Back in the mainstream Marvel Universe, "World's End" continues in Uncanny X-Men #457. 

We're at the midpoint of the story now, and my usual antipathy to Savage Land stories is setting in.  It's not that this is a particularly bad story, but the Savage Land has always struck me as one of those concepts which really has nothing whatsoever to do with the book.  The X-Men don't really belong in stories about hidden races of dinosaurs at the South Pole; it's just not what the characters are about.  It's always struck me as more of a Fantastic Four concept - they're the explorer heroes, after all.  But for some reason the Savage Land seems to have set up a foothold in the backwaters of the X-Men's mythos as well.  Never really understood it.

Anyhow.  It's alright.  There's quite a nice idea about Rachel's powers subconsciously remodelling her own body, although we really have done this mind-control idea to death in Claremont books over the last few years.  (Yes, I know she's technically not mind-controlled, but it's close enough that it still falls under "overusing the same idea.")  The art is lovely, as you'd expect.  Everything looks beautiful when it's drawn by Alan Davis. 

I can't honestly say I'm particularly engaged by it, but then I've never liked the Savage Land.  Taken on its own terms, it's a perfectly okay piece of superhero writing, and it looks great.

Rating: B

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