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Oct 22 09 10:29 PM
I think I probably must have chosen to willfully ignore the (valid) shortcomings that many of you listed. Generally, I liked 'team' books better than individual lead-character books, and would have cut the X-Men some slack in that regard. I never had any issue with the costumes, old or new, and in fact I thought the change was a nice evolution.
My sense of optimism would have told me to overlook the 'down' times (for instance, enduring the Barry Smith issue, before he metamorphosed from Jack-Kirby-meets-Charles-Schulz, into his Raphael-like Conan), expecting better future offerings. I nodded in agreement with the comment that a bad X-Men book was better than a bad Iron Man or Daredevil book.
Despite the editorial game of musical artists that was played, I really enjoyed the last year and one-half of the line, with Steranko, Drake, Adams (Yes!!) and even Don Heck channelling Adams. In fact, regarding the Heck issue, I remember reading several pages into it before I realized that Adams' work looked a little different, and my shock when I checked the credits. Couldn't be Heck, not possible, no way. But it was, and it was great.
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