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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton

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Reviewing every X-Book from #1 on. Celebrating #50YearsOfX. Skeeting [...sigh] a #TradingCardADay. Writing fiction. Co-host @AVSEPod. Editor at ComicsXF. Bylines linktr.ee/austingorton. He/Him. https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · Jan 1

New year, new project!

Hot on the heels of Wolverine's 50th anniversary, 2025 marks the 50th birthday of the All New, All Different X-Men!

In honor, each day I'll spotlight a cover from a comic published on that date featuring one of the "ANAD" X-Men!

#XMenADay #XMen50 #Xmen

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 8h

Without a doubt, the fastest & easiest climb I’ve ever had. Rode a SG Darkhawk deck into the 90s then, given the complete lack of tech I was encountering, blasted through with Mr. Negative again. #MarvelSnap

Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 12h

And I know Claremont wasn’t happy about having Beast pulled away from him, but I’m pretty sure he held that against editorial more than Morrison.

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 14h

Ten years later and he def would have made Josh Hawley his Gambit.

Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 14h

Right? If you have to have an X-Men book with "X-Treme" in the title, why do you give it to Claremont's book?

I need to revisit it; I remember liking it more than most at the time (and more than his earlier return to the main titles), but also that the Kordey art in particular was a big turn off.

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 14h

Card #078: Strike Up The Droids

Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins Cosplay Threepio is my favorite Threepio cosplay.

If this poster went for $1K in '93, I wonder what it goes for now?

#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #ArtOfStarWars

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 22h

283 - X-Treme X-Men #19 - 10/9/2002

It's still kinda funny that when Claremont got his own X-title in the early 00s, it got the "X-Treme!" adjective.

Cover by Salvador Larroca. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Larroca.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #xmen #Storm #XTremeXMen

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 1d

😆😆😆

You know, I added that album to my playlist of Christmas music, and every time it comes up, I just skip right past it. It really is quite terrible.

Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 1d

Card #077: Santa Threepio

Something about the length of Threepio's Santa coat and the fact that he's, ultimately, naked, has always made me think of this as a Sexy Threepio Santa.

#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #ArtOfStarWars

Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 1d

"[Revelation Voice]: You will tell me the fate of Eleven Ted Sarandos!"

Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 1d

In which we ask the important questions, like "does Doug allow Netflix?"

#XMen #XSpoilers #AgeOfRevelation

ComicsXF @comicsxf.com · 1d

@brawl2099.bsky.social @adamreck.bsky.social @armaanautomatic.itch.io & @austingorton.bsky.social put together this roundup of week 2 of Age of Revelation, ft. a whopping 5 books, one of which contains an amazing Al Ewing story!
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Al Ewing returns to Arakko in an X-Men: Age of Revelation roundup - COMICSXF

The ComicsXF review team takes on all five of this week's Age of Revelation books, including an Al Ewing treat in World of Revelation.

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that's what I like about it, makes my boy less of a chump! 😆

But it comes as part of the "fix Cyclops by making Maddy a villain" package in "Inferno", which I generally don't love.

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 1d

The Cable thing or the Maddy thing?

Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 1d

282 - Uncanny X-Men #201 - 10/8/1985

1st appearance of Cable! 😏

Hot take: I don't mind the "Maddy subconsciously manipulated the outcome of this battle" retcon.

Cover by Rick Leonardi. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Leonardi.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #xmen #Storm #UncannyXMen

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 2d

Card #076: Even Droids Celebrate

I love the idea of Threepio baking a birthday cake for Artoo, who has neither the need nor the means to ingest food.

#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #ArtOfStarWars

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 2d

Which is funny particularly because while the comic keeps the look of the Space Slug a secret, it reveals the fact that the cave they land in is a monster's stomach, which is arguably the bigger/more impactful surprise.

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 2d

281 - Marvel Age #46 - 10/7/1986

I like how the overlap of Human Torch's fire effects makes it seem like Storm is throwing a lightning bolt at Sue.

Cover by Jon Bogdanove. Interiors by various.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #xmen #Wolverine #Storm #FantasticFour #MarvelAge

Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 2d

Whether you're excited or over it already, one thing we can all agree on: #AgeOfRevelation exists!

I break down all the deets of the Overture kickoff issue, as well as a few lingering non-AoR X-books, in Previously on X-Men for @thecomicon.bsky.social. #XMen #Xspoilers

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 2d

Card #075: "We're Moving!"

Another great piece created for a specific purpose that has been recirculated a lot. Nowadays, I get big Skeleton Crew vibes off it.

#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #ArtOfStarWars

Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 3d

280 - Uncanny X-Men #375 - 10/6/1999

Wolverine dead?!? Now I've seen everything!

A pleasantly-subdued cover for the series 375th issue.

Cover by Adam Kubert. Interiors by Alan Davis, Terry Kavanagh & Kubert.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #xmen #Wolverine #UncannyXMen

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 3d

Card #074: Heat Seems To Rise

Maybe that's meant to be the volcano we all somehow knew Anakin fell into long before Episode III/Mustafar came along.

Gorgeous piece, at any rate, from Noriyoshi Ohrai.

#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #ArtOfStarWars #ReturnOfTheJedi

Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 3d

279 - Death of X #1 - 10/5/2016

This turned out well...

Cover by Aaron Kuder. Interiors by Jeff Lemire, Charles Soule & Kuder.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #xmen #DeathOfX #Storm

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 4d

Card #073: When George Lucas

The Revenge of the Jedi changeup is one of those great bits of Star Wars lore. I still have the corrected "Return" version of this poster framed on my wall.

#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #ArtOfStarWars #ReturnOfTheJedi

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Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 4d

278 - Spirits of Vengeance #1 Variant - 10/4/2017

These Legacy variants: 👍 or 👎?

Cover by Ken Lashley, Gil Kane & Dave Cockrum. Interiors by Victor Gischler & David Baldeon

#XmenADay #XMen50 #xmen #SpirtsOfVengeance #Wolverine #Storm #Colossus #Nightcrawler #Thunderbird

Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 4d

Card #072: Male Bonding

The font of the text on this is really incongruous; feels very Currie and Ives-esque.

#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #ArtOfStarWars #TheEmpireStrikesBack

Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 5d

Or, you know, Avengers Academy #38 rather… 😵‍💫

Ahh!-stin Gory-ton @austingorton.bsky.social · 5d

276 - Uncanny X-Men #271 - 10/3/2012

Homaging X-Men #100.

This series feels underrated.

Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli. Interiors by Christos N. Gage & Tom Grummet

#XmenADay #XMen50 #xmen📷 #AvengersAcademy #Wolverine