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Crushing Comics S01E067 – X-Men, Vol. 1 & Ed Piskor’s X-Men: Grand Design (+ My Origin Story)

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This episode is all about humble beginnings.

First, I share a story about my t-shirt, Philly, and how I became comfortable performing on stage and in front of the camera thanks to a connection to a relatively new super-star, as I’ve related in the past.

Then, I unwrap the legendary first volume of X-Men’s classic Silver Age run by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, and Werner Roth! Is this volume still worth reading now that you can simply read Ed Piskor’s terrific summary in 40 pages in X-Men: Grand Design #2?

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 67 features the X-Men Silver Age Omnibus, Vol. 1. For more information (and details on how to collect this run other than in its hard-to-find omnibus), see my Guide to Silver Age X-Men.

Crushing Comics S01E048 – The nature of memory + The Best and Worst of Avengers: Kree/Skrull War vs The Crossing!

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After musing on the nature of how we remember things I unwrap a special packet – one that has both the apex and the nadir of pre-Bendis Avengers! It’s “one of the 90s most-notorious narratives” versus a cosmic conflict that was actually quite Earth-bound.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 48 features Avengers: The Origin, Avengers: The Crossing, and Avengers: Kree/Skrull War. See Guide to The Avengers (1963) for more.

Crushing Comics, S01E07 – Silver Age X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 2

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Today I unwrap a book I was incredibly excited to open back in 2011 because it was the first time I ever had access to this Silver Age material!

Want to start from the beginning? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 6 features the Silver Age X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Amazon/eBay), which is covered in the Guide to Silver Age X-Men.