Era #8, Part 18: X-Men Unlimited #18-20

Grade: D

X-Men Unlimited started as a good idea for die-hard X-Fans. Provide stand-alone X-Men tales that loosely tie back to the main storyline. I discovered that many of the early issues provided eagle-eyed readers with additional insights and Easter Eggs. By this point, however, the title is an anthology series that feels forced to meet deadlines. In this run, we have a set of regular comic stories with a Spider-Man villain, another twisted Nightcrawler family soap-opera, and a group of misunderstood monsters hunted by fearful townsfolk. It is a collection of unimaginative repeats that do not seems worth the $2.99 cover price.

[2-Stars] X-Men Unlimited #18 - "Once an X-Man....." Gambit is back from the Antarctic still haunted by his past working for Mister Sinister. Rather than go back to the X-Men, Remy returns to his roots as a master thief, but his most recent job pits him against Hydro-Man.

[2-Stars] X-Men Unlimited #19 - "Unforgiven"  Nightcrawler must team-up with his foster sister (and former lover) Amanda Sefton (Daytripper) to save his adoptive mother, Margali Szardos, from Belasco. It is a trip to Limbo that reveals some dark family secrets.

[2-Stars] X-Men Unlimited #20 - "Where the Wild Things Were" Generation X discover three Asgardian trolls living in the mountains of Massachusetts inadvertently terrorizing the local townsfolk (at yet another travelling circus).