Hey every one, as the title suggests I'm just wanting to know what the most essential X-Men stories are (to continuity and just cause they're good) pre Grant Morrisons 'New X-Men' I'm thinking in this order;
The Dark Phoenix Saga
Days of Future Past
God Loves, Man Kills
Mutant Massacre
Fall of the Mutants
Inferno
Days of Future Present
X-Tinction Agenda
Muir Island Saga
X-Cutioner Song
Fatal Attractions
Phalanx Covenant
Age of Apocalypse
Legion Quest
Onslaught
Children of the Atom
Operation: Zero Tolerance
The Twelve
Dream's End
Eve of Destruction
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06-07-2015, 02:05 AM #1All-New Member
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The most important X-Men stories pre New X-Men
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06-07-2015, 02:11 AM #2Extraordinary Member
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Ahh, the Mutant Massacre. Those were the days...
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damn legion quest was the shit. great art awesome premise fantastic bad guy.
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Yeah, Andy Kubert and Matt Ryan did some great work on X-Men. Originally Posted by Nimrod
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06-08-2015, 04:06 AM #5That's what makes it fun!
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EX-AC-TLY. You guys hit the nail. The soap was so solid that it let the issues run indefinitely --there was no need of great plot excuses or incessant climax. So the empathy with the characters and tales were much stronger. Originally Posted by AgentFelix
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There are so many really good X-Men storylines that predate Morrison's New X-Men launch. But I think the one that is probably the most important is the Muir Island Saga. Not only does it clean up almost 5 years of ongoing story revolving the Outback X-Men through the Siege Perilous, X-Factor, Magneto as headmaster of the New Mutants and Cable's arrival, it also sets the stage for the most explosive era of X-Men. The Shadow King was the threat that brought Xavier back to earth after almost 80 issues away. So many great moments here, but to call out a few - Colossus' return; Xavier and the O5 again; saving of Polaris; the real reunification of the mutants back under Xavier.
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Good point. I agree! That's why I was shocked that Piskor skipped it on Grand Design. [although its more clear everyday I was like the only one enjoying that ] Originally Posted by baltiroo
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Two changes to the order, I guess -
1. Age of Apocalypse should be after Legion Quest
2. Children of the Atom should be after Operation: Zero Tolerance
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I kinda feel the Brood Saga should be in there, and maybe the Nimrod storyline that saw the introduction of Rachel Summers. The New Mutants/ X-Men Asgard epic was pretty memorable, too.
Honestly I think the comic was so strong between the Byrne and John Romita JR eras I feel there wasn't much in the way of filler; storylines flowed seamlessly from one to another without the need to hype them up with big, self-important titles.
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06-07-2015, 07:27 AM #10all those feels
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yea, comic writing was a lot more fluid in the olden days and each big story didn't get an overarching name, as they weren't "events" or made for Trades.
Many of the most important stories in X-Men lore happened in Claremont's run from 94-280.
Second Genesis
Phoenix Saga
World Tour
Brood Saga
Wedding of Wolverine and Mariko
Nimrod
etc etcX-Poster of the Month: April 2013
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As a few others have posted, a few order tweaks are needed. Otherwise, I'd add the following: Originally Posted by zachlee
The Outback era issues of Uncanny is a must. It starts pretty much immediately following Fall of the Mutants, and it ends not too long after Inferno. It contains the introduction of Genosha, the introduction of the Reavers, the introduction of Jubilee, and an enjoyable arc with the Brood on Earth. The Genosha arc also plays a big role in the start of Inferno. I believe this is were Madripoor first appeared before getting explored more in Logan's first ongoing.
The Havok/Wolverine: Meltdown mini set during the outback era is good. There is some good character work, and the non-traditional art work is pretty. One of the characters in it, Scarlett, re-appears in Age of Apocalypse in Angel's bar (I think).
The Wolverine ongoing that starts during that era is fun at times. Logan was different in many ways then, including the more reasonable level of his healing factor. His "disguise" as Patch is paper thin, his costume is kind of lame, but it is funny seeing characters like Jessica Drew, Lindsey McCabe, and Karma all more or less pretend to be fooled by it to humor Logan. His more or less noir adventures centered around Madripoor are often fun, especially the arc with the Joe Fix-It incarnation of the Hulk.
The two one shots centered around Rahne and Logan in an parallel world where she has replaced her counterpart (a princess) are both fun.
The Wolverine/Apocalypse/Savage Land one shot is also fun.
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