Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection Vol. 1

Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection Vol. 1

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  • Author:Kieron Gillen
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Summary

Kieron Gillen steers the X-Men through "Fear Itself", "Schism" and "Regenesis"! Beast and Abigail Brand must save the alien-monitoring S。W。O。R。D。 agency when Henry Peter Gyrich stages a coup! And down on Earth, how will the X-Men explain themselves when the public learns that Magneto has joined the team? Making matters worse, a Breakworld warship arrives on a vengeance-filled mission - and when the Juggernaut is empowered by Asgardian black magic, he becomes more unstoppable than ever! Then, after the X-Men are torn in two, Cyclops leads a new "Extinction Team" of powerhouse heavyhitters -including Storm, Emma Frost, Namor, Colossus, Magik and Magneto! And it's not moment too soon, as world-ending threats are mounting quickly - including Mister Sinister harnessing the power of a Dreaming Celestial! COLLECTING: S。W。O。R。D。 1-5; UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) 534。1, 535-544; X-MEN: REGENESIS 1; UNCANNY X-MEN (2011) 1-3

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Reviews

Ronan The Librarian

Sword Vol。 1 - 3。75This was fun! It felt like a good animated series, with some unexpected lines and a decent plot。 Abigail Brand is front and center trying to juggle her SWORD duties despite subterfuge, and I was happy to see Beast get so much page time, and them together is cute。 I like the character voices, they’re written with real personality and some really whacky stuff goes down。 Its lighthearted and fun tone was appreciated。 The art is clean, colorful, and I rather enjoyed it。 This is an Sword Vol。 1 - 3。75This was fun! It felt like a good animated series, with some unexpected lines and a decent plot。 Abigail Brand is front and center trying to juggle her SWORD duties despite subterfuge, and I was happy to see Beast get so much page time, and them together is cute。 I like the character voices, they’re written with real personality and some really whacky stuff goes down。 Its lighthearted and fun tone was appreciated。 The art is clean, colorful, and I rather enjoyed it。 This is an animated show I would watch。Fear Itself Tie-in - 3。5I almost skipped these because Fear Itself was utterly forgettable and Greg Land does the art, but I decided to read it anyway and was pleasantly surprised! It’s actually not bad, has real repercussion for the X-Men, and while I detest Land’s art, I can admit, here it was tolerable。 The scenes with Colossus and Juggernaut were actually cool at times。 Uncanny X-Men issues - 4+ As soon as Gillen takes over, it is immediately better than Fraction’s run (sorry Matt! I like a lot of your other work!)。 It’s written with much more creative flair and not as expository, and just didn’t feel as boring。 The art is much improved (not as sorry Greg), and the story is much more engaging。 There’s a continuation off of Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men that I enjoyed, a Sinister arc that was great too。 Colossus has some character development, and the team itself is an interesting grouping。 This was a lot of fun too read, and while I really need a level of complexity or emotional tug for a 5-star rating, as far as “conventional” superhero comics, it doesn’t get much better than this。I thoroughly enjoyed every issue, and would highly recommend this collection to any fan of the X-Men。 On to Vol。 2! 。。。more

Vince

I really like Kieron's writing, and this was really fun。。。 until you hit the Fear Itself stuff。 Classic Big 2 comic: killer writing, a real fun read, and then an event comes out that just smashes that all to bits。 I really like Kieron's writing, and this was really fun。。。 until you hit the Fear Itself stuff。 Classic Big 2 comic: killer writing, a real fun read, and then an event comes out that just smashes that all to bits。 。。。more

Edward Davies

It was nice re-reading these, and I think the SWORD story was the first time for me。

J。

This book contains:The S。W。O。R。D。 mini-series, which is good, but isn't particularly an X-Men book。Breaking Point, which is a follow-up to Whedon's Breakworld story。 I actually quite liked this one。The Fear Itself tie-in, which is about as ok as any of those tie-ins are。 Particularly weird panel work and Land's bizarre art choices。The ReGenesis issue, where everyone picks teams in some truly bizarre, out-of-character ways。The first post-schism Uncanny storyline, with Sinister and tons of plot ho This book contains:The S。W。O。R。D。 mini-series, which is good, but isn't particularly an X-Men book。Breaking Point, which is a follow-up to Whedon's Breakworld story。 I actually quite liked this one。The Fear Itself tie-in, which is about as ok as any of those tie-ins are。 Particularly weird panel work and Land's bizarre art choices。The ReGenesis issue, where everyone picks teams in some truly bizarre, out-of-character ways。The first post-schism Uncanny storyline, with Sinister and tons of plot holes。It's an ok collection。 。。。more

Adam Williams

Like Fraction's run before it, Gillen's is solid enough。 The S。W。O。R。D。 miniseries included here and his inclusion of Abigail Brand in cameos in Uncanny are fun。 The Regenesis one-shot and the Sinister arc of Uncanny afterward are both solid too, and some of the stuff in Fear Itself actually isn't bad (and is apparently sticking a few storylines longer than I expected it would)。 All in all a decent continuation of the X-Men in Utopia era。 Like Fraction's run before it, Gillen's is solid enough。 The S。W。O。R。D。 miniseries included here and his inclusion of Abigail Brand in cameos in Uncanny are fun。 The Regenesis one-shot and the Sinister arc of Uncanny afterward are both solid too, and some of the stuff in Fear Itself actually isn't bad (and is apparently sticking a few storylines longer than I expected it would)。 All in all a decent continuation of the X-Men in Utopia era。 。。。more

EP

These issues should not have been down as a graphic novel。 Not the greatest period for the X-Men。

RG

Reread this and actually enjoyed it much more the second time

Artemy

This is probably more for Kieron Gillen fans than X-Men fans, but I really enjoyed this collection。 The opening SWORD mini is his first proper Marvel series and is absolutely delightful, focusing on Agent Brand, her romantic relationship with Hank McCoy and various alien-related space station shenanigans。 The writing is a bit stiff here, but the character work and the dialogues are all unmistakably Gillen-y and tons of fun。 The first proper arc of Uncanny (Breaking Point) is really good too, it This is probably more for Kieron Gillen fans than X-Men fans, but I really enjoyed this collection。 The opening SWORD mini is his first proper Marvel series and is absolutely delightful, focusing on Agent Brand, her romantic relationship with Hank McCoy and various alien-related space station shenanigans。 The writing is a bit stiff here, but the character work and the dialogues are all unmistakably Gillen-y and tons of fun。 The first proper arc of Uncanny (Breaking Point) is really good too, it follows up on the Breakworld stuff Whedon did in his final arc of Astonishing X-Men。 Then it gets a bit more complicated when the series consecutively ties in with Fear Itself, Schism and Regenesis, and while Fear Itself arc is still more or less accessible for those who haven't read the rest of the event, the Regenesis stuff can really confuse those who haven't read Schism prior to this。 Marvel does the best they can by providing short summaries every time some major events happen elsewhere, so I'd advise to just read those and go with it, pretty much like with any other superhero comic。 The final three issues are from the renumbered relaunch and are about the team's fight with Mister Sinister, which is arguably the weakest arc in the collection but still quite fun。 Overall, this might not be Kieron Gillen's strongest Marvel material (not surprising considering it's also some of his earliest), but to those who appreciate his writing style and character work there is still a lot to enjoy in this hefty collection。 。。。more