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Latest book read from the library is a TPB collecting Uncanny X-Men #495-499.<\/p>\n
The story starts in the aftermath of the Messiah Complex storyline \u2013 Xavier is apparently dead (sure he is), thousands of mutants have lost their powers and the X-Men have disbanded for now. There are two distinct storylines running through this book. First, Scott and Emma travel to a San Francisco that has been transported back to the sixties to find out what has happened and track down Angel. Secondly, Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Colossus travel to Russia and run into trouble with a group called the Red Room.<\/p>\n
Another book written by Ed Brubaker and the stories were entertaining enough but I preferred the Colossus storyline as it was more action packed and concerned characters that I like better – I have always found Scott to be a whiner and his relationship with Emma to be a bit creepy. It does stand alone in that I don\u2019t think you need to know what has happened before to enjoy it \u2013 I haven\u2019t read the Messiah Complex story. Having said that I had the feeling that it is filler between the end of a major storyline and a, presumably, landmark issue 500 of the series. Entertaining but not essential unless you want to see some X-Men in sixties hippy gear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Latest book read from the library is a TPB collecting Uncanny X-Men #495-499. The story starts in the aftermath of the Messiah Complex storyline \u2013 Xavier is apparently dead (sure he is), thousands of mutants have lost their powers and the X-Men have disbanded for now. There are two distinct… Continue reading