Some of my favorite X-Men were: the gentle and honest Colossus, the (pre-ninja) beautiful and strange Psylocke, the devout yet playful Nightcrawler, and the god-like and ravishing Phoenix. Those were the good ol' days - before incoherent silliness and all that.
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| Dark Phoenix (Jean Grey) |
Psylocke (Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock) New! |
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) New! |
Colossus (Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin) New! |
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The "Golden Age" for the X-Men was probably during the 80s and 90s.
- Phoenix - Jean Grey was the nigh-omnipotent, fiery Phoenix! She and Cyclops had a true love. (The whole "everyone is Phoenix now" was stupid, and over-abuses the Phoenix idea.)
- Psylocke - Betsy Braddock was beautiful, elegant, but also had a dark side as well. (The whole "Asian body" thing was stupid, and fetishy - and a way to avoid adding a real Asian character instead.)
- Nightcrawler - Kurt Wagner was gentle, noble, and witty, even religious! (The whole "devil spawn" thing was stupid, and cheapens his faith - as well as supporting prejudice based on appearance.)
- Colossus - Piotr Rasputin was kind, gentle, and artistic to boot. (They should preserved his siblings as just little sister Illyana - the whole "other brother" thing was dumb (and reminiscent of Cyclops' "other brother," too).)
- Wolverine - Logan was cool as a runt berserker. (The movies made him too tall, too normal, and too "main character.")