Ugh I cannot believe this comic is drawn by Paul Smith. Ok enough about that already. The X-Men arri

Ugh I cannot believe this comic is drawn by Paul Smith. Ok enough about that already. The X-Men arrive back on Earth accompanied by their mentor Professor X who has been off world for 78 god damn issues. This is a momentous occasion that should feel like a grand return to form, and it does to some degree, but knowing this is the very last Uncanny X-Men story written by Chris Claremont during his franchise defining 17 year run on the series, it ends up feeling more bitter sweet than anything. I’m glad he was able to get Professor X back home and provide some symmetry to his narrative. He actually did a decent job of concluding most of the plot threads that were dangling out there, but I’ll always be curious about what was supposed to come next. I guess we’ll never know. Anyway, upon returning to Earth, Professor X had to steal the Blackbird back from the UK military who were guarding it for Excalibur (since Nightcrawler apparently stole it from the X-Men during Fall of the Mutants when he thought they were dead, but I did not do a post about that and hence I completely forgot it happened, so I was quite confused during the scene where Professor X steals it back in this issue). The X-Men are planning their final assault on the Shadow King and Muir Island, one last grand adventure with the whole team together (including Chris Claremont). Let’s just savor this as much as we can. (Uncanny X-Men #278 – July 1991) -- source link

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