Uncanny X-Men #489

Uncanny X-Men #489 was a great read. I know it seems like I hate a lot on X-Men and Uncanny X-Men. But, the fact is, I only do that because I the X-Men has been my favorite Marvel title since I was a little kid. And it breaks my heart when we don't get the quality story and art that I feel these flagship titles rightly deserve. I definitely have very high standards when it comes to the X-Men. Read Full Review

In the Endangered Species backup, we get the unlikely scenario of Beast confronting Dark Beast. Mike Carey keeps the dialogue crisp, ably reflecting an uneasy encounter between the desperate Henry we know and the fascistic goals of the moral-free version from a world ruled by Apocalypse. Hennessy (and the colorist) manage to distinguish our cat-like furball from the more old-school but corrupted alternate. You cant blame Hank for his ultimate choice, as everyone else hes turned to has turned him down. Read Full Review

Brubaker continues his <span style="font-weight: bold;">Search for Magneto</span> arc and this issue proves to be continuing his build up / decompression phase. By this I mean nothing really happens this issue. Lots of sound and fury signifying nothing. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Brubaker </span>seems to be suffering from the Marvel mandate to have stories fit into neat little TPB sized packages. He is an excellent writer, but it seems team books, or maybe just the X-Men in particular, are not his forte. This is by no means a bad book though and this issue has some excellent scenes, such as Human Torch's interaction with the team and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Caliban's </span>breaking of his <span style="font-weight: bold;">Xbox 360</span> controller. I always get tense fighting Nazi's myself. Nothing to be ashamed of Caliban.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue brings nothing new on the Magneto front and only the most die hard X-Men fan will find Read Full Review