Monthly Archives: January 2012

Rogue and Gambit X-Men Comic Book Essentials

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Rogue and Gambit are, together, probably most favorite X-Men among readers.  The latter is just a plain, fun character with a great power, while the former's story exemplifies the entire philosophy behind the X-Men.  Together, their love is story is one that is enduring.  This is most likely due to the nature of their relationship, as nothing could come of it since Rogue could not even touch Gambit without the risk of stealing his psyche and leaving him brain-dead. If you're just picking up Read more [...]

Todd McFarlane Comic Book Essentials

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For many, Todd McFarlane epitomizes the evolution of the comic book industry in the 90's. He brought to the industry eye-popping detailed art and dark storytelling, as well as having produced one of the best-selling single issues ever (with multiple covers and touted as highly collectible, assuredly) and spearheaded a creator-owned publishing company. His forays in baseball-collecting, professional sports team ownership and his own line of toys made him a household name. Hardly any other artist Read more [...]
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Best X-Men Stories of All Time

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Our recent Best Spider-Man Stories of All Time post was one of the most popular post here on the blog (you really should check it out if you haven't yet!), so doing the same for X-Men was an obvious choice. One thing we discover when we began compiling the ballots for the best X-Men stories of all time, is that there is way less consensus regarding which are the best X-Men arcs aside from the perennial top 2 (which you'll have to continue reading to find out). Though there were factions that agreed Read more [...]