Dork Note: I hope if Marvel starts collecting these issues they complete the run in a second volume.
Writer: John ByrneArtist: John Byrne
Publisher: Marvel Comics (1999-2001)
Includes: X-Men: Hidden Years #1-22
Clipped from Wikipedia: The series attempted to fill in the period in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the original X-Men comic was publishing only reprints of earlier issues. The series was intended to fill in the team's chronology during the reprint issues of the original X-Men series (#67-93).
Clipped from captaincomics.us and written by Chris Fluit :
Even though the Hidden Years had its flaws, I was disappointed that the series wasn’t allowed to continue. As such, The Hidden Years was unable to fill in all of the gaps or explain all of the connections.
We didn’t get to see Magneto’s battle against the Avengers, the Beast turn furry and blue or the other X-Men become involved in Captain America’s battle against the Secret Empire.
Another part of what made the cancellation so disappointing is that it wasn’t due to low sales. The Hidden Years certainly wasn’t the best-selling title. But it also wasn’t the worst. It was cancelled because the X-Men line was restructured and the new Marvel management didn’t want to publish or support a title that only had nostalgic value.
Though I certainly wouldn’t want an entire line to be focused on the past, it should be okay to have one title here or there that caters to fans who are older, nostalgic or simply interested in history. As long as there were enough of them to sustain the sales on a title like the Hidden Years, that title should have been allowed to continue. Oh well, that’s an old argument. And that’s the Hidden Years- sometimes good, sometimes bad, usually a little bit of both. All together, it was an interesting experiment and a nice walk down memory lane.
Clipped from Wikipedia: Byrne maintained that the comic was still profitable and believed the cancellation to be unexplained. This disagreement was a precipitating factor for him to decide to no longer work for Marvel Comics.
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