Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils / Colors by Chris Bachalo
Inks by Tim Townsend
Now, I missed issue 7, but from the recap page, sounds like all that happened was that they all escaped Limbo and Fabio wanted off the team.
You wouldn’t be able to do that with this issue. Bendis packs so much into this issue.
Fabio makes it back home,apparently, he isn’t cut out to be fighting demons and Avengers. I read Scott’s response of “Hey, it’s not for everybody” so deadpan and casual. Since Scott was 15, he has been fighting weird things. Well, mostly evil mutants but he fought Avengers around issue 9 of the original series. Not sure when he would have fought demons for the first time. Maybe around 160, when Illyana becomes Magik?
I like how young Warren wanted to point out that he hasn’t been doing this for that long. I wonder if Bendis wrote that as this is his eighth issue of Uncanny, and the original X-Men were brought to the present from the original series eighth issue? I bet he did, as he is very clever like that.
Lived Illyana teaming with the Cuckoos to rescue David Bond. The way Karen sold out David and how fast was funny.
Really like how Bachalo uses specific colors for each scene, really makes each section have its own feel. David gets red, Magneto gets white, and Fabio gets gold.
Really adored the Magneto and Cyclops scene. Especially how it starts with Magneto doing a five minute monologue, and Scott responses to it, but after a quick exchange, Scott states, that wasn’t why he wanted to speak with him.
I sort of dug Fabio’s family, they are all over the place, but they are excited and relief and it all makes sense. We are clearly not done with Fabio.
Issue ends on Dazzler, in a new costume which I really like. I’m completely fascinated with what she keeps in that little pouch. The big pouch looks to be for a gun, which has never been her style, but now she is an agent of SHIELD, so it might be mandatory. Pretty sure they had Kitty running around with a gun during her brief stint with SHIELD.
Really excited about the next issue, I thought Dazzler was going to infiltrate the team, but maybe she is, and just needs to find them first.
Also, this cover, completely misleading in every way.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 