Author: Gail Simone
Artist: Andrei Bressan
Publisher: Marvel
Released: August 5, 2025
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Series: Uncanny X-Men 9-10, 12-16
Summary:
Krakoa has fallen, and Professor X is missing. It’s up to those remaining to pick up the pieces and find new ways forward. Rogue has rallied her own group of X-Men, splitting off from the main branch. They don’t agree with those plans. They support them, but they don’t want to be involved.
Together, Rogue, Gambit, and Wolverine have come across a new group of mutants, the Outliers. With the help of Nightcrawler and a few others, they may just have what it takes to keep them safe, but a prophecy will make this task much harder than it sounds.
Review:
Where the last volume introduced new characters and brought a different team together, Uncanny X-Men Vol. 2 took everything a step further. We still have our favorites on the team (have I mentioned how much I love having a Rogue-led team?), but things are morphing and changing.
The Outliers have been hunted from the start; it’s how they came to Rogue’s attention in the first place. That has only gotten worse, with one organization taking more and more extreme steps to get its way. It feels familiar, and it should.
While the present is ongoing, readers are finally getting answers to some questions about the Outliers. Not all the questions, mind you. It feels like every answered question simply gives me two more worth asking, but that’s good writing for you.
Further splitting up these scenes from the present are flashbacks. They don’t involve any of the primary characters, but they are oddly related to what will/could happen. In other words, the scene is being set for something. It’s a good way of teasing something about to happen.
This volume has a lot going on, and I’ve barely scratched the surface! For example, there’s a whole subplot involving Gambit. It’s pretty interesting, with a couple of dramatic scenes and a bit of comic relief, for good measure.
Overall, this was a balanced and compelling story. I’ll be curious to see where the story goes from here, assuming it does continue.
Highlights:
- Gail Simone
- Rogue-led X-Men Team
- New Mutant Teens (Outliers)
- From the Ashes
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