The X-Men #26

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Empires rise and fall 0

The X-Men #26 - Holocaust! by byzantine on March 08, 2011

I'll have to say this is the most ambitious issue in quite a while. An empire rises and falls, the internal conflict within the X-Men gets the spotlight treatment and a new subplot established. If not for a few poorly conceived scenes, this would be a favorite.  First on the Kukulcan front. The new avatar of the deity is soon confronted with attacks by Ramon, Toloc and Cyclops. Easily knocking out all three of them. Cyclops even finds his own blasts reflected back at him. Knocking out for severa...

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That's More Like It, Mr. Thomas 0

The X-Men #26 - Holocaust! by uncas007 on May 05, 2012

Finally, Roy Thomas starts to show us something. Perhaps it's just the appearance of some better moments, but the number of "look at us, we write comics and we don't take that seriously!" moments seem fewer (though there are a few obvious such moments, unfortunately). One of the complaints against Chris Claremont, it seems to me, was his tendency at times to have a character vocalize what he is doing in the panel, not allowing the artwork to communicate enough alone - I think he learned that fro...

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