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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 8323031" data-attributes="member: 54364">Oh, look, no argument. Two people, supposedly friends, punching one another to see who's leader of the gang... says 8 year old kids to me; not functioning adults. But then there's a strong element of childishness in the superhero genre so I'm just gonna roll with it to the best of my ability. But I'll still get joy out of seeing Cyclops getting kicked square in the nuts. (I'm sure he isn't kicked in the nuts, rhetorical.)I started reading X-Men in 88 (IIRC). Yes, I did read back issues to get a sense of the big plot moments that kept getting referenced. eg: Dark Phoenix and all that. But I much preferred the silly, dare I say soap operatic, qualities of the later  stuff. 2 of my fave issues were... I believe they were called Women and Men. Back to back issues in which we see the team split up, along gender lines*,  and get some R'n'R. Now something like this cold be terrible. But both were done with tongue firmly in cheek and gave a much needed breather after all that Death of the Mutants or whatever the hell the crossover event with Sinister, Goblyn Queen, Manhattan turning into a hellscape**, etc. was called.But if we are going to turn this into a favourite eras in comics conversation we should probably start a new thread over in Geek Media.*Again, 8 year olds.** take your shots at NYC here.</blockquote>