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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 903486" data-attributes="member: 505">I agree with the assertion that Claremont was the X-Men writer (I stopped collecting a few issues after he was fired and the new team effectively flushed 17 yrs of continuity down the toilet), but I don't think he lost his touch at all during his run since the writing quality dropped so severely after his departure (IMO, at leat).  But I could have sworn the Legcy Virus didn't pop up until after his run.  Does it date back before '93?  And, if it did, I don't think he created it.  If I'm not mistaken, wasn't it linked to Stryfe?  That was a Rob Liefeld/X-Force character.I'm not saying that it isn't an AIDS analogy, just wondering how closely it's linked with Claremont.  And while I knew about Colossus and Magik dying, I had no idea about Pyro, Mastermind, and Moira McTaggart.  Speaking of which, wasn't McTaggart human?  How did the disease affect her?  I never really liked the Legacy Virus storyline.  In the comics I read in which it popped up, the rules of it seemed to nebulous.  I was never sure how someone caught it.  I also heard that Colossus' death wasn't handled very well.  That it and the Legacy Virus' cure was done in a kind of "blow off" sort of way.  Like it was a quick out to a storyline that no one wanted around anymore.Personally, I think it could have been good if handled in a side issue sort of way.  Sort of like AIDS, actually.  Making it a naturally occurring disease that had no cure, and to which mutants were more susceptible.  That way, those that died of it would have more meaning.</blockquote>

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