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I finally finished reading that whole Claremont X-Men run from start to finish
After about 18 months of off and on reading, I finally got through all 16 years of Chris Claremont's original Uncanny X-Men run. I picked up the first issue back in a dollar bin about 2 years ago and just kept going. The big change I saw was how the art and writing evolved from the old school 70s style into what felt like modern comics by the late 80s. The Dark Phoenix Saga was good but honestly my favorite part was when they introduced the Morlocks and that whole underground world. I used to think the Brood story was overrated but after reading it in order I get why people love it now. Has anyone else taken on a long run like that and noticed how the characters actually age and change over time?
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charles4422mo ago
Yeah the Morlocks were the best part for me too.
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morgan_bailey932mo ago
Loved how raw and gritty they were compared to the clean utopian stuff above ground. The way they moved through the tunnels and that whole machine aesthetic just felt more real somehow. Plus their whole society actually had some structure to it, even if it was creepy as hell.
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bennett.vera2mo ago
Gotta respectfully disagree with you, @morgan_bailey93. I get why people liked the Morlocks' grit, but their whole "structure" felt more like brutal control than any real society. They had machines literally feeding off humans for energy, that's not structure, that's just efficient cruelty. The Eloi might have been soft and lazy, but at least they weren't actively exploiting each other to keep the lights on.
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