X-Men: Outback #1

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  visceral wound mojo

  Jun 24, 2026

  Like most genX x-men fans, I LOVE the outback era so I was thrilled when I saw the solicits for this book....and then I saw who was writing it. Blech. Imagine my surprise when I wound up really enjoying the comic. If only my 2099 books were handled with as much care. This was great and really felt like a time capsule and love letter to that era of X. However, the whole "we're here as guests in their home and they're wonderful and accepting and unprejudiced unlike the assholes we left in out homeland" garbage is more in line with the Orlando way I'm used to. I'm sure they have tv's and are just as bad as everyone else. Keeping a low profile is just as important here as anywhere! Gateway was probably crapped on here too. lol. I enjoyed the a rt as well. Pretty decent for a modern mini series. more

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  Brandon

  Jun 26, 2026

  - [ ] X-men outback #1. Look does this have just zero logic and huge flaws ? Yes. How the hell does Sabretooth just find them ? Then we are so chicken shit in writing we wipe his mind so no one knows this happened? Convenient no stakes storytelling by Steve Orlando . But at the same time is the best X-men story in recent memory. Great callbacks. Good action. It’s got a pulse in a dead franchise . I’m taking what I can get. This wasn’t bad It’s certainly not Outback level good. By today’s awful putrid xmen titles It’s decent stuff despite the ass kissing of storm at epic levels.

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  Astonishingly Awful - Jun 27, 2026 (edited)

  I thought I had missed something when I saw that Sabretooth just found them, but apparently not. LOL

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  Astonishingly Awful

  Jun 24, 2026

  Uncanny X-Men #230, the issue that this new #1 is a prequel for, was my first American comic book (after reading a few of the older issues as German translations). The outback era is still my favorite run in all the X-books, so naturally, I was expecting the worst when this new series was announced. Marvel has done a few mini series about specific eras in x-history, and none of them were able to capture the original’s magic. This one does. Kind of.
  Of course Orlando is no Claremont, but he manages to capture the spirit of the era. Rogue and Dazzler fighting, Storm and Wolverine acting as the grown-ups of the team. Even the in-continuity references were spot on. I’m not sure if I had chosen Sabretooth as the villain of this issue, but Or lando found a good way to make this work with Sabretooth‘s next appearance during Inferno. The biggest issue I had with the story was Storm accepting her role as the team‘s goddess, something that sounds more like modern Storm. All in all, this story worked for me.
  Unfortunately, the sucky art made all of this irrelevant. I didn’t expect a Silvestri level artist, but Segovia doesn’t even come close to what was considered average in 1989. As a result, the good script is completely wasted and the result is a cheap-looking rip-off that nobody needed.
  Writing: 7,5
  Art: 2,5 more

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  visceral wound mojo - Jun 25, 2026

  I'm in agreement with your take on Storm. I've said it for years now. Editors, editors, editors. Feels like they just don't care or don't want to pay.