Tried that 'read every issue in order' method for Claremont's X-Men run

I started from Giant Size #1 and made it through about 30 issues before I just had to stop. The pacing is so slow when you read them month by month without the hype of a new issue dropping. I learned that skipping around and just reading the big arcs like Dark Phoenix and Days of Future Past gives you a way better experience. Has anyone else burned out trying to do a full run like that?

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loganthompson13d ago

Man, I totally feel this. I tried the same thing and burned out around issue 20. The whole issue where they're just sitting in a cave talking about philosophy for 22 pages? I was done. It's like Claremont forgot he was writing a comic book and not a novel sometimes. I just stick to the big story arcs now too.

the_max16d ago

Yeah I tapped out around issue 25 myself, that slow burn was brutal.

foster.charles16d ago

Man, @the_max, I feel you on that. I stuck with it until issue 30 and then just couldn't take it anymore. The whole arc where the main character just wanders around the forest for six issues drove me nuts. How do you stretch a conversation with a squirrel into two whole books? I gave it another shot last year but it was the same slow pace, so I put it down for good.