X-Men in the 90's awesome?

[Starleafgirl]

Lobdell and Bachalo's first ten Gen X comics has to be read by everyone - it's the perfect marriage between art and story. The kinetic nature of the story and Bachalo dark inks. Even the placement of the panels add to the effect. If anyone refuses to read those, then at least read Generation NeXt (AoA) - which is dark, disturbing and some of the best art from the 90's. Has mutants, drinking other mutants and exploding...EC comics meets teen-angst.

Addressed to the original poster and anyone else curious:

If you end up liking the first ten Gen X comics, I'd say you're safe to expand it to the first 25 plus the Annuals (okay, some of those are bad, lol, but I really like Generation X Annuals '95 & '99, and some parts of the others... except '96). The first issue of Larry Hama's run is #33, so if you really want to push your luck, read up to #32. After Larry Hama's run is over, the quality picks up again, but never reaches the level that was there before.

But again, you're really pushing it at that point, lol. I own all 75 issues of Generation X, plus Specials, Annuals, etc. and I don't regret it, but if you're just looking for the "best" stuff, I'd say the first 25 issues of Generation X plus Annual '95 (and Annual 1999 if you're a Jubilee fan).

[NewMutant]

I love the 90s X-Men, but it was time when the series began to bloat... a problem that even through House of M has never really gone away.

My question is... are the Avengers currently the X-Men of the 90s? At the height of their popularity, bloated with characters and titles, etc. As a fan will you look back and enjoy your time as reader or despise it for its popularity?