A lot of people hate this era of the X-men but this is when I got into comics so I guess I just didn’t know better and loved it, that being said I’m so scared to reread it.
I have no problem with this era of the X-Men. It was post-Onslaught that I started falling off the X-Wagon.
That said, even though I have these three issues, I’m still tempted to pick this up to re-read as a mini-trade, just so I don’t have to dig out my old issues.
I don’t know why people hate this era of the X-men comics. I was reading ‘em long before then, and I found it to be very enjoyable. I agree with you, Noto, that it was around that Onslaught period that the books really became just unreadable. I still read them, mind you, but it was tough.
These were the first comics I ever purchased (bought in part because I thought someone at the shop I was buying baseball cards at had made a collosal mistake in pricing X-Men #1 at $1.50 or whatever). They’re in a box up in my mom’s attic though, so picking this up is easier nostalgia than digging those out.
I’m going to double-check my boxes to see if I own X-Men 1-3; if I don’t, I’m buyin’ this. The beginning of the end of the X-Men was Claremont getting kicked off of the book and I’d love to see where his stories would’ve gone.
There’s also like six pages in this of prologue for the X-Men Forever series. It’s Tom Grummet art, which seems like a real mismatch juxtaposed next to Jim Lee. I flipped through this in the shop and saw that the new stuff was like only six pages, and didn’t even look at it.
I think people who are in the know rag on ’90s X-Men with the mental exception of the Claremont stuff. Did Claremont’s run get less than great in the final two years when he was on the title? In some ways, definitely. But X-Men Vol. 2 #1-3 is worlds apart from what I think of when I think of typical ’90s X-titles. In my opinion X-Men #1-3 is one of Claremont’s WORST storylines (from his original run), but it’s still better than (pretty much?) everything else that happened in the main X-Men series between his departure and…2002 or so. I with the exception of Morrison’s and Whedon’s work, I defy you to name a storyline with "X-Men" on the cover since 1991 that was as good as #1-3, story and art and importance to the franchise combined. I honestly can’t name one.
@flapjaxx – Do you want individual issues or story arcs? There are a number of fantastic one-offs throughout the first 50 issues of X-Men. Certainly there are stories that eclipse #1-3 especially since, as you yourself put it, it wasn’t Claremont’s best.
Why isn’t Marvel going the whole way with X-Men Forever and enlisting a bunch of hot 90′s talents to do arcs on this book? It would crank the nostalgia factor up a couple more notches. I’m sure they could get a lot of them for cheap. What is Stephen Platt doing nowadays?
This is an excellent idea for a series. Giving Claremont his own sandbox to play in, much like Whedon did, should make for some interesing stories. Is this an ongoing or limited series?
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What no foil cover?
I have to admit, I’m kind of tempted to pick this us. Kinda… not really though.
A lot of people hate this era of the X-men but this is when I got into comics so I guess I just didn’t know better and loved it, that being said I’m so scared to reread it.
I am completely uninterested in this, but boy oh boy, does that cover take me back! Ahhhh, the good old days that aren’t so good in retrospect!
Wait…I think I remember Wolverine in this poster/cover? Where’s Wolverine?
@Jediaxle
I feel you. Scarlet Spider and Azrael got me into comics as a kid. Needless to say those purchases do not hold up well when it comes to re-reading.
I actually liked the first three issues of adjectiveless X-Men, unfortunately the book immediately fell apart when Claremont left.
I have no problem with this era of the X-Men. It was post-Onslaught that I started falling off the X-Wagon.
That said, even though I have these three issues, I’m still tempted to pick this up to re-read as a mini-trade, just so I don’t have to dig out my old issues.
I don’t know why people hate this era of the X-men comics. I was reading ‘em long before then, and I found it to be very enjoyable. I agree with you, Noto, that it was around that Onslaught period that the books really became just unreadable. I still read them, mind you, but it was tough.
These were the first comics I ever purchased (bought in part because I thought someone at the shop I was buying baseball cards at had made a collosal mistake in pricing X-Men #1 at $1.50 or whatever). They’re in a box up in my mom’s attic though, so picking this up is easier nostalgia than digging those out.
I’m damn curious, I don’t mind the old school flavor
Marvel in the mid-90′s??? X-Men everywhere and two Spider-Mans? Or is it Spider-Men?
This is my Golden Age! But that said, I’ll wait for the new issues, not buying the reprints.
I’m going to double-check my boxes to see if I own X-Men 1-3; if I don’t, I’m buyin’ this. The beginning of the end of the X-Men was Claremont getting kicked off of the book and I’d love to see where his stories would’ve gone.
Is there some new material in this or is it just reprints. Does anyone know?
Is that a typo or did Jim Lee really draw interiors?
@rift1128 I believe this is a reprint of X-Men (1991) #1 which was originally drawn by Jim Lee, so yes he did.
My store randomly didn’t receive this so I have another week to decide how I feel about this.
Should have read the description a little better, I already have the original issues. Oh well.. $5 down the drain.
There’s also like six pages in this of prologue for the X-Men Forever series. It’s Tom Grummet art, which seems like a real mismatch juxtaposed next to Jim Lee. I flipped through this in the shop and saw that the new stuff was like only six pages, and didn’t even look at it.
I think people who are in the know rag on ’90s X-Men with the mental exception of the Claremont stuff. Did Claremont’s run get less than great in the final two years when he was on the title? In some ways, definitely. But X-Men Vol. 2 #1-3 is worlds apart from what I think of when I think of typical ’90s X-titles. In my opinion X-Men #1-3 is one of Claremont’s WORST storylines (from his original run), but it’s still better than (pretty much?) everything else that happened in the main X-Men series between his departure and…2002 or so. I with the exception of Morrison’s and Whedon’s work, I defy you to name a storyline with "X-Men" on the cover since 1991 that was as good as #1-3, story and art and importance to the franchise combined. I honestly can’t name one.
@flapjaxx – Do you want individual issues or story arcs? There are a number of fantastic one-offs throughout the first 50 issues of X-Men. Certainly there are stories that eclipse #1-3 especially since, as you yourself put it, it wasn’t Claremont’s best.
Why isn’t Marvel going the whole way with X-Men Forever and enlisting a bunch of hot 90′s talents to do arcs on this book? It would crank the nostalgia factor up a couple more notches. I’m sure they could get a lot of them for cheap. What is Stephen Platt doing nowadays?
This is an excellent idea for a series. Giving Claremont his own sandbox to play in, much like Whedon did, should make for some interesing stories. Is this an ongoing or limited series?
So are the Forever comics going to be 90s art style like this?