Category Archives: X-Men

But I Like Cyclops…

Posted on October 2, 2012 by fakedtales

Everyone hates Scott “Slim” Summers, aka Cyclops from the X-Men. Not so. I’m a big fan, and in this article I start to explore the necessity for this kind of character, why people like and hate him, and my own … Continue reading →

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The Life and Death(s) of Professor X

Posted on September 15, 2012 by fakedtales

A bit of a spoiler, but Professor X, the guy who made the X-Men, is dead. It was met with a collective sigh, and the tapping of keyboards from several bloggers, pointing out the number of times he’s died in … Continue reading →

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The Secret Origin of Charlie and the X-Men

Posted on August 30, 2011 by fakedtales

I’m a huge X-Men fan. I always have been. Recently I was thinking that I wanted to re-read the classic Uncanny X-Men run from Giant Size onwards, to see if it held up. I wanted to find things to overanalyse, … Continue reading →

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