Uncanny X-Men #4 Review

UNCANNY X-MEN #4

by Brian Michael Bendis and Chris Bachalo

It doesn't matter how old you are. Everyone is still going to fight for the top bunk.

Uncanny X-Men #4 is a much slower and less interesting issue in the series. It's  not really filler, it's just... OK. the confrontation at the Jean Grey School is only a rehash of the Avengers encounter in #3. Surprisingly, I found myself much more engaged (and amused) in seeing the new mutants exploring the New Charles Xavier School. Bendis still does a bang-up job with the dialogue (dialogue is Bendis's trademark) and ending looks like something wicked is coming the X-Men's way. However, I also don't like the inclusion of Angel into the team, and there should have been more focus on the new mutants.

Though the writer falters this month, Bachalo's art is still the eye candy that we've become used to in the last 3 issues. There's just something about chaos that Bachalo can capture so well. And though I will miss him, I'm eagerly awaiting Frazer Irving's debut in two weeks.

Uncanny X-Men #4 isn't the fun action story we've gotten from past issues, but it's still an enjoyable (though flawed) comic.

STORY: 2/5

+ The antics at the New Charles Xavier School are amusing

+ Good characterization

- Angel does not belong with the UXM

- The confrontation at the Jean Grey School is uninteresting

- The plot doesn't seem like it's going anywhere

ART: 4/5

+ Chaotic

+ Very... Poppy. (If that's a word.)

VERDICT: 3/5