I think the next time I go into my LCS I may have to pick up some X-Men. What would be your recs for somebody getting into it? Obviously my primary interest is Charles/Erik, but I like them in context. I still don't quite get all the relationships with their children, for instance.
You know, I've been thinking about this for the last couple of hours, because reccing only certain comics in context is haaaaard. As you well know from DC. There's this great post here with some suggestions:
http://etrangere.livejournal.com/382812.html
(skip the Morrison era though)
Beyond that, I personally think that Claremont early work in X-Men is kind of essential for context, though there's not a lot of Charles/Erik interaction there. I'd definitely reccomend the God Loves, Man Kills novel, which is great for some oldschool X-Men and moments with those two.
The things about Magneto's kids...most of it is covered in other titles. Wanda and Pietro were with the Avengers, so much of it is from these books, as well as limited series like The Vision And Scarlet Witch, or Quicksilver's limited series, or references in the pages of X-Factor when Pietro was on the team...you get the picture. Later it was revealed that character Lorna Dane/Polaris was ALSO his daughter (guy sure gets around), mostly in the pages of X-Men.
Actually, there are limited series dealing with Magneto and his kids, namely Magneto Rex and Dark Seduction, both set in the Genosha era, but there's sadly no Charles in those.
In case in helps clear up *some* of the confusion, here's an online biography of Magneto:
It's from 2007, so it's incomplete, but it covers *most* of the twisted family tree. And speaking of that family tree, there's this visual illustration of it here:
...this is not helping, is it? I might get back to you when my head is clearer.
Btw, a secondary mutation is when a mutant manifest additional powers sometime in their 20s, which may or may not be related to their existing power set. For instance, Beast (Hank McCoy) ended up mutating into an even more feral version of his blue furry self, and telepath Emma Frost gained the ability to turn into living diamond.
I love, btw, how completely buff these two are. I keep thinking that for MacAvoy to transform himself into comics!Charles he doesn't only need the wheelchair (or not, depending on whether he's walking or not) and the lack of hair (which according to comicsverse he wouldn't have had at the time of the events of the movie anyway, right?) but that awesome physique that looks great in the tight black X tee-shirt. The two of them are so dang hot!
I'd strongly approve of McAvoy going all method and living in the gym until the next film.
And yeah, they're so hot. I love the artist doing Excalibur-there may have been drooling involved.
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*nods* Precisely. :P
I think the next time I go into my LCS I may have to pick up some X-Men. What would be your recs for somebody getting into it? Obviously my primary interest is Charles/Erik, but I like them in context. I still don't quite get all the relationships with their children, for instance.
You know, I've been thinking about this for the last couple of hours, because reccing only certain comics in context is haaaaard. As you well know from DC. There's this great post here with some suggestions:
http://etrangere.livejournal.com/382812.html
(skip the Morrison era though)
Beyond that, I personally think that Claremont early work in X-Men is kind of essential for context, though there's not a lot of Charles/Erik interaction there. I'd definitely reccomend the God Loves, Man Kills novel, which is great for some oldschool X-Men and moments with those two.
The things about Magneto's kids...most of it is covered in other titles. Wanda and Pietro were with the Avengers, so much of it is from these books, as well as limited series like The Vision And Scarlet Witch, or Quicksilver's limited series, or references in the pages of X-Factor when Pietro was on the team...you get the picture. Later it was revealed that character Lorna Dane/Polaris was ALSO his daughter (guy sure gets around), mostly in the pages of X-Men.
Actually, there are limited series dealing with Magneto and his kids, namely Magneto Rex and Dark Seduction, both set in the Genosha era, but there's sadly no Charles in those.
In case in helps clear up *some* of the confusion, here's an online biography of Magneto:
http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/spotlight/showquestion.asp?faq=10&fldAuto=130
It's from 2007, so it's incomplete, but it covers *most* of the twisted family tree. And speaking of that family tree, there's this visual illustration of it here:
http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/article/showquestion.asp?faq=8&fldAuto=334
...this is not helping, is it? I might get back to you when my head is clearer.
Btw, a secondary mutation is when a mutant manifest additional powers sometime in their 20s, which may or may not be related to their existing power set. For instance, Beast (Hank McCoy) ended up mutating into an even more feral version of his blue furry self, and telepath Emma Frost gained the ability to turn into living diamond.
I love, btw, how completely buff these two are. I keep thinking that for MacAvoy to transform himself into comics!Charles he doesn't only need the wheelchair (or not, depending on whether he's walking or not) and the lack of hair (which according to comicsverse he wouldn't have had at the time of the events of the movie anyway, right?) but that awesome physique that looks great in the tight black X tee-shirt. The two of them are so dang hot!
I'd strongly approve of McAvoy going all method and living in the gym until the next film.
And yeah, they're so hot. I love the artist doing Excalibur-there may have been drooling involved.