LTTP: Mike Carey's X-Men Legacy

[loke13]

Ok so thanks to a previous Hickman I decided to jump back into Mike's X-men series. I read the Supernova issues years ago and really enjoyed them so this time I decided to go back and read them from the beginning and HOLY HELL are they good. I'm only a few issues in the quality is amazing and atmospheric. The whole introspective dive into Xavier as character examining his motivations and drives is just so well put together.

I had forgotten some of the great storytelling that came from the whole House of M/Messiah Complex events. What the hell happened to the X-men books? I feel like after AvX Marvel just largely stopped putting effort into the X-Men. Even a few issues in there's some pretty interesting concepts especially with Mr. Sinister, I mean experimenting on Xavier when he was a child, grooming Scott at the Orphanage, taking a sample of Jean's DNA when she was just a little girl? Can't wait to read the rest.

[Purplevit]

Legion's Legacy >>> Xavier's >>>>>>>>>>>>> Rogue's

[AJpyro]

Xavier Legacy should get a complete collection in preparation for Hickman.

[GodfatherIV]

Wish Carey would return as an x-writer

[DarkMagnus]

Rogue Legacy was the best Legacy of all time.

[sage]

I preferred Mike Carey's adjectiveless X-Men issues over his Legacy issues.

[Graphicisnovel]

Rogue Legacy was the best Legacy of all time.

Rogue's team was one of the best X-men runs ever for me!!!!!

(And then Cyclops demoted Rogue, when he's the reason the team failed to begin with lmao)

[FUBAR007]

Ok so thanks to a previous Hickman I decided to jump back into Mike's X-men series. I read the Supernova issues years ago and really enjoyed them so this time I decided to go back and read them from the beginning and HOLY HELL are they good. I'm only a few issues in the quality is amazing and atmospheric. The whole introspective dive into Xavier as character examining his motivations and drives is just so well put together.

I had forgotten some of the great storytelling that came from the whole House of M/Messiah Complex events. What the hell happened to the X-men books? I feel like after AvX Marvel just largely stopped putting effort into the X-Men. Even a few issues in there's some pretty interesting concepts especially with Mr. Sinister, I mean experimenting on Xavier when he was a child, grooming Scott at the Orphanage, taking a sample of Jean's DNA when she was just a little girl? Can't wait to read the rest.

Carey's one of the few post-2001 writers to actually use the franchise's history and continuity to tell stories. A lot of his run was quite good. I particularly like what he did with Rogue and his attempt at damage control on what Brubaker and Whedon did to Xavier.