I hate to speak ill of other people’s hard work, so you’ll only find me pointing out the good stuff, whether it’s movies, books, television, etc.
But let’s start in the wonderful world of comic books, with UNCANNY X-MEN #172 & 173. (There will be SPOILERS, but these books did come out in 1983.)
There’s a lot going on in these two issues, which primarily serve as a follow-up to the excellent WOLVERINE limited series by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller.So it continues that story, continues the evolution of Storm (prepare to see her as you’ve never seen her before -- with a mohawk!), teases the mystery of Madelyne Pryor a bit more (yes, Cyclops, dating an exact look-alike of your dead ex sounds like a swell idea and can’t possibly hurt the poor girl in any conceivable way), and establishes Rogue as one of the X-Men.
It’s all good and fun. This is Claremont at the peak of his writing, and the art by Paul Smith is smooth and clean, with a nice flow to it. Frank Miller’s a tough act to follow, but Smith does a superb job.
Where these issues really excel, however, are with the Rogue bits.
