Previously On X-Men: Luciano Vecchio Knocks ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #27 Out Of The Park

Wrapping up April with a “miscellaneous” week of assorted titles.

Generation X-23 #3

By Jody Houser, Jacopo Camagni & Marco Renna

Laura digs deeper into the mystery of the Generated as the Facility goons arrive to retake their project.

• This is the final issue drawn by Jacopo Camagni, who passed away in March. He contributed the first seven pages of the story.
• He goes out on a high note; the image of the time-displaced X-80’s bedroom covered in swirling post-it notes is striking.

I’m gonna need some of the “X-” characters to get proper names soon, but otherwise, I appreciate the increased pacing of the story here. After the previous issue-long introductions, there’s a refreshing amount of incident packed into this one.

Uncanny X-Men #27 – Book of the Week

By Gail Simone & Luciano Vecchio

The X-Men search for the Outliers, who are busy being put through their paces against some zombie Sentinels.

• We last saw Scurvy in issue #8, though it was mentioned in issue #20 that his health was “going downhill fast” (he has, like all the Avians, a brain tumor, in case you forgot that plot point from early in the series’ run).
• It’s mentioned that Monet has been talking with outsiders, including “Louisiana mutants” which seems like a reference to this book’s cast, but we’ve not actually seen her talking with any of them.
• There’s a picture of Quicksilver on Monet’s wall; the pair became romantically connected in the “Fall of X” era Uncanny Avengers miniseries.
• The Vig, a Killer Croc-esque loan shark, debuted in issue #12. Gambit seems to go to him for help awfully quickly.
• Devil Dinosaur and Moon-Boy both debuted in Jack Kirby‘s Devil Dinosaur #1 back in the 70s. They have a minor history with the X-books, having been part of the Fallen Angels in the late 80s miniseries of the same name.
• Ransom references the 1969 film Valley of Gwangi, which is indeed a Western with dinosaurs, but seems like a deepcut for a kid in 2026.
• The shock gloves Jitter uses were the gift she received from Spider-Man in issue #20.
• The “S-Men” we see here (in addition to Beast and Nightcrawler) are Thunderbird, Siryn, Colossus with Magik’s powers, Magik with Colossus’ powers, and a suit-wearing Sauron as Professor S.
• The way the New Mutants freak out when Rogue touches Cannonball’s hands makes me think there’s an art error there, and Sam’s hand is meant to be ungloved too.
• This issue seems to imply a connection between what’s happening to the Outliers and Inmate X (whose influence is growing with Scurvy growing weaker), which means it’s time for a new rash of speculation as to who Inmate X is. Reality warper suspect include both Legion (especially given the New Mutants connection) and Proteus (given the Moira connection) though both should be in the White Hot Room (not that this X-office has ever been terribly concerned with blowing up Krakoa Era status quos) and neither are telepaths (as it’s suggested Inmate X is a fellow Avian and thus telepathic). Nate Grey is a possibility, as is the telepath-adjacent but illusion-casting Mastermind (or one of his daughters), despite his recent appearance in Wolverine suggesting he isn’t locked up in Graymalkin.
• Of course, it’s also possible the two aren’t related – Sauron can hypnotize people, too and he’s right there in the story already.

Plot-wise, this is still very confusing in terms of what’s going on, but given it’s part 2 of the story, most of that is likely intentional. What really makes this issue pop is the art, with Vecchio channeling vintage Art Adams at times and simply looking all around gorgeous when he’s not. Devil Dinosaur, zombie Sentinels, reimagined X-Men; this issue is an artistic feast, and Vecchio is gorging on it all.

Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon #3

By Chip Zdarsky & Luca Maresca

Everyone converges on Prime Warriors headquarters.

• I’m not sure inserting another character into Wolverine’s Weapon X backstory, Teri O’Barnes, just to kill her off in the same story which introduces her, is worth the squeeze.
• The device Torrens has is almost certainly an Origin Box from the Ultimate Universe.
• It’s not 100% clear who the goon at the end of the issue is, but I think it’s supposed to be one of the new Super Soldiers Prime Warrior is developing.

I’m glad this is only a four issue miniseries. It’s a perfectly fine Captain America story, but Wolverine is just sort of along for the ride at this point.

X-Men Infinity Comic #15

By Steve Orlando & Phillip Sevy

X-Force fights off the Durisphinx.

• There’s an awkward sequence here where Cable tells the team to “lock and load”, and then on the next page, Boom-Boom asks him if he thinks Domino’s plan will work and when he demurs, she says she’s going to have some time bombs ready. Which, uh, is what he just told her to do.
• The ensuing X-Force/Durisphinx battle represents one of the better uses of the vertical scroll of the Infinity comics.

As with the previous arc, once you get past all the “when the hell is this taking place?” questions, the actual story is fun, if routine. The promise from Cable of some timey-wimey shenanigans to come has me intrigued.