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Ever wondered what would happen if the X-Men all got slightly more incestual as a group? The answer awaits you in the first issue of next month's new series GeNext, where classic X-Men writer Chris Claremont gets to fantasize about what would happen if the members of Marvel's mutant favorite franchise got "busy" with each other, as the kids would say. And this one can genuinely label itself as "Because the fans demanded it!"
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And Now . . . The Children Of The Children Of The Atom
Ever wondered what would happen if the X-Men all got slightly more incestual as a group? The answer awaits you in the first issue of next month's new series GeNext, where classic X-Men writer Chris Claremont gets to fantasize about what would happen if the members of Marvel's mutant favorite franchise got "busy" with each other, as the kids would say. And this one can genuinely label itself as "Because the fans demanded it!"
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Must Read: X-Men: Days of Future Past
Must-read comics are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-read is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.Title: X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Date: 2004 (reprinting material from 1980)
Vitals: Not content with rewriting superhero comics' DNA with their groundbreaking three-year collaboration on Marvel Comics' mutant franchise, Chris Claremont and John Byrne wrapped things up with a time-travel story that had the future version of new hero Kitty Pryde travel to the present in order to prevent a dystopian future where everyone dies, and in the process, create one of the most, uh, "homaged" comic stories ever. More »
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Must Read: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills
Must-read comics are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-read is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.Title: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills
Date: 2007 (reprinting material from 1982).
Vitals: Going all out to illustrate the social worth of the mutants-as-stand-in-for-any-social-outcast metaphor, this 1982 graphic novel (One of Marvel's first) pits a religious zealot against mutantkind, showing that even good god-fearing folk can be led to the desire for genocide by the evils of intolerance. Warning: Moral lessons may be learned by the end. More »
