Bishop Steps Up in Uncanny X-Men #8 Review

Writers: Kelly Thompson, Ed Brisson, and Matthew Rosenberg // Artist: R.B. Silva //Marvel “Disassembled” Part VIII If teamwork makes the dream work, then Xavier’s Children of the Atom are living a nightmare these days.  In the previous issue, the X-Recruits (Armor, Pixie, Rockslide, and Glob) found themselves trapped in the “Age of Apocalypse” with a year of experiences, memories, and physical changes.  Now divided into factions, Armor is swayed by her the logic that the only way to save their world is to kill X-Man while he is powerless in the AoA dimension. Feeling abandoned by the veteran X-Men, the last hope lies with some one willing to go in after the X-Recruits — someone with experience — someone like Bishop.

Confused and overwhelmed, the main X-Men team in British Columbia continues a fruitless fight with Nate Grey’s Horseman of Salvation. Even though their leader has finished with the X-Recruits, Magneto, Blob, and Omega Red are still loyal and powerful. In the midst of all of this Kitty Pryde frees herself, along with Senator Allen and Apocalypse, once X-Man can no longer suppress her powers. Aside from the initial shock of a temporary truce with Apocalypse, the X-Men suffer a case of too many leaders. Over the course of the arc, writers Brisson, Thompson, and Rosenberg have set up an interesting dynamic with the tensions and personality clashes amongst that X-Men that allow for the plot to feel organic and driven by actual moral tensions. Jean, Kitty, and  Psylo…