Any writer worth his (or her) salt knows it's a good idea to play to the strength of your artist.That's exactly what Matt Fraction has done in his work on Uncanny X-Men.
Greg Land provides the pencil art here, and he's especially good at capturing expressions and drawing beautiful women.
To accommodate that skill, Fraction has provided a story that pits the X-Men - a team that already features a number of stunning females - against a team of bad guys that's entirely made up of beautiful women.
Leading the bad "guys" is Madeline Pryor, who's looking great for a dead woman. Her back story is way too complicated, but let's just say she's (basically) an evil clone of Jean Grey.
After several issues of set-up, this is the issue where the action takes over and the plot is revealed, and assuming I'm following it correctly, there should be a really controversial event happening in the next issue or two - so keep an eye out for that, X-fans.
After spending quite a few years turning out stories that didn't really grab the attention of the readers out there, the X-Men definitely seems to be back on the right track.
And, if you're a fan of good-girl art, it's a mighty attractive track, too. (Oh, you know what I mean.)
Grade: B+
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