Reviews by Mark Bourne

Uncanny X-Men #500

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Review by Mark Bourne

Friday August 15, 2008 06:38:04 pm

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COVER BY: GREG LAND
WRITER: ED BRUBAKER
MATT FRACTION
PENCILS: GREG LAND
TERRY DODSON

Pro:

Dodson continues to enchant and amaze me - his work is such bright and brilliant light. I've have been put off by X-Men since the Morrison debacle and have yet to start reading the titles with any regularity. I think from what I see from Dodson and what I know from Fraction and Brubaker, I just could become a fan again.

Con:

This is where it get's messy.

Greg Land needs to either quit comics completely or knock off the light-boxing because all his pages look like they came...

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