House Of M: Uncanny X-Men TPB Paperback – March 8, 2006

Claremont's very brief re-launch of Excalibur III seemed to lead to Davis and Claremont turning the Uncanny X-men into a backdoor for the original Excalibur characters to come out and play: Captain Britain's role as protector of the Multiverse collapses in the House of M and in that reality, the Braddocks are the royal family of Britain. The result is fun but seems completely out of place as Uncanny X-Men title and barely related to Bendis's House of M. It is, however, worth the price of admission to see Claremont and Davis work together again.

What... what did I just read?! Okay, what... but seriously... WHAT?! So much for Uncanny X-Men and more geared towards Captain Britain and Excalibur, which is fine, but you can't stamp Uncanny X-Men on the cover and then not, well, do that..? I don't know, maybe I'm out of my element here.Although most of the House of M stories are fantastic, what with The Scarlet Witch's mental breakdown unraveling all of reality and replacing it with a world ruled by Magneto where mutants are not only the genetically superior "race" but also the rulers, this story falls flat. Story wise, I DID like that there was a rift in reality that had to be sealed which would suggest that something is very amiss here, but the rest of the story is, in a sound, ho-hum.To put it in perspective, there wasn't even enough material to fill the 128 pages of this installment. The last few pages are dedicated to updated profiles on the main players of the House of M and their altered reality histories along with a few details about places like Genosha and Mutopia which are part of the landscape of these stories.Honestly, I just wasn't impressed overall despite some of the other magnificent stories applied to the House of M story arc. If you buy this as a set, sure, read it... but don't go out of your way.

Sortof a blur of a story, with plenty of action and not a lot of chance to breathe. I enjoy Claremont's writing and the storytelling here is consistent but there's just too much going on to keep up with. Alan Davis' artwork is incredible as usual, and an interesting pairing that the later two books were pencilled by Chris Bachalo who I find to be an excellent artist but in a totally different style. Seems like this should have been titled 'Excalibur' more than X-men, though, since that's really what most of this is about.

In the book the page was very good but on the cover he had a lot of tights hard to remove. Very disappointing for a collector

Looks a good story. Looking forward to reading it. Thanks.