#@ jitter

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The Uncanny X-Men by Luciano Vecchio

Variant covers for issues 1-5 and 10-13

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Uncanny X-Men #3 - "The Inside Man" (2024)

written by Gail Simone art by David Marquez & Matthew Wilson

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New X-men means new Sapphix! Commission for @amageish!

Commission info can be found here: https://cadhla182.tumblr.com/Commissions

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A preview of Uncanny X-Men #5

UNCANNY X-MEN #5

The brutal conclusion to the RED WAVE storyline is here! The Uncanny X-MEN face an unstoppable force of evil and death who reveals a shocking secret… but they may not survive long enough to face it!

Will the next generation of young mutants stand by Rogue and her team or join the other side? Uncanny X-Men #5 LEGACY #705

Written by: Gail Simone Art by: David Marquez Colors by: Matthew Wilson Cover by: David Marquez, Matt Wilson Page Count: 32 Pages Release Date: November 13, 2024

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From Uncanny X-Men Vol. 005, “Thunder in Our Hearts”

Art by David Marquez and Matthew Wilson

Written by Gail Simone

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Gail Simone is giving us more sapphic mutants, bless her.

[punkerduckiememes]

I am Jitter. jitter is me.

[rei-ismyname]

UNCANNY X-MEN #5 From The Ashes

First of all, I should acknowledge that something I've been calling a missed opportunity has received an attempt on page - the X-Men killing in FotHox, specifically Kurt. It's a single line and doesn't make a lot of sense, trying to have cake and eat it too by nodding to it in issue 5 but not meaningfully engaging with the recent past. Kurt did NOT think he was a killer, ever. That's just a bad faith reading of the text. He was in a war against genocidal fascists, come on.

Cool new form for Calico, though.

Kurt putting his sword/s away doesn't quite cut it. Errol Flynn swashbuckling has been an influence on him since he was a child and he's been big on sword usage almost since the beginning of his publication history. It's his thing, and he badly needs personality in FTA. Also, he didn't kill anyone with a sword in Fall, he teleported them into space. Swords parry and block, they disarm and intimidate. They have use outside of combat. They look cool, and it's something Kurt is very good at. So yeah, the barest attempt was made, but it didn't land for me. There could have been space to set it up and sell it too, perhaps by toning down the Charles Xavier/Sarah flashbacks that were ultimately just a fakeout.

Speaking of things that were given lip service in issue 5 and could have benefited from more attention, Jubilee told us who she is - kinda. A panel or two of origin story that was established in the 90s, but nothing about why she's here or what she wants out of life. How she feels about the loss of Krakoa, where the hell her baby, Shogo, is. It fits in with Uncanny's overarching sense of unfocusedness and her role could have been performed by anyone - not a good look for the end of the flagship book's first arc.

We get the resolution to and defeat of Sarah Gaunt. 'She's crazy, always has been' is so unsatisfying. I can't think of any other description. It's nice that we don't have another sin to lay at Xavier's door, but attempted baby trap is not a frequently used trope for a reason. She acknowledges she was lying, but then blames him for the loss of her son years later in a different country - then transfers that hatred to all mutants? Comicsxf have criticised her characterisation as 'Monstrous Mother' and I agree. What was the point of giving it so much space, to the extent that we spent more time in the past than with most of our putative main characters? She beat the shit out of Logan and Rogue the last two issues, nearly killing them - only for Rogue to draw strength from deus ex dead kid and completely wipe her out. It's lovely that Rogue is able to summon empathy for her, it shows us why she's a hero, but taken as an arc she's rewarded with victory despite making bad decisions. Long time readers know Rogue can lead, but I think Gail Simone is going to have to do the work to convince new readers that she's right for this. It's well and good to have moral authority but leading your team to death isn't.

Harvey X was unexpected but felt unearned. Surprise is fun but internal and narrative consistency is better. I thought it was Charles moving people around, because it was signposted. Harvey X being the puppet master felt almost silly as he revealed previously unseen very powerful abilities. Why would he wait for Rogue and Logan to be nearly dead to act? Maybe that's the only time he can act, because he's dead? Idk, at least he didn't scream how hot Rogue is again. He speaks about a sacrifice he's making but what sacrifice is that? Is his power finite and burns him out, Proteus-style? It's not quite clear, and I guess we'll never see him again.

Precognition. Healing. Telepathy.

Gambit and the Eye of Agamotto was a Chekhov's Gun that mostly worked (and made me feel sah smart for calling it.) Remy prays (?) to it and then blows the possessed cultists away. I'm pretty sure Jubilee could make a bigger boom than that (I know she can) but rule of cool wins the day.

These are/were captured and possessed mutants. I hope we see them again, especially after Fawn's introduction in #1. They're not doing this willingly.

Rogue flies to meet Warden Ellis to give her Sarah back, further muddling Ellis' characterisation. I have no idea what she's about now. Nuance is good in antagonists, but for someone who wants to crush mutants with her government mandate she's awfully cooperative with them. No threats, no riddles, no ultimatum, just meekly accepting two threats? I want to give a fuck about the closest thing we have to an antagonist (for a crossover event right around the corner) but there's nothing there! This was an opportunity for something, anything. Gah! I don't understand this writing.

Rogue's threat is interesting, though I have to wonder what she and Scott are going to disagree about. It's implied Jubilee will get captured, and we know Beast already has been. 2/3 X-Men teams have their motivation to wreck Graymalkin I just struggle to see them coming to blows over it.

Rogue and her elocution lessons feel very out of character and came out of nowhere. If it was setup earlier and tied to insecurity or identity that would work, but being introduced and haphazardly paid off in issue 5 baffles me, frankly. Rogue's southern upbringing is never something she's been ashamed of, her angst has almost always been related to her powers. She's a confident woman. A story where she struggles with that could have legs, but that's not the story that's been told. She certainly doesn't need Gambit or Logan to tell her - I'd expect it to be the other way around.

I'm not sure what to make of the images we get from Harvey X's visions of the future. I'll write about them separately if I find an interesting hook.

So ends the first arc of Uncanny X-Men volume whatever. My main issue is that it doesn't meaningfully engage with what came before it, and it doesn't quite manage to establish its own identity either. What is its mission statement and what kind of book can we expect? I don't know, and I hope Gail Simone does. It's not the end of the world, mind you. Following Krakoa was always going to be tough, and the world was going to feel smaller, less connected. I can't help but wonder what it might have felt like without a lot of Charles Xavier flashbacks amounting to nothing. Maybe we'd know more about Kurt or Jubilee, even the Outliers. Ideally that'll be corrected. I don't do number ratings so I'll just say it was okay, higher if you are a Rogue stan.

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They look so cute, please be safe.

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uncanny x-men (2024) #9 by gail simone and andrei bressan

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I’m liking this lil emo character😂

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Calico, Deathdream, Jitter and Ransom by Luciano Vecchio. Which one is The Endling?

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Uncanny X-Men #8 - "Finale" (2025)

written by Gail Simone art by Javier Garron & Matthew Wilson

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Some Uncanny thoughts

Some thoughts about this issue but more like about this run so far.

One thing I am sorry to say about this issue is that its clearly shows that Marquez needs a break. Art is good in Rogue scenes but battle scenes feel like half done. Mangakas usually corrects things for volume release so I wonder is this is possible for american comics

1. So first thing first. Simone did tell on twitter that the most controversial page from this issue is going to be two women talking in office and she didnt lie. I have fall out of comics for some time so I dont remember exact timeline but if Rogue used to live in NYC for some time maybe she just didnt want to sound like country bumpkin. Thats usually main reasons people try get rid of accents. Maybe she wanted to do something more public. At the end scene mixes with reality but it makes me question if Harvey powers actually messed up whole scene and its not really how it was. The quote used in the scene if from 9th sonnet of Shakespeare.

2. Jubilee comment how Jitter and Deathdream had each other backs and it was implied before. Could be something behind that closeness. Like they are yin\yang variation.

3. Sarah singled out Calico pretty fast. I think its too early to let go of idea that girl somehow related to Sarah or Xavier,

4. Zero surprise about Sarah. Something was clearly off with her story. She might be a mutant but her story feel more mystical than sci-fyish. People pointed about Llorona but it reminded me of slavs version of mermaids - rusalka-s, In versions I read they were either girls who drowned themselves or dead unbaptised babies. Sarah kinda fits both since she said she was pagan. If she didnt lie that is.

5. Remy Lebeau gathers death flags faster than mushrooms grows after the rain. But its all so right in your face that to me it looks like misdirection.

6. People say Harvey having healing powers is way too convenient and they are right. But its feel like a reason for this is pretty clear. Simone didnt want Rogue to take Logan healing factor. After battle too. Because something going to happen when she probably do it eventually. There are two things I can think of and I suspect both are true

a)If she absorbs Logan his thoughts would flow right in her mind and she going to have some kind of discovery. If you wonder what kind of... well let me get you a few hints or what I think it is. In 3 issue during kitchen talk there was what I suspect very feeble reference to very conflicting arc in x-men history. Also unlikely old Louisiana manor has sound isolation.

7. Also b) I really suspects Logan has R-lds. And by the time he met with Rogue and Remy in first issue he practically went blind. His eyes still havent regenerated at the start of issue and even though it happened somewhere during the fight at the end he stll wears blindfold. Like theres no difference. Might be the reason for moonbeam nickname. Thats literally how he sees Rogue now. Simone did write though that he called another X-lady like that in the past and I wonder who it was.

So if Rogue absorbs him now would she also get R-lds? I dont remember her and Remy being resurrected during Krakoa but I might be wrong.

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The two teams of X-Men along with Calico, Jubilee (in the wrong outfit) and Beast (who is oddly absent in the fighting sequence) are fighting off the Sentinel Hounds and the brainwashed Mutant Trustees in the corridors of Graymalkin Prison. They are bantering each other and fighting their opponents at the same time. Meanwhile, Kwannon and Nightcrawler are walking along the secret passage debating on which mutant prisoner to free. Nightcrawler knows that freeing Omega Red is a bad idea because he is unstable and is likely to turn on them any time. At the Prison Control Room, Warden Corina Ellis is throwing bitchy hissy fits by berating and slapping anyone around her for not doing their jobs right. Corina orders Phillip Scurvy the crippled psychic mutant to use more psychic powers on the X-Men.

Back to the corridor of Graymalkin Prison, the two exhausted X-Men teams have defeated the Sentinel Hounds and the brainwashed Mutant Trustees. Rogue and Cyclops start to argue each other on whether they could free Charles Xavier from the cell. Rogue wants to free Xavier from prison. Cyclops is against the idea because not only that he witnessed Xavier killing the innocent human astronauts (which Xavier was actually doing that to trick the Orchis into leaving the mutants alone by pretending to join them in helping to wipe out humanity), Cyclops was also gaslit by Xavier for years as an X-Man. Then, the squabbling X-Men are interrupted by Phillip Scurvy who uses his powerful force of telepathy on the mutants. Even though Juggernaut is wearing the helmet, he is struggling through the mental attack and he tries to pry the cell door open. However, Juggernaut stops doing that when he hears a familiar voice behind them. It turns out that Charles Xavier is not in the X-shaped cell and he is right behind them, walking alongside with Nightcrawler and Kwannon.

X-Men v7 #9, 2024

It seems that the artists who did the pages of the fighting sequence, forgot about Jubilee's prison outfit. Earlier on, Jubilee was wearing the prison jumpsuit in the previous chapters, yet in this issue, Jubilee is shown wearing the yellow coat and full black bodysuit.

Jubilee wore the red prison jumpsuit in X-Men #8 and Uncanny X-Men #7.

In this issue, Jubilee is shown wearing her yellow jacket and full-body suit in the fighting sequence.

Yet on the same issue, Jubilee is back to wearing the prison suit again except that it's yellow.

Besides the artists and colorists, it looks like the X-Editors are really sleeping on their jobs!

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From Uncanny X-Men Vol. 6 #006, “The Change in Ourselves”

Art by Javier Garrón and Matthew Wilson

Written by Gail Simone