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X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Sixteen (1987)

April 2, 2022April 1, 2022 Chris Sheehan 1 Comment 1987, ann nocenti, chris claremont, glynis oliver, john bolton, terry kavanagh, tom defalco, tom orzechowski, x-men vignettes

X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Sixteen shares the story of how and when Sean Cassidy met the woman he’d make Siryn with, Maeve Rourke!

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X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Fourteen (1987)

March 31, 2022March 30, 2022 Chris Sheehan 1 Comment 1987, ann nocenti, chris claremont, glynis oliver, jim shooter, john bolton, terry kavanagh, tom orzechowski, x-men vignettes

This chapter of Vignettes takes us into Shi’ar Space where Princess Lilandra tells Charles Xavier that he’s her “only hope”.

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X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Twelve (1987)

March 29, 2022March 28, 2022 Chris Sheehan 3 Comments 1987, ann nocenti, chris claremont, glynis oliver, jim shooter, john bolton, terry kavanagh, tom orzechowski, x-men vignettes

X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Twelve tells us more about Magneto’s past in eight *pages* than would be told in eight *issues* of “current-year” comics!

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X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Eleven (1987)

March 28, 2022March 27, 2022 Chris Sheehan 4 Comments 1987, ann nocenti, chris claremont, glynis oliver, jim shooter, john bolton, terry kavanagh, tom orzechowski, x-men vignettes

In X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Eleven your humble host perhaps projects too much… as in, he totally projects himself and his damage onto our POV character!

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X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Ten (1987)

March 26, 2022March 30, 2022 Chris Sheehan 3 Comments 1987, ann nocenti, chris claremont, glynis oliver, jim shooter, john bolton, terry kavanagh, tom orzechowski, x-men vignettes

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X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Nine (1987)

March 25, 2022March 24, 2022 Chris Sheehan 2 Comments 1987, ann nocenti, chris claremont, glynis oliver, jim shooter, john bolton, terry kavanagh, tom orzechowski, x-men vignettes

Nightcrawler “sees dead people” in X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Nine!

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X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Eight (1987)

March 24, 2022March 23, 2022 Chris Sheehan 3 Comments 1987, ann nocenti, chris claremont, glynis oliver, jim shooter, john bolton, terry kavanagh, tom orzechowski, x-men vignettes

X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Eight dives a bit too deep into Jean’s first run-in with the Phoenix Force – and I dig too deep on how this might affect new readers

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X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Seven (1987)

March 23, 2022March 22, 2022 Chris Sheehan 2 Comments 1987, ann nocenti, chris claremont, glynis oliver, jim shooter, john bolton, terry kavanagh, tom orzechowski, x-men vignettes

X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Seven x-amines the back-up story that launched me into my Classix hunt in the first place… and is responsible for this very project!

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X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Six (1987)

March 22, 2022March 21, 2022 Chris Sheehan 1 Comment 1987, ann nocenti, chris claremont, glynis oliver, jim shooter, john bolton, terry kavanagh, tom orzechowski, x-men vignettes

X-Men Vignettes, Chapter Six adds a bit of flavor to an X-Men Christmas ditty and gives us a peek into the last day of Jean Grey’s life (for now, anyway)