Welcome to the final week in our analysis of Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s run on Uncanny X-Men. The first four weeks can be found here, here, here, and here. Fearless readers, we have come to the end of Claremont/Byrne’s classic run on Uncanny X-Men. There are some very emotional points in these issues, but on the [...]
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Four-Color Flashback: Chris Claremont & John Byrne’s ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #129-135
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Welcome to week 4 of 5 in our analysis of Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s run on Uncanny X-Men. Weeks 1, 2, and 3 can be found here, here, and here. Well. This is not quite the reaction I was expecting. They’d fought Magneto, endured the Savage Land, tussled with Arcade and Proteus, and now the [...]
Four-Color Flashback: Chris Claremont & John Byrne’s ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #122-128
Posted in Four-Color Flashback, tagged amazing spider-man, arcade, arcade's revenge, banshee, batman, beast, black tom cassidy, captain britain, charles xavier, chris claremont, colleen wing, colossus, comic books, comics, cyclops, danger room, dave cockrum, fantasy, games, green arrow, green lantern, harry osborn, hellfire club, james joyce, jason wyngarde, jean grey, john byrne, joker, juggernaut, ka-zar, lilandra, luke cage, magneto, marvel, marvel comics, marvel team-up, misty knight, moira mactaggert, moses magnum, ms marvel, nightcrawler, phoenix, power man and iron fist, professor x, proletarian, proteus, savage land, science fiction, shaman, spider-man, spider-man/x-men, spider-man/x-men arcade's revenge, storm, superhero, superheroes, the joker, the proletarian, uncanny x-men, video games, wolverine, x-men on July 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to week 3 of 5 in our analysis of Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s run on Uncanny X-Men. Weeks 1 and 2 can be found here and here. From #122, “Cry for the Children!,” to #128, “The Action of the Tiger!,” almost every X-Man experiences considerable developments. Since I spilled a boatload of digital ink [...]
Four-Color Flashback: Chris Claremont & John Byrne’s ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #115-121
Posted in Four-Color Flashback, tagged alpha flight, amahl farouk, avengers, banshee, beast, canada, charles xavier, chris claremont, colleen wing, colossus, comic books, comics, curt connors, dave cockrum, erik lensherr, fantasy, frank zappa, garokk, iron fist, japan, jean grey, john byrne, joss whedon, ka-zar, karl lykos, korean war, lilandra, magneto, mandroids, mariko, marvel, marvel comics, misty knight, moira mactaggert, moses magnum, neil diamond, nightcrawler, no-prize, phoenix, professor x, sasquatch, sauron, savage land, sci-fi, science fiction, sentinels, serenity, shaman, snowbird, spider-man, storm, sunfire, superhero, superheroes, the avengers, the lizard, uncanny x-men, vindicator, weapon alpha, wolverine, x-men, zabu on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As last week’s introductory column wound to a close, I pondered two thoughts: Could John Byrne’s art be any more fantastic? Would Chris Claremont be able to refine his writing as time went on? Though we’re still fairly early on in their run, I’ve now been presented with two satisfactory answers, one of which was [...]
Four-Color Flashback: Chris Claremont & John Byrne’s ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #108-114
Posted in Four-Color Flashback, tagged angel, astonishing x-men, avengers, banshee, battlestar galactica, beast, black tom cassidy, bolivar trask, charles xavier, chris claremont, colossus, comic books, comics, corsair, cyclops, danger room, dave cockrum, eric the red, fantastic four, fantasy, frak, giant-size x-men, iceman, iron first, jack kirby, jean grey, john byrne, joss whedon, jrr tolkien, juggernaut, lilandra, magneto, marvel, marvel comics, marvel girl, mesmero, moira mactaggert, mutants, nightcrawler, phoenix, professor x, r crumb, robert crumb, rosie, sauron, sci-fi, science fiction, scott summers, sentinels, spider-man, stan lee, starjammers, storm, sunfire, superhero, superheroes, the jetsons, thunderbird, tony dezuniga, uncanny x-men, warhawk, weapon alpha, wolverine, x-men, x-men first class on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to our new column, “Four-Color Flashback,” in which we will occasionally discuss classic or interesting comic book runs. First up is the legendary 35-issue span encompassing Chris Claremont’s work with John Byrne on Uncanny X-Men. So legendary, in fact, that I’m amazed I’ve never read it. Claremont’s initial 16-year run on the book, from 1975 [...]
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