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Balefuego
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WELCOME TO THE X-MEN THREAD.
The X-Universe is a big place and it's easy to be intimidated by the sheer number of titles that come out each month. But fear not! I am here to help you.
The main X-title is of course Uncanny X-Men.
Recently celebrating it's 500th issue with a brand new creative team and status quo, this is the core book for all things X-Men. Based in the X-Men's new home of San Fransisco, it will feature of a huge rotating cast, Although there will be certain mainstays like Cyclops, Emma Frost, Beast, Colossus, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Cannonball. Written by Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction with Greg Land and Terry Dodson rotating arcs on art.
In addition to that there is X-Men: Legacy
Written by Mike Carey with art by Scott Eaton, X-Men Legacy is essentially a Professor Xavier book as he tries to piece together his life both from the remains of his shattered memories (see: Messiah Complex) and the broken trust of the X-Men after his numerous betrayals. But Xavier is not the only character in this book. Rogue, Gambit, Sinister, and Sebatian Shaw are all major players in this title.
X-Factor
centers around Jaime Madrox's team of Mutant Investigators. X-Men with a noir twist, these mutants for hire are based in Detroit. Although the book has been in a bit of a slump since the Messiah Complex crossover (mainly due to some terrible art), Peter David is still kicking ass in the writing department and there's a new artist on the horizon. The X-Factor team is made up of Jaime Madrox (Multiple Man), Strong Guy, Rictor, M, Siryn, Darwin, and Longshot.
M-Day and Messiah Complex convinced Cyclops that there are times when more.. drastic measures are needed. Enter X-Force. Not even the rest of the X-Men are aware of the existence of this covert team, who Cyclops tasks with special proactive missions to eliminate threats to mutant kind. Wolverine, Warpath, X-23, Archangel, and Wolfsbane make up the team. With Cyclops and Elixer as frequent guest stars. Kyle and Yost are the writers with rotating art duties by Clayton Crain and Mike Choi.
Young X-Men written by Marc Guggenheim with art by Yannick Paquette is a new title post Messiah Complex, featuring the youngest generation of mutants. The book got off to an extremely sluggish start but it has gotten progressively better. Stars Moonstar, Sunspot, Rockslide, Dust, Anole, Ink, and Greymalkin.
Cable follows the adventures of the former mutant messiah as he protects the new mutant messiah (see: Messiah Complex). Chased through the timestream by fellow time-traveler and former teammate Bishop, who believes the baby Cable carries will bring about the dark future that he comes from. Again, this book was plagued with pacing issues through it's first arc, but has gotten very good as of late. Written by Duane Swierczynski (writer of Iron Fist) with art by Ariel Olivetti.
Astonishing X-Men is the follow up to the tremendous Whedon/Cassady run. Now helmed by Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi, think of this as the film version to Uncanny's weekly TV series. Taking place independantly of the other titles, though still in continuity. "Between the raindrops" as Matt Fraction says. Cyclops, Emma, Beast, Wolverine, Armor, and Storm round out the cast.
and finally, of course
Wolverine He's the best he is at what he does. Currently the Wolverine title is embroiled in a long storyline by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven entitled "Old Man Logan." About a dystopian future where most of the heroes are dead, the bad guys rule everything, and Logan hasn't popped his claws in 20 years. It's pretty much the greatest thing ever.
The X-Universe is a big place and it's easy to be intimidated by the sheer number of titles that come out each month. But fear not! I am here to help you.
The main X-title is of course Uncanny X-Men.
Recently celebrating it's 500th issue with a brand new creative team and status quo, this is the core book for all things X-Men. Based in the X-Men's new home of San Fransisco, it will feature of a huge rotating cast, Although there will be certain mainstays like Cyclops, Emma Frost, Beast, Colossus, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Cannonball. Written by Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction with Greg Land and Terry Dodson rotating arcs on art.
In addition to that there is X-Men: Legacy
Written by Mike Carey with art by Scott Eaton, X-Men Legacy is essentially a Professor Xavier book as he tries to piece together his life both from the remains of his shattered memories (see: Messiah Complex) and the broken trust of the X-Men after his numerous betrayals. But Xavier is not the only character in this book. Rogue, Gambit, Sinister, and Sebatian Shaw are all major players in this title.
X-Factor
centers around Jaime Madrox's team of Mutant Investigators. X-Men with a noir twist, these mutants for hire are based in Detroit. Although the book has been in a bit of a slump since the Messiah Complex crossover (mainly due to some terrible art), Peter David is still kicking ass in the writing department and there's a new artist on the horizon. The X-Factor team is made up of Jaime Madrox (Multiple Man), Strong Guy, Rictor, M, Siryn, Darwin, and Longshot.
M-Day and Messiah Complex convinced Cyclops that there are times when more.. drastic measures are needed. Enter X-Force. Not even the rest of the X-Men are aware of the existence of this covert team, who Cyclops tasks with special proactive missions to eliminate threats to mutant kind. Wolverine, Warpath, X-23, Archangel, and Wolfsbane make up the team. With Cyclops and Elixer as frequent guest stars. Kyle and Yost are the writers with rotating art duties by Clayton Crain and Mike Choi.
Young X-Men written by Marc Guggenheim with art by Yannick Paquette is a new title post Messiah Complex, featuring the youngest generation of mutants. The book got off to an extremely sluggish start but it has gotten progressively better. Stars Moonstar, Sunspot, Rockslide, Dust, Anole, Ink, and Greymalkin.
Cable follows the adventures of the former mutant messiah as he protects the new mutant messiah (see: Messiah Complex). Chased through the timestream by fellow time-traveler and former teammate Bishop, who believes the baby Cable carries will bring about the dark future that he comes from. Again, this book was plagued with pacing issues through it's first arc, but has gotten very good as of late. Written by Duane Swierczynski (writer of Iron Fist) with art by Ariel Olivetti.
Astonishing X-Men is the follow up to the tremendous Whedon/Cassady run. Now helmed by Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi, think of this as the film version to Uncanny's weekly TV series. Taking place independantly of the other titles, though still in continuity. "Between the raindrops" as Matt Fraction says. Cyclops, Emma, Beast, Wolverine, Armor, and Storm round out the cast.
and finally, of course
Wolverine He's the best he is at what he does. Currently the Wolverine title is embroiled in a long storyline by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven entitled "Old Man Logan." About a dystopian future where most of the heroes are dead, the bad guys rule everything, and Logan hasn't popped his claws in 20 years. It's pretty much the greatest thing ever.
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Also, the Vanisher? really?
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I just can't really do it while at work
Other than Astonishing, which I own all 4 volumes in trade, what are some other just flat out super-awesome books to pick up? I honestly haven't read that much XMen stuff because I've found that its hard to follow. Self contained trades are more my speed.
I almost grabbed X-Men Legacy Vol 1 yesterday at the comic shop, but I was afraid. Yes, it was Jim Lee, but the book still used the old 3 or 4 color printing scheme, which I really don't like.
Well if you look at the OP of the old thread, I listed a bunch of good stuff which would help you get caught up on where the X-Men are at today.
Or did you mean older classic X-Men stories?
You'll want to grab Morrison's run on New X-Men.
Also, everything after House of M right up to it's cancellation of New X-Men (not Morrison's run, I'm talking about the series that focuses on the kids at the Xavier Institute) is completely awesome and lays a lot of the ground work for both Uncanny post - #500, X-Force, and Young X-Men.
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If you're looking for classic stuff, you aren't going to find much better than the first two volumes of Essential X-Men - which started the modern era of the team, and introduced many new elements that are now considered classic parts of X-Men lore. The first 2 Essentials cover the entire original Phoenix Saga. Claremont's run lasted well past that point obviously, but those first 2 books are in my opinion required reading for X-Men fans.
The labeling is a bit confusing I agree
Here is Essential X-Men Vol 1, which is the one Bale meant.
Here is Essential UNCANNY Vol 1, which is PROBABLY what your LCS has.
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That said there are a few things about it I liked; Cassandra Nova, Sublime, Emma, the Weapon X stuff, and the final Here Comes Tomorrow arc I all enjoyed.
I... I liked JLoeb's first 12 or so issues on Superman/Batman. It was big and overdone and exactly what I wanted from a comic with Superman and Batman. To stay on-topic, Morrison pissed me off with a lot of the things he did, but I still enjoyed his run overall. Like, it was probably something like the 3rd/4th best X-run that I can think of.
I'd go probably with Whedon's first, Claremont's original as second, probably Morrison's third. I might say David's X-Factor stuff as 4th. I dunno though, probably missing a bunch of good stuff.
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The art on Loeb's Wolverine was beautiful, though sometimes guilty of unclear storytelling. The story, however, was just out and out terrible, loading tons of needless and stupid retcons onto a character already famous for being the Marvel buckaroo of bad continuity.
My favourite review ever on The X-Axis. Choice snippets from the above review: "A powerful case can be made that this is the worst Wolverine storyline of all time."
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Nope, I've only been reading comics since last year. I started with some super sized collection of Ultimate X-men, then moved onto Ultimate Spider-man. Like I said in the other thread I didn't actually get into 616 X-men until after Messiah Complex with the Brubaker/Choi run
Yeah, but I'm an Avengers fan as well and had been meaning to get around to it. NA #45 just made me want to read it "right now!"
And then...
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And I 3rd the notion that Loeb's run on Wolverine maybe be the worst Wolverine arc of all time.... or at least, in the current incarnation of the book. Man, I was so disappointed by that arc, but the short arc immediately after, when he was stuck in the pit was so good.
As for stuff you should read... this can be covered by the regulars a lot better than I could. But here's a couple you should avoid:
- Chuck Austen's "Draco" arc. Nearly ruined Nightcrawler it did.
- Anything done by Claremont in the last 3 years. He and Jeph Loeb need to retire.
" No, I'm eccentric... only poor people are called crazy."
:x
Also, those Wolverine: first class pages are sweet enough to make me diabetic. Awwwwww.
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But one thing he is lacking in is X-Men comics. I remember reading X-Men when I was younger and loving it, but my parents never wanted to put the money in to comics to make me happy, so I had to be happy with reading some of my friends or the one or two comics I would get a year.
With that being said, what is a good place to start for X-Men in terms of story and collecting? I would LOVE to start from the beginning, but I know that's not going to happen, so I'll be content with starting off in the beginning of a major story arc and going from there reading every comic along the way.
Thanks guys.
I generally use www.amazon.com, even factoring in overseas shipping (I live in Australia) it works out to be a competitive price.
Also, here is an absurdly helpful post to guide you through the muddy waters of the X-Universe. Using House of M as a jumping on point, here are the suggestions on what to read:
I also recommend Astonishing X-Men as a superb X-Men story, you can pick up all four trades on amazon now, or there are also two oversized hardcovers collecting the story (volume 1 out now, volume 2 due soon).