Kieron Gillens X-men appreciation

[gambitxremy]

It's up there with Morrison to me. I loved Ricks dark angelsaga but ua ruined it for me

[captain Qball]

Gillen is leaving Iron man for a 'huge opportunity' with Marvel. Not sure if it would be bigger than Iron Man, but maybe something in X-world?
Hopefully Marvel will make Bendis give up one of his books?

[Juggernaut Punch]

I sure do appreciate Gillen's X-Men. I hope his "irresistible opportunity" at Marvel is an X-Book.

[Neun]

He's a wonderful plotter, good at characterisation, writes well paced, intelligent stories, can pull on your emotions like no one else; and is even funny to boot. He can even write an event comic that isn't a stinker. Just a really fine writer full stop.

And, good as his uncanny, gen hope and SWORD runs were, his Journey into Mystery and Young Avengers books were arguably even better.Gavok

I never got around to reading the other books you mentioned, but I agree wholeheartedly about his UXM.

For me, the Extinction Team was the best team ever.

[CongoJack]

I would have loved to see more of the Extinction team but I couldn't really see to many things that could pose much of a problem for them.

[Hariel0079]

Gillen is probably my favorite writer. I don't think I've ever read something he wrote that I didn't enjoy.
I loved his Journey into Mystery, I think that's the best Marvel book he has written.
I really enjoyed Young Avengers, but not as much as JiM.
Uncanny X-Men Vol. 2 was just all around a great book. It even had Land as an artist for half the book, and it still ended up as the most loved X-Book here. That's saying something.

Yet no mention of his FI:UXM tie ins.

[Kid A]

I love the Extinction Team set-up, and there were a lot of neat ideas in Gillen's run, but overall I don't feel like he got to accomplish much. His run just feels like a stopgap between Schism and AvX. Which is a shame, because it had potential to be so much more.

[Lady Warp Spasm]

If only for his awesome Mister Sinister. But it was more than this, I enjoyed Kieron's run. If he was still writing X-Men, I'd be reading.

[AJpyro]

Got my hands on Gillen UXM 1 and it was awesome. Sinister is just so evil and creepy. This was also the comic that told me about Celestials and props to the ET on staring them down.

Can't wait to read the rest.

[Viteh]

Yet no mention of his FI:UXM tie ins.

Those were great! I started reading comics around the time those were coming out. I think they were my first UXM comics.

[gambitxremy]

Im glad kg gets one more story with cyclops and agent brand its a spiritual. End cap to his X-Men story

[graffiX]

For me, the Extinction Team was the best team ever.

I agree. I loved that team.

[Cable]

Loved the entire UXM run. His team was fantastic and his characterisation of Sinister was superb. If he's coming back to X-Men, I will literally jump for joy. On a side note, I'd love to read some of his independent work, if anyone has suggestions. Cheers

[gambitxremy]

Since Morrison and his new X-Men run I havent felt there was a game changer of a series until the extinction team.

I loved remenders uxf run but I felt uncanny avengers and axis ruined it

[Park Slope Pixie]

Gillen is leaving Iron man for a 'huge opportunity' with Marvel. Not sure if it would be bigger than Iron Man, but maybe something in X-world?
Hopefully Marvel will make Bendis give up one of his books?

so what was this "huge opportunity"?