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

Writer: Matthew Rosenberg / Artist: Pere Perez / Marvel

“Wolves get uneasy when one of their gods shows up.”

Without the Avengers or any other heavy-hitters in sight, the X-Men hold their own against constant siege. Malekith’s Bifrost giants and packs of hellish wolves led by Sabretooth square off with Cyclops, Havok, and an army of Madroxes over a baseball stadium fortified with a wall of cars and full of civilians.  Outside, prodigal son Sunspot, Mirage, Hope, and Karma are in search of Wolfsbahne and Magick. Meanwhile in Stark Towers, Magick is held captive and powerless by Hrimhari, Wolfbahne’s revived husband and “wolf-god.” Previously, he made a deal with Enchantress. If he delivers Ilyana without Rahne’s interference, the resurrection of himself and his son is assured. Typical family reunion, right? The X-Men are the hardest working team in Marvel canon.  At this point, they should have more than enough on their plate – a publicly available vaccine to suppress the X-Gene, the apparent death of the majority of the X-Men, and the One National Emergency office rounding up mutants for experimentation and weaponization. Even then, they still have time to help protect human civilians on what appears to be Midgard’s last stand.  When the issue begins, Ilyana is powerless and on the verge of becoming Sabretooth’s personal limbo chauffeur. Clouded by her loyalty to her friend and the shock of her family returned from the dead, Wolfsbahne defies Hrimhari and takes on Creed. Wh…