[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by VonPooten

Oh don't get me wrong, I LOVED his Uncanny X-Force and Venom, absolutely loved them. However, Uncanny Avengers had some serious issues (and I'm not just talking about the "I hate the M-word" debacle), chief among which was Rogue's characterisation. She went from a sophisticated, thoughtful and mature team leader who had complete control of her powers in Mike Carey's sublime X-Men Legacy to an raging teenager who despised Wanda even though, as you pointed out, she was one of the only ones to accept her return.

To be honest Rogue's arc in UA reeked of Remender trying to revert her back to classic Rogue as much as possible. From the costume, to the attitude, to the super strength/flight, and then he retconned her to no longer being able to touch anyone. Didn't appreciate that at all, as her evolution had opened so many doors!

Like I said, apparently we're supposed to believe Xavier's death was that damaging to Rogue, which to a degree it should be but not what was shown. At least by the end of UA Rogue and Wanda were friends again. Uncanny X-force was the better read but UA really hooked me with the fact that the villains were actually winning for so long. Most books only let them hold the upper hand for like an issue or two but the Apocalypse twins actually blew up the planet and their plan was going off without a hitch for a while.

Rage of Ultron was the better Avengers story Remender wrote. Just in time for the movie giving Ultron a popularity boost we got this graphic novel that terrifically gave us a new angle on the Hank/Ultron dynamic. The focus on Hank's failures and the shift from a father-son relationship to a mirror one made a ton of sense. The other Avengers were more background noise, except for Vision who actually had a role, but they still got their nice moments to show off.