Originally Posted by
Captain Buttocks
I think it was just that the bar had been set so high with Dark Angel Saga. If the quality had been reversed (a story of the standard of F.E first and then D.A after) it would probably be more fondly remembered.
The pacing was a problem though - they were both l-o-o-o-n-g arcs, and there were some artistic inconsistencies.
It's odd, because I have both UXF and Astonishing X-Men in omnibus and in floppies.
At the time I got so disinterested with Astonishing because it took so long to come out, and was happier, years later when they just threw random artists at UXF to get it coming out monthly, but it damages it in re-reading as one piece.