Worst writers on X-books

[mikeb]

When was Joe Kelly on the main X-books? Or are we counting Deadpool?

The end of 1997 to the beginning of 1999. He and Steve Seagle quit at the same time because they were not allowed to write the Phoenix story they wanted, instead of the editor mandated "Magneto War". (Seagle was writing UnCanny, Kelly was writing X-Men)

[Wind Rider]

In the last 10 years here are the top 5...

Fraction
Gillen
Lemire
Aaron
Bendis

[cc008]

In the last 10 years here are the top 5...

Fraction
Gillen
Lemire
Aaron
Bendis

On what grounds?

[Stormrocks]

When I read the title of the thread, I immediately thought about Jeff Lemire's run. His time on Extraordinary was so forgettable. Just filled with stupid ideas poorly executed.

Jason Aaron was also pretty bad on Wolverine and the X-Men.

I also hated Spiderman and the X-Men so Kalan gets no love from me either.

Humphries X-Force was also bad.

[Shriveling_memo]

Bendis for me basically broke the xmen. After Avx I was hoping for some interesting conflict between the two teams. Instead we got this God awful drama about what should be done with young o5. I wasted so much money

[BobfromHR]

Jason Aaron.

At least Chuck Austen gave us Juggernaut's redemption.

The less said about the Imposternaut/Huggernaut the better.

[Carabas]

The less said about the Imposternaut/Huggernaut the better.

It was like the one decent, well-written part of his run.

[mikeb]

I remember reading an "Wizard" article back in 1999 after Seagle and Kelly quit about how hard it was to keep X-men writers. Bob Harras must have been a real hard ass! I remember reading that in 1996, Mark Waid quit writing X-Men after only 6 issues...

[Carabas]

I remember reading an "Wizard" article back in 1999 after Seagle and Kelly quit about how hard it was to keep X-men writers. Bob Harras must have been a real hard ass! I remember reading that in 1996, Mark Waid quit writing X-Men after only 6 issues...

Bob Harras is famous not so much for being a hardass but for being an outright unreasonable boss.

[BlitheringToot]

It was like the one decent, well-written part of his run.

Agreed. The reformed Juggernaut was a lot of fun ... until Claremont got a hold of him in "New Excalibur" and REEEEEALLY watered him down.

[jmc247]

It was like the one decent, well-written part of his run.

Much of modern Lorna's character is built on foundations set up under his run. Mind you some want to only remember the crazy and that's their prerogative, but there was much more to her in that run.

[Carabas]

Much of modern Lorna's character is built on foundations set up under his run. Mind you some want to only remember the crazy and that's their prerogative, but there was much more to her in that run.

I do not have the foggiest notion what modern Lorna is like.

[jmc247]

I do not have the foggiest notion what modern Lorna is like.

Could be because Marvel shifted her out to space and then limbo for most of the past decade. Either way you will be seeing more of her I would wager. The things pushed in the early 00s are about to start to paying off.

[Sam Robards, Comic Fan]

Thinking about my choices again, I can't say that Austen was the worst (that probably goes to Lemire followed closely by Aaron), as there were actually a few things I remember liking about his run.

I liked his use of Juggernaut (after Joe Q wouldn't let him bring back Colossus), Polaris (with her craziness being due to extreme PTSD from surviving Genosha), Northstar, Stacy X (he did write some of her, right?) and Sammy Pare (that's right, I said it): the thing that made him so bad were his plots, mainly the Draco, the Church of Humanity and the blatant Romeo and Juliet rip he did. Woof.

When it comes to Lemire and Aaron, I honestly can't think of a single redeeming factor for either run. Truly horrid.

[Hi-Fi]

Austen ruined Stacy X, actually. Casey built up a complex character and Austen turned her into a mess in love with Warren. Then he removed her to make way for the Paige-Warren couple.