The NZA Posted April 8, 2002 Share Posted April 8, 2002 Ok, a quick rundown on the storylines to remind folks, so of course.. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « +Days of Future Past - 2 issue series, a wolrd where the humans win. Sentinels slowly kill of the remaning outlaw X-Men as new President Kelly ordered. Classic Chris Cleremont & John Byrne.+Dark Phoenix Saga: Most folks know this one from the cartoon: Jean Grey is taken over by the godlike entity of the Phoenix, features such highlights as an X-Men war vs Shi'ar empire, Wolverine alone bailin out the team, and finally, Jean Grey's sacrficie...this one'd win in most corners. +Mutant Massacre: The underground Morlocks are slaughtered by Mr Sinister's band of Sabretooh & his killers; the X-Men are forced to kill in retaliation. Great Wolvy/Sabertooth fight, Angel loses his wings, etc. +Inferno: hell on earth, Madelyn Pryor, goblins, etc - i never finished this one. +X-Cutioner's Song: Maassive battle of X-Teams vs Stryfe...id hype it more if i managed to read it, sorry. :embarrassed: +Fatal Attractions: Xavier's all out war against Magneto: Collosus defects, Wolvy loses his adamantium, and folks die. This one was great, spread out across all X-books that month with gatefold covers & great holograms on em. Art by Jim Lee. +Age of Apocalypse: Xavier is killed before the X-men come about, its the opposite story of "Days of Future Past", where the mutants rule and all humans in America are slaughtered by Apocalypse. Its a great "What If' series, my vote prolly goes here to be honest. Written by Mark Waid of Kingdom Come, art by Adam Kubert. +Onslaught: Xavier betrays the team, and it takes the entire Marvel universe to take him down. Badass stuff, also by Mark Waid, but hard to read, as it spread out across the entire marvel universe that summer. +E is for Extinction: First series of the New X-Men book, Cassandra Nova is introduced & begins her complete deconstruction of the X-Men, i cant say enough good bout this one. Grant Morrisson (JLA, Invisibles) and Frank Quitely on art, who i still kinda dont like. +The Tomorrow People: 1st arc in Ultimate X-Men: see Cyclops defect, another grand Magneto/Xavier battle, and a lot of new twists on it, all to the art of Andy Kubert, with Mark Millar at the helm. Other possible arcs i had no room for are X-Tinction Agenda (i didnt read it, either), The Phalanx Covenant (which introduced Generation X), The Magneto Wars (it wasnt that good), Operation: Zero Tolerance (it really wasnt very good), Weapon X (2nd arc in Ultimate X-Men), and the current runnin line in New X-Men, which isnt over yet so i cant really put it up here. There's plenty here, some of which i think a few of us have read, so lemme know... For now, im goin for Age of Apocalypse, despite the Phoenix saga bein the classic that it is. AOA went across a season, spannin 40 books in its entirety, but even just readin the bookends (X-Men Alpha & Omega) is worth the trip. The storyline took balls, and Marvel pulled few punches on it - i still wish one book from this timeline was around, perhaps a plot-based one like Sin City, but then it prolly works better 'casue it ended on a rather high note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 8, 2002 Author Share Posted April 8, 2002 PS i gotta make these rundowns shorter, or none of you are really gonna read them, are you? Ah well...i tried to be succinct, but im just makin it worse here, so, uh... Oh and vote if ya get a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Snake Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 Hate that when you get votes but no replies! I'd only seen the Phoenix saga on cartoon and read E is for Extinction so I'd a choice of two, I did tell you I wasn't into Marvel! Phoenix gets it but New X-men is shaping up well, plus thankfully Quitely has fallen behind so there's other artists drawing it, can't stand him myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 10, 2002 Author Share Posted April 10, 2002 I hate that, too.... Well, at least ya read 2 great storylines there, tho that Cassandra Nova one's still goin, and its been like a year now! Im lovin it, but im with ya on Quitely....mainly i just dont like how he makes m'boy Wolvy look like a greasy Soprano....not to be racist but fuck, the man's canadian/american lookin. I also like his costume a lot more but i hate the bare-chested thing...fuck, the man must get cold, give 'im a wife-beater shirt or somethin! At least in his regular series book he gets a shirt under the jacket, looks less like a hobo. As for Phoenix Saga...good vote, i expect it to win, and while i just actually finished readin the TPB of that arc (it was great shit, read it i ya can) the cartoon did a pretty damn good translation if i remember correctly, so ya pretty much got the story. Anyone else an X-Men fan? :thinking: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacchus Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 AOA.... hands down...this isnt a story line its a universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted April 25, 2002 Share Posted April 25, 2002 I say w00t! for Age of Apocalypse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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