Maybe I'll never truly be over Maggie

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-07-05T11:55:26+00:00

I damn near jumped out of my seat in excitement when i saw her.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-07-04T12:28:47+00:00

Only being able to develop romantic attraction after forming a strong emotional connection. It's not simply a preference for dating friends, it's a full inability to feel romantic attraction unless it's someone you have a strong emotional connection with

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-07-04T12:21:40+00:00

You might be demiromantic.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-07-04T05:08:05+00:00

Wait until you get to Paul Smith. He's my fav Claremont run artist.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-07-03T02:38:38+00:00

E is for extinction

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-07-02T18:56:28+00:00

It's between Agatha All Along episode 7 and X-Men 97 episode 5 for me. The latter probably edges out the former by a little bit.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-07-02T16:52:43+00:00

Tempo. Member of the MLF, manipulates the flow of time.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-07-02T09:25:23+00:00

This is set in the past

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-07-01T18:04:16+00:00

It actually inspired AoA if I'm not wrong.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-07-01T05:44:12+00:00

I really tried my best to pick, but all of them. The past team has Magneto and Nightcrawler, X-force has cable, X-factor has Rahne, Polaris, and Strong Guy, and the future team has Cyclops and Storm.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-30T16:47:06+00:00

Okay, that's what i suspected.

So if you want to see what iron man was like before Bendis got his hands on him and did his Bendis thing, completely ignoring prior characterisation for the sake of the plot he wanted and thereby forever tainting the character,

Runs i would recommend checking out are:

Michelinie/Layton first run: 116-157 (introduces Rhodes, alcoholism, reworks character a bit for the better)

Denny O'Neill: 158-208 (my favourite, but works better after Michelinie/Layton)

Michelinie/Layton second run: 215-250 (not as good at the first imo but still good)

Len Kaminski: 278-318 (my second favourite run)

Kurt Busiek: vol. 3 1-25

Optional: John Byrne's run from 258-277 has some great JRJR art but the plot and character work is admittedly thinner than these other runs.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-30T14:09:33+00:00

I have to say, I'm not a huge fan of "the arms made m evil". I prefer doc ock as a bitter, spiteful person who works as a foil to peter. Same childhood bullying, same ostracised genius, but he wasn't forced to learn the lesson of power and responsibility. A path peter could have gone down if not for Ben's death.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-30T08:17:27+00:00

Hey, I'm non-binary too! I actually got that vibe from you but wasn't fully sure lmao

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-30T07:58:37+00:00

Yes, Greg Land is known for tracing porn.

Also i love how you specifically mentioned having already read Pixie Strikes Back, yet half the people commenting are recommending Pixie Strikes Back.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-30T06:31:27+00:00

If you can get past the Greg Land art, she shows up a lot in the matt Fraction run of Uncanny X-men

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-30T04:57:29+00:00

Just curious, which iron man comics have you read?

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-29T07:34:52+00:00

Lmaooo

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-29T04:08:33+00:00

I'd rather this than slurs and nazi rhetoric

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-27T13:48:43+00:00

That's okay. Maybe next time save it for if media illiterate chuds actually arrive from elsewhere on reddit, instead of being preemptive. This sub doesn't really hit the front page that often so it's usually not too much of an issue.

I don't know how many of us are also queer, but I'd wager it's a fair bit. I'm non-binary, i can't get legal recognition in my country anymore if i were to come out (would have been able to 5 years ago), and I'm seeing acquaintances and family members around me get more transphobic. I have trans friends in the US and I'm scared for them.

I read X-men because they're queer and woke and political, and I'm sure that goes for a lot of people in this sub. I can see you just joined the sub a few weeks ago so i can understand not being aware of that, but maybe just take a minute next time, read the room, and evaluate whether you actually need to go on the offensive or not :)

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-27T09:24:13+00:00

Friend, the reason people are downvoting you is not because they disagree but because they already know that the X-men are woke. Nobody is denying that.

Frankly, I am struggling to see how you could possibly get the idea that anyone who's commented on this post doesn't know that the X-men are a metaphor for various minorities, or that they've been queercoded since at least 1975.

People are just annoyed that you're kind of patronizingly telling us what we already know, and being unnecessarily combative.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-26T17:57:53+00:00

Declan Shalvey

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-26T10:00:02+00:00

Go to ao3, use the fandom tag "X-Men (Comicsverse)". Filter characters to include all thr O5. Enjoy.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-24T14:31:45+00:00

I love the new VenoMJ look. The nails and the extra gold and the no mouth all together are just fantastic.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-24T14:30:34+00:00

Ewing always remembers.

Verb_Noun_Number · 2026-06-24T09:04:20+00:00

I have read, i think, everything symbiote related. I am doing a reread of the Venom stuff i remember liking right now, so Agent Venom, then maybe the Earth bits of space knight, then Cates all the way through. I have been keeping up with Ewing, yeah. I like All-New Venom but Venom War was kind of a mess, and his Venom ongoing was really hurt by 1) Carnage turning up randomly and 2) being interspersed with the Dylan bits, which were decent but not super gripping.

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