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Updates Mondays... and now some Thursdays! Reflecting on the entire sordid, endearingly bizarre history of the Uncanny X-Men from the very beginning. Follow on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profil...
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UNCANNY X-CERPTS is a (more or less) weekly trip through the history of X-Men!
Recapping/Analyzing/Shooting the shit about 400+ issues and counting!
Recapping/Analyzing/Shooting the shit about 400+ issues and counting!
I'd have been quite all right if Sinister's apparent death at the end of Inferno was the end of him, and the whole tangled metastory that sprang up with him, Apocalypse, Cable etc kind of suffocates the X-Men in the 90s.
Mr. Sinister.
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I'd have been quite all right if Sinister's apparent death at the end of Inferno was the end of him, and the whole tangled metastory that sprang up with him, Apocalypse, Cable etc kind of suffocates the X-Men in the 90s.
Meet the X-Men, a team of mutants sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them!
Think you know the story? Think again! We've got the new history at UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
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Think you know the story? Think again! We've got the new history at UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
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UNCANNY X-MEN #378: First & Last Part 1
Meet the X-Men, a team of mutants sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them!
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November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Meet the X-Men, a team of mutants sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them!
Think you know the story? Think again! We've got the new history at UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
uncanny-xcerpts.blogspot.com/2025/11/unca...
Think you know the story? Think again! We've got the new history at UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
uncanny-xcerpts.blogspot.com/2025/11/unca...
For what it's worth, this doesn't make any sense, but it's cool so you just gotta let it be.
Cyclops firing his eyebeams out of the spaceship via a ruby quartz dome is so cool.
I didn't mention it then, but the Blackbird vs. Sidran Hunter battle a few issues ago has it that the Blackbird's windshield is now treated so Scott can blast through them without destroying them.
I didn't mention it then, but the Blackbird vs. Sidran Hunter battle a few issues ago has it that the Blackbird's windshield is now treated so Scott can blast through them without destroying them.
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
For what it's worth, this doesn't make any sense, but it's cool so you just gotta let it be.
My favourite Dave Cockrum drawn issue!
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My favourite Dave Cockrum drawn issue!
I liked the animated version of Beast that was cultured and always pulling literary quotes, but at some point the comics decided he should be the embodiment of what it's like to be obsessed with science but have no background in humanities.
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I liked the animated version of Beast that was cultured and always pulling literary quotes, but at some point the comics decided he should be the embodiment of what it's like to be obsessed with science but have no background in humanities.
Apocalypse wants Nate Grey's body!
Wait, that doesn't sound right. I just mean he wants to be *inside* Nate.
Nope, still not it.
I struggle with phrasing in this week's UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
Wait, that doesn't sound right. I just mean he wants to be *inside* Nate.
Nope, still not it.
I struggle with phrasing in this week's UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
X-MEN #97: The End of the World As We Know It Part Two
The Twelve Fight Back!
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November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Apocalypse wants Nate Grey's body!
Wait, that doesn't sound right. I just mean he wants to be *inside* Nate.
Nope, still not it.
I struggle with phrasing in this week's UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
Wait, that doesn't sound right. I just mean he wants to be *inside* Nate.
Nope, still not it.
I struggle with phrasing in this week's UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Yeah, it's gonna be ok.
Yeah, it's gonna be ok.
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Yeah, it's gonna be ok.
Yeah, it's gonna be ok.
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Happy Birthday to both Chris Claremont and Storm!
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Happy Birthday to both Chris Claremont and Storm!
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"Just be cool, ok?"
Putting my writing back up, at least until regret sets in.
Putting my writing back up, at least until regret sets in.
Fiction
In addition to being an X-Men fan, I'm also a writer, and occasionally that translates to being a writer of creative fiction. In this sectio...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"Just be cool, ok?"
Putting my writing back up, at least until regret sets in.
Putting my writing back up, at least until regret sets in.
I'm at the Cyclops!
I'm at the Apocalypse!
I'm at the combination Cyclops and Apocalypse!
The Twelve attempt to stave off world domination in this week's UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
I'm at the Apocalypse!
I'm at the combination Cyclops and Apocalypse!
The Twelve attempt to stave off world domination in this week's UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
X-MEN #97: The End of the World As We Know It Part Two
The Twelve Fight Back!
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I'm at the Cyclops!
I'm at the Apocalypse!
I'm at the combination Cyclops and Apocalypse!
The Twelve attempt to stave off world domination in this week's UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
I'm at the Apocalypse!
I'm at the combination Cyclops and Apocalypse!
The Twelve attempt to stave off world domination in this week's UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
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People are asking, so let me explain the "67" meme.
You see: if cows had tools, they would not be very good tools...
You see: if cows had tools, they would not be very good tools...
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
People are asking, so let me explain the "67" meme.
You see: if cows had tools, they would not be very good tools...
You see: if cows had tools, they would not be very good tools...
Many years ago on Twitter, I hosted a series of polls to determine a ranking for every Claremont Uncanny!
What do you think of the results?
Were you there, or do you merely wish you had been?
What do you think of the results?
Were you there, or do you merely wish you had been?
The Best of Claremont Uncanny
As we neared the final issues of Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men run, I wanted to look back and celebrate this monumental achievement (both...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Many years ago on Twitter, I hosted a series of polls to determine a ranking for every Claremont Uncanny!
What do you think of the results?
Were you there, or do you merely wish you had been?
What do you think of the results?
Were you there, or do you merely wish you had been?
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Cyclops!
Phoenix!
Professor X!
Magneto!
Polaris!
Mikhail!
Storm, Iceman and Sunfire!
Cable and Bishop!
Leonard Bernstein!
The Twelve Fight back against Apocalypse!
All this plus birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, BOOM in a new UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
Phoenix!
Professor X!
Magneto!
Polaris!
Mikhail!
Storm, Iceman and Sunfire!
Cable and Bishop!
Leonard Bernstein!
The Twelve Fight back against Apocalypse!
All this plus birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, BOOM in a new UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
X-MEN #97: The End of the World As We Know It Part Two
The Twelve Fight Back!
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November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Cyclops!
Phoenix!
Professor X!
Magneto!
Polaris!
Mikhail!
Storm, Iceman and Sunfire!
Cable and Bishop!
Leonard Bernstein!
The Twelve Fight back against Apocalypse!
All this plus birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, BOOM in a new UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
Phoenix!
Professor X!
Magneto!
Polaris!
Mikhail!
Storm, Iceman and Sunfire!
Cable and Bishop!
Leonard Bernstein!
The Twelve Fight back against Apocalypse!
All this plus birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, BOOM in a new UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
Feels weird to be rooting *for* Senator Kelly... 🤔
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Feels weird to be rooting *for* Senator Kelly... 🤔
"Just be cool, ok?"
Putting my writing back up, at least until regret sets in.
Putting my writing back up, at least until regret sets in.
Fiction
In addition to being an X-Men fan, I'm also a writer, and occasionally that translates to being a writer of creative fiction. In this sectio...
uncanny-xcerpts.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"Just be cool, ok?"
Putting my writing back up, at least until regret sets in.
Putting my writing back up, at least until regret sets in.
I never got around to reading this besides an issue or two that were perhaps beyond me at the time. I'd be interested to see if it holds up (despite modern feelings about JMS' work.)
Check out this write-up about J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars by Greg Orlando from the 1999 Wizard Fathom Special.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I never got around to reading this besides an issue or two that were perhaps beyond me at the time. I'd be interested to see if it holds up (despite modern feelings about JMS' work.)
Cyclops!
Phoenix!
Professor X!
Magneto!
Polaris!
Mikhail!
Storm, Iceman and Sunfire!
Cable and Bishop!
Leonard Bernstein!
The Twelve Fight back against Apocalypse!
All this plus birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, BOOM in a new UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
Phoenix!
Professor X!
Magneto!
Polaris!
Mikhail!
Storm, Iceman and Sunfire!
Cable and Bishop!
Leonard Bernstein!
The Twelve Fight back against Apocalypse!
All this plus birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, BOOM in a new UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
X-MEN #97: The End of the World As We Know It Part Two
The Twelve Fight Back!
uncanny-xcerpts.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Cyclops!
Phoenix!
Professor X!
Magneto!
Polaris!
Mikhail!
Storm, Iceman and Sunfire!
Cable and Bishop!
Leonard Bernstein!
The Twelve Fight back against Apocalypse!
All this plus birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, BOOM in a new UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
Phoenix!
Professor X!
Magneto!
Polaris!
Mikhail!
Storm, Iceman and Sunfire!
Cable and Bishop!
Leonard Bernstein!
The Twelve Fight back against Apocalypse!
All this plus birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, BOOM in a new UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
I started back on this today, so look for me on AO3 in the near future.
Warning: Banal discussion of the writer's fanfic within
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I started back on this today, so look for me on AO3 in the near future.
I would do this but I would be surprised if there was a film set but not shot here.
Anyway, a movie that takes place where I'm from
Anyway, a movie that takes place where I'm from
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I would do this but I would be surprised if there was a film set but not shot here.
Anyway, a movie that takes place where I'm from
Anyway, a movie that takes place where I'm from
As someone who has never read Tomb of Dracula, that's interesting to learn.
Okay, a bit of special interest pedantry: This isn't how Dracula's aversion to religious artifacts worked, either in the original novel or in Marvel's Tomb of Dracula series. The faith of the person wielding it makes no difference.
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
As someone who has never read Tomb of Dracula, that's interesting to learn.
I have more thoughts about tis skeet than can be contained in a skeet, but anyway Bullski is as usual right on.
FOUR ISSUES. No fat, no crossovers, no tie-ins. And yet it's an epic unmatched by any of its descendants and doesn't overstay its welcome, with the fallout mostly contained in Rachel's personal plots and Nimrod. Even something like HoX/PoX is TWELVE issues these days.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I have more thoughts about tis skeet than can be contained in a skeet, but anyway Bullski is as usual right on.
Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is "Ich bin Herr Fahrenheit!"
“We will go to the moon. We will make a satellite, out of control. A rocket ship to mars. We will make atom bombs about to explode. We will burn through the sky at the speed of light. We will do these things and the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. Don’t stop me!”
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is "Ich bin Herr Fahrenheit!"
All of this was inspired, oddly enough, by The Twelve, and trying to imagine a story in which any of this Apocalypse stuff was conceived of from the beginning, instead of very clearly made up on the spot. (Poc doesn't figure in my ideas though... yet.)
Warning: Banal discussion of the writer's fanfic within
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
All of this was inspired, oddly enough, by The Twelve, and trying to imagine a story in which any of this Apocalypse stuff was conceived of from the beginning, instead of very clearly made up on the spot. (Poc doesn't figure in my ideas though... yet.)
Warning: Banal discussion of the writer's fanfic within
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Warning: Banal discussion of the writer's fanfic within
The Bish is Back!
Bishop and Deathbird resume their lovers quarrel -- with Apocalyptic implications -- in this week's UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
Bishop and Deathbird resume their lovers quarrel -- with Apocalyptic implications -- in this week's UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
UNCANNY X-MEN #377: The End of the World As We Know It
The X-Men do not feel fine as they take on Apocalypse
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November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Bish is Back!
Bishop and Deathbird resume their lovers quarrel -- with Apocalyptic implications -- in this week's UNCANNY X-CERPTS!
Bishop and Deathbird resume their lovers quarrel -- with Apocalyptic implications -- in this week's UNCANNY X-CERPTS!