What Introduced You to the X-Men?

[From The Shadows]

The comics! I knew of them through my brother but never really got into them, read a few appearances then I picked up my first issue in the 80s and I was sold.

[Man of X]

The comics. Walked into a new comic store and saw Uncanny X-men #198 on the shelf with a gorgeous cover by Barry Windsor-Smith. Attracted me and once I took a look, that's all it took. I've been a collector to this day.

[JackalsIII]

I'm pretty sure it was SPIDER-MAN 25, circa August 1992, was my first exposure to the Excalibur and then I started getting that title and buying back issues from there.

The 90s X-MEN cartoon coming out soon after that cemented my adoration for the merry mutants.

Fleer trading cards also tipped me off on them

[vitamin]

Hugh Jackman and Famke Janssen.

I loved X-Men movie so much I bought green coat to be Rogue.

[Runarc]

The replies in this thread show me how much older most of the people on this forum are, compared to me (25).

As for me it was the X-men movies (First class).

[just another user]

I'm aware this is unlikely to be a popular opinion on here, but I feel that fans who got into the X-Men because they watched a cartoon aren't really as likely to be into semiotics and deep textural analysis of Claremont's themes and more into superficial character "appreciation".

I am thankful that these light entertainment products made the X-Men financially successful but do feel they have had a detrimental effect.

[IdaqiBeauty]

I'm aware this is unlikely to be a popular opinion on here, but I feel that fans who got into the X-Men because they watched a cartoon aren't really as likely to be into semiotics and deep textural analysis of Claremont's themes and more into superficial character "appreciation".

I am thankful that these light entertainment products made the X-Men financially successful but do feel they have had a detrimental effect.

No, I completely agree. It's the Age of Apocalypse generation. The Onslaught generation. The generation that learned to like 2-Dimensional parodies of the X-Men.

[vitamin]

It's always nice being the exception.

[SoupStainedTie]

No, I completely agree. It's the Age of Apocalypse generation. The Onslaught generation. The generation that learned to like 2-Dimensional parodies of the X-Men.

Strongly disagree with this one.

You can call 90's X-Men a lot of things, but the X-Men of Lobdell and Nicieza were certainly not "2-dimensional parodies." Of course they were no Claremont, but their stories focused on the characters and their growth in ways that have all but vanished from the books today.

For 2-dimensional parodies, look no further than the X-Men of TODAY. Give me the 90's any day over an X-Line filled with directionless books where countless rotating writers give us their often contradicting takes on a handful of characters.

The X-Men comics of Claremont and yes, Lobdell and Nicieza, were about the members of the X-Men. The X-Men comics of today are the about the brand and concept of the X-Men.

[just another user]

Whenever I see a thread about eg the movie version of Mystique or something about those cartoons I think to myself, we have a perfectly good TV/Film board - could those threads not have been created there?

[IdaqiBeauty]

Strongly disagree with this one.

You can call 90's X-Men a lot of things, but the X-Men of Lobdell and Nicieza were certainly not "2-dimensional parodies." Of course they were no Claremont, but their stories focused on the characters and their growth in ways that have all but vanished from the books today.

For 2-dimensional parodies, look no further than the X-Men of TODAY. Give me the 90's any day over an X-Line filled with directionless books where countless rotating writers give us their often contradicting takes on a handful of characters.

What is Kwannon but a 2-dimensional parody of Psylocke? Just because 90s Jean gave the professor shoulder rubs to provide a "family feel," doesn't mean she was fleshed out.

[vitamin]

I don't see how someone could say today's comiX aren't character driven and 90s weren't directionless as today's are.

[NewMutant]

I'm aware this is unlikely to be a popular opinion on here, but I feel that fans who got into the X-Men because they watched a cartoon aren't really as likely to be into semiotics and deep textural analysis of Claremont's themes and more into superficial character "appreciation".

I am thankful that these light entertainment products made the X-Men financially successful but do feel they have had a detrimental effect.

There is some truth to that; as it would be of any outside comic variation. TAS did have rather adult themes (for a cartoon) and was based on Claremont's run. Just because something introduced a person to the series doesn't mean they skipped all before it. I might have a fondness over TAS cast compared to say the All-New All-Different cast, but certainly there is more depth to the original material. Claremont will always be the X-Godfather.

[SoupStainedTie]

I don't see how someone could say today's comiX aren't character driven and 90s weren't directionless as today's are.

I guess Marts agrees with you, and hopes you will continue to enjoy Spider-Man & The X-Men, Amazing X-Men, Adjectiveless X-Men, and whatever else they have up their sleeve.

[vitamin]

Who's X-Godmother? Ann Nocenti or Louise Simonson?