[Exodus]

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

Seeing my quote again, I am reminded that I am as always forgetting something. Post Second Coming the best book was X-Force by Remender, and X-Factor by Peter David was also pretty good.

As far as the main books went though, the Age of X storyline was "okay" but nothing more than that, it was like the last gasp of trying to get something new and innovative in to the run. The fear itself tie in to UXM was also alright but again, nothing more than that. Mike Carey's on XML was running out of steam by that point, as was Zeb Wells run on NM. I can't believe I'm going to compliment BMB but he brought some much needed vitality to the line at first. The first two arc (maybe 10-12 issues or so) of his ANXM and UXM were at least mildly interesting. The UXM run by Kierion Gillen (sp, I may have that wrong!) was neither bad nor good.

Starting with Battle Of the Atom though, the line was to me pretty much unreadable. Yet I somehow read it anyways lol.

Honestly though, as much as I thought Second Coming was fantastic, UXM started going down hill a few years before that. I know I'm in the minority here but I really like Ed Brubaker's run - RAFOTSE had an epically classic feel to me. And Messiah Complex was probably the best cross over weve had in the X-books since the turn of the century. Fractions run except for the crossovers was very much like what was after - not awful but boring. I thought the Sisterhood arc was a high point for the non-crossover part of his run, but that's not setting the bar very high.

Mike Carey's X-Men/X-Men Legacy was probably THE best book of the X-Line up through Second Coming. But then it also just kind of started to lose steam for his last twenty odd issues. The book after Carey left was..ugh..I don't ever want to read that again.

Almost other cross over after Second Coming failed miserably, IMO. AvX, Axis, and BOTA were unreadable. As mentioned the Age of X and Fear Itself tie ins are okay but not great.

So basically to me after Messiah Complex, skip Uncanny X-Men right to Messiah War, Second Coming. Throw in Necrosha (for me anyways, because...Selene.) and the X-Men Legacy book up to that point as well, being sure to read certain sections of New Mutants, and complete reading of X-Factor and Remender's X-Force. Throw in a little of BMB and then pick up this current run of X-Men!

That comment is not all directed to you Exodus, more to those who are interested in what to read in the last 10 years of books. Of course all this is just my opinion, but it's a little more thought out than me just saying everything past Second Coming stinks. Ah my memory, getting old.

By the way, courtesy of Marvel Unlimited I read the first issue of Extraordinary X-men. Horrible, especially in comparison to Bunn's UXM.

And now...back to our regularly scheduled programming

Totally agree with you on all that^^ And no worries Messiah Complex and War were great reads. One of the better cross overs ever in X-series.

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Originally Posted by Startaiger

Personally, I'll take Greg Land over Ramos any day. Always hated Ramos style!!

Haha yeah I don't mind Land at all, never knew he was a tracer though :P

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

At least they can all draw feet and dont overload on pouches

Hey Liefeld wasn't too bad for his era, he did create DP after all :P