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Oct 22 09 4:10 PM
Five thoughts on the original X-Men run (1-66): 1) I started buying comics at the beginning of the Adams/Thomas run and X-Men was my favorite comic at the time. I can still remember reading X-Men 66 with its annoucement that the series was over. I couldn't believe it. 2) Roy Thomas got started writing superheroes on two group titles: Avengers and X-Men. It's kind of like the movie Twins. The Avengers got all of his talent and creativity and X-Men were .... Danny DeVito. 3) Arnold Drake was first rate on Doom Patrol. It's amazing how lost he seemed on X-Men. 4) I don't think Lee and Kirby laid as strong a foundation for X-Men as some of their other titles. The characterization was weak. Magneto was a good villain but there was too much of him in the early issues. The X-Men as outcasts concept was underdeveloped. 5) For most people the Claremont run starts what is the X-Men so the first run doesn't get the respect of other silver age Marvel series.
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