Holy War (Uncanny X-Men)

Uncanny X-Men issues 423-424 comprise the Holy War story arc.

Why This Story Arc Should Be Sent Straight to Hell

 * 1) The story begins with the discovery of Jubilee and several other X-Men members crucified in the backyard of the X-Mansion, which is exactly as disturbing as it sounds.
 * 2) A bizarre storyline that tries to hypo-criticize mutants by religion.
 * 3) It is also notable for ruining Nightcrawler's character arc such as it tries to be the pawn of a bizarre conspiracy theory by the Church of Humanity.
 * 4) The covers are boring to look at.
 * 5) No X-Men-related villains in this 2-part story, just the evil Catholic group called the Church of Humanity.
 * 6) It states that Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler was brainwashed by the Church of Humanity into thinking that he was ordained as a priest, but that situation doesn't make any sense.
 * 7) Just like Avengelyne/Glory: The Godyssey, it shows a crucifixion on a wooden cross without chains, which is impossible even with nails driven into the palms.
 * 8) Wasted artwork by Ron Garney, who has Jean Grey's hair change to green in one panel.
 * 9) Scott Summers/Cyclops is still the same jerk that he was towards Wolverine.
 * 10) It gets overly convoluted, as the Church of Humanity wants Nightcrawler to be placed as their next pope rather than a priest and then initiate a false rapture (since Catholics don't believe in that, anyway). They do this by feeding people a diet of holy wafers, bread disks that "represent the body of Christ" in the Communion ritual and then have them "vanish in the twinkling of an eye" by disintegrating their bodies into dust.
 * 11) The fight scenes from issue 424 are not good.
 * 12) After Father Whitney died in his arms, Nightcrawler does not show any emotion mourning. Since Whitney's death, he is later forgotten.
 * 13) The Church of Humanity's "pope" is just another "generic doomsday villain" that wants to eradicate all mutants because she was a Catholic nun who was assaulted and accused of infidelity by a priest and removed by church officials, thus she believes that her God abandoned her and wants to win him back by making mutants appear to be agents of the antichrist that would turn down Catholicism and go to their church. Seriously.
 * 14) * She often crushes her followers' heads, which means she might be a mutant or not.
 * 15) *After that story arc, the Church are forgotten.

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Trivia

 * Lewis "Linkara" Lovhaug named the Church of Humanity's plan as #2 in his "Top 15 Dumbest Evil Plans of AT4W" list.