Comments | de_nial: X-Men query

de_nial

X-Men query

Feb 21, 2011 16:57

Ok, so I've been reading Astonishing X-Men recently, and while I've enjoyed it a lot, it also leaves me somewhat confused at times. There is so much history that it continually refers to, and attachments I'm supposed to have to characters that I just don't get ( Read more... )

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lockwoodmgm February 21 2011, 22:06:41 UTC

Picking up things like the dark pheonix saga is a good start. House of M is also pretty interesting. Age of apacolypse will throw you for a trip. Let us see. Fatal attractions is a good trade if you can find it. I would really have to go through my collection. Um... The characters presenting in the astonishing series were largely popular in the 1980s and had a big run in the 90s too. I guess the history is so vast it is really hard to give you a compiled list to sum it all up.

de_nial February 21 2011, 22:09:49 UTC

Yeah, that's my worry. I guess I'm just looking for good X-men in general. Thanks!

lockwoodmgm February 21 2011, 22:07:50 UTC

It also depends upon which character intrigues you most. You could likely find a vast amount of info on the character histories on various Marvel Wiki sites. Most of which are pretty accurate.

de_nial February 21 2011, 22:12:03 UTC

I think I'm gonna go for the dark phoenix--I've heard a lot about it and it sounds intriguing. Also, I really like origin stories in general, so I'm gonna see if I can seek out some of those.

the_red_baron February 22 2011, 04:44:46 UTC

Where did you start? Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing was pretty great, and easy to get into without too much background, although it might not help with the long-scale mytharc much.

There's a really excellent X-Men FAQ somewhere online that was a big help for me. I'll see if I can dig it up.

de_nial February 22 2011, 06:23:15 UTC

I've read the first four so far. Mostly it's easy to follow, but every once in a while there's too much, "As you know, when Large Event happened/So-and-so did such-and-such...". And there's a lot of personal relationship history (Scott/Emma, Kitty/Peter, Angel/best friend (can't remember her name right now)) that isn't fully explained, and while it's not really necessary, it does leave me feeling lost sometimes.

the_red_baron February 23 2011, 05:53:12 UTC

THE GREATEST FAQ ON THE INTERNET

This is the source of my X-Men knowledge, should get you conversant in major issues up to 2003.