Uncanny X-Men #516

Followers of TheComicAddiction.com and The X-Addiction Podcast will realise that I’m not a fan of Greg Land’s art work, and although there are a few frames of the villainess strutting and posing like they’re on the edge of the runway, on the whole Greg Land’s art work was... well, pretty fantastic. Read Full Review

When Magneto turns up in the pages of an X-Men book, he usually receives all the characters' and writer's attention. That helps Matt Fraction produce an issue of Uncanny X-Men that's actually not too bad, with a respectful and fitting interpretation of the X-Men's seminal villain. Read Full Review

It's actually a pretty good issue of Uncanny, and mainly because Magneto rules! Read Full Review

A solid ending, but most of the issue was just meh. Sorry. Read Full Review

With that in mind, it's hard to give this issue of "Uncanny" a huge amount of praise. The best you can say is that it largely overcomes the creative team's weaknesses. "Nation X" is shaping up as a slightly better-than-average arc -- but it's hard not to feel like the potential for it to be so much more isn't being tapped. Read Full Review

A better than average issue of the Matt Fraction era. While it was not a great story it was more focused and that really helped if you can ignore the characterization established in previous stories. Read Full Review

I've been threatening to drop this series for some time now, but it always sucks me back in with a decent issue with art by Terry and Rachel Dodson. However, now that I'm back on board with the vastly superior Read Full Review