Quitely has a way of making me believe that these characters actually live in this world that we see through his backgrounds and simple body language. Wolverine reads a book, Cyclops listens to an iPod, Emma drinks something hard and they all look real to me. I'd love this issue simply for Quitely's art if it wasn't so engrossing. It's a tour of Xavier's head, and things aren't as neat and orderly in there as he projects on the outside.
NXM #121, the silent issue works in its simplicity.
Probably the most memorable character of Morrison's run. Xavier gets a wake-up call that he might not have all the answers, and ends up quitting as a result. Some punk kid challenged Xavier's dream and he ended up having a point. The next 4 spots go to "Riot at Xavier's" NXM #135-138. While my tastes have changed over the years, my love for the medium stays the same, and I wouldn't be into comics if it wasnt for this one. It was the first comic I ever bought, I was 9 years old and it made me love comics. #10 is X-Men #1, for sentimental reasons. I hate to be obvious, but my X-Men experience is divided between loving morrison's run and hating the 90's. He and Quitely just knocked this one out of the park. New X-Men #114-116 - I really enjoyed Morrison's run, but I do not believe he ever managed to top his very first story arc. AMAZING Paul Smith art, and a heartfelt teaming of two former enemies - now teammates - make this the best post-Byrne period in X-Men history, in my opinion. Uncanny X-Men #172-173 - Wolverine's wedding. Very fun issue with one of THE best characters to come out of the Byrne/Claremont pairing. Uncanny X-Men #143 - Byrne's last issue, and it is a great one. And I believe this was even an original idea! And it was all done in two issues - seems hard to believe. A story so good it has been imitated dozens of times. X-Men #141/Uncanny X-Men #142 - Days of Future Past. Decent (if not ripped-off) concept for bad guys highlighted by one of the most classic moments in X-Men history, Wolverine's appearance at the end of #132. X-Men #132-133 - The first meeting between the X-Men and the Hellfire Club. How would the split between Claremont and Morrison go? Would any other writer sneak on to a list?
So I thought it would be interesting to see what we all would come up with, given the same task. The concept was simple - pick the ten best issues of the X-Men. Wizard actually came up with a really cool idea recently, where they had a "Best of" collection for the X-Men.
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