Currently on issue 205 of my epic quest to read the X-Men from the beginning...

[Javaman]

After the Dark Phoenix saga, the various story lines have greatly improved.

more depth to all the characters.

Cyclopes is still uptight as all hell.

Professor X has softened a little since finding Lilandra.

Wolverine is getting darker by the issue but has also embraced his roll as an X-man.

I am waiting for Storm to get her powers back

Still waiting for the other shoe to drop regarding Rachel and Jean Gray.

But it's certainly getting to be a more interesting read.

The very early stuff from the 1960's and early to mid 1970's was, at times, really painful to read to the point I almost gave up.

[Loki Liesmith]

1. So you did not like the Phoenix saga?

[Javaman]

3. Oh I liked it very much.

that's the point when I think the writing got so much better.

that was most definitely a pivotal moment in the comic. it pretty much defines them and their universe.

[exboyfil]

2. How did you like the eerie obsession

that Professor X had for his teenage student, Jean Grey? Try publishing that today.

Perhaps that is why Cyclops turned out the way he did - who knows what psychological damage Xavier did to him because of his jealousy.


Also did you reread the 30? reprint issues before Giant Size X-Men #1? Now that is what you can a franchise reboot.

[Javaman]

4. I have been reading them since issue #1...

I'm not sure what you mean by "the 30"?

professor x and cyclops were both pretty much bizarre dysfunctional dickheads in roughly the first 150 issues.

regarding Prof X and Jean Grey, yeah, that was a very bizarre relationship. And with the introduction of 14 year old Kitty, I thought that was also a little weird as well, but then I thought that these comics were originally aimed at kids those age, so I had to take it with a little bit of salt.

but from an adults perspective, yeah, very weird.