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tshepiso's review
4.5
There were so many fun stories in Uncanny X-Men Vol. 8 the most significant being the much acclaimed Brood Saga. This arc is a favourite for so many X-Men fans and I can see why. The story is basically the X-Men do Alien and I think Claremont is particularly great at capturing the psychological terror and visceral violation of aliens implanting their eggs in you and taking over your body.
Everyone had solid moments throughout especially as they meditated on the weight of their impending deaths but I especially loved Storm and Carol Danvers here. Both left me awestruck as Claremont played with letting their powers (newfound for Carol) reach magnificently cosmic scale and that power was excellently rendered by Dave Cockrum, Paul Smith, and Bob Wiacek.
Outside of the Brood Saga this volume includes a range of pretty fun stories. We see Illyana permanently aged up after time manipulation misadventures with sorcerer Belasco. The fallout of that story, especially the anguish of that lost time between Illyana and Colossus, was particularly heartbreaking.
We also flash back to Xavier's first meeting with Magneto. To be honest elements of this story are very uncomfortable, from the casual islamophobia or to Xavier's relationship with Gabrielle. But even still I can't lie it had its moments. Charles and Magneto's friendship feels so deep and real in this issue. And the point of the story, the power of love helping you persevere, is beautifully told.
I also loved the return of Dracula as we dive back in to paranormal melodrama. Storm's link to the vampire always leads to fun gothic stories and I love how it was done here. Wolverine had a particularly poignant moment toward the end of the story. A recurring theme in this volume was Logan seeing himself as the monster of the X-Men whose role is doing the morally ambiguous things the other X-Men couldn't and Storm seeing that in him and standing beside him had my whole heart.
Overall this volume was great and highlighted exactly what I love about the this series the sheer versatility of Claremont storytelling within the superhero niche.
Everyone had solid moments throughout especially as they meditated on the weight of their impending deaths but I especially loved Storm and Carol Danvers here. Both left me awestruck as Claremont played with letting their powers (newfound for Carol) reach magnificently cosmic scale and that power was excellently rendered by Dave Cockrum, Paul Smith, and Bob Wiacek.
Outside of the Brood Saga this volume includes a range of pretty fun stories. We see Illyana permanently aged up after time manipulation misadventures with sorcerer Belasco. The fallout of that story, especially the anguish of that lost time between Illyana and Colossus, was particularly heartbreaking.
We also flash back to Xavier's first meeting with Magneto. To be honest elements of this story are very uncomfortable, from the casual islamophobia or to Xavier's relationship with Gabrielle. But even still I can't lie it had its moments. Charles and Magneto's friendship feels so deep and real in this issue. And the point of the story, the power of love helping you persevere, is beautifully told.
I also loved the return of Dracula as we dive back in to paranormal melodrama. Storm's link to the vampire always leads to fun gothic stories and I love how it was done here. Wolverine had a particularly poignant moment toward the end of the story. A recurring theme in this volume was Logan seeing himself as the monster of the X-Men whose role is doing the morally ambiguous things the other X-Men couldn't and Storm seeing that in him and standing beside him had my whole heart.
Overall this volume was great and highlighted exactly what I love about the this series the sheer versatility of Claremont storytelling within the superhero niche.
rayaan54's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
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