Thursday, January 8, 2015
An X-Men review, for those who like X-Men
Not a TMNT review, but something comic-related I was writing before my vacation.
I've always loved the X-Men, but I'd never actually read anything from the pre-Giant Sized era. You know, those early blue and yellow uniform issues; X-Men #1-66. So I rectified that:
X-Men: The Blue and Yellow Era (Review).
This was definitely an educational experience for me and it was pretty exhilarating to read all those fabled milestone stories for the first time; adventures and origins I only ever knew in the form of summaries and adaptations. Many of them weren't very good, but I had a blast.
I mean, I only ever knew Magneto as the dignified despot. It was hilarious to see that he spent two decades acting like this all the time:
I'll get back to Turtle reviews, now. Just thought I'd share this one with you all since I figured there'd be some overlap between the TMNT and X-Men fans out there.