Uncanny X-Men First Class #5 - Marvel

I like this book, but . . the problem now is, with the change to Uncanny First Class, the feel of the book has changed. Now it just feels like any other X-Men book. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but . . part of the appeal for me with the X-Men First Class book was that it felt different from the rest of the X-stories out there. Now . . now it doesn't. Anyways, last issue Charles was called by Peter Corbeau, aboard Starcore One, because they had found some aliens on the surface of the sun and when they looked into it . . they were attacked. They call themselves the Knights of Hykon. The best way I can describe them is . . they're warriors, or soldiers, looking for a war . . something to keep them busy. I think they attacked Starcore because they were bored. Now that they've easily overpowered the crew they're bored again. After scanning Peter's mind, the leader finds out about Earth and sees it as a challenge. That feeling is further enhanced when Charles' astral projection shows up, at Peter's request, and not only does the Hykon guy sense him, but he also captures him. One of the soldiers head back to attack the X-Men, the source of Charles' projection. While another attacks the Earth in general, to announce the groups intentions. By the end of this issue everything looks pretty bleak. Sky Song has made pretty short work of the X-Men. It doesn't look like there's anything they can throw at her that has any lasting affect. And Cloud Runner has turned the atmosphere of Earth into fire, while also attacking Nick's helicarrier and tossing it straight into Manhattan . . on a collision course for Ororo. It's always 'end of the Earth' type events for the X-Men. At least with the previous title we got to see some of these characters before they became so full of strife and grief and drama. And when it comes down to it, this book is really just a retelling of older Uncanny stories. There's a little artistic license, but . . not much. I'd just like to see something a little more original. Scott Gray writes it, and Nelson Decastro & Scott Koblish provide the art. The way I see it is . . for people that didn't follow the early issues of Uncanny, it's a good way to 'relive' those stories. But for more established X-Men readers . . I don't know that it's worth the effort. I'm still trying to decide.