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In the wake of ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', a new series of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' began as part of the Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel initiative, written by Cullen Bunn, with art primarily by Greg Land and Ken Lashley. The series featured a darker roster of characters doing what they have to when mutants once again become an endangered species. The roster included [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] (still inverted from ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}''), [[Characters/MarvelComicsMonetStCroix M]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Archangel]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]] and Fantomex.

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In the wake of ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', a new series of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' began as part of the Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel initiative, written by Cullen Bunn, with art primarily by Greg Land and Ken Lashley. The series featured a darker roster of characters doing what they have to when mutants once again become an endangered species. The roster included [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] (still inverted from ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}''), [[Characters/MarvelComicsMonetStCroix M]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Archangel]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]] and Fantomex.



* InNameOnly: Many have noted that the series sounds and looks like it has more in common with ''Comicbook/XForce'' than a traditional ''Uncanny'' run. Specifically, it's almost a carbon copy of the third X-Force volume in both its premise and scope.

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* InNameOnly: Many have noted that the series sounds and looks like it has more in common with ''Comicbook/XForce'' ''ComicBook/XForce'' than a traditional ''Uncanny'' run. Specifically, it's almost a carbon copy of the third X-Force volume in both its premise and scope.
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In the wake of ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', a new series of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' began as part of the Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel initiative, written by Cullen Bunn, with art primarily by Greg Land and Ken Lashley. The series featured a darker roster of characters doing what they have to when mutants once again become an endangered species. The roster included ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} (still inverted from ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}''), [[ComicBook/MonetStCroix M]], Archangel, ComicBook/{{Mystique}} and Fantomex.

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In the wake of ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', a new series of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' began as part of the Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel initiative, written by Cullen Bunn, with art primarily by Greg Land and Ken Lashley. The series featured a darker roster of characters doing what they have to when mutants once again become an endangered species. The roster included ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] (still inverted from ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}''), [[ComicBook/MonetStCroix [[Characters/MarvelComicsMonetStCroix M]], Archangel, ComicBook/{{Mystique}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Archangel]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]] and Fantomex.



** Magneto will have you know he has no intention of being either [[Literature/TheBible Moses]] or [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} Ra'as al Ghul]].

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** Magneto will have you know he has no intention of being either [[Literature/TheBible Moses]] or [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} Ra'as [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]].
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** In an annual, a couple of guys are talking, one telling about a guy he was beating up who turned out to have a [[Film/BatmanVsSuperman mother sharing a name with his mother]].

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** In an annual, a couple of guys are talking, one telling about a guy he was beating up who turned out to have a [[Film/BatmanVsSuperman [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice mother sharing a name with his mother]].
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In the wake of ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', a new series of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' began as part of the Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel initiative, written by Cullen Bunn, with art primarily by Greg Land and Ken Lashley. The series featured a darker roster of characters doing what they have to when mutants once again become an endangered species. The roster included ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} (still inverted from ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}''), [[ComicBook/MonetStCroix M]], Archangel, ComicBook/{{Mystique}} and Fantomex.

Notably, this is the first time the ''Uncanny X-Men'' series was definitively ''not'' considered the flagship X-Men series, which was ''ComicBook/ExtraordinaryXMen''.

The series ended after 19 issues to begin ''{{ComicBook/ResurrXion}}''.
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!!The fourth volume provides examples of the following tropes:
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Whenever there was danger, Sabretooth's first priority was protecting Monet over anyone else, including their team & the mutants they were supposed to help.
* ArtisticLicenceBiology: When the caskets of the mutants who [[spoiler:chose to freeze themselves until the terrigen mists were gone]] are broken, [[spoiler: they pretty much just get up and walk off. Despite having been frozen in liquid nitrogen mere minutes earlier!]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: Creed & Monet have a constant [[SnarkToSnarkCombat snark-fest]]. Psylocke even tells them at one point to just [[GetARoom get a room]].
* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: Kinda sorta used by Exodus, who is targeting mutants kidnapped by the villainous Someday Corporation and giving them telepathic "nudging" to work for him instead. Magneto flips out over this, despite doing '''[[{{Hypocrite}} worse]]''' to the [[SlaveMooks Marauders]] in his 2014 solo series (which this run is more or less a direct continuation of).
* TheBusCameBack: Exodus and Elixir make a surprise reappearance in issue 19, saving Magneto from a slow death courtesy of Psylocke.
* TheChampion: Sabretooth for Monet early on, however [[DontYouDarePityMe unwanted]] it was. Later he falls into FailureKnight territory when he tries to help Monet with her Emplate-curse but only makes things worse, despite having the best intentions toward her.
* ContinuityNod: Magneto allying with the Hellfire Club is an obvious nod to his dalliance with them in Claremont's legendary run.
* CurbStompBattle:
** The pacifistic Shen Xorn single-handedly curb-stomps the Dark Riders.
** Exodus is also given one of these courtesy of Magneto, though writer Cullen Bunn hinted [[http://www.cbr.com/exodus-x-plained-a-point-by-point-history-of-the-mutant-messiah/ in an interview]] that Ex may have [[ILetYouWin let him win]] that one.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The team has a '''really''' dark roster. Magneto is already a borderline VillainProtagonist at his best, but Archangel has been a psychotic murderer before, Fantomex constantly feels an urge to kill, and Sabretooth still has an incredibly high body count. The team is much darker than any previous incarnation of the X-Men. See InNameOnly.
** Elixir was already going down this route, but he cranks it up a notch here, doing things like torturing the Dark Riders by continuously killing and resurrecting them with his powers.
** M's characterization is also given a DarkerAndEdgier turn. Unlike the above characters, she has not been a particularly dark character before, but here she is written as being perfectly willing to risk a mutant's life by going into his mind "like a bull in a china shop" to get information Magneto wants, although this is played as being due to the influence of [[spoiler:her brother]].
* DirtyBusiness: Is what the team focuses on.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Monet with Creed. She usually responded defensively or dismissively whenever he showed protectiveness or concern for her.
* EnemyMine: Magneto's X-Men form an alliance with the Hellfire Club.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Creed x Monet. Psylocke, Callisto, and Emplate make comments about their relationship regarding their behavior toward each other.
* EvilInc: Someday Corp, a company that is capitalizing on the mutant-killing Terrigen Mists by offering desperate mutants a chance to be put into stasis until the Mists pass. Predictably, their motives are anything but benign.
* TheFellowshipHasEnded: As of issue 19 Magneto's X-Men have scattered to the four winds, broken up partly by Erik's ruthless leadership style and partly by external forces.
* FlirtingUnderFire: Goes straight into GetARoom. As part of the ShipTease, Psylocke calls Creed & Monet out on seemingly flirting while fighting enemies.
--> '''Psylocke:''' Are you two still bickering? Why not just get a room.
--> '''Monet:''' Why Psylocke, do I detect a hint of jealousy?
--> '''Psylocke:''' Not hardly. But if you two have time to squabble...or flirt -if that's what you two are doing...then I can't be convinced we were all needed for this mission.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While technically a foreground event, when Angel [[spoiler:renews his sense of purpose]], Magneto stands up to state the fact, letting Angel fall to the ground.
* TheHeart: Stated by WordOfGod to be Sabretooth -noting him as possibly the most heroic member on the team.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Magneto thinks it is a cruel irony that his preparations for the possibility that Psylocke would try to kill him is the very thing that led to her deciding he must die.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He doesn't make it an accusation as such, but when Psylocke is hunting him, Erik muses that it's odd that it was his ruthlessness that would turn her against him.
-->'''Magneto:''' Psylocke is nothing if not the ''embodiment'' of those ''pitiless'' traits.
* IdiotBall: The trained assassin Psylocke inflicts a fatal wound on Magneto and then leaves him to die slowly rather than finish him off. '''Of course''' help arrives for Magneto moments after she leaves in the form of the two omega-level mutants who feel indebted to him.
* InNameOnly: Many have noted that the series sounds and looks like it has more in common with ''Comicbook/XForce'' than a traditional ''Uncanny'' run. Specifically, it's almost a carbon copy of the third X-Force volume in both its premise and scope.
* {{Irony}}: Magneto feels it is this that [[spoiler:the sword that kills/mortally wounds him, despite being a psychic blade]] feels like it is made of metal.
* ItsPersonal: Psylocke takes this attitude towards Magneto after telling him she'll kill him if he goes too far in the name of mutantkind and Erik of course going on to do exactly that.
* MindRape: Mystique's encounter with Exodus does '''not''' end well for her.
* MoralityChain: Monet for Creed. Near the run's end, he knows his inversion is wearing off and thinks about needing to fight for something to stay on track. That something was his desire to help Monet & keep his promise to her.
* ReformedButRejected: No one really trusts Sabertooth and Callisto tries to out and out kill him when he and M arrive to help the Morlocks.
* SealedEvilInACan: Magneto puts Exodus into stasis after defeating him, referring to him as a "[[SealedBadassInACan failsafe]]" when asked by Xorn about him. As of issue 19 he's back, making that one of his shortest sealings ever.
* SequelSeries: It's basically a continuation of Bunn's ''ComicBook/{{Magneto}}'' run.
* ShipTease:
** The series brings back the Psylocke/Angel relationship, which was previously shelved once Angel lost his memory in favor of Psylocke/Fantomex. It also helps that [[WordOfGod Bunn]] outright told fans in an X-Position that Betsy would not be paired up with Fantomex this time around.
** M and Sabretooth are attracted to each other. Psylocke makes two comments on them -calling out their FlirtingUnderFire & comparing them to [[OutlawCouple Starkweather & Fugate]]. Callisto refers to Monet as Creed's girlfriend at one point.
*** [[WordOfGod Bunn]] mentioned that Creed would have a romance later in the story -and not with Psylocke. When asked about Mystique -Creed's off-and-on love interest, [[http://cullenbunn.tumblr.com/post/135423148579/are-mystique-and-sabretooth-on-good-terms-at-the Bunn replied that they weren't on good terms]]. Both statements hint at Monet being the love interest. Most recently, [[https://twitter.com/cullenbunn/status/1009239337588940803 he all but confirmed it when he notes them as a torturous love]].
* ShootTheMedicFirst: Apocalypse's Dark Riders are attempting to expedite what they believe to be the oncoming extinction of mutants by hunting down and killing any mutant healers that could ameliorate cases of M-Pox from the Terrigen mists.
* ShoutOut:
** Magneto will have you know he has no intention of being either [[Literature/TheBible Moses]] or [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} Ra'as al Ghul]].
** In an annual, a couple of guys are talking, one telling about a guy he was beating up who turned out to have a [[Film/BatmanVsSuperman mother sharing a name with his mother]].
* SmugSnake: The characterization for Exodus here seems to draw from his use as a smirking heel in the 1998 ''ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}'' series, as opposed to [[TheStoic most of]] [[NobleDemon his other]] [[KnightTemplar appearances]]. Perhaps not coincidentally, the aforementioned Quicksilver run (which was a rather low seller in its day) was released in trade paperback form [[http://marvel.com/comics/collection/51457/avengers_quicksilver_trade_paperback just a year earlier]].
* TakingTheBullet: Sabretooth does this for Monet when the Dark Riders attack in chapter two. He pushes her & Elixir out of harm's way but he lets go of Elixir to continue holding on to Monet, shouting in pain while he's shot in the back repeatedly.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Everyone on the team is an anti-hero to a degree, but Archangel is the closest to this trope.
* ''{{Tsundere}}'': Monet is Type A with Creed. She's flirtatious with him one minute and snubbing him the next.
* WomenPreferStrongMen: Monet shows this attitude with Sabretooth when he's [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1203430/1203430_900.png unpacking the Blackbird]].
* TheWorfEffect: Seems to be the sole reason for the appearance of Exodus, who is given a sound thrashing by Magneto in issue #14 to show that Mags is back on the Creep end of his perpetual PowerCreepPowerSeep. Cullen Bunn even hints via WordOfGod that Exodus threw this fight, harkening to this trope's [[{{Jobber}} earliest roots]].
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