This Issue! Things Get Worse! #126

The Uncanny X-Men #126
“How Sharper Than A Serpent’s Tooth…!”
Chris Claremont and John Byrne

Synopsis
The X-Men rush to Muir Island to come to the rescue. But who, or what, is Mutant X?

Rolling Commentary
Page 2. Good thing no one was standing anywhere near where Colossus landed, isn’t it?

Page 6. Gosh, everyone in Scotland seems to be taking the X-Men’s non-deaths rather well. Like, “I never really believed they were dead anyway” kind of well.

Page 8. Big reveal about the bad guy! Yay!

Page 12. I’m feeling shades of The Invisibles when I read this scene. I wonder, I know Grant Morrison is a fan of this era. Perhaps he was inspired subconsciously by it?

Page 13: This is very bad.

Page 14. Oh good, no jumping into Wolverine’s body. That could have been bad. Also, I think this is the first time they state openly that Wolverine’s entire skeleton is adamantium.

Post Mortem
You know how when things start getting good, you don’t really think about talking about them? Yeah. That was this episode.

Proteus gets to go crazy with his reality warping powers! Yay! Also, it’s a bloody good thing he can’t absorb metallic structures, or else the X-Men would be screwed. Wolverine’s body AND reality warping abilities? Yeah, that could have been bad.

The X-Men’s reunion was a little jarring, seeing as how Alex and company thought they were all dead. I’m willing to chalk that up to being in a desperate moment when things are going horribly wrong. Good stuff all around, and the Proteus Saga is officially on!