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October 26, 2012 1:37 pm The Transformers was the first comic I ever bought too. I religiously followed it as a kid and it was a gateway into all other things comic for me. The current "Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye" series is the best TF comics I've ever read, and is really up there with some of the best comics coming out today. It is totally and completely sci-fi. It follows a band of transformers on a cosmic journey in outer space lead by rodimus prime. Writer James Roberts (of last stand of the wreckers) has struck what i think is a really unique tone for the book. It's funny, engaging, and kind of out there. It's definitely a direction I haven't seen before. I think even if you aren't a Transformers super-fan I think it's worth reading. The other Robots in Disguise series is pretty good too but rarely matches the consistency of More Than Meets the Eye. Is anyone else reading this series?

September 13, 2012 2:13 pm I think that one of the best Xavier back story issues is Uncanny X-men #117, "Psi-war". This is one of my favorite classic Chris Claremont/John Byrne stories. Not only does it introduce the Shadow King, but it has Professor Xavier battling on the astral plane in badass psi-armor and with Psi-blades. It's as essential a young Xavier story as you can get by the most important X-men creative team there ever was.