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Top 100 Summer Comics #69

By admin | Published July 11, 2010

Joe Madureira was the first big name “NEW” artist after the trifecta of Jim Lee / Rob Liefeld / Todd McFarlane hit in the late 80′s.

That’s not to say he was the first new artist who came out. The early 90′s had some gems… but none of them garnered the hype and immediate acclaim that any of the names mentioned did. Joe Mad was an instant brand.

And Marvel was NOT going to let what went down with those other three names go down again so quickly.

#69 – Uncanny X-Men 328

What’s shocking is how little comic book work he’s actually done. Including his recent 5 issue run on Ultimates 2 with Jeph Loeb, Joe Mad has done about 43 full issues. Crazy. However, about half of them were on the Uncanny X-Men. No bigs. This issue finally brought some resolution to this whole weird “Rehabilitate Sabretooth” storyline that seemed pretty ill advised. Biggest complaint about Marvel Comics creative post 1990 – TOO MUCH REHAB. Leave unadulterated evil alone. Here… wrongs were righted.

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You Put Your Doop* In There.

By morgado | Published July 9, 2010

So I was perusing various internet blogs yesterday, as I am wont to do, and I stumbled upon this entry over on Gamma Squad. Suffice to say, I was initially severely bummed out that we had missed getting the scoop on this one for ourselves. Fortunately (for us), the posting came too late to attract any bidders in the market for a non-functional X-toilet, and the auction was re-listed…

Believe me, when this guy says he papered the entire toilet, he means the ENTIRE toilet.

You really have to admire the attention to detail (note the “family portrait” created on the back of the lid when the seat is lifted, and be sure to click over to the auction to check out the Magneto themed lid top).

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Remember the original X-men uniforms?

By morgado | Published May 20, 2010

Come on.

You know exactly the ones I mean.

You ever wonder what the “All New, All Different” team would have looked like in ‘em? Well here ya go.

Yeah, Thunderbird and Sunfire aren’t there, but whatever, they were barely on the team before getting blown up and quitting like a jerk, respectively.

Oh, by the way. That issue of The X-men #1 that I used to show the original costumes? It’s up for auction.

It’s original too, you see.

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Arthur Adams, Chapter 3: For the refined reader.

By admin | Published May 19, 2010

My final post on the great Arthur Adams for today. (hey, I love trilogies.)

When I think of Arthur Adams work in the 80′s, three specific books come to mind. There’s a few others, but these stand out as being the best to me. I love his X-Men work, and the Asgardian / New Mutants / X-Men crossover still resonates… just not quite as much as these three issues.

X-Babies. No, really… this is THEIR story. Mojo Mayhem is a caper to end all capers, and is without question one of the most concise and FUN stories Chris Claremont ever put together. The star of the book outside of the X-Babies? Well, maybe it’s Excalibur, seeing as how this is under their heading? No. It’s Ricochet Rita. Who? Yes. Essentially, the X-Bebs sitter, she is dragged through a quick, fun, and smart adventure that reads both like a out and out adventure as well as a bit of a tongue-in-cheek, we-can-laugh-at-ourselves tale. Give it a shot – I bet you’ll enjoy it.

The story was perfect at the time. Absolutely out of nowhere, the FF go missing and the most unlikely of heroes team up to save them – The Hulk, Wolverine, Spider-Man, and Ghost Rider. Looking back, this could be looked at as playing with the same instruction guide that Brian Michael Bendis used to reform the Avengers… aka bring in the heavy hitters! What strikes me most about this issue is how perfect Adams’ Mole Man is. I’m shocked these issues of Fantastic Four haven’t been collected yet.

Days of Future Present. I can rave for days about this, and that if it weren’t for the mixed bag of artists across the storyline that this would be held in a much higher esteem. Starring the deranged, nearly omnipotent Franklin Richards and Rachel Summers, this crossover was equal parts alternaverse adventure and tragic love story. It’s a total shame that Arthur Adams didn’t do all of the art for this crossover, some of the pages he did in this issue are perfect. The splash page that opens the Uncanny X-Men Annual 14 pictured above is still one of my favorite images.

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Mohawk Storm.

By morgado | Published March 1, 2010

In my humble opinion, the only time Storm was ever cool was when she was a bondaged out punker with an attitude problem. The whole “African weather goddess queen” thing? It just never worked for me. So you’ve got storm powers, big deal. I’m not going to worship you. Weather Wizard did your same schtick using a home made magic wand, and he wouldn’t turn into a quivering mess if you locked him in a closet.

He does, however, look way less cool.



On the subject of Jim Lee autographs…

By morgado | Published January 12, 2010

Back in 1992, I was in an after school jazz band program. Since it didn’t start until about an hour after school got out, my friend Mike and I would often walk over to Fiske’s General Store and buy some Jolt Cola and comics to bide out time with. Being like every other kid at the time, Jim Lee was the BEST ARTIST EVER and the new X-men series was the BEST SERIES EVER, so when these came out, we each saved up and bought a whole box in hopes of acquiring one of the elusive autographed cards.

We never got one. We didn’t even manage to get all of the hologram cards. But we did each end up with otherwise complete sets. Plus about 20 extra Kyluns.

Test your luck.

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