Starting an education NateR would be proud of

[VCURamFan]

Originally Posted by NateR

Yeah, Beast's scholarly personality didn't start to show up until about the 4th issue or so and he became less and less brutish and more civilized as the series went on. He's my favorite X-Men character as well and I've always preferred his original human form (to read about his transformation to the blue and furry Beast, you'll have to read Amazing Adventures #11-17).

Anyways, the original X-men series only lasted 66 issues before being relegated to reprints and ultimately cancelled. It had always been one of Marvel's poorest selling books and you'll see lots of desperate changes in the last 20-30 issues trying to save the series from cancellation.

Despite that, it's still one of the most enjoyable series of that era. Completely ahead of its time and revolutionary and it would take the comic book world decades to catch up.

The "All New, All Different" X-Men (soon to be Uncanny X-Men) took up the reigns in issue #94 and everything you read there will ultimately lead up to the Dark Phoenix Saga, which climaxes in issue #137 and is easily the single greatest story in all of comic book history.

After you read all of this stuff, then you'll see just what a great injustice to the source material the animated series and the movies really were.

Anyways, have fun I know you'll enjoy it.

Sweet! I can't wait to get into it all. I'm not sure if DVDs 2-5 will only cover the X-Men exclusively or if they'll branch out a bit (like when Beast joined the that other team for like 5 episodes).

[NateR]

Originally Posted by VCURamFan

Sweet! I can't wait to get into it all. I'm not sure if DVDs 2-5 will only cover the X-Men exclusively or if they'll branch out a bit (like when Beast joined the that other team for like 5 episodes).

Well, Beast officially left the X-Men in 1972 (real world time, not comic book time) and didn't become a full-fledged X-Man again until 1991. During that time, he spent several years in the Avengers joining in issue 137 and staying on until issue 211. He was a member of the Defenders from issues 105-152 and a founding member of X-Factor for the first 70 issues (X-Factor debuted in 1986 and reunited Scott, Jean, Hank, Warren and Bobby, so it will be required reading for you after you're done with X-Men).

So Beast was out of the X-Men for about 19 years in real world time, maybe ten years or so in comic book time.

[VCURamFan]

Originally Posted by NateR

Well, Beast officially left the X-Men in 1972 (real world time, not comic book time) and didn't become a full-fledged X-Man again until 1991. During that time, he spent several years in the Avengers joining in issue 137 and staying on until issue 211. He was a member of the Defenders from issues 105-152 and a founding member of X-Factor for the first 70 issues (X-Factor debuted in 1986 and reunited Scott, Jean, Hank, Warren and Bobby, so it will be required reading for you after you're done with X-Men).

So Beast was out of the X-Men for about 19 years in real world time, maybe ten years or so in comic book time.

The Defenders! That's the group I was trying to think of! Thanks.

[Spiritwalker]

Originally Posted by VCURamFan

The Defenders! That's the group I was trying to think of! Thanks.

I did like Ghost Rider in the Defenders!!!