War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men #2 (of 3) Review

Writer: Matthew Rosenberg / Artist: Pere Pérez / Marvel Please leave the X-Men out of mega-crossovers. They have their own problems to work out, and diluting the release schedule with tie-ins no one asked for only triggers another eye-roll from the comic shops and fans staring into an abyss of disposable stories and comics. The biggest crime, however, regarding the “War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men” mini-series is its placement within the legacy numbering system adopted by Marvel.  Already controversial with how it actually tallies the numbering of previous volumes to end up with Legacy numbers, now they are just outright disrespectful with continuity and the emotions of fans. In Uncanny X-Men #17 (LGY# 639), the main X-members mourn the murder of Wolfsbane, while Wolverine enlists their prisoner Kwannon to help him track the perpetrators.  The controversy of that issue rested in the fact that the murder of Wolfsbane was written as a not-so-subtle, and more than a little naîve, allegory to transphobic murders. Insult to injury gets rubbed in with sea salt in the pages of the War of the Realms, which also carry the Legacy numbering – issues one through three of the mini-series correlates to Legacy #635 – 638.  As the War of the Realms mini-series ships in between the regular release dates of the flagship title, the title still features Wolfsbane very much alive. Not only is it disrespectful to the character for the shipping schedule to be planned in such a way, but also to fan…