Era #10, Part 06: X-Corps (Uncanny X-Men)

Grade: B

Joe Casey ends his run with two solid stories. He concludes the Church of Humanity arc in which we learn more about a religious order that reasons the best way to protect humans by purging mutants. While I think that it leans a bit too heavy on Catholic imagery (their leader is the "Supreme Pontiff", for example), I completely appreciate the use of zealotry to create a singular purpose in which those that aren't the same as us are hunted in the name of God. 

Along those same lines comes an even better storyline from the opposite angle. Banshee's pain at Moria's death leads him to take Xavier's Dream in a new direction. Recruiting mutants such as his students from Generation X, he forms a well-funded, international police force to find and protect mutants in ways that he was unable to do in any of his other roles. He adds known criminals into the ranks (such as the Blob) and that draws the attention of the X-Men. Things begin to unravel as the team learns that Banshee's focused mission hides a dangerously exploitable blindspot.

There is a lot to unpack during Joe Casey's run. He pushes a few boundaries that force us to relook at the X-Men struggles as a minority group through a new lens. 

[5-Stars] Uncanny X-Men (1963) #400

[5-Stars] Uncanny X-Men (1963) #401 (Nuff Said)

[4-Stars] Uncanny X-Men (1963) #402

[7-Stars] Uncanny X-Men (1963) #403

[7-Stars] Uncanny X-Men (1963) #404

[7-Stars] Uncanny X-Men (1963) #405

[7-Stars] Uncanny X-Men (1963) #406

[5-Stars] Uncanny X-Men (1963) #407

[6-Stars] Uncanny X-Men (1963) #408

[6-Stars] Uncanny X-Men (1963) #409

Collected in X-Men: X-Corps