with a cover by Alex Ross.






That would make a nice poster, wouldn't it?

that's fucking geektastic. hopefully the story will be as good as the cover art.

that cover is SICK.
I love Alex Ross.

ButterscotchPimp said:

yeah...but i just can't believe all those x-men are such poor tactitions as to turn their backs on 3 sentinels for a frontal assault on one adversary....sheesh.

My favorite superhero group. I love how they based them off the Racism/Civil Rights era/movement and even how Professor X's name was a play on the name Malcolm X.

peedub said:

MuthaFunka said:

But Charles is more MLK and Erik was more Malcolm.
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ehuffnsd said:

Exactly. But the name Professor X was derived from Malcolm X.

MuthaFunka said:

Most definitely.

MuthaFunka said:

yup.

i think that's why X-men works. people relate. whether it was the black civil rights movement, the gay rights movement... the leagacy virus remind anyone else of HIV?, and the other minorities oppresed by others.

I'm still hanging on to my early issues. I did sell some for $300. Did you know that the original artist of the 70s books, Dave Cockrum, passed away?

Alex Ross is hot.

I've been reading this title non-stop for almost 30 years now--seen some great times and some really bad times.

markpeg said:

Chris Claremont wrote a tribute to Dave at the end of the old Exiles series. It brought a tear to my eye.

Anxiety said:

On a serious note, these issues will be probably be profitable collectibles like the guys pictured below. My cousin had a massive collection.

ehuffnsd said:

Exactly. Brilliant concept by Stan Lee. I applaud him for having the foresight of all of that and to introduce the first black superhero - Storm.

MuthaFunka said:

MuthaFunka said:

Storm was the first black X-Man. Stan Lee created the first black superhero at Marvel with Black Panther.

sextonseven said:

Ah yes! Thanks for clearing that up. I forgot about BP! I LOVE that character.

whoah!

T'Challa looks the goods in FF#52

nice move for the two to get married.

MuthaFunka said:

I was gonna say that Luke Cage was way before Storm in the Marvel Universe.

MuthaFunka said:

Stan didn't create Storm. And also, X-Men was considered one of his lesser creations at the time, although in hindsight it's probably the one with the most potential. He was lazy and didn't want to have to write 5 origin stories for how these kids got their powers, so they were born with them. Other writers picked up on this and turned it into a civil rights metaphore. Can't take anything away from Stan, though. He's the man.

Anxiety said:

Brubaker is writing, so I'm sure it'll be good. Although from what I understand, his stories have been a bit hit or miss on this title (I haven't read an issue in almost 2 years - I'm in an "off again" phase).

Anyway, supposedly, this is going to set the course for the whole line, and there's kind of a big shakeup in the direction to go along with it. Heard that before, of course, but the X-books really *need* a direction. They've been pretty rudderless for years while everyone tried to tap dance around Astonishing and its glacial pace and publishing schedule.

Apparently the X-Men will be following someone's dream, but possibly not Xavier's

ButterscotchPimp said:

From the Big Two:

1. Black Panther - 1966 (Marvel)
2. Falcon - 1969 (Marvel)
3. Green Lantern (John Stewart) - 1971 (DC)
4. Luke Cage - 1972 (Marvel)
5. Black Goliath - 1975 (Marvel)
6. Storm - 1975 (Marvel)
7. Black Lightning - 1977 (DC)

Raze said:

it'd be nice to get something cohesive back in the title, and a "MASSIVE NEW DIRECTION" that will last more than a few months. i've pretty much lost all faith in the x-comix. the whedon ones are fun to read for the snarky dialog, but even that's not worth the clusterfuck of reading those books.

Anxiety said:

I love Whedon's run, but in the end, it wasn't really worth the long delays and the protracted story arcs. It's put out enough issues to fill up 2 years on the publishing schedule, yet it's been coming out for 4 years now. And it's only had like 4 arcs.

And yeah, the X-books need a direction. House of M/Decimation seemed like it was supposed to be one, but I guess they forgot to tell the writers after they thought it up. I kind of lost interest and couldn't afford it anymore. But I think I'm going to start buying them in trades.


(This post is giving me deja vu, Anx )

MuthaFunka said:

AlexdeParis said:

who was the first female black superhero for DC? (i should know this one...)

the earliest one i can think of is bumblebee from the teen titans. she wasn't exactly a smashing success of a comic book character, though...

Anxiety said:

I think it was Bumblebee. She's a couple of months older than Black Lightning.

ButterscotchPimp said:

I'm completely oblivious to that character. Who is that dude?

Raze said:

But he did come up with the concept, that was the main point. But thanks for the extra info.