction had a mediocre run on x-men but has done well on Hawkeye and Iron Man. He's good with certain characters, especially solo books.

Kieron Gillen is highly rated but I've not read enough of his work, only the x-men middling stuff he did with fraction. Unfair of me to judge

Bendis is excellent at characters but relies on gimmicks such as deaths and big reveals(bringing xmen back from the past).

I could go on but I do think people look at the writer and make snap judgments. I think Bendis has potential to do good on this book, we'll have to see

@thatlad said:

@time:

I agree, I do also think that every writer has their own strength weaknessess.

I like Aaron's writing but only for short spurts of a story, there's no long term payoff or character build

Fraction had a mediocre run on x-men but has done well on Hawkeye and Iron Man. He's good with certain characters, especially solo books.

Kieron Gillen is highly rated but I've not read enough of his work, only the x-men middling stuff he did with fraction. Unfair of me to judge

Bendis is excellent at characters but relies on gimmicks such as deaths and big reveals(bringing xmen back from the past).

I could go on but I do think people look at the writer and make snap judgments. I think Bendis has potential to do good on this book, we'll have to see

I think both Gillian and Jason Aaron has some good stories, but most of stories they wrote was rubbish and as result the quality of the writing just wasn't there. I think Bendis is bringing some different which is what I like. He only started as well, he could get a lot better as well.

I'm actually enjoying Uncanny X-men and All New X-men so far O_o

I wasn't expecting to but I am enjoying it.

@ItsDaveyJ said:

I'm actually enjoying Uncanny X-men and All New X-men so far O_o

I wasn't expecting to but I am enjoying it.

Same here.

Eh it's not bad--- and it's really not fantastic either. It's very what you would expect and pretty safe... :/

What ruins it for me is the Wolverine and the X-men art... That was such an epic fail. >_<

There have been only 2 issues so far, but with that in mind I will say the first 2 issues have been ... meh, not terrible but not great either. In comparisson All New X-Men has been much better. Also I do not think the art has been all that good either. I know Bachalo as some dedicated fans but I do not think he is all that great.

I think it's been alright. ANXM is about to hit its eighth issue, Uncanny is about to hit its third, so it's an unfair comparison to make. I love Bachalo's art, give it some time and then we can make a legitimate comparison. I'm sure most people by now have an opinion on Bendis's writing style, same as they do Hickman's. He's a slowburn and Bendis is heavy handed, if you don't like those styles you won't like those writers.

it's good. haters gonna hate. bachalo is the star here tho.

Honestly, I'm really enjoying it since issue number 1, and I hardly can't wait for next issue.

@AgeofHurricane said:

@time: Lol. The writing/plot/premise/everything. Bendis doesn't even deserve Bachalo working with him, that hack doesn't deserve half of the top-talents who's contracted to illustrate his half-arsed generic decompression

Bachalo's art kind of sucks :/

@soduh2 said:

@AgeofHurricane said:

@time: Lol. The writing/plot/premise/everything. Bendis doesn't even deserve Bachalo working with him, that hack doesn't deserve half of the top-talents who's contracted to illustrate his half-arsed generic decompression

Bachalo's art kind of sucks :/

I don't think Bachalo's art sicks, it just dioesn't fit with the context of most books, it was fine in WatX but in Uncanny X it really is off.

Anyways on topic, The title has me curious it's two issues in I won't make any major judgement's yet. I do like the character interactions within the team but the dialogue chosen is one of my gripes.

@time: just to make you feel better. I would say that 99% of the populations hates things because they can. People hate all the x-books because they can. Does that stop them from you liking them? no. Like what like. I LOVE WatX and everyone on here hates it (yet somehow gets every issue). Nothing will ever be as good as the last, and everyone always did it better in "their time". Years from now, people will say how the new x-men is super shitty compared to Bendis and Aaron's run. That is life. Dave, the guy who runs the comic shop i go to, always says that people will find a way to hate something, and you will never change their minds.

TL;DR enjoy the book, doesn't make you less of a person. Internet is a hate machine, do not trust reviews.

I've enjoyed the first two issues. I have no knowledge of these characters or their pasts, so obviously I can't judge how he's doing in terms of how he's handling characters (and I can see what people are saying about how some characters, especially Emma, aren't the way they expect them to be). What I can say is that as a new reader, Uncanny X-Men has done the best job of any Marvel NOW book I've tried in terms of getting me up to speed on recent events and giving me insight into the characters -- at least, the characters as they're going to be. I hope he's not distorting them too badly...but I do like them. And I really like a few of the new kids.

I haven't read Uncanny X-Men, but his work on All-New X-Men is leagues ahead of his Avengers garbage.

If anything, Bendis on X-Men is a lot more enjoyable than him on Avengers. Now the only trick is getting him to leave before he becomes overstretched and drained of ideas...

I love Bachalo's art. I feel sorry for all of y'all. You guys have bad taste

XP

9=0

(+)

I'm currently liking UXM, like I've stated before in other threads, I'm enjoying what Bendis is doing with Cyclops and his team. So far it really hasn't centered around Cyclops which is a nice change, and also Time's right, it's only been 2 issues, it's a little hard to judge the book just yet. However, I do like the dialogue that Cyclops and Emma had in this current issues (yes even though Emma would never act that way), he's trying to change her up a bit, and for the most part it's not too horrible.

It's "fresh" in the way that they're going back to their old ways before Utopia, Second Coming, Messiah Complex. They're opening an Xavier School for the Gifted, they're recruiting new mutants and saving them from Sentinels, they're GIVING them a choice, if they want to stay they can, or they can go to the JGS or they can go back home - but they're keeping them safe, and soon (hopefully) we'll be seeing them get trained and taught by Emma and the X-Men. It's definitely going to have a familiar flow like it did in the original X-Men comics, and I think it's good for us and especially for new readers to get a sense of what X-Men do.

@Yung ANcient One: High five!