Snappleshacks wrote:
icemanjeff79 wrote:
The X-Men books of the '90s (and I'm not talking about the spinoffs, just the core 2 X-Men titles) get a bad rap -- perhaps because of all of the (rather unnecessary) spin-offs. But the core titles had a few great runs that hold up til today. Specifically great was the period of time when Alan Davis was writing both books at once (and drawing one as well). 

Having recently bound the full runs of both main X titles and embarked on a read-through, I have to disagree. The Lobdell/Niceiza stuff is atrocious. I should be on the Davis period within the next week or so, but from memory the characterizations were still off. I was surprised how well most of the Claremont run held up, and equally surprised how quickly all good will is lost by his replacement hacks.

To each his own I have to respectfully disagree. Starting with the X-Cutioners Song and up until the Legion Quest business, I found the Lobdell/Niceiza quite enjoyable. It was the year between Claremont and Lobdell/Niceiza that I did not really like.But during L/N, I found all the older characters with the exception of Colossus to be very much on character, and even Colossus could be explained away very easily as a combination of his recent amnesia and his grief over his family's death.

And during the L/N era, as much I as I liked the stories, the art was not up to par, I will admit.Well, the costume redesigns, I should say, the art itself was fine. It wasn't JRJR and Andy Kubert's faults, but Jim Lee redesigned several of them  in what are now very dated outfits, especially the newer villains and, sadly, Phoenix and Storm. JRJR and Kubert were sort of stuck with them, especially while the cartoon series was airing. But at least by the late '90s they were allowed to go back to more classic looks.

Why can't they just let her have her imaginary babies and her robot husband? Look what happens when she doesn't!