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lucasbuck wrote:I tend to agree with that. I only discovered X-Men when Uncanny was at 267. After buying the Lee Omni I can see the whole thing started to go downhill after 269 even before Claremont left. The initial 3 issues of X-Men adjectiveless seem so lame and contrived to me now, though I thought they were great at the time. And the rushed end to the Shadow King saga, which I was really enjoying, always bugged me, and does so more now that I've heard Claremont talk about his plans for it. Morrison and Whedon were both interesting, X-Treme meh, but once more books started to be added and success came it's way, maintaining the quality was always going to be difficult to impossible. I just want omni's of the Claremont run and also his NM and Excalibur and I'll most likely never read another X-Men again and just use these for my fix. Edit: Oh Age Of Apocalypse was the single bright spot in the entire 90's. Thinking about it that's prob why I enjioyed Morrison and Whedon. Tight self-contained works.
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Snappleshacks wrote:ExcaliburEnjoyable but not essential. The original Alan Davis run is good, but he leaves before Claremont does and the book doesn't quite work without him. There isn't really anything in here you'll need.
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NoeticHatter wrote:It's been years since I've read it, but I do recall Peter David and Jae Lee on X-Factor being a very nice run. Starts around #71, I think. How about Warren Ellis on Excalibur? Worth reading?
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SamyMerchi wrote:I'd skip Excalibur between Cross-Time Caper and Alan Davis' run (#27-42).
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redplatymoose wrote:SamyMerchi wrote:I'd skip Excalibur between Cross-Time Caper and Alan Davis' run (#27-42).Didn't you bind all of Excalibur? I just picked up the first 42 issues, complete blind buy, and was reading through old threads. I'm thinking of binding them for my first try, but I don't want to waste money on mediocrity. Does it get better post-Davis too?
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Archangel wrote:Personally, I didn't think Schism was that good.However, it's lead to some absolutely stellar stories, particularly 'Wolverine And The X-Men'.But whatever you do, do NOT buy 'Prelude To Schism'.It's not needed at all, and it's rather poorly done, with a VERY tenuous claim of being a real prelude to the event at all.
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JakeWallace wrote: then try Wolverine and the X-Men, it's brilliantly written, both artists are blowing my mind every issue, which having totally different styles and thus far it relies very little on any X-history prior to Schism. Plus it features lots of new characters who have no history to worry about and are incredibly entertaining (where has Broo been all my life?)!
then try Wolverine and the X-Men, it's brilliantly written, both artists are blowing my mind every issue, which having totally different styles and thus far it relies very little on any X-history prior to Schism. Plus it features lots of new characters who have no history to worry about and are incredibly entertaining (where has Broo been all my life?)!
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