Pro tip: People keep saying the 90s X-Men cartoon is the best adaptation, but they're forgetting the actual comic sales numbers.

I see this all the time in fan groups. Everyone says the Fox cartoon from 1992 defined the X-Men for a generation. But the comic was selling over 8 million copies a year in 1991, before the show even aired. The cartoon was great, but it simplified a lot of the deeper themes from Claremont's run that the real fans were already buying. It feels like people credit the cartoon for the popularity that the comics had already built. Has anyone else looked back and noticed how much the show changed people's view of the characters compared to the books?

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miller.paul4d ago

Who cares, both were good.

lilyt904d ago

Disagree hard on that one. They were not the same at all. The first one had way better writing and actual characters. The second one felt rushed and lazy. Quality matters, not just being okay.