tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post3897081762471090953..comments2024-03-28T11:09:29.081-07:00Comments on Marvel University: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #29: Giant-Size X-Men #1!John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-63330987746113540192015-01-06T21:34:08.177-08:002015-01-06T21:34:08.177-08:00Chris,
Great Stuff. I had GSXM #1 and the first ...Chris,<br /><br />Great Stuff. I had GSXM #1 and the first 10 or so new issues that followed; sold them off in the mid-'80's when I hadn't bought I comic for years and had no idea of their value...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756661422733285599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-51698798915496219402015-01-06T16:09:11.470-08:002015-01-06T16:09:11.470-08:00Thanks, Chris, but full credit for design and layo...Thanks, Chris, but full credit for design and layout goes to Peter. I just make sure the background is red and the type is white!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-82843566137401901762015-01-06T07:34:27.728-08:002015-01-06T07:34:27.728-08:00Thanks to you all for your supportive response to ...Thanks to you all for your supportive response to my GS XM#1 piece. I think it's a fun issue - I can only imagine how surprised Marvel readers must've been to see these new (plus a few slightly-used) characters on the scene. There were better stories to come, sure, but it all starts here. I'm with you, Andy -- one at a time, I snapped up issues I had missed from '75-'78, with a few of them -- this one in particular -- still all-too-far out of reach. <br /><br />Jack, special thanks for your care-filled work -- haven't you been designing the posts each week? If so, then thanks again.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-37747670135814419192015-01-05T11:50:11.373-08:002015-01-05T11:50:11.373-08:00I read GSXM1 years after the fact. I began reading...I read GSXM1 years after the fact. I began reading the book at the end of the Byrne run and spend too much on back issues. This was before collections or regular reprints like the later Classic X-Men. I never consciously put GSXM1 in this era of Marvel, published alongside Killraven or the Tusca/Brown/Heck dominated team-books. After reading the issue it was kind of hard to understand why it was the foundation of a veritable comics imperium.<br /><br />This post put some things into perspective. It is interesting to think what would have happened if this would have become Isabella/Heck instead of Claremont/Byrne. As much as I dislike later Byrne his work here was so far ahead of a lot of his collegues. It was a great book.AndyDeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806906746754478064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-19344927233099540272015-01-05T06:30:25.989-08:002015-01-05T06:30:25.989-08:00Hmm, I think I'm a bit on the opposite side Ja...Hmm, I think I'm a bit on the opposite side Jack. Not with Chris' post of course, it's excellent. GSXM1 didn't really knock my socks off when I first read it. The living island thing seemed right out of the pages of an old horror comic. And the characters didn't really connect at first. But, like most everyone else, I didn't miss an issue when X-Men really started to pick up steam. Nice stuff Chris!Professor Flynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-38777937894005505752015-01-04T11:15:23.873-08:002015-01-04T11:15:23.873-08:00Chris, that was a very interesting post! I remembe...Chris, that was a very interesting post! I remember buying GSXM 1 when it came out and being pretty excited at the time. I re-read it several years ago online and was struck by how well it held up. Thanks for the background details!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.com