Marvel Firsts - X-Men
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics
English - February 01, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 62 MB - ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsVisual Arts Arts comic comedy funny news culture interviews interview science business health Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We cover the first appearance of a group of heroes that would change Marvel, superheroes and all of comics forever: The X-Men. And we find the issue: really rushed! Like, no backgrounds, crazy powers (even for 60s Marvel standards), a lot of panels with the team simply freaking out that a pretty girl is joining the team (Marvel Girl) and Magneto writes in the sky in surprisingly legible cursive. It's Jack Kirby, so even a rushed Kirby is dynamic and inventive and good, but there's a long way to go before the X-Men become the force we know of them.
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