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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 878996" data-attributes="member: 151">Re: Don't want to sidetrack too much....About a year-and-a-half ago, Marvel started hiring some quality writers, and proceeded to assign TOO MANY OF THEM to the X-men.  Grant Morrison started taking them in some interesting directions, while Joe Casey, IMHO, did not.  Many of the X-titles didn't really jibe creatively, and while parts were good, most of it seemed a mess.The main metaplot is that the X-men have become serious about the future, actually turning the school into something like what you see out of the movie, with hundreds of students.  Professor X, under control by his....ummm....well, the malevolent life-force of his unborn twin sister who he killed in the womb, outs himself to the world on live television, and thus outs the X-men.  They form an international organization, and begin recruiting all over the world.  Oh, Genosha was wiped out by sentinels, killing virtually everyone there.  Things started getting a little too weird for me, and with a tight budget, they dropped off my limited list of picks.The X-titles became more mature, but I'm not sure I was actually ENJOYING them, any longer.</blockquote>