Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Era #5, Part 02: Uncanny X-Men #244-250

Grade: B

The X-Men begin falling apart after the events of Inferno. There is a short bit of fun as both the women and men let off some steam, but things quickly deteriorate setting the stage for a very memorable era. 

[3-Stars] 244 - "Ladies' Night" How do the X-Women cope with the stress of being isolated in the Australian outback?  Shopping!  Gateway transports Rogue, Storm, Dazzler and Psylocke to the Hollywood Mall where the ladies let off steam and deal with a minor nuisance called M-Squad (a Ghostbuster knock-off comprised of scientists that briefly appeared in Inferno). A young mutant mall-rat (the first appearance of Jubilee) secretly returns with them to the X-Men's hidden base half a world away.

[3-Stars] 245 - "Men!" The men deal with the recent tension with beer. They head to a local bar only to find themselves in the middle of an alien invasion. There are plenty of Easter Eggs and humor for the science-fictions aficionados.

[4-Stars] 246 - "The Days of Other Lights" Wolverine is the first to leave the team when he feels obligated to go on a personal mission. Psylocke spends time in the Big Apple with Carol Danvers in Rogue's body. Their respite is interrupted when Nimrod comes into contact with Master Mold merging the two mutant hunting machines into a new and immediate threat.

[4-Stars] 247 - "The Light That Failed" The X-Men join the battle against Master Mold now joined with the super sentinel from the future, Nimrod. Senator Kelly and his new wife are caught in the crossfire. It is a big battle that sees the first X-Man disappear into the Siege Perilous.

[3-Stars] 248 - "The Cradle Will Fall" Nanny and the Orphan Maker want to save the X-Men and (somehow) turn Havok, Dazzler and Psylocke into armored allies with childish minds. It is a weak story with some significant ramifications. Longshot continues to suffer from an identify crises after Inferno and decides to leave the X-Men, and the team lose another during the battle.

[3-Stars] 249 - "The Dane Curse" Polaris regains control of her body from Malice and calls the X-Men for help at the southern tip of Argentina. They are too late to help her discovering instead that the Savage Land Mutates under Zaladane got to her first.

[3-Stars] 250 - "The Shattered Star" The remaining X-Men join Ka'zar and Shanna against Zaladane and the Savage Land Mutates.

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