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The X-Men and I are trying to work some things out.

Exploring the X-Men, issue by issue.

Like hardcore drug use and street gang membership, the practice of comic book reading is a culthood into which you are inducted, always, by…

Mar 5

“Though I am prince of the deep, monarch of the sea, my titles are hollow… my kingdom is empty and meaningless!!”—Namor the Sub-Mariner, X-Men # 6, 1964…

Mar 5

“Never have you, the reading public, been so instantly fascinated by a group of super-powerful villains as last issue, when you met Magneto’s evil…

Mar 4

“I am wiring two bombs! One will be placed at this door, to booby-trap it and destroy them when they enter! As for the other, that one will be a nuclear…

Feb 12

“Didn’t expect the flying Zamboobas to tackle you this way, did you?” Central conflict: The X-Men vs. The Blob and a cast of circus performers

Feb 12

Central conflict: The X-Men vs. The Vanisher Fictional Film listed on theater marquee in a background: “A Teen-Ager’s Tears.”

Feb 10, 2021

Central conflict: X-Men vs. Magneto Biggest surprise: Xavier a dick.

Feb 10, 2021

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