The “Horsemen of Salvation” Arrive in Uncanny X-Men #3: A Review

Writers: Ed Brisson, Matthew Rosenberg, & Kelly Thompson //Artist: Yildiray Cinar // Marvel “Disassembled” Part III Dinosaurs, Horsemen, and Legion, oh my. Dinosaurs, Horsemen, and Legion, oh my. Dinosaurs, Horsemen, and Legion, oh my . . . Thus goes the third issue in the weekly Uncanny X-Men relaunch.  Writers Brisson, Rosenberg, and Thompson make strides in streamlining another issue with 20 active X-Men members, an endless horde of Multiple Man duplicates, and the appearance of Charles Xavier’s schizophrenic Omega-level mutant son David Haller aka Legion. With two months to go until the “Age of X-Man” event, most X-fanatics are asking – “Where is this going?” and “Will anyone care once it happens?” If “Disassembled” can accomplish for the X-Men what the “Avengers: No Surrender” did for Earth’s First line of defense, then rest assured that Marvel, the Children of the Atom, and fans will find themselves in a much saner state.

In the previous issue, the X-Men split into two teams to deal with separate environmental anomalies, leaving the X-Mansion under the protection of its junior members. In their absence, Legion breaks through the lines of Anti-mutant protesters to warn the young X-Men that their interference will only do more harm than good. After beating a horde of dinosaurs back into extinction, Jean Grey’s squad heads to Montana to prevent Storm’s team from being overwhelmed by the rabid and seemingly endless horde of Jamie Madrox’s duplicates.  Psylocke and Jean…