PUBLISHER-Marvel
By the time this issue came out I had let right at 2 years worth of Uncanny build up. Sure I got copies in the mail every month. But they got bagged and boarded and stuck in the Uncanny shortbox. Which at this time had from 100 to 281. Sure lots of them were readers copies. But it was a nice run that I had managed to assemble for fairly cheap.
After the great cover by Whilce Portacio on the pencils and the great Art Thibert on the inks. You get a story that while a fun quick read,suffers from way too many writers trying to each get their own version of what the X-men should be in the issue.
Jim Lee and Whilce are listed for plot and John Byrne is listed for plot. But it feels like a miss mash of all three.
The only reason why this issue got read back then,instead of being filed away for investment value,was everyone I knew that read comics was talking about how this was a start of a new golden age of X-men. I had long gotten tired of the annual multi-issue crossovers.
This new golden age never happened. At least not for me. I have never been a huge fan of Jim Lee's art. It is great for covers,posters,static shots. But for me his storytelling skills are just horrible. Whilce Portacio can do great art. But not bright pretty stuff like 90s era X-men.Really Thibert's inks save the art in this book.
Damn it sounds like I totally hate this issue. And I don't it just represents the end of the X-men for me. Maybe it is because Claremont is gone,and he had his problems before he left. Maybe is is the focus on art over story. But this is an issue that when I first read it I was excited. Excited enough to read Uncanny and every other damn X-title until Uncanny X-men 300 came out.
Uncanny X-men #281 gets a borrow,or if you find this for under 3 bucks BUY it. But be warned it is very very 90s Marvel.
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