New X-Men? #119 (Season Finale)

The Uncanny X-Men #119

“’Twas The Night Before Christmas…”

Chris Claremont and John Byrne

Synopsis

The X-Men go toe to toe with Moses Magnum, to stop him from destroying Japan!

Rolling Commentary

Page 2. Man, look at that. Moses’ lackeys have cute little “M”s on their belt buckles.

This is just one more reason why Moses Magnum sucks bigtime.

Page 3. Gah. Seriously, does anyone like this guy? Anyone at all?

Page 4. Well, it’s good to know the Prime Minister would rather destroy his entire country than even attempt to negotiate with a super-powered terrorist. And how come everyone must refer to Misty Knight by her full name at all times? *Sigh* And look! Moses’ lackeys also get completely ridiculous hats! Stupid bastard…

Page 8. Oh, Colossus, don’t feel bad. Any other team member (’sides Wolverine of course, but that goes without saying) would be dead if they took that hit.

Page 12. Banshee brings the smackdown. Take that, Moses Magnum!

Page 16. It’s the return of Jamie Madrox! Yay! Oh, and Havok and Polaris, I guess.

Page 17: Oh god yes! It begins! Whooo! *ahem* Sorry.

Post Mortem

I don’t know why Moses Magnum wants control over Japan, but whatever. Banshee showed him a thing or too, so huzzah. And Colossus got to beat up Mandroids™. It’s good, that.

Also, I like that there’s now a team of X-Men in Japan and a team in Scotland, though they’ll both be joining forces pretty shortly. Jean still thinks Scott and Co. are dead. Xavier is off in space. Wolverine is starting to become likable. This is pretty cool right here.

Plus, the final page is such a great first appearance for what happens shortly (I’ll give you a hint. It’s SPOILERS “Suetorp” END SPOILERS !). An excellent wrap up from what’s gone before.

Thus concludes the first volume of the Essential X-Men. Next up: Things Get WORSE!!!