Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) #99

Uncanny X-Men (1963)

by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum (Artist)

The X-Men have always regarded Sentinels as the enemy. But after, Banshee, Jean Grey, and Wolverine are apprehended in space, they may have to place trust in a mutant-killing machine that claims to want them alive.

Genres: Comics, X Men, Marvel, Comic Book

18 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 10, 1976

About the author

Chris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.

Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.

Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.

Reviews

[Tiag⊗ the Mutant · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super cheesy space adventure.

[zach · Rating 4 out of 5]

knowing it still gets better from here is genuinely so great.

[Gilbert Moreno · Rating 4 out of 5]

X Men go into space to retrieve Jean, Wolverine, Banshee, and Charles. They fight a bunch of sentinels, Scott saves Jean, until evil variants of the original x men show up?? This was Lang’s end game: creating X Sentinels to combat the real X Men.

Also an appearance of Black Tom Cassidy in this one

“You know nothing! She is our friend, our comrade in battle -- she could be... dead! And you act as if you do not even care! Well, Colossus cares!!”

Touching moment when Colossus realizes Storm is alive and she’s with them after fighting a sentinel outside the station

[salomé · Rating 4 out of 5]

it feels like un dessin animé un peu niais que tu regardais à la tv quand tu étais petit et tu trouvais ça absolument génial et quand tu le regardes maintenant tu trouves ça un peu niais mais tu ne peux pas dire que c’est pas absolument génial

[Sean Korzinski · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can see why Wolverine and Storm are fan favorites. 4 issues after being introduced they are getting some back story mentions and some really good examples of their powersets. Storm making a storm in space was awesome. Wolverine going berserk again and freeing most of the team last issue was great. A few panels setting up something with Banshee to play out in another issue.

Looks like duplicates or clones of the original X-Men will be facing off against the new X-Men now that the new Sentinels are basically Swiss cheese. Lets see how next ish goes. Really good anguish and emotion on some close ups of characters like Prof X and Cyclops. Something that is now becoming more common and I like it.

[Britt Halliburton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great issue. The advantage of these inferior sentinels is that we get to see the X-Men smash up loads of robots. Storm somehow gets to control solar winds, which is a head scratcher. Because the word ‘wind’ is used, that gives her mutant powers jurisdiction. We also get plenty of snippets of character, from Peter’s fears over his brother’s demise, Kurt’s flamboyance, Scott’s absolute rage and more besides. There it’s a teaser page for the upcoming Black Tom story arc too. The final panel is cool, but nobody’s gonna be fooled.

Oh, and the weird cover though, these atmo-spheres don’t even happen.

[James Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Sentinels have half the X-Men captive on their secret satellite base. The remaining members blast off to rescue them. All goes well until they come face to face with the original X-Men.

[Rob · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the kind of cliff hanging writing that gets me excited all over again about rereading these old X-Men books, Now I remember why I kept them. This is a Good Read.

[Korey · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2

[Madeleine · Rating 4 out of 5]

storm and colossus moment <3

[Robert Hultman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some great twists and turns and I love the style of this era, even if the dialogue is still overwritten and obvious at times.

[Vijay Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting to see this more anxious side of Storm wonder how that'll change over time

[Etienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still great mini-serie with a well done ending! Can't wait to see #100!