New X-Men Peaked

By jordama September 3, 2011 17 Comments

Many users are incredibly annoyed that the New X-Men are not getting the respect that they believed are deserved. While some of the students have crossed into the major X-Men titles (Pixie, Anole, Rockslide and Loa in Namor the first mutant) and many others make cameos occasionally it is still a big let down that they do not have an ongoing. This hurts even more when you consider that there is a Generation Hope book, introducing even more new characters.  
 

This is part of the problem. The last time they made a book that centered around the younger X-Men, Young X-Men, it completely bombed. The writing was looked at as below par, the story wasn't as good, and most importantly, it didn't focus on the big names for the New X-Men series opting to introduce new characters instead. I personally read these two series out of order, reading Young X-Men before New X-Men. I didn't have anything against the Young X-Men because I didn't have the same ties to the characters that other had. But it is because that book did so terribly that I think Marvel is hesitant at getting the students a new book any time soon.  
 
But the major thing I want to hit on is the last great story that the New X-Men were in, the point where they really peaked, I'm talking about Quest for Magik.  
 

        

This was the arc that I think really made the team great. The two leaders were separated from the rest of the team and we saw a lot of underused characters see the light of day. This is where Anole and Pixie really made there impact. Written by some of the best X-Men writers, Kyle and Yost, I think this is the New X-Mens finest hour. We see the team come together as it never really did to fight such an opponent. While Nimrod was a great foe, I think there was something more dire about Belasco taking them into hell, it had a much bigger sense of peril and that they could die during this battle. We did see Prodigy die, as well as X-23, Rockslide blew up, Anole lost an arm and Pixie, her soul. We see what these characters are really capable of in these moments, what they are really willing top do to save each other and this is what really makes them X-Men.  
 
 My finally and main point to all of this is that if this was when the New X-Men peaked I think we should be happy. While I know that most want them to come back and have that same level of awesomeness, we should be realistic and understand that was basically a once in a lifetime high point. I think the story is still incredible if you read it and that this is the kind of story that we should be proud of for our favorites.  
 
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And the art was EPIC. 

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