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Archive - Apr 20, 2008

Top of the Pile: X-Men Regurgitation

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 11:33am

 Uncanny X-MenThe X-Titles have gone through another cycle of relaunches in the wake of the Mutant Messiah crossover, most of which are disappointing.

Uncanny X-Men sees the X-Men team disbanded (again) in the wake of the apparent death of Professor Xavier. Colossus, Wolverine and Nightcrawler are touring Europe as Peter (Colossus) tries to get over the loss of his love Kitty Pryde (though we don't know exactly what happened to Kitty, since giant-sized Astonishing X-Men #1 hasn't been released yet). Meanwhile, Angel's lost in a trippy, 1960s-flashback San Francisco, and Cyclops and Emma have to try and find him. It's a decidedly low-key relaunch, but I don't mind this sort of X-downtime occasionally, and I'm willing to roll with it.