№ 491

The Uncanny X-Men

December 2007 44 pages 2.99 USD; 3.75 CAD

Synopsis

Storm escapes from Masque's capture and stops his plan to blow up a church full of humans. Xavier calls off his hunt for Magneto while Val meets with Magneto and gives him Qwerty's book of mutant prophecy.

Credits

Writer

Ed Brubaker , Christopher Yost

Penciller

Salvador Larroca , Billy Tan , Marc Silvestri , Andrea Di Vito

Inker

Salvador Larroca , Danny Miki , Marc Silvestri , Andrea Di Vito

Colorist

Jason Keith , Stjepan Šejić , Raúl Treviño

Letterer

Virtual Calligraphy , Joe Caramagna

Characters

Collected In

Uncanny X-Men: The Extremists Trade Paperback

Collects The Uncanny X-Men #487-491. Ed Brubaker early Uncanny run with the Morlocks and Masque.

X-Men: Endangered Species Trade Paperback

Collects X-Men: Endangered Species One-Shot #1, X-Men #200-204, X-Factor #21-24, New X-Men #40-42, The Uncanny X-Men #488-491. Post-Decimation, Beast desperately searches for a way to reverse mutantkinds extinction-level losses.

In Reading Orders

2000s X-Men

Brubaker's Uncanny: The Extremists / The Rise of Apocalypse (2007)

Brubaker's earthbound arcs. The Morlocks return, Skrull infiltration is hinted at. Perfectly competent, rarely memorable. The real reason to read these is the slow build toward Messiah Complex

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