Uncanny X-Men #523: Open Thread
Uncanny X-Men #523 (preview)
Writer: Matt Fraction
Pencils: Terry Dodson
Inks: Rachel Dodson
From Marvel: “SECOND COMING, CHAPTER TWO The race to find Cable and Hope is on, but who will get to them first? Will it be Cyclops and the X-Men or Bastion and his mutant-hating cabal? Cyclops isn’t waiting for the answer to that as takes the fight directly to Bastion with the New Mutants!”
On sale April 7, 2010.
Share your thoughts on the second chapter of the biggest X-Men crossover of them all in the comments below.
And if you haven’t picked up the issue, make sure to read the preview, linked next the series title above.
One really does get the sense that this is the crossover that will wrap up all the major mutant storylines from the past several years… finally! I do have one major issue and that is the reaction of Nightcrawler to the existence of X-Force and Cyclops’ response. While I applaud Kurt’s initial outrage, I am shocked that he fails to react to Wolverine killing a prisoner in cold blood right in front of him. And then meekly follows orders when Cyclops scold him for bringing it up publicly. IMHO, Nightcrawler should have walked at that moment. And been applauded for… Read more »
One tihing I didn’t like was X-23 acting as a member of X-Force? Wolverine said himself to Cyclops in X-Force #25 that X-23 quit, so what the hell?
i agree DiG, it was horribly anti-climactic and weak on kurt’s part for them to write it like that. I would think that would be large enough of a secret and shock on many levels for him to walk, especially considering his character. or if not walk, at least not just give in so quickly.