Uncanny X-Men #6 Review

Writer: Ed Brisson, Kelly Thompson, Matthew Rosenberg / Artist: Yildiray Cinar/ Marvel “Disassembled” Part VI Spoilers? Mos def. Proceed with Caution The X-Men are a disorganized, reactionary mess of a team these days. While the veterans chase one anomaly after the other, always a few steps behind the Horseman of Salvation, the X-students have joined forces with Legion to confront Nate Grey themselves.  Chances are, the students skipped any classes they had on negotiation or diplomacy because bringing a schizophrenic omega level mutant to meet self-deified mutant hippie savior Nate Grey, who has somehow become the mutant embodiment of “The Dude” in The Big Lebowski  and David Koresh – does not compute…  Issue six of the “Disassembled” storyline finds the divisions both within and amongst the mutants reaching the boiling point.

In the previous issue, Psylocke decided that things couldn’t possibly get any worse, so she might as well unleash Archangel because at least he is not brainwashed like Angel. Enraged and stubborn, he refuses to rejoin Magneto’s Horseman, but does not disagree to lead the X-Men to Nate Grey’s refuge. In this case, a little semantics with a man haunted by the spirit of the Horseman of Death goes a long way. He leads them to Quadra Island in British Columbia where X-Man has created his own temple built from pieces of pyramids, holy places, and apparently the top of the White House. Jean Grey tries to reason with him as her timeline de facto mother, but …