What is the Iconic Marvel Universe to you?

[FFJamie94]

For X-Men, it would be the 90's cartoon, which is probably tied with Jim Lee's X-Men, but I see it more from the perspective of the 90's cartoon. Mix that in with the 00's movies which is tied with Morrison's New X-men and Ultimate X-Men, and they come across as being a hybrid of the two.

Spider-Man, again, is a hybrid of the 90's cartoon, the Raimi movies and the JMS era. He is married, but he is also kind of hopeless, he is confident and strong but has that emotional beat. It's a Parker that doesn't really exist, but it's what I see when I think of him.

Fantastic Four, it's more from the early 60's. They've managed to maintain fairly linear in their progression, only really venturing forth in the last few years and when there's new members on the team. But you could take a Lee/Kirby book and a Waid book and they would be fairly similar on the surface.

Avengers will always be New Avengers to me.
It was the first 616 comic I was all in when I first got into comics (ultimate spider-man is the first comic overall for me).

[ARkadelphia]

I might get roasted for writing this but I do not think that era is anywhere near as iconic as the Claremont/Byrne run. That, for me, is the best the X-Men ever got.

Why would you get roasted for that comment?

[K7P5V]

When it comes to the supernatural side of 616 Marvel Universe, my preference will always be the 90's version of The Midnight Sons

[Alan2099]

For me, the 90s is what I think of mostly with a few exceptions here and there.

A lot of my Spider-man preferences are kinda spotted up and down his timeline. I tend to think of him as single and in college.

The Fantastic Four are still Jack and Stan's guys, although the Byrne run has some influence as well.

Exaclibur is the original lineup but the rest of the teams are their 90s selves.

The New Warriors is still a thing, so is the Midnight Sons. Ironfist and Cage are the Heroes for Hire and Cage is still single with a yellow shirt and a chain for a belt.

Punisher still works with Microchip.

Ironman, Daredevil, and Captain America still have their secret identities.

The Avengers are a little bit tougher to crack, since one of the defining elements was always their rotating membership. The New AVengers and Civil War is something I'd happily ignore though.

[JT221]

Why would you get toasted for that comment?

Lot of people love the 90s X-Men.

[babyblob]

For me when I think of Marvel I think of the early days I love to read so much. 60s Spiderman, Cap's Kooky Quartet.

I also think of MC2. I really loved that line so much.

[Alan2099]

I would love to see a revival, even a temporary revival of the MC2 line. If they can try and bring back Spider-man 2099 even few years, I don't see why Spider-girl and A-Next doesn't deserve a shot.

[babyblob]

I would love to see a revival, even a temporary revival of the MC2 line. If they can try and bring back Spider-man 2099 even few years, I don't see why Spider-girl and A-Next doesn't deserve a shot.

I would love to see that. And I really enjoyed Darkdevil and J2 as well. Though J2 was so much like Spiderman. Attended Mid Town High. Had a classmate that bullied him but loved his hero alter ego. Some call it fan service but I call it kind of a rip off. But I still loved it.

[ARkadelphia]

Lot of people love the 90s X-Men.

But not compared to Claremont I don’t think.

[CaptainUniverse]

For me when I think of Marvel I think of the early days I love to read so much. 60s Spiderman, Cap's Kooky Quartet.

I also think of MC2. I really loved that line so much.

Oh yeah, how could I forget the MC2, it is literally the best timeline!

I would love to see a revival, even a temporary revival of the MC2 line. If they can try and bring back Spider-man 2099 even few years, I don't see why Spider-girl and A-Next doesn't deserve a shot.

A full revival of the MC2 would be great, especially in print rather than being confined to the Marvel Infinity Comics lines.

[Anthony W]

That question is impossible for me to answer. So I will just tell you the last time I enjoyed everything the Marvel Universe was doing.

It was the Heroes Return Era. The books coming out of that were great. Also, if you haven't read it before check out the Jurgens/Romita run on the Mighty Thor. It's a great run on a great character by two industry legends that somehow never gets mentioned. It's great. If you liked Krakoa this is Krakoa...done correctly. It starts out as classic and spins up into Asgard influencing humanity and Thor ruling the entire earth. Plus we also get to see Thor's son Magni, which Marvel is determined to never ever mention under any circumstances and desperately wants you to forget. Here is a picture 2280453-magni___40_by_reau_d38sedz.jpg
and here is a wiki entry on him https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magni_(character)

[K7P5V]

When it comes to the cosmic side of 616 Marvel Universe, my preference will always be the Ron Lim version

[JT221]

Used to love Ron Lim art. Still like it, but not as much as I used to.

[shooshoomanjoe]

Fantastic Four in the Baxter Building is very iconic to me. The very first FF headquarters ever.

Which Baxter Building, the one in Manhattan or in Central City, CA?

[ARkadelphia]

Which Baxter Building, the one in Manhattan or in Central City, CA?

Is that a serious question?