Uncanny X-Men Issue 494 Breakdown and Review

Bought this comic at bargain for my reference collection. The condition is… well… you get what you pay for.

This post will be divided in two parts. In Breakdown I will talk about the summarized content of the book, so it will contain spoilers, and  in Review I will talk about my opinion about this issue.

Uncanny X-Men Issue 494

Messiah Complex Chapter Ten

Brubaker

Tan

cover

Prologue

After M-Day, mutantkind neared extinction. Once hailed as humanity’s replacement, it appeared mutans, now reduced to a few hundred, would fade into oblivion. But a new mutant baby has arrived, the first since M-Day, and with it, hope for mutantkind.

Previously in MESSIAH COMPLEX

Rogue mutant Cable has kidnapped the mutant baby. Fighting through evil geneticist Mr. Sinister’s Marauders, the mercenary Reavers and the X-Men black ops squad X-Force, Cable has made his way to allas, Texas. His destination? Mutant-inventor Forge’s workshop, where he plans to use Forge’s technology to fix his time-travel device and escape with the baby.

Meanwhile, Layla Miller and a duplicate of Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man, have jumped through time with the aid of Forge’s machinery. They’ve landed in a dystopian future where mutant persecution is rampant, and have since been imprisoned and branded, while still on the hunt for secrets o the baby’s future.

Back in the present, Cable reached Forge’s lab. To hishorror, he not only found Forge wounded and bleeding on the floor, but fell victim to Forge’s attacker – the X-Man Bishop.

CHAPTER TEN:

Ed Brubaker: Writer

Billy Tan: Penciller

Danny Miki with Allen Martinez: Inkers

Frank D’Amarta: Colorist

Joe Caramagna: Letterer

Will Panzo: Assistant Editor

Nick Lowe: Editor

Alex Alonso: Executive Editor

Joe Quesada: Editor in Chief

Dan Buckley: Publisher

Cover A by: Finch, Keith

Cover B by: Simones Bianchi and Peruzzi

Breakdown

Eagle Plaza

Dallas, Texas

Baby, you ain't kiddin'

Cable was unconscious. Bishop prepared to kill the baby when Gambit and The Marauders arrived. They defeated Bishop, took the baby and depart before the X-Men arrived.

Sheepshead Bay, New York.

Mutant Relocation Camp,

80 years from now

the future is always dark

Jamie finally found Layla, both are branded and locked in the camp with the other mutants. Layla introduced Jamie with young Bishop

Eagle Plaza

Present Day

The X-Men arrived and Bishop told his version of the story. Cyclops ordered Wolverine to take the X-Force and go with Bishop. James Proudstar tried to talk Hepzibah from going but she won’t have it.

The Xavier Institute

The triplets tried to track the baby with Cerebra but something’s jamming the signal. Emma Frost ordered them to lock onto the mutant’s kidnapping the baby instead

The Outskirt of Dallas

Cable returned to his hidden jet, as he regret his inability to protect the baby. He contacted Professor Xavier for help.

End

The Review

Well what can I say… I know the general idea of Messiah Complex Story Arc and the background in the first page of the book should provide enough explanation, but other than that, I know nothing. So I can’t really review the story here.

All I can say about the story from what I’ve read in this one volume.it is compelling enough to make me want to know about the baby and what’s his connection to Cable and Bishop.

So instead let’s talk about the art. All the characters are gorgeously drawn and the lineart is. The action scenes while short, was great and exciting. Gambit, my favorite,  is cool as always.

The coloring is great but the color choice makes all scenes feel cold, except in the dystopian future scene where everything is hot but even then the warmth of the skin is rather muted.

My Rating

Art: 5/5

Gorgeous, and the drawback is personal preference so I’m not going to deduct any points

Content: 4/5

Not much happened here. The actions are short and nothing really explain. It seems like a finishing to the last chapter and bridge to the next chapter. Points up for making me curious for the story.

Messiah Complex Trade Paperback: Buy or Not

As this issue is part of Messiah Complex storyline, we have to talk about the collection.It’s kinda hard to decide from just one volume preview, but from what I’ve read it seems interesting enough. So  if you like House of M and want to know what happened next, like the art, a fan of the writer and the artist,  and have extra money,  I’ll say Buy.

Other than that, you may want to try something else.

I  myself haven’t bough it. Interested in the storyline and the art, but no munny, hehe ^^

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~ by pegahoul on September 11, 2010.