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The X-Men and I are trying to work some things out.
Like hardcore drug use and street gang membership, the practice of comic book reading is a culthood into which you are inducted, always, by…
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THE X-MEN #12, JULY 1965
“I can read his every thought! First, he’ll break my trophies… then he’ll beat me up!”
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THE X-MEN #11, MAY 1965
“I’ve never seen an electronic device register such an extreme condition of panic! Every circuit is strained to the breaking point!”
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THE X-MEN #8, NOVEMBER 1964
“I am in the heart of the Balkans, in Europe… Descending into an almost bottomless pit!”
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THE X-MEN #7, SEPTEMBER 1964
“Seconds later, in answer to the time-honored carny battle cry, a group of husky roustabouts charge the mighty mutant!”
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THE X-MEN #6, JULY 1964
“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…
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THE X-MEN #5, MAY 1964
“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…
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