UNCANNY X-CERPTS: 2020

The X-Men race against the clock to uncover a murder - without knowing who is the killer, and who is the victim!

It's storytime again!

Don't tell mom the babysitter's Wolverine!

Nimrod in my Backyard!

Thunderbird returns, Warhuntier than ever!

Hard lessons are learned when the X-Men square off against Magus!

To defeat Kulan Gath and free Manhattan from his spell, the X-Men and Avengers must team up with... Selene?!?! The evil mutant vampire witch they are constantly fighting?? That Selene??

Cover of Uncanny X-Men #190 depicting the wizard Kulan Gath transforming Xavier and Caliban into one being

The Marvel Universe gets caught up in a Sword and Sandals fantasy!

Rachel and Amara infiltrate Hellfire: Two girls, one club!

We're still fighting the Dire Wraiths I guess?

Forge and the X-Men find themselves as Brothers in Arms when Dire Wraiths attack!

Storm and Forge get acquainted.

The U.S. Government has fear of a mutant planet! Will Rogue be able to fight the powers that be? Or will it take a nation of millions to hold her back?

The X-Men get a visit... from the future!

He loves me, he Juggernaut.

Rogue: Alone... With Herself!

Fresh from the Secret Wars, the X-Men must save Tokyo from a giant green dragon!

Kitty and Storm sort out their differences...

It's Kitty's Wedding Day! Wait... what??!?

While Kitty rushes to save Colossus, Mystique mounts a rescue of her own... with deadly intentions!

Cover of UNCANNY X-MEN #177 depicting Wolverine standing over a fallen... Kitty?

Mystique takes on the X-Men - and this time it's personal.

Hi all,

It has been my pleasure to bring you these thoughts on the history of Uncanny X-Men all year long, through this crazy Spring. It's been really enjoyable to have this to bring you, and obviously the pandemic conditions afforded me some extra time to work on it so I hadn't really anticipated taking a break for a while.

With the situations being what they are in the United States and Canada, as we head toward an extended period of civil unrest that deservedly dominated most peoples' social media feeds, I will be stepping back from this blog for a bit. I do have more posts already written, but have reverted them to drafts until such time that I feel comfortable putting them before people again.

I have never made much effort to hide my personal beliefs in this blog when I deem it appropriate to do so. The X-Men are a fictional analogue for real-world persecution and resistance, and all the complex forms it takes. It would be disingenuous and a betrayal of that for me not to get involved, and elevate the efforts I see.

In the past week, I have given to a number of diverse charities and campaigns, from bail funds and food services for Black and minority communities, to other legal campaigns and personal ones such as one for the care and healing of Darnella Frazier, who was responsible for the footage of the killing of George Floyd.

At this time I am trying to put my energies toward matters productive to the current issues, and will resume this hobby at a later time, when I can better balance it between that and the everyday causes I try to champion. At this time I am working at learning antiracism and to apply it at all times, not just during the peak of a crisis.

I call on you to give what you can, contact your elected officials and join protests to make yourself heard, if you believe as I do in the need for progress, for an end to racism in law enforcement institutions (up to and including the defunding and abolition of the police force) and an acknowledgement of the unequal opportunities and experiences between majority and minority communities.

If you do not share these beliefs, you now know that I do, and I will continue to run my blog as I see fit.

All the very best,

Scotto