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Vulpes-Sapien [2017-09-28 21:57:46 +0000 UTC]
It's amazing how many changes these five went through despite only being around for 70 issues.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to Vulpes-Sapien [2017-09-28 22:33:49 +0000 UTC]
That's really what helped the X-books to stand out in the '80s - lots of character development.
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SonSilvShad18 [2016-04-09 16:12:50 +0000 UTC]
If only the original X-men team could be together in one movie.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to SonSilvShad18 [2016-04-11 17:54:48 +0000 UTC]
Well, it's not exactly like Marvel gave us the O5 Avengers. Poor Hank is geriatric and Jan is off in that subatomic plane.
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SonSilvShad18 In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2016-04-11 18:03:10 +0000 UTC]
Well, there'd be like too many Avengers at that point, but they gave us the Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to SonSilvShad18 [2016-04-11 19:21:08 +0000 UTC]
I was implying that they should have stuck with the O5 Avengers for the first film or at least gone with Cap, IM, Wasp, Hank and Thor.
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SonSilvShad18 In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2016-04-11 19:26:45 +0000 UTC]
Cool! At least we got Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes for that.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to SonSilvShad18 [2016-04-11 19:28:48 +0000 UTC]
I think a great many people cite that as the best Avengers adaptation too.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to SonSilvShad18 [2016-04-11 21:06:08 +0000 UTC]
So I've heard. I've yet to checkout Avengers: Assemble myself. I've also only seen the first season of EMH. It went off Netflix before I could check it out. XD
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betterthanlegos [2016-04-05 19:19:02 +0000 UTC]
I love original X-Factor, but I always wonder what would have happened if Dazzler had joined.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to betterthanlegos [2016-04-05 19:29:35 +0000 UTC]
It would have been interesting, considering she had previously hooked up with both Angel and Beast. Oh, the drama! XD
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SargimusPrime [2016-04-04 04:36:02 +0000 UTC]
Awesome; though I never read the original X-Factor run I like the costume designs and concept of reuniting the original X-men. I really feel I need to re-read some of those old stories.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to SargimusPrime [2016-04-04 18:07:25 +0000 UTC]
You're not missing much. While I enjoy soapy drama just as much as the next person, I wasn't a fan of Louise Simonson's characterizations or narrative choices.
Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men is a different story. If you haven't read his run (which spans 1975-1991), I'd highly recommend doing so.
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Lion-O-VS-He-Man [2016-04-04 04:05:23 +0000 UTC]
Very nice work, as usual. I like how Jean has a bit of a run going there.
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DanFalcon [2016-04-04 03:25:58 +0000 UTC]
Man those are some classic costumes. The colours feel so darn retro too. Did Beast come back to X-Factor before or after being an Avenger? Because I thought that Hank was blue and furry by the time he joined Earth's mightiest heroes.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to DanFalcon [2016-04-04 18:08:38 +0000 UTC]
After. Hank was reverted back to looking normal at the onset of X-Factor, but went back to looking furry around the Fall of the Mutants storyline.
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DanFalcon In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2016-04-04 18:28:01 +0000 UTC]
Ah okay. I was wondering about that, especially since the timeline in X-Men is played with all the time. Man I should read Fall of the Mutants again. I remember liking it a lot.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to DanFalcon [2016-04-04 19:46:33 +0000 UTC]
I found it weak TBH. The story that ran in UXM was decent. The X-Factor stuff was mostly just okay. I wasn't a big fan of the choices Simonson made.
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DanFalcon In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2016-04-04 23:01:26 +0000 UTC]
It always seemed like X-Factor was playing second fiddle to UXM at the time, like they wanted more focus to go into their more prominent book.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to DanFalcon [2016-04-05 14:43:27 +0000 UTC]
I wouldn't necessarily say that. A lot of developments occurred in X-Factor, such as the introductions of Apocalypse and Frenzy, Angel's transformation into Archangel, and baby Nathan being sent into the future. For me, it was that the quality of the book and its tendency to go into melodrama were questionable. I also wasn't a fan of the art. UXM had Silvestri and Lee, so it looked far more attractive that XF.
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DanFalcon In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2016-04-05 16:51:17 +0000 UTC]
Apocalypse was always one of my favourite villains that the X-Men had, and Angel's transformation after the Mutant Massacre is one of the most noteworthy and memorable moments in X-Men history. As a whole the book did have some wavering quality. It really was UXM that looked better.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to DanFalcon [2016-04-05 19:32:02 +0000 UTC]
I remember being very underwhelmed with Apocalypse in X-Factor. It's been a while since I've read the series though. I read it concurrently with UXM when I dedicated myself to reading the series from Mutant Massacre until Mutant Genesis.
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DanFalcon In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2016-04-05 21:40:34 +0000 UTC]
I really only started liking Apocalypse outside fo the original X-Factor era that he premiered in
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DanFalcon In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2016-04-06 03:30:56 +0000 UTC]
Well, I was first introduced to him in X-Cutioner's Song. I also read of him in Age of Apocalypse (naturally), Apocalypse War, The Twelve (probably my favourite set up; essentially Apocalypse merges with the twelve most powerful mutants in order to become omnipotent), and Messiah War. Although the latter has him in very sparce amounts they are some of his finest moments ever.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to DanFalcon [2016-04-06 16:59:20 +0000 UTC]
I haven't read any material from the AoA universe. It's pretty expansive and involves a lot of books. I've heard good things though.
I've also really liked the concept of the Twelve. I have a few issues of it. However, most of what I've heard has been negative. Even still, that storyline was actually responsible for a shift in Cyclops' character. People often forget or don't know that.
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DanFalcon In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2016-04-06 20:52:57 +0000 UTC]
Well I certainly remembered that it caused his character shift. And I will agree with you, AoA is really damn expansive isn't it. Hell, I barely knew where to begin when I read it.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to DanFalcon [2016-04-06 22:30:50 +0000 UTC]
There are a few oversized collections for it - I believe consisting of three or four volumes. There's also the lead-up too it (Legion Quest).
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Weighrightthere In reply to DanFalcon [2016-04-04 03:32:59 +0000 UTC]
After but he briefly cured himself of his bestial appearance
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Jose-Ramiro [2016-04-04 01:31:55 +0000 UTC]
As usual, marvelous job.
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