Marvel Comics
Uncanny X-Men #506
By Hervé St-Louis February 22, 2009 - 12:34
Publisher(s): Marvel Comics
Writer(s): Matt Fraction
Penciller(s): Terry Dodson
Inker(s): Rachel Dodson
Colourist(s): Justin Ponsor
Letterer(s): Joe Caramagna
Cover Artist(s): Terry Dodson
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Colossus goes undercover to find what a group of Russian
mobsters are smuggling, only to find a container full of Russian women who
claim to be former mutants. Elsewhere former mutants are now seeking asylum
with the X-Men. Beast and Angel are fighting giant crabs. Let’s hope they
changed their underwear before flying off to this crazy clone of the island of Doctor
Moreau.
Fraction really let me down this issue. Of all the
projects he’s involved with at Marvel Comics, this is the weakest. First, I
have no idea who the guy in the fedora and the other guy with the technical
wizardry is. Is it Madison Jeffries? The fake island of Doctor Moreau and the
giant lizard remind me of Fing Fang Foom and the Monster Island creatures. I’m
not sure how original Fraction is this issue. I thought this series would be
entertaining, but I was bored instead.
Dodson creates beautiful people. He’s like a
modern Adam Hughes, but with more angular designs. He does a great job in this
issue, but even his sugar-coated illustrations can’t coat a weak story.