X-men 94-143 and GS 1

[jangsungho-migration]

Would one of you guys tell me if X-men Classics reprints the original issues?

I'd like to read those stories again as cheaply as possible.

The Marvel Essentials books would be perfect but they're in b&w.

[Metarog]

Classic X-Men 1-47 reprints those issues although I think they skipped an issue or two towards the end of the run.

[joe_collector]

I wouldn't recommend the Classic X-Men issues if you want to reread the originals, as Marvel cut quite a bit of book content, and added in lame (non-Cockrum/Byrne art) additional pages to make their "Phoenix Lives" 1980's retcon work.

 

In some cases, it makes the stories unreadable, while in others, they just assume all the readers already own these older X-Men comics, and are familiar with them.

 

A great example is the "mystery guy controlling Phoenix" angle that led to Dark Phoenix. This was an unknown factor in the originals, though Claremont hinted at it, but in Classic X-Men, his identity is revealed very early on, and ruins all suspense for new readers. There are tons of other examples of this, where the "surprise factor" has been deleted, and worst of all, Marvel even retconned new villains (like Apocalypse) into the old books.

 

Basically, they're [!@#%^&^] and I'd recommend the Essentials or the Masterworks books.

[minutekev@50]

I wouldn't recommend the Classic X-Men issues if you want to reread the originals, as Marvel cut quite a bit of book content, and added in lame (non-Cockrum/Byrne art) additional pages to make their "Phoenix Lives" 1980's retcon work.

 

In some cases, it makes the stories unreadable, while in others, they just assume all the readers already own these older X-Men comics, and are familiar with them.

 

A great example is the "mystery guy controlling Phoenix" angle that led to Dark Phoenix. This was an unknown factor in the originals, though Claremont hinted at it, but in Classic X-Men, his identity is revealed very early on, and ruins all suspense for new readers. There are tons of other examples of this, where the "surprise factor" has been deleted, and worst of all, Marvel even retconned new villains (like Apocalypse) into the old books.

 

Basically, they're [!@#%^&^] and I'd recommend the Essentials or the Masterworks books.

 

 

With you on this one Joe. Although the Bolton back story stuff was pretty entertaining, when they started throwing in that crappy art with Kieron Dwyer or whoever it really crapped up the book.

[OldGuy]

You can get GS1 and 94-121 in the Marvel Masterworks series. With a little looking you can get all three volumes for about $100.