Wow, that’s two good X-Men launches in a row. The line is still probably too big by about 4-6 books, but judging by Wolverine and the X-Men last week and the new Uncanny this week, they’ve got two solid flagships.
I buy a fair amount of comics, and I enjoy them (I’m not one of those people who buys books I’m not into), but I have to say, in recent years I haven’t had that eagerness for the next issue all that often. (I think the last time was during “World’s Most Wanted” in Iron Man, off the top of my head.) But I’m really looking forward to the #2’s for both of these books.
(from Uncanny X-Men vol. 2 #1, Kieron Gillen, Carlos Pacheco et al.)
I don’t know what the best comic I’ve read lately is, but the one I enjoyed the most is pretty likely Wolverine & the X-Men #1. It’s pretty densely packed (admittedly, it is an oversized first issue, around 30 pages), and it’s a fine mix of fun, action, humor, and cool ideas. It’s very much an X-Men book while also not feeling like what’s come before. While setting up a school in Westchester is hardly new ground for an X-book, it’s certainly loaded with story potential, and Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo have assembled a cast of old and new characters that I’m looking forward to following. And while using Wolverine to sell your book is also not exactly unexplored territory, making him the headmaster is one of those things that just works, even though it kind of shouldn’t.
