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A review by crookedtreehouse
Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 1: Revolution by Brian Michael Bendis
3.0
While this is billed as the flagship title for the X-Men books, because Uncanny has always had the original numbering of the original X-Men book, this really reads as more of a companion to Bendis's [b:All-New X-Men, Volume 1: Yesterday's X-Men|16002164|All-New X-Men, Volume 1 Yesterday's X-Men|Brian Michael Bendis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1525076481i/16002164._SY75_.jpg|21764141]. The Cyclops as a political figure/leader of a mutant revolution is extremely intriguing, but I find it works better as a background story to the Original X-Men team is in the modern era conceit of All New X-Men.
Bachalo is one of my favorite X-Men artists of all-time. His work on this book is good, but not his best. I prefer his Wolverine & The X-Men work which directly preceded this. I don't enjoy Frazier Irving's art on anything, and it doesn't help that he's relegated to the Ilyana storyline, which I found so dull that I was flipping through the final issue to make sure nothing important happened during it (and nothing did).
The younger X-Men in this book don't really have a ton of personality, apart from Tempus, so the focus is mainly on how Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto, and Magik handle their changing power set and their place as leaders of a mutant revoltion that is ... smaller than you might think.
I only recommend it as something to flesh out Bendis's far superior All New X-Men run. There's nothing wrong with this title, but it's just an average X-book that you could easily skip and not miss anything important.
Bachalo is one of my favorite X-Men artists of all-time. His work on this book is good, but not his best. I prefer his Wolverine & The X-Men work which directly preceded this. I don't enjoy Frazier Irving's art on anything, and it doesn't help that he's relegated to the Ilyana storyline, which I found so dull that I was flipping through the final issue to make sure nothing important happened during it (and nothing did).
The younger X-Men in this book don't really have a ton of personality, apart from Tempus, so the focus is mainly on how Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto, and Magik handle their changing power set and their place as leaders of a mutant revoltion that is ... smaller than you might think.
I only recommend it as something to flesh out Bendis's far superior All New X-Men run. There's nothing wrong with this title, but it's just an average X-book that you could easily skip and not miss anything important.