The story hinges on a fringe group's desire to take advantage of the Catholic dogma relating to the rapture. Surprise! To the Catholic Church, all forms of millenarianism (such as the rapture) are not dogma, but heresy! Pretty big plot hole. Keep this one in the warehouses, where it belongs.


not bad, but definately not the best   November 4, 2003
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I agree that the whole plot with Lorna was a bit over the top and kinda shallow. Plus Nightcrawler, my fav character btw, is shown as kinda a whimp, which is absolutely not his character. The only good plot i can say is the one with Sammy. He's a really cool and interesting addition. It's worth a read bc it leads up to the current story line "Draco", which has been pretty good so far, along with some excellent artistry. So go to borders and read the book, then start collecting the current issues.


Austen just doesn't get the X-Men   October 21, 2003
 9 out of 10 found this review helpful

This was just about when I realized I just couldn't justify blowing money every month on "Uncanny X-Men" anymore. Chuck Austen, although he has shown some talent on books like "Superman: Metropolis," is totally wrong for this series. Iceman and Polaris are written entirely out of character, Havok's relationship with "Nurse Annie," which bordered on the necrophilic to begin with, just went into plain goofy at this point, and Austen went to great lengths to essentially cut out the heart of Nightcrawler, one of the few characters in comics to devoutly express any religious faith whatsoever. This isn't an X-Men I want to read, and I'm gone as long as Austen is around. Thank Heavens we still have Grant Morrison writing "New X-Men"... for now.