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The Uncanny (Ger. Das Unheimliche -- literally, "un-home-ly") is a Freudian concept of an instance where something can be familiar, yet foreign at the same time, resulting in a feeling of it being uncomfortably strange. Because the uncanny is familiar, yet strange, it often creates cognitive dissonance within the experiencing subject due to the paradoxical nature of being attracted to, yet... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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History of the X-Men comics While New X-Men focused on Cyclops' five team members as teachers to a new generation, "Uncanny" focused on an "away team" and traditional action and adventure, featuring team leader Archangel and members Iceman and Nightcrawler.

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History of the X-Men comics While New X-Men focused on Cyclops' five team members as teachers to a new generation, "Uncanny" focused on an "away team" and traditional action and adventure, featuring team leader Archangel and members Iceman and Nightcrawler.

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History of the X-Men comics While New X-Men focused on Cyclops' five team members as teachers to a new generation, "Uncanny" focused on an "away team" and traditional action and adventure, featuring team leader Archangel and members Iceman and Nightcrawler.

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Cerebus the Aardvark In Marvel Comics' The Uncanny X-Men, Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson created a demonic character named S'ym, a large muscular creature but with a tail, pointed ears, clawed toes, snout, and black vest similar to Cerebus', and who similarly refers to himself in the third person.

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Cerebus the Aardvark In Marvel Comics' The Uncanny X-Men, Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson created a demonic character named S'ym, a large muscular creature but with a tail, pointed ears, clawed toes, snout, and black vest similar to Cerebus', and who similarly refers to himself in the third person.

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Exchange Value (short story) The "Uncanny," only adds to the sense of hopelessness.

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    Uncanny

    The Uncanny (Ger. Das Unheimliche -- literally, "un-home-ly") is a Freudian concept of an instance where something can be familiar, yet foreign at the same time, resulting in a feeling of it being uncomfortably strange.
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    Uncanny X-Men

    Uncanny X-Men, first published as simply The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics comic book series for the X-Men franchise. Being the official canon, it features the adventures of the eponymous group of mutant superheroes.
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    Uncanny valley

    The uncanny valley is a hypothesis regarding the field of robotics. The theory holds that when robots and other facsimiles of humans look and act almost like actual humans, it causes a response of revulsion among human observers.
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    The Uncanny (1977 film)

    The Uncanny is a 1977 British portmanteau horror film, concerning feline revenge. The film was written by Michael Parry, directed by Denis Héroux and stars Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Joan Greenwood, Donald Pilon, Samantha Eggar, and John Vernon.
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    Uncanny Valley (album)

    Uncanny Valley is the second full length album by the Raleigh, NC-based rock band Birds of Avalon. The album was released by Volcom Entertainment on June 23, 2009.
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    Uncanny Tales (Sheckley)

    Uncanny Tales is a collection of science fiction short stories by Robert Sheckley. It was first published in 2003 and includes an introduction and the following stories:
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    Uncanny Tales

    At least four publications have used the title Uncanny Tales: Uncanny Tales (US pulp magazine), an American pulp magazine.
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    Uncanny Tales (comics)

    Uncanny Tales was an American horror comic book that had a fifty-six issue run, beginning publication with its cover-dated June 1952 issue and ceasing publication with its cover-dated September 1957 issue.
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    Uncanny Banquet

    Uncanny Banquet is an anthology of reprinted horror stories edited by Ramsey Campbell and published by Little, Brown in 1992. The editor's intention, expressed in the introduction, was to "collect a range of stories as remarkable as the accredited classics of the field but less well known".
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    Uncanny Tales (Canadian pulp magazine)

    Uncanny Tales was a Canadian science fiction pulp magazine that ran from November 1940 to September 1943. It was created in response to the wartime reduction of imports on British and American science-fiction pulp magazines.

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