Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age one-shot, Uncanny X-Men
526-529, Generation Hope # 1 – 5
Scott goes off the Savage Land to try and relax and refocus
after the events of Second Coming. Steve
Rogers shows up and talks to him for a
while and tries to convince him to bring the X-Men into the fold – as in, come
closer to the Avengers and the Fantastic Four and work tighter with them. He then arranges Scott to win the
Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Meanwhile, Hank has a conversation with Molly Hayes about life and
extinction and whatnot. Back in New
York, Hope is checked by Reed Richards and is encouraged to find out more about
her family. At Utopia, during a
celebration of liberating San Francisco, Scott tells Hope “no more
expectations” about her role as Mutant messiah and that he wants her to find
her family.
Hope and some of the X-Men track down Hope’s mother, who
died during the Cooperstown attack. Hope
does end up bumping into her grandmother (doesn’t tell her who she is) and has
tea or something with her. She then goes
and rescues Laurie Tromette, a Mutant who is currently having difficulty making
the transition into full Mutant-ness. Then
it’s off to Mexico to back-up Reyes and Psylocke and help Gabriel Cohuelo with
speed powers. Hope then goes to Africa
with Storm to retrieve a cold/hot manipulator named Idie Okonkwo, who feels
she’s a witch or a monster or both. The
group then grabs the animalistic Teon from Miami. Then, they go to Tokyo, where Logan and
Scott are watching the fifth light and having some beers. This fifth light turns into a big creature
and there’s a huge confrontation and battle.
Hope eventually cools him down and then they go back to Utopia. Hope and her little team learn more about
themselves and eventually, Hope strikes a deal with Scott to basically, let her
do what she wants with her team.
Meanwhile, Emma recruits Kitty and Fantomex into helping her
dispose of Sebastian Shaw. And there are
signs of a possible pandemic on Utopia.
Overall, not bad.
Very utilitarian – let’s introduce this character, let’s have this
happen, then let’s have a resolution. It’s
nothing to really write home about. The
characters themselves are not the most interesting to me, to be honest. Kenji and Idie are the only two that really
stand out. The other three are a little
generic to me. I will admit that once
they get to Utopia, things do get more interesting.
I really struggled with some of the art – in particular,
Whilce Portacio. For some reason, it
just came across as rushed and sloppy. Meh.
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