REVIEWS: The X-Axis Year in Review 2004

And that's that, for a somewhat underwhelming year in the X-books. For
those of you keeping track at home, once you filter out the books which
have already been cancelled, we're going into 2005 with a line-up
consisting of Astonishing X-Men, Ultimate X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men,
X-Men Unlimited, New X-Men, Cable & Deadpool, District X, Excalibur,
Exiles, Gambit, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Wolverine. That's fourteen
books. We could stand to lose a good few more, and if the sales figures
on some of the new titles are anything to go by, we probably will.

If Marvel have any sense, they won't replace them, and they'll allow the
line to drop back to a more sensible size by natural wastage. But sense
seems to be at a premium these days.

And on that note, let's move on. Next week, Exiles #57 rounds off the
Kulan Gath arc. Gambit #5 continues the tarot deck storyline. Ultimate
Nightmare #4 finally turns up, almost two months late. And the What If?
one-shots hit the shelves including a Professor X/Magneto story.

--
Paul O'Brien

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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 23:46:18 +0000, Paul O'Brien
<paul.RemoveThis@SPAMBLOCK.esoterica.demon.co.uk> wrote:

 >And that's that, for a somewhat underwhelming year in the X-books. For
 >those of you keeping track at home, once you filter out the books which
 >have already been cancelled, we're going into 2005 with a line-up
 >consisting of Astonishing X-Men, Ultimate X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men,
 >X-Men Unlimited, New X-Men, Cable & Deadpool, District X, Excalibur,
 >Exiles, Gambit, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Wolverine. That's fourteen
 >books. We could stand to lose a good few more, and if the sales figures
 >on some of the new titles are anything to go by, we probably will.

 >If Marvel have any sense, they won't replace them, and they'll allow the
 >line to drop back to a more sensible size by natural wastage. But sense
 >seems to be at a premium these days.

 >And on that note, let's move on. Next week, Exiles #57 rounds off the
 >Kulan Gath arc. Gambit #5 continues the tarot deck storyline. Ultimate
 >Nightmare #4 finally turns up, almost two months late. And the What If?
 >one-shots hit the shelves including a Professor X/Magneto story.

Wow, did the review happen off-panel? Or was it so bad we shouldn't
try to remember it? ))))))<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->