'Uncanny X-Men: Devastation' - February 2019

[Snoop Dogg]

The resurrection of Jean Grey should be an actual story instead of whatever nonsense Byrne did back in the day. Byrne, not Claremont. The issue is that resurrecting Jean Grey was a mistake that shouldn't have happened at all. Either time.

One of the many important lessons we've collectively forgotten from the Claremont run was that you can kill X-Men and leave them dead because none of them sans Wolverine are that vital to the brand. Thank you, Thunderbird.

[Snoop Dogg]

And yes, it remains the ultimate irony of the franchise that Claremont's run was successful for constantly doing new things with different sets of characters, only for a lot of the books to later just regurgitate and tell stories about things and characters he did, diluting the franchise's premise while not living up to its potential, when no other comic property has this issue of infinitely navel-gazing into the void. Leaving us with a series about a school where most of the stories are about faculty.

[Force de Phenix]

The problem is Claremont's first run was groundbreaking, and radically shook up the status quo of the X-Books. He introduced many new characters, and *GASP* actually allowed the characters to AGE, CHANGE, AND GROW. Today's Marvel is obsessed with nostalgia to the point of continually rehashing those same plot points while completely ignoring WHAT made his run so iconic.

I think they realized a loud part of comicbook fandom fears change and just wants to read the same thing with slight modifications. They hate all new all different anything, which is ironic because change is what made X-Men great.

[LoganAlpha30X33]

Well Marvel had several different bouts of changing the characters and the books then didn't sell so well so perhaps they're just trying to go back to a more tried and true approach, at least to them...

[Snoop Dogg]

Well Marvel had several different bouts of changing the characters and the books then didn't sell so well so perhaps they're just trying to go back to a more tried and true approach, at least to them...

Other Marvel books don't have the X-Men's nostalgia problem. They just had legacy stories that ended, which happens all the time. If that stuff actually tanked sales, they wouldn't have done it for several years. But the X-Men are a special case where they can never escape the shadow of one specific run.

[LoganAlpha30X33]

Well those are other Marvel books, sometimes the X-Men exist in the same universe as other characters and sometimes they don't...and now we have several books that are selling very low but they keep them around...at least for now...

[butterflykyss]

Other Marvel books don't have the X-Men's nostalgia problem. They just had legacy stories that ended, which happens all the time. If that stuff actually tanked sales, they wouldn't have done it for several years. But the X-Men are a special case where they can never escape the shadow of one specific run.

hmmm I never thought about it like that. the other franchises not having nostalgia issues.

[Nick Miller]

Out of the infinite possibilities for an X-Men book conceptually, we're going to just end up with the old love triangle hell because editorial didn't realize Jean's most compelling relationship was with the ground.

Stop it! You heretic.

[Nick Miller]

Nothing's broken me like some twitter account pointing out that both Logan and Scott have six fingers.

Good lord, man!

WTF

[jalsrix]

Salvador's art is just fantastic. It reminds me of the good old CC days.
There is so much details.

Uncanny X-Men #1 art sucks in comparison.

If only the story is as good as the art...

[spirit2011]

Salvador's art is just fantastic. It reminds me of the good old CC days.
There is so much details.

Uncanny X-Men #1 art sucks in comparison.

If only the story is as good as the art...

Larroca art hasnt been so great on interiors.

[Hypestyle]

so what is the relationship between Logan and Scott now?

[AHRNIHAL]

Salvador's art is just fantastic. It reminds me of the good old CC days.
There is so much details.

Uncanny X-Men #1 art sucks in comparison.

If only the story is as good as the art...

So,still people didn't catch up on the 6 fingers?

[Dthirds3]

So,still people didn't catch up on the 6 fingers?

That's the mark of xman proving the were not worthy to go to paradise. (Or a a artist error)

[Colt Cape]

Based on what I can gather, this'll be about Cyclops and Logan teaming up while all the other X-Men are in the Age of X-Man reality, right? If so, I really hope that they can make amends.