Meh. Wouldn't have missed much if I hadn't read it, but colossus as the new juggernaut. Hmmm ( )

I've always been a sucker for a comic with a lot of heroes in it. I thought it was really cool how Cyclops basically had the whole of 'mutantdom' to come up with a million different plans to defeat the possessed Juggernaut and the one that finally worked (I don't think the good guys winning is really a spoiler in comics is it?) was great because it came with a price.

The last episode was touching but because I was reading the graphic novel as opposed to the individual comics I didn't realize it was the "end" of the Uncanny X-men comics. But that's okay because it really wasn't the end, it was the end of "Volume 1". ( )

Fear Itself was an enjoyable read, if not as good as other Marvel crossovers. A few of the tie-ins have been excellent, but just as many are lackluster. This is one of the latter.

I picked up this tie-in mainly to see how the X-Men came through the event. Juggernaut, the "unstoppable," is given one of the hammers of the Worthy and so he's now - unstoppable. Yeah. He's making his way toward San Francisco/Utopia and the Cyclops must orchestrate a defense. Much of this felt like a story I have read before, even though I don't read the X-Men series. The X-Men hit Juggernaut one at a time, or in groups, trying to remove his helmet for a mental assault. Only, he's no longer Juggernaut and his mind is a very dangerous place. This story felt like a retread until Cyclops comes up with a plan that was not only fresh but actually would have defeated one of the Worthy - something none of the other hero teams have managed. It was a good ending to a lackluster story.

Juggernaut is the entirety of this story and it really wasn't critical to the main event in any way. I'd only recommend this to completests or those who particularly enjoy the X-Men. Lots of action, but little consequence. ( )