This Issue! Things Get Worse! #128

The Uncanny X-Men #128
“The Action Of The Tiger!”
Chris Claremont and John Byrne

Synopsis
The final battle with Proteus. Can the X-Men survive?

Rolling Commentary
Hey, do you think Beast is still hanging around the Mansion after Cyclops and the team just dropped everything and abandoned him?

Page 3. I just thought of something. Proteus’s reality warping powers can turn buildings in bees. So, what’ to stop him from making a new host body to inhabit? Just a thought.

Page 6. Cyclops always has the best plans…(sarcasm)

Page 11. Shit, when Phoenix goes down, you know you’ve got problems. Luckily, Wolverine cuts out a piece of him.

Page 13. People seem to spend a lot of time falling down in this issue…

Page 16. Yay for Colossus!

Post Mortem
Proteus is such a cool villain. He’s scary and crazy powerful. He also has a weakness that’s easily exploited. I mean, we’re talking Golden Age Green Lantern easily exploited. Just throw something metal at him, and he’s toast. So Colossus and Wolverine causing the most damage to him makes plenty of sense. But I’m left wondering something important.

Why the hell does Polaris do nothing beside catch people?

I mean, she’s the mistress of magnetism. If Magneto were here, he’d have just encased Proteus in car parts and that would have been that. But Polaris is left to play goalie, basically. She should really be doing something more awesome.

Alas. It’s a good issue nonetheless, filled with lots of good action and pacing. Plus, Colossus is rocking it. Good times. But guess what starts next issue?