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Loikamania 133: Jonathan Hickman

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This week, Pat and Antonio welcome Jonathan Hickman back to the show! We catch up on Jon’s many projects, and talk about the end of his highly acclaimed run on Fantastic Four and FF. We then talk Manhattan Projects and his working relationship with artist Nick Pitarra. We go over his new project, East of West, and get updates on Secret and Feel Better Now. And of course, we talk Avengers and New Avengers. A fun and revealing show with one of the brightest minds in the comics biz today. Enjoy!

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The Reason Why I Dropped Uncanny X-Men All Those Years Ago

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For years I have mentioned that I was a huge Uncanny X-men fan/collector until they pissed me off with two issues that teased something that wouldn’t happen. I thought they both had “The Final Fate of An X-Man” on the title, but only one did.

Uncanny X-men 247 and 248

Uncanny X-men 247 and 248

Any way, I was pissed with issue 247 because it was so obviously written for her to come back one day and 248 felt such a bait and switch that I didn’t come back for issue 249. It felt like they were playing me for a fool (Not everyone just me in particular) and I was done. The never-ending subplots of Chris Claremont’s X-storytelling didn’t help either. Going forward I may have picked up an issue or two, but I didn’t get them regularly/add them to my pull list until Uncanny X-men 500, and that only lasted a couple of months before I got laid off and had to stop collecting altogether.

When I started collecting again, I stayed away from the X-Men because that whole corner of the Marvel universe just seems confusing and angry. It wasn’t until Marvel NOW! started up with All-New X-men and Uncanny X-Men that I have decided to bring them back to my list. Since modern day covers no longer tell you what to expect inside the books, I don’t think I will get turned away due to shenanigans like in the old days.

Have you ever been so turned off by the cover shenanigans of a comic series that it caused you to drop it? Let me know.

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