Era #8, Part 22: Hunt for Xavier (Part 2)

Grade: B

Era #8 ends on a better note with the Hunt for Xavier. The X-Men finally put in some real work to find their beloved founder (who has been missing since X-Men #73). Unfortunately, they can only pin his location to two locations: San Francisco and Tajikistan. Professor X is actually hiding himself and a mannite named Nina from Cerebro. Bastion's Operations Zero Tolerance inadvertently turned the X-Men's former mutant location system into a sentient entity with a self-imposed mandate to catalog all  mutants.

It isn't a stand-out story, but it is good to see the classic team back in action against a new (and creative) threat.

[3-Stars] Uncanny X-Men #362 - "Meltdown" The X-Men's search for Professor X is put on hold when they get a call from Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. Pyro is leaving a path of scorched crops across Nebraska running in fear of an unseen enemy.

[3-Stars] X-Men (v2) #82 - "The Hunt for Charley!" Storm leads Gambit, Rogue and Colossus to a monastery in the mountains of Tajikistan. They are looking for the source of one of two mutant signatures that register as Professor X. They find all of the monks dead and a mysterious crystal barrier. On the other side hides Renée Majcomb and the mannite Nina.

[3-Stars] Uncanny X-Men #363 - "When You're Unwanted" Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Marrow race to San Francisco to investigate the second mutant signature that registers as Professor X. Wolverine reaches out to an old mystic friend in Chinatown named Black Crane who sends them to Alcatraz Island. They find their mentor and the Brotherhood of Mutants (Blob, Post, Mimic, and Toad).

[3-Stars] X-Men (v2) #83 - "Tomb of Ice" Storm, Gambit, Rogue and Colossus must protect the mannite Nina from Cerebrite Alpha.

[3-Stars] Uncanny X-Men #364- "Escape from Alcatraz" Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Marrow join the Brotherhood of Mutants (Blob, Post, Mimic, and Toad) to protect Professor X from Cerebrite Beta.

[3-Stars] X-Men (v2) #84 - "Dream's End!" Professor X and his X-Men versus Cerebro and his Cerebrites (Alpha and Beta).

[3-Stars] Uncanny X-Men #365 - "Ghost Of X-Mas Past!" It is the night before Christmas, and Colossus is haunted by a mysterious spirit with a message for him to remember.