This Issue! Things Get Worse! #122

The Uncanny X-Men #122
“Cry For The Children!”
Chris Claremont and John Byrne

Synopsis
The X-Men set up repairing the Mansion once they return from their many adventures. And it’s all Mesmero’s fault, when you really think about it.

Rolling Commentary
Page 3. Dude. Wolverine is awesome. I mean, that’s just badass. He’s a much better teacher than anyone seems to give him credit for.

Page 4. Man, Cyclops, you just can't deal with the fact that Wolverine got through to Peter when you couldn’t.

Page 7. Ladies and Gentlemen: Pay very close attention to this page. That is all.

Page 8. Apparently the man of Jean Grey’s dreams has the worst facial hair I have ever seen, ever.

Page 14. You have to love Luke Cage, everyone does. Nothing screams badass like a tiara and a gold silk shirt.

Page 17. Oh, man, not Arcade…

Post Mortem
Not much happens this issue, in terms of long-term plot, but what does happen is extraordinarily important. Jean’s “first” meeting with Jason Wyngarde will have major ramifications on the X-Men for over 20 years.

Otherwise, it’s sort of nice and sort of weird to see Cyclops starting to go through the motions with Colleen Wing. I know he still thinks that Jean is dead, but it’s going to be rather awkward when suddenly she isn’t anymore.

Wolverine and Colossus’ time in the danger room was rocktastic. And it’s nice to have a little bit of social commentary in comics, especially in the X-Men (which really should be all about social commentary). It’s kind of weird that it’s coming from Luke Cage, though, and not another X-Man. Still, Luke Cage is always good fun.