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From: ee171ael@sdcc3.UUCP (GEOFFREY KIM)
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Subject: Re: BURN MUTIE PLOTS (or why the X-men need help)
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 01:06:23 EDT
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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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Aww come on Jeff. (and everyone else for that matter).

Admit it.  The Xmen suck head right now.  Too much time IS
wasted on character development and hardly any time on 
just a plain old good story.

In fact, every issue after about 150 sucked.
I won't give any reason because it is all too plain and
evident.  The comic is trying to live off of its early 
reputation.

I don't know why Jeff Meyer and the Jerry B. give it
C ratings (on the average).  In my opinion it always
deserves an F.

The next time someone give an Xman comic anything above
a D, I will have a flame reply waiting to point out all
the crappy points that I can't mention now.

Larry Kim

Please don't flame me since you know the comic really
sucks head.