Hot take: The 80s were the real peak era for X-men, not the 90s (comic-wise).

[Days of Future Piff]

The 90s were cool because we were kids and the cartoon was hot, but apart from AoA those stories weren't seeing the goatness of the 80s Claremont run.

Dark Phoenix and Days of Future Past are the obvious goat storylines.
God Loves Man Kills was the story they based X2 off of.

On top of that, the 80s era gave us...

- Wolverine in Japan
- The Brood Saga
- Lifedeath 1 and 2 (Storm loses her powers)
- The Morlock Massacre (Wolverine vs Sabertooth in the Sewers )
- Fall of the Mutants (where Angel became Archangel)
- The original Genosha story
- Inferno (Cyclops murking Mr. Sinister )

Most cats don't even realize that the majority of the really dope stories in the cartoon were lifted from this era.
The 90s were still fun though... definitely better than what we got in the movies

 

[The_Sheff]

Good stories don’t matter if people don’t know about them.

The cartoons and video games are what pushed the X-Men to the main stream.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

Whedon Astonshing Run is my shyt. CYKE!!

 

[CHICAGO]

nikkaS WERENT READING
THE COMICS IN THE 90S
WE WERE WATCHING THE ANIMATED
SERIES.



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[Monsanto]

Uncanny 150-200 has some of the best X-Men related writing ever.

Then you put Claremont on Excalibur with Alan Davis

 

[richaveli83]

Should have posted this in The Film Room. I agree though, 80s X-Men was some of the best stories written.

 

[IIVI]

To this day I still think Phoenix as a character, concept and storyline was so creative.

In terms of best, it was easily the 80s for the X-Men. Peak popularity was definitely the 90s.

That first wave of Marvel cards were stories from the 80s. I love the way comic book art around that time was drawn.

 

[Days of Future Piff]

Uncanny 150-200 has some of the best X-Men related writing ever.

Then you put Claremont on Excalibur with Alan Davis

111-143

Claremont and Byrne >>>>

The Paul Smith era was goated too.

 

[richaveli83]

111-143

Claremont and Byrne >>>>

The Paul Smith era was goated too.

Paul Smith is an underrated artist. People always talk about John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Jim Lee, etc but Smith is always overlooked.

 

[Vandelay]

Yeah, Chris Claremont is GOATed.

I prefer Jim Lee's art style though. My dumbass as a kid thought Jim was Stan's son for the longest lol.

 

[Turlast]

I loved a lot of the 90's X-Men stories.

But the 80's stories were

 

[old pig]

can’t wait til disney does this shyt RIGHT.

 

[Marc Spector]

id agree. One can argue that the 90s x men were mid until AoA

 

[Shadow King]

I didn't know this was a hot take

 

[SupaDupaFresh]

To this day I still think Phoenix as a character, concept and storyline was so creative.

In terms of best, it was easily the 80s for the X-Men. Peak popularity was definitely the 90s.

That first wave of Marvel cards were stories from the 80s. I love the way comic book art around that time was drawn.

I just came to say

1. John Byrne, THE GOAT
2. Jim Lee