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Sith_Sensei__Prime
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Date Posted:
2/19 12:26pm
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RE: The X-Project
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Mastadge, I admire the journey on which you're embarking, as I found the X-Men way more enjoyable than the "Super Friends/Justice League." I know I couldn't do it, because I find it hard enough to keep current on this now. I missed out on the whole "Onslaught" saga, but I'm happy to find out it being re-released in trades.
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Spiderfan
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Date Posted:
2/19 4:08pm
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Mastadge posted:
Exiles is great fun.
And you seriously don't like Peter David's X-Factor? I thought it was a big improvement on the "original team" concept.
Exiles: I never really saw anything to cling to, though given the recommendation I might give it a try for an arc or two.
X-Factor - The only reason I have any interest in the series to begin with is because I want to learn more about the original X-Men and the various things that would become important story elements (namely Apocalypse). On the David run the only character that really interests me is Rahne and not enough for me to try to work my way through an entire series. Now thats not to say that I won't ever read it, just right now I don't see much of a reason.
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Raven
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Oct '98
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Date Posted:
2/20 9:13am
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Exiles was hit and miss. There were some really great stories in there, and some that really fell flat.
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Axle-Starweilder
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Date Posted:
2/20 10:04am
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i started undertaking a similar project myself last summer.
it all started with some issues of x-factor that had the original five in it, and i went from there as i was prompted to with the inferno crossover.
i read almost every x-factor comic up until issue 101 or so.
i must say, the original five in this seiries was good, but their first 20 issues or so were really pretty boring. eventually walt and wheezie took over creatively and the series profited from their service. but the real gems of this day and age did happen in x-men issues that were coming out at the same time. claremont's 80s x-men were the whup. they were invisible, living in australia, and they had longshot. what more could you want?
but yeah, it's really a shame that when x-factor got a new cast peter david didn't stick it out with them a little longer. same story for penciler larry stroman. his art and pete's stories were timeless. of course, as we all know, peter david had to go do more important work with spiderman 2099, but that's another story.
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FlareStorm
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2/22 11:23am
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have you seen these
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Mastadge
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Date Posted:
2/22 12:25pm
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Yes.
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Sith_Sensei__Prime
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2/22 3:34pm
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So would you be taking that CD into consideration?
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Mastadge
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2/22 3:40pm
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The DVD is an excellent resource, but its limitations are annoying. It has every issue (including ad pages and letters pages) of X-Men/Uncanny X-Men, including Annuals. It does not have any of the other X-books, so crossovers can be frustrating. It also does not have any Age of Apocalypse stuff, so 1995 has fewer issues than most years. Still, it's far preferable to tracking down 400 issues of Uncanny, and the scans are hi-res enough that I have no problem reading them on the screen.
If I ever undertake anything similar with the Avengers titles, you can bet I'll be picking up the complete Avengers, Captain America and any other versions for those books.
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Mastadge
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2/23 9:55am
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Alright, I'm about halfway through X-treme X-Men, and it's getting better. Really it is. But there are some annoying continuity errors that are just too stupid not to annoy me. For example, in one issue the X-Men are getting together for Thanksgiving. The very next issue, taking place shortly afterward, there's a newspaper clearly dated October. Stupid.
In the Invasion arc, a character does not travel with the group from Australia to Madripoor. The next issue, he's inexplicably there with him. Similarly the Big Bad, Vargas, who again inexplicably appears within an impenetrable shield. It's these things that bug me more than big oversights, which can usually be fairly easily retconned (although there's one I'm trying to figure out now that's got me scratching my head).
As far as continuity goes, the X-Treme X-Men: Savage Land mini doesn't seem to fit, as in that the X-tremes go to the Savage Land with Beast, who at that time happens to be comatose at Xavier's. It's such an abysmally stupid story that I'm tempted to just say it's out of continuity, except it's mentioned in a throwaway line a few issues later.
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Spiderfan
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Date Posted:
2/23 10:32am
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Mastadge posted:
Alright, I'm about halfway through X-treme X-Men, and it's getting better. Really it is. But there are some annoying continuity errors that are just too stupid not to annoy me. For example, in one issue the X-Men are getting together for Thanksgiving. The very next issue, taking place shortly afterward, there's a newspaper clearly dated October. Stupid.
Duh. Obviously its the Canadian Thanksgiving. 
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Mastadge
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2/23 10:50am
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In New Orleans? 
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Spiderfan
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2/23 11:14am
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The Cajuns are descendent's from the Acadians.
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