Uncanny X-Men #18 Review

Writer: Matthew Rosenberg / Artist: Carlos Villa / Marvel “History books are written for people who want to remember. People like us…we want to forget.” “We Have Always Been” Part III finds the patchwork X-Men crumbling a little closer to decimation by the minute. This issue picks up not long after the controversial murder of Wolfsbahne, and the revelation by the recently joined Juggernaut that the remaining X-Men had their memories of Emma Frost either erased or blocked. As tensions and reservations amongst the group lead to more deaths and resignations, an old school X-Men villain returns with a freaky powerset upgrade.  With a major X-reboot coming from Jonathan Hickman in July, current flagship writer Matthew Rosenberg is putting the mutants through hell and back and again before he signs off. Issue #18 of Uncanny X-Men begins with Logan telling Illyana two things – he got vengeance for the murder of Wolfsbahne and that he is also ditching the team. After the deaths of Rahne and Wolfsbahne, he knows that things will only get worse.  Later that night, Cyclops leads a team to strike another target on his list – the Marauders.  Getting the drop on Mr. Sinister’s mutant assassins leads to things getting out of hand quickly as Chamber wants revenge for their infamous Morlock Massacre.

The team is unable to restrain itself, and Chambers unleashes his full powers, incinerating the Marauders.  Before Cyclops can even deal with the former Gen-X member’s insubordination, Harpoo…