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New Teams on X-Men and Uncanny X-Men Are All the Rage
By The Editor
Jul 13, 2006 - 16:04:00 PM

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NEW TEAMS ON X-MEN AND UNCANNY X-MEN ARE ALL THE RAGE
  
  
New creative teams have taken over_ UNCANNY X-MEN__ and X-MEN__ and the fans and critics are in agreement: X is where it’s at for great stories and eye-popping art.  UNCANNY X-MEN #475__, by Ed Brubaker and Billy Tan, and X-MEN #188_, by Mike Carey and Chris Bachalo, have knocked readers out with their debut issues and the reorders for both books have been coming in at a Civil War-like pace.
  
Upon learning of the stellar reader reaction to_ X-MEN #188_, Mike Carey says, “I've got to admit, I was really nervous about how my first issue was going to be received - even more nervous after Ed's spectacular open on Uncanny last week.  You get so close to your own stuff, you never know whether it's any good or not: but now I can breathe again.  It's really beyond cool that so many people have given us this vote of confidence.  Now we're going to live up to it.”
  
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On how he feels, Ed Brubaker admits, “Overwhelmed, is how I feel. I never imagined I'd be writing_ UNCANNY X-MEN_, even as a kid - I wanted to pencil it once, but that's another story -- so to suddenly be here, and getting such a great response from both fans and retailers is really humbling. And seeing how much people are digging Billy's art is a real bonus. I think Billy will go down as one of the classic X artists by the end of this arc, because all the stuff I've seen from upcoming issues looks even better. We've only scratched the surface of this story, and I can guarantee you, no one sees what's coming up, especially not the
X-Men.”
  
The critical acclaim has been non-stop for both X-books.
  
Dave Farabee of Ain’t It Cool News reviewed_ UNCANNY X-MEN #475_ and says, “This old school X-fan is willing to admit
Marvel’s mutants still offer a special appeal when done right. Brubaker…he’s doing ‘em right.”

Dexter K. Flowers of BrokenFrontier.com’s Uncanny X-Men #475 review says, “Like Steve McNiven on_ CIVIL WAR__, Billy Tan has taken this opportunity to up his game, and after one issue he’s running with it like Quicksilver would if he still had super-speed. You name it, Tan pulls it off in this issue with style and panache...This first chapter looks like the UNCANNY X-MEN_ story we’ve been waiting for.”

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Marvel has also announced that both the “Supernovas” and “The Rise and Fall of the Shi'Ar Empire” story arcs will not be collected until after their conclusion.  Both the Uncanny X-Men and X-Men story arcs will be collected in an oversized hardcover first featuring all twelve issues of each arc.

The new X-writers are also creating waves in other areas of the Marvel Universe as Mike Carey is going to be taking over_ ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR__ with issue #33 and Ed Brubaker is currently writing CAPTAIN AMERICA__ (last year’s Wizard book of the year) and the critically acclaimed DAREDEVIL__.  Buckle up for a year of fantastic X-stories from these two expanding writers with art by the spectacular Billy Tan and Chris Bachalo.  Just check out these preview pages from UNCANNY X-MEN #476__ and X-MEN #189_ for further proof.

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X-MEN #190  
Written by MIKE CAREY
Pencils & Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99
FOC – 8/3, On Sale – 8/23/2006

UNCANNY X-MEN #477  (JUN061997)
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by CLAYTON HENRY
Cover by JOHN WATSON
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99
FOC – 7/13, On Sale – 8/2/2006



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