Uncanny X-Men Masterworks (2009): Uncanny X-Men Masterworks Vol. 8

Chris Claremont · Jo Duffy · Scott Edelman

Uncanny X-Men Masterworks (2009) Vol 8, #6-167 · Marvel Entertainment

About this ebook

Collects Uncanny X-Men #161-167 & X-Men Annual #6. It's an adventure in Belasco's mysterious Limbo realm that leaves Colossus' little sister Ilyana Rasputin aged from child to teenager in a moment. Then comes a classic tale of Professor X and Magneto in their younger days, before their philosophical fallout, teamed up to take down Baron Strucker and Hydra. But the real action is the conclusion of the epic Brood Saga! Teamed with the Starjammers and Shi'ar, the X-Men are in an all-out war for survival against the sleaziest parasites in outer space.

Ratings and reviews

The Brood Saga is the most underappreciated part of the X-Men franchise. Cockrum is at his best with crazy aliens, and Paul Smith delivers the subtle details and facial expressions needed to quickly introduce a dozen characters in various stages of mind control. Even Bill Sienkiewicz makes an appearance! This is one of the last times Wolverine was truly scary.

Just like Mark P. Above, this series, later called, "...the Brood Saga...", was what drew me into the Xmen title. I was a comic fan/reader since 1974. I would ride my bike to our local newsstand. It had two spinner racks. One was DC, and one was Marvel. In the early 1970's the two companies weren't putting out a hundred titles per month like today, so that was all the space comics needed to open up vast, and fantastic worlds for fans like myself. I was a avid Ironman, Thor and Batman fan in those days, but the Xmen never truly grabbed my interest. Fast forward about a decade and I was at my family's annual reunion. As the rest of the family all sat around under our large old covered porch, my Uncle brought out a huge brown paper bag filled with comics he had just picked up from a trip he'd been on. He was only five years my senior and we shared a love of the pulp medium. Anyway, there were no comic book shops within 200 miles of our little hometown, so when he'd bought this series.

My first intro into the X-Men with the brood saga as a young teenager back in the 90s and I never looked back. Been hooked ever since.