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Reviewing every X-Book from #1 on. Celebrating #XFactor40. Skeeting [...sigh] a #TradingCardADay. Writing fiction. Co-host @AVSEPod. Editor at ComicsXF. Bylines linktr.ee/austingorton. He/Him. https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/
034 - X-Men #19 - 2/3/2022
Stan Lee's last issue of X-Men & the first appearance of Mimic! The Silver Age *loves* guys who copied powers.
Cover by Werner Roth. Interiors by Stan Lee & Roth.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXMen #Cyclops #Angel #JeanGrey #Beast #Iceman
Technically, they’re already connected via Wasp, Havok and Katie Summers. But Onslaught is another way to loop them in!
03.02.2026 19:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Who has the most complicated family tree in comics? I see your Summers Family and raise you a Williams / Vision / Ultron / Pym / Maximoff / Barton (plus a little Summers, and some Rogue) Family.
#WonderMan #XMen
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Azazel is a good pick. I'm tempted to be a stinker and say, "Deadpool." There's a good case for Vulcan, too.
03.02.2026 02:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
047 - Annihilus
Ah! Space Dracula!
I have to assume we eventually learned the origin of the ship from which he crafted his control rod, and it was like a Celestial or Kree ship or something, right?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Annihilus #FantasticFour #GlennFabry
Yeah, I phrased that poorly, was more thinking, a character you could just wish out of OUR existence. Like, all __ stories would be gone/feature a different character and you'd never have to worry about a new __ story coming out.
03.02.2026 01:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Alright, I gotta kick in some more money to get THAT into the queue!
03.02.2026 01:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you could wipe one X-character and all memory of them, Spider-Man marriage style, from existence, who would it be?
03.02.2026 01:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Wait, have you guys not done the Factor Three story yet? I can’t remember.
03.02.2026 01:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We have a podcast to help with that. Paging @mattlaz1013.bsky.social!
03.02.2026 01:04 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
033 - X-Men Legends #11 - 2/2/2022
I love Apocalypse's goobery original Horsemen so much.
Cover by Walt Simonson. Interiors by Louise Simonson & Simonson.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XMenLegends #Caliban #Rictor #BoomBoom #Rusty #Skids
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046 - Domino
Domion's stance & the drape of her arm creates a great sense of exasperation, like she's sick of babysitting horned up 20-somethings.
The back panel image is technically Copycat (as the factoid suggests).
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Domino #Xmen #Xforce #JoeJusko
yeah, I've never been a big fan of the slobbery, tongue-y Venom either.
01.02.2026 17:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
032 - Uncanny X-Men #311 - 2/1/1994
Remember: we got a Sabretooth action figure based just on his appearance in this issue before, say, a Jubilee or Shadowcat figure.
Cover by John Romita Jr. Interiors by Scott Lobdell & Romita Jr.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXMen #Sabretooth
045 - Venom
That...sure is a mouth....
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Venom #SpiderMan #DaveDorman
The Busiek/Perez Avengers is collected across two omnibuses. I don't think the rest of if has gotten collected, at least not in any evergreen format.
The Epic are moving into Heroes Return stuff, so I could see some volumes coming there.
Bring on Triathalon!
01.02.2026 02:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
031 - Avengers (v3) #38 - 1/31/2001
The beginning of Alan Davis' short run on Busiek's Avengers!
Cover by Alan Davis. Interiors by Kurt Busiek & Davis
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #AvengersV3 #Quicksilver
044 - Ravage 2099
Stan Lee's last notable creation, the 2099 imprint's only original main character. In true Stan fashion, his last name is "Ravage."
They really should have spaced out these #Marvel2099 characters a bit more.
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Ravage2099 #JoeJusko
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That's...not great.
Haven't gotten to that in my reviews yet (though Typhoid just got introduced to the series, so it's probably coming...)
030 - Marvel Two-in-One #51 - 1/30/1979
Featuring some great figurework from Perez on the cover and one of Thing's semi-famous floating poker games on the inside!
Cover by George Perez. Interiors by Peter Gillis & Frank Miller.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #MarvelTwoInOne #Beast
I do appreciate that Kelly shuts it down relatively quickly....not exactly closing the book on it, but at least getting Deadpool to the point where he's not constantly pestering her/not taking no for an answer.
30.01.2026 17:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
043 - Doom 2099
I always kind of liked there was one 2099 character who tied directly into the present day comics.
Great stuff from Jusko; you can really feel the crackle of the electricity.
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Doom2099 #Marvel2099 #JoeJusko
029 - Deadpool (v2) #3 - 1/29/1997
Remember when Siryn and Deadpool were kind of a thing?
Cover by ed McGuiness. Interiors by Joe Kelly & McGuiness.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #DeadpoolV2 #Siryn
Okay, that's awesome.
29.01.2026 17:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wait, what is UpScrolled? Do I need to join another social media platform?
29.01.2026 03:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
042 - Punisher 2099
"What if the Punisher...but with...future guns.?"
Some of the 2099 reimaginings worked a little harder than others.
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Punisher2099 #Marvel2099 #JoeJusko
Benefits of writing a perpetual top 10 book.
29.01.2026 00:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
