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

[humminbird]

I appreciate you actually including pics to prove your point

 

[old pig]

glad this wasn’t a poll…I think it’s a toss up…late 80s/early 90s x-men books had me ready to want to draw/write for comics as a profession

 

[Concerned Citizen]

Not a single lie told. Inferno was my joint. That elevator scene is still one of the most disturbing things I’ve seen in a comic. Rep incoming OP

 

[Swirv]

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

Wish I could read these

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Agreed.

 

[WhatsGoodTy]

Wish I could read these

Just google read comics online for a simple way to read comics. You could download a comic book reader and just download them too

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

The amount of piff Disney has to pull from… they got a bargain for fox

 

[Monsanto]

Only X-related run I have at a comparable level is X-Factor by Peter David

 

[cole phelps]

80s marvel in general was

 

[Days of Future Piff]

80s marvel in general was

Jim Shooter Marvel (‘79-87) >>>>>
It’s a shame they don’t have anyone like him running the company today. Things would be a lot different.

Shout outs to the Proteus storyline (1979).
It was a great story by itself but also did a dope job of setting up the Dark Phoenix right afterwards.

It arguably had the GOAT Cyclops moment when he rallied the team after the everyone got bodied by Proteus. I wish they would have adapted that moment in the animated series.

 

[Geek Nasty]

When I collected I have some of these issues

The X-Men down in Australia
X-Factor in NY then on Apocalypse's mother ship

 

[Northern Son]

I thought most comic fans knew this, is it really a hot take? The marketing for X-Men obviously peaked later in the 90s.

 

[Ridge Forrester]

For me, as far as the main canon/continuity, X-Men started to decline in the early 80s after Days of Future Past both in terms of storyline and art. There were some highlights that followed (issue 150, introduction of the Morlocks and Storm beating Callisto in combat, Rogue joining the team, issues 200-201, Mutant Massacre), but a lot what came after was awful. I hated the Brood Saga, I'm not a huge fan of the Japanese stuff with Wolverine, I hated Storm's new look, and I didn't care for the Outback years. As for the art, Romita Jr. couldn't shine his father's shoes and Silvestri's art is just as, if not more, messy.

 

[Pirius Black]

I just came to say

1. John Byrne, THE GOAT
2. Jim Lee

Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man was mind blowing as a kid. I hated to see Jim Lee and the guys who would form Image (minus Liefield and his grotesque pencilling) leave.

 

[Lonj]

can’t wait til disney does this shyt RIGHT.

Won't happen. MCU done already fell off. Logan, DOFP and X2 will remain the best Xmen movie adaptations we will ever see in our lifetimes.