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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Re: BURN MUTIE PLOTS (or why the X-men need help)
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 11:22:14 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  7 11:22:14 1985
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Reply-To: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime)
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Good idea for a new discussion.  First off, Claremont has been with the book
(NEW X-Men) since its inception (excepting the first issue scripted by Len
Wein), as opposed to Byrne, who became the artist after Cockrum dropped out.
And while the "old" X-Men (Stan or Roy writing, Various artists (Neal Adams
in particular) pencilling) fit the "young insecure people" description, but
Claremont's characters have always been adults, with the exception of Kitty
and the New Mutants (who seem to have been created to fill precisely the
nitch you describe).

But you have described my major complaint with this comic succinctly:
America is filled with absolute anti-mutant sentiment!  Yes, I know,
Nimrod's landlord and such are good people, but they're shown to be a
minority, and a pretty silent one at that.  Does Claremont this this country
all that similar to Nazi Germany?  Where are OUR Earth-Marvel counterparts?
I'm not courageous by any means, but I'm sure I wouldn't put up with this.
Claremont needs something besides Orwellian overtones to bring this comic
back to the very top (though it is still pretty good, if uneven).

		"LOOK at them!  Helpless, tender creatures, relying on ME,
		 waiting for ME to make my move!"
		 				"Move your ASS, Fat-head!"
		"It is a MANDATE, and I am DUTY BOUND to OBEY!"

					Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
					John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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