NEW X-MEN #118: Germ-Free Generation (One of Three)

The X-Men continue investigating John Sublime

August 2026 Patreon Roundup: Captive Hearts

Our first post this month covered New X-Men Annual 2001, by Grant Morrison and Leinil Francis Yu, in which the X-Men go to Hong Kong on the trail of an illegal organ smuggling ring headed by "U-Man" influencer John Sublime. There they meet Xorn, a mysterious mutant with a star for a brain, whose powers might pave the way for a better tomorrow -- depending who controls him.

This comic leads directly into the next issue of New X-Men, so be sure to check it out!

Next, we checked in with the X-Treme team in X-Treme X-Men #5 (Claremont and Larroca, of course.) They're still on the hunt for Destiny's Diaries, and have experienced a setback or two thanks to their foe Vargas, but now they've got more on their plate when Gambit is accused of a murder he almost certainly didn't commit.

Lastly, we're taking a detour from our coverage of the New Mutants to check out the first two parts of Storm & Illyana: Magik, expanding on the time Illyana spent as a captive in Limbo, returning to Earth several years older and, some would say, somewhat traumatized.

If any of this interests you, but you're not yet a member, you can join and get 50% off your first month by using promo code 1F1CF. This promotion will only last until August 27 so you'd better act quick!

Support Uncanny X-Cerpts by joining Patreon today!

 

Summer Break 2026!

 Hi all,

Just a quick note that I will be relaxing the post schedule for the next couple of weeks. We've got a new foster pup to take care of as well as a vacation that will take me away from writing for a while, so it will be good just to slow down and not worry about this site.

I will still be updating Patreon as much as I am able, intending to meet the minimum of 3 posts I promised every month. If you haven't signed up yet, you should!

Otherwise, watch the header above or our Bluesky account for news on upcoming posts.

Have a great summer,

Scotto

UNCANNY X-MEN #398: The Clash (Poptopia Part 4 of 4)

London's burning while Chamber wonders should he stay or should he go

NEW X-MEN #117: Danger Rooms

Beast teaches his new pupils, and the Professor has a shocking secret

June 2026 Patreon Roundup: The Way to Rome

The Uncanny X-Cerpts Patreon continues to be a thing, as promised!

In June, we caught up with the X-Treme X-Men as they battled Vargas in Spain, leading to a moment made all the more shocking because of what was happening outside of comics.

I also continued my work recapping the New Mutants with the third part of their 1983 Yearbook. Thrill as the youngsters are caught up in Nova Roman political intrigue, and and are bedazzled the sorcery of Selene!

Then, we delved into the world of "What If," looking at what happened in a reality where Professor Xavier became the Juggernaut. With Kurt Busiek brainstorming ways Charles could use his power for evil, this is an interesting examination of the nature of power gone mad.

You can get all of the above with by supporting us with a monthly membership, or you can get them a la carte for only $3 apiece.

As if that weren't enough, I gave a special free article where I run down ten plotlines from the 90s that I thought could have turned out a lot better than they did. If it sounds like just an excuse to complain, it's really only kind of that as I lament missed potential in stories that started from intriguing premises.

The O5 Reunite! To... fight birds.

When I launched this Patreon, I pledged to keep it in operation with at least 3 posts per month from March until June, as a trial. And it's true that it hasn't done blockbuster numbers. But I'm not ready to shut it down yet. I'm having a lot of fun diving deep into random corners of X-history that were excluded from the original blog and I want to keep going, at least a little while longer.

I hope you'll join me there, either to read coverage of random mutant stories we cover, or to show your support for this long-running endeavor of mine. 

UNCANNY X-MEN #397: A Complete Unknown (Poptopia Part 3 of 4)

The X-Men seek survivors of Mr. Clean's attack

NEW X-MEN #116: E for Extinction (Part Three of Three)

The X-Men search for answers and a way forward

UNCANNY X-MEN #396: The Glamorous Life (Poptopia Part 2 of 4)

The X-Men search for their mysterious foe while Chamber lives it up!

NEW X-MEN #115: E for Extinction (Part Two of Three)

Cassandra Nova launches her big attack

UNCANNY X-MEN #395: Useless Beauty (Poptopia Part 1 of 4)

The X-Men discover new mutants while on a mission to London

May 2026 Patreon Roundup: X-Treme Introductions

We began them month with a look at what became of Alex Summers after the his apparent death in X-Factor, a visit to the Darkest Timeline of Mutant X, where seemingly every bad outcome for every X-Men story happened!

Next, we began our coverage of X-Treme X-Men, starring Storm, Rogue, Bishop, Sage, Psylocke and Thunderbird as they search for Destiny's Diaries. Salvador Larroca provides gorgeously-rendered comic action over Chris Claremont's throwback-style adventure.

Lastly, we took a trip back to the early days of the All New X-Men as Jean takes Storm on a trip into the city and the two bond in a moment we nevergot to see between the original issues with a backup story from Classic X-Men #2.

You get access to posts like these every month when you join the Uncanny X-Cerpts Patreon! Don't miss out!

NEW X-MEN #114: E for Extinction (Part One of Three)

Amidst a new mutant baby boom, an old foe of Xavier's is revealed.

UNCANNY X-MEN #394: Playing God

This happens

X-MEN #113: Conclusion! (Eve of Destruction Part Four)

The Interim X-Men face off against Magneto once and for all!

UNCANNY X-MEN #393: Like Lambs to the Slaughter (Eve of Destruction Part Three)

Jean Grey and her new team travel to Genosha to face down Magneto once and for all.

X-MEN #112: A Call to Arms (Eve of Destruction Part Two)

Cyclops and Wolverine infiltrate Genosha

Patreon Roundup: April 2026

Every month I write three exclusive posts for our Patreon supporters that cover the expansive world of the X-Men and beyond. The more members we get, the more posts I'll do!

This month was all about the New Mutants, as I posted the first two editions of New Mutants Yearbook, a quick survey of the young generation of students' adventures starting in 1983. In the first part, they uncover a secret threat to Stevie Hunter and learn a very special lesson about abuse. In the second, they experience their first true loss, then find themselves in Rio rescuing Sunspot's mom from the Hellfire Club! Along the way they battle Sentinels, the Brood, and team up with Team America, everyone's favourite stunt-riding superheroes (who are not Ghost Rider, I guess.)

Also, we looked back at the first time the X-Men crossed paths with one of the Avengers in 1963's Tales of Suspense #49.

What will we be looking at next month? Join today and find out!

UNCANNY X-MEN #392: From the Ashes of the Past... Still Another Genesis! (Eve of Destruction Part One)

Jean Grey recruits an all new team of mutants to go after Magneto!

X-MEN #111: Prelude to Destruction: Tick, Tick, Tick...

Magneto makes his big move

UNCANNY X-MEN #391: Dad

Cyclops and Corsair hash it out on a fishing trip

X-MEN #110: One Tin Soldier Rides Away

Kitty lays Colossus to rest

UNCANNY X-MEN #390: The Cure

The cure for the Legacy Virus has been found -- but it may come with a dire price!

X-MEN #109: Ceremonies

The X-Men must find their way forward after recent struggles -- and also it's Christmas!

Patreon Roundup: March 2026

This month we launched our new Patreon account, with three exclusive posts covering the history of the X-Men:

New Mutants #1: "Initiation!" Now that the next generation of students has been gathered at the Xavier School, how will they gel together? And what is their purpose, if not to be the new X-Men? And who is menacing Dani Moonstar? This is a launch that officially makes the X-Men a franchise, exploring mutantdom from a different perspective.

X-Men: The Search for Cyclops Since sacrificing himself to defeat Apocalypse (which didn't actually happen, really) Cyclops has disappeared and is believed dead along with the X-Men's ancient enemy. When it comes to light that Scott and En Sabah Nur live -- albeit in an amnesiac, shared form where they both struggle for dominion -- Jean and Cable set out to find him and end the battle once and for all. Will the neverending battle against Apocalypse finally reach its conclusion?

Classic X-Men #1: "First Night" After defeating Krakoa and rescuing the original X-MEn, the new team settles in -- but the adjustment is not comfortable for everyone in this iconic story fleshing out the events of Giant-Size X-Men #1 and everything after.

We'll have three more posts for you every month -- with more to come if more people subscribe!

UNCANNY X-MEN #389: The Good Shepherd

Xavier reflects on his life with Moira

X-MEN #108: The Future Is Now! (Dream's End Part IV)

The X-Men race to save Moira!

CABLE #87 & BISHOP #16: Dream's End Pt II & III

Mystique's big moves continue against the Kelly Campaign and on Muir Island!

UNCANNY X-MEN #388: The Past is But Prologue! (Dream's End Part I)

Mystique makes her move!

X-MEN #107: On The Yard!

The X-Men get roped into Maximum Security!

Surviving the Experience: Uncanny X-Cerpts Enters Year 10! (Big news inside!)

In March 2017, I launched this blog in earnest, thinking only that it would be a fun, weird distraction from the horrors of everyday life. I deliberately chose myself a task that would seem to have no end, and a lot of wild swings in term of quality, but that always promised something good was coming up.

Starting all the way back in 1963 with X-Men #1, and going at a rate of one issue per week, it seemed crazy-unlikely I would last until the year 2001, the year the X-Men franchise was revitalized by creators such as Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely and a plethora of new ideas, concepts and approaches. It seemed inevitable that my attention would wane, I would get tired of doing it and find somewhere else to put my energy, or else I would simply no longer have the time.

As of right now, I have written 620,000 words about the X-Men. I have made 493 posts which is an average of  >1 per week since March 2017. That's 1300 words every week for 9 years. There's no sign that I will be stopping anytime soon.

Every year in March, I feel the need to commemorate this a little bit. There may not be a lot of people paying attention to what I do, but I did it when I was sure nobody was paying attention. I did it for myself. And I continue to do so, and just hope that what amuses me to create also amuses others to read.

Life has changed, and the world sometimes feels horrible in ways that weren't even fathomable in 2017, but the resonance of the X-Men remains, and so does my happiness at continuing this site. Instead of running out of steam, this blog has pulled me through some tough times and given me something to look forward to doing week after week.

As we move through this year, there are going to be some tweaks to the way I approach this project. As we approach a watershed moment in comics history, I have to take stock of what this blog is and how I do it.

Pulling back... slightly

I've been in a big hurry to get to the exciting watershed era of early-2000's X-Men, which features both creative highs and lows that promised to be a fun time for this blog. We've been doing two posts per week for the most part, but in upcoming weeks you'll see that pace slow back down to one per week consistently. That said, you never know when I will feel like adding a second post for the week, so keep checking back or follow me on Bluesky.

This blog will always be free to read.

If nothing else, I want this blog to always exist as a fun thing you can keep coming back to forever. It will fundamentally always be what it always has been, which is free and openly available.

I'm also committed to maintaining an ad-free reading experience, because not only do in-post ads disrupt the reading experience, most of you probably have adblockers on. Ultimately, throwing ads on a site like this is trying to get blood from, if not a stone, a very small bug. There might be some there, but not enough to justify the effort. Plus gross, bugs.

Uncanny X-Cerpts Patreon is really coming back this time, though.

As anyone can tell you, the world of the X-Men is sprawling, and has only ever gotten bigger as time has gone on. I've always wanted a venue to explore these things outside of the Uncanny X-Cerpts blog, but time and energy kept slipping away from me.

By the time you read this, the Patreon will have launched, with our first post coming March 4. You can read more about what to expect there, but here are the bullet points:

• Patreon will be the exclusive home for coverage of X-Treme X-Men as well as numerous other X-Men spin-offs we didn't cover the first time around and stuff from around the franchise. Features will be covered on a rotating basis.
• There will be one active tier to start, and a commitment to three posts per month for as long as I have 0-5 patrons. The more patrons we get, the more posts I will provide, up to a point.
• I'm committed to this status for four months, at which point I'll examine what I've been doing and see if we need more tiers, different offerings, a price adjustment, or if the whole thing is a bust.

Supporters on Ko-Fi will get some of this exclusive content, but I'll be de-emphasizing that site while I focus on getting this service off the ground.

I want to thank you all for indulging me with this. It's a huge pleasure to do this even when nobody's looking, but you always hope folks will come along for the ride.

Excelsior and all that,

-Scotto

UNCANNY X-MEN #387: Cry Justice, Cry Vengeance!

Jean faces her past!

X-MEN #106: Search and Rescue

The X-Men must liberate Cecilia and Charlotte from the clutches of the Neo!

UNCANNY X-MEN #386: For Those In Peril

The X-Men battle a hurricane to rescue an old friend!

X-MEN #105: Killing Angels!

The X-Men are attacked for a change

UNCANNY X-MEN #385: Shell Game

The X-Men battle... the X-Men??!

X-MEN #104: Painted Ladies

The X-Men try to rescue... the X-Men!

UNCANNY X-MEN #384: Crimson Pirates

The X-Men see red when pirates attack!

X-MEN #103: The Goth

The X-Men get spooky with their latest kooky clan of foes

UNCANNY X-MEN #383: Mxscow Knights

The X-Men meet some sketchy people on a Mission to Moscow