I'd rather UXM itself went back to focusing on obscure characters like it used to in the 70s & 80s.
I'd rather UXM itself went back to focusing on obscure characters like it used to in the 70s & 80s.
I would say no to a series like this. I think this kind of project would have writers going through the motions and creating storylines and origins for characters without much forethought.
I think the X-Books would be better if they started universe building again, establishing different antagonist teams and perspectives and global locations (although no more Savage Land please). I think keeping the X-Men confined to a school with a billion stepford students all aiming to be X-Men (with most of them inevitably falling to the wayside) really narrows the scope of what the X-Men/mutantkind can be about.
Anole being a recurring cameo as part of Worthington Industries is a nice foot in that direction.
How long is not about mutants being hunted by SHIELD, the avengers, the purifiers or random groups full of bigots, i would love to read it.
Savage Land is for lovers, ergo I love it. X-books needs to mine it more, not Avengers books.
Avengers books scrap X-Men concepts ridiculously lately, it's nigh time for X-Men to reclaim what is theirs.
I don't even like being reminded that Marvel capes belong to one big universe, so the above just bugs the hell out of me.
I'd love to see a book like this because it wouldn't be totally dissimilar to what Claremont did with the X-Men in the first place, but in a way that's possible in the current climate of comics (ie selling them as minor characters with their own title, not trying to sell a whole new team as a main title).
I just want mutants in a story that isn't beholden to all this other shit-- events, crossovers, and star-character drama I don't really care about. Mutants in a country that isn't America. Mutants that aren't aligned with either "side" of the current X-Men dichotomy, but just trying to do what they can for their own communities. Universe-building that isn't rehashing someone else's good ideas. If only.
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I always thought the 'X-Men Unlimited' series would have been perfect for this. One issue a month devoted to an X character or certain group of characters that may not necessarily get the spotlight as often as the headliners, or at the very least headliners could occasionally get a story centered fully on them for once. It's too bad the last series turned into a frequent Wolverine fest. It used to be a great avenue for cool one-shot stories.
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