re: New Marvel Comics recommendations

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I don't read XMen anymore. It has become one convoluted mess of characters that I do not care for.

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I first got into XMen just after the Claremont era began (my first one was the issue after Magneto's base in the Antarctic blew up).



I was a stalwart reader of that comic. Then came New Mutants, and my enjoyment increased.



Then came X-Factor, and more joy



Then came Excalibur. It wasn't bad, but didn't capture my attention like the others.



Then came XForce and it gave the same feeling as Excalibur



And then I hit what I think was the watershed event for me... Uncanny XMen split into a 2nd book (XMen) and the teams were designated "blue" and "gold".



I read for a few years after that, but by that point it was just far, far too much. The stories seemed to get more and more watered down (which makes sense when you have a bazillion books trying to tell stories about the same group... and Wolverine winds up in almost all of them).

Every now and then I'll pick up some storyline that's already ended (like House of M), but usually I pick up books to see characters I don't know being spotlighted and/or characters I know changed so much they are almost unrecognizable (looking at you, Beast).

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Then came XForce and it gave the same feeling as Excalibur

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Oh noes...Leifield! RUN AWAY!

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X-Force is like the polar opposite of Excalibur. One is 90's "XTREME!!!" to the nth degree

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Bingo.

I do love Remender's revision. He keeps the old "xtreme" flair, but he's added a heavy dose of storytelling to it.

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while Excalibur is Claremont's last stand, where he was allowed to do whatever weird thing popped into his head and go down any rabbit hole.

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An underrated book for sure. Nightcrawler, Captain Britain, Shadowcat, they had an awesome cast of characters to play with.