Over the past few years I've bought more than a few back issues. Actually I see nearly complete sets of issues and decide to buy them for a really good price. Then I spend years trying to fill in the gaps. I've decided to start these threads to help me actually read what I've bought. They tend to just fill up space in my long boxes.
I realize i've got an outstanding reading project. This will just be something that gets occaisionally updated. As you can tell this thread is dedicated to X-men back issues.
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This was an ok story. The art was decent and fit the tone. When I saw it was written by Andy Lanning and Dan Abett I was excited. Their work on Annhilation is fantastic. Here the story is typical superhero fare.
Bobby is not a super interesting dude. He's really powerful though. He rarely gets tripped up and it's mostly due to him realying on his power than his smarts. Which he doesn't have much of. He's not dumb mind you but he's no Cyclops. The addition of Fo-dog as an ally is interesting. I'm not sure if he's ever appeared before. Having a mystical hero instead of a mutant helping out makes things interesting.
Finally the interesting thing is this takes place during the time when the X-men where wearing the black uniforms similiar to the ones in the films. Also this sort of ties-in to the story line that was going on in Grant Morrison's New X-men. The Augmen were similiar to characters in New X-men in that they were humans that had mutant powers grafted on them to give them powers. The villain in this story is working for someone else and that someone is only revealed in a throw away line in a phone conversation, Mr. Sublime. John Sublime was the villain in the storyline in New X-men.
That's all I got for this. I'm open to discussion but that's fine if there is none. I'm not sure how popular these Icon series were. I remember when they were out at the time. I've got a few more to read. I'll be posting here when I do.
I did read the first issue of the Iceman mini. Maybe the second issue, but I never did finish it. I think my LCS forgot to pull it for me, and I forgot it existed. I do recall enjoying the art quite a bit. I'm an Iceman fan, but besides him I wasn't familiar with Opal and some of the others. I hadn't read an X-men comic in quite a while.
I'll say something here if I have anything to say, but my X-men reading over the past 20 years has been scarce at best.
I think I have in my collection some issues of a Rogue series that ran 12 issues. Is this a different series?
Also, like you, I was a fan of Abnett and Lanning's Annihilation work, so I'm going to keep an eye out for that Iceman mini.
Travis, I think I remember hearing about Opal years and years ago in older X-men issues. But it was just in a passing comment from Iceman saying how he had been in a fight with her or forgot to call her. I think it was in the X-cutioner's Song cross over from '92. So it was a while ago. I wasn't familiar with her but I knew she was his long-time girlfriend.
Also Skottie Young did the art for one issue of the mini, either #3 or 4.
John, the Rogue series I'm reading was a four issue mini. It was under the banner Icons. They were around 2001 or 2002. I know they had ones with Iceman, Cyclops, Rogue and Nightcrawler. Not sure if there were any others. I think they were all 4 issue mini series.
John, be aware that the Iceman series while readable is not anywhere near the level of Annihilation.
I definitely don't have that comic. I love Skottie Young's work. I've met him at a couple of conventions too, and he's really nice.
Yeah I was already out of the X-men universe for the most part by '92. By that time I was just reading X-Factor
Jason, there was a Chamber mini-series in 2002 under the Icons banner. He was one of the newer members of the team at that point. There were also some Avengers Icons minis, such as Tigra and Vision.
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I actually enjoyed this more than the Iceman mini. While Iceman took place during the current X continuity at the time, Rogue is set a few years back from what I can tell. For instance Colossus makes an appearance and when this issue was released, I believe he was still dead. So I consider this a Rogue:Year One story.
In the story is appears Rogue has not been on the team long and the other members are afraid of her. Professor X does his best to help her but something goes wrong and Rogue leaves. The next two issues involve Rogue on the run and finally coming to grips with her power. The last issue has her returning to the mansion and saving the day from a child with a power he too can't cantrol.
It's a pretty simple story but it explores the character in a different light. Also they gave more insight to what she goes through when she touches someone.
I'm not familiar with the creative team but they did a great job on this mini.
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