Uncanny X-Men #2 Review

Writers: Matthew Rosenberg, Kelly Thompson, Ed Brisson / Artist: RB Silva / Marvel Comics [Spoilers lurk in these words. Continue if you so choose.] “Disassembled” Part 2, the first arc from the reinstated flagship title Uncanny X-Men, makes for light reading after the 80-page issue that preceded it. In those pages, Kitty Pryde disappears and ends up as hostage, alongside Apocalypse, and the Senator whom the X-Men are framed for attacking as Jamie Madrox aka Multiple Man rants and multiplies ad nauseam, warning the X-Men they are the problem. The younger X-Men (Armor & friends) are still healing, physically and spiritually, from the Blackbird crash that led to a fight with the Mutant Liberation Front.  Meanwhile, various time anomalies emerging in both the geographic and biological nature of the planet.

Only shortly after their last encounter with Multiple Man, the X-Men receive alerts of two major threats  – Madrox again multiplying himself in Kansas and dinosaurs appearing in Montana.  Jean leads a team with Bishop, X-23, Iceman, and Northstar to tame the dinosaurs, while Storm commands a squad of Nightcrawler, Polaris, Jubilee, Cannonball, and Psylocke to deal with Madrox.. As his comrades deal with the anomalies, Beast secretly investigates the rubble of the Lab destroyed by the Blackbird, scavenging for data or for the X-gene virus that was produced there. They depart the Institute, intentionally or just absent-mindedly, leaving behind Armor, Pixie, Rockslide, Oya, …