Austin Gorton
@austingorton.bsky.social
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.
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Card #127: Brian Stelfreeze (B)
While I don't share Stelfreeze's admiration for Boba Fett, this is a great piece. I quite like the helmet image in the background.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #EmpireStrikesBack #BobaFett
While I don't share Stelfreeze's admiration for Boba Fett, this is a great piece. I quite like the helmet image in the background.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #EmpireStrikesBack #BobaFett
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Card #127: Brian Stelfreeze (B)
While I don't share Stelfreeze's admiration for Boba Fett, this is a great piece. I quite like the helmet image in the background.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #EmpireStrikesBack #BobaFett
While I don't share Stelfreeze's admiration for Boba Fett, this is a great piece. I quite like the helmet image in the background.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #EmpireStrikesBack #BobaFett
As part of @thecomicon.bsky.social's "Comics We're Thankful For" series, I wax nostalgic about Louise Simonson's X-Factor, which, thanks to being less hawt & collectible than contemporaneous X-books, was the series whose back issues I could afford in my allowance days.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
As part of @thecomicon.bsky.social's "Comics We're Thankful For" series, I wax nostalgic about Louise Simonson's X-Factor, which, thanks to being less hawt & collectible than contemporaneous X-books, was the series whose back issues I could afford in my allowance days.
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I didn’t watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade as a kid, and when I see stuff like this, I realize I was missing out…
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Masters of the Universe Float - Macy's Thanksgiving Parade 1985!
YouTube video by Dinosaur Dracula
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November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I didn’t watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade as a kid, and when I see stuff like this, I realize I was missing out…
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I would like to thank Brett for giving me another way to show my love for GI Joe: The Movie.
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I would like to thank Brett for giving me another way to show my love for GI Joe: The Movie.
Reposted by Austin Gorton
You haven't seen terror until you've seen the original Macy's balloons. #Heistgiving
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
You haven't seen terror until you've seen the original Macy's balloons. #Heistgiving
332 - X-Factor #62 - 11/27/1990
I love how everyone is striking badass cover poses except for Jubilee, who is looking like Havok just ripped one.
Cover by Jim Lee. Interiors by Louise Simonson & Jon Bogdanove.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Wolverine #XFactor
I love how everyone is striking badass cover poses except for Jubilee, who is looking like Havok just ripped one.
Cover by Jim Lee. Interiors by Louise Simonson & Jon Bogdanove.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Wolverine #XFactor
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
332 - X-Factor #62 - 11/27/1990
I love how everyone is striking badass cover poses except for Jubilee, who is looking like Havok just ripped one.
Cover by Jim Lee. Interiors by Louise Simonson & Jon Bogdanove.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Wolverine #XFactor
I love how everyone is striking badass cover poses except for Jubilee, who is looking like Havok just ripped one.
Cover by Jim Lee. Interiors by Louise Simonson & Jon Bogdanove.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Wolverine #XFactor
Card #126: Brian Stelfreeze (A)
Great Leia. Another card heavily used in the promotion of the series.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ANewHope #PrincessLeia
Great Leia. Another card heavily used in the promotion of the series.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ANewHope #PrincessLeia
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Card #126: Brian Stelfreeze (A)
Great Leia. Another card heavily used in the promotion of the series.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ANewHope #PrincessLeia
Great Leia. Another card heavily used in the promotion of the series.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ANewHope #PrincessLeia
Introduce yourself with 4 spaceships
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Introduce yourself with 4 spaceships
331 - Uncanny X-Men #433 - 11/26/2003
Don't worry Nightcrawler, there's only one more chapter of "The Draco" to go.
Cover by Philip Tan. Interiors by Chuck Austen & Tan.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Nightcrawler #UncannyXMen
Don't worry Nightcrawler, there's only one more chapter of "The Draco" to go.
Cover by Philip Tan. Interiors by Chuck Austen & Tan.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Nightcrawler #UncannyXMen
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
331 - Uncanny X-Men #433 - 11/26/2003
Don't worry Nightcrawler, there's only one more chapter of "The Draco" to go.
Cover by Philip Tan. Interiors by Chuck Austen & Tan.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Nightcrawler #UncannyXMen
Don't worry Nightcrawler, there's only one more chapter of "The Draco" to go.
Cover by Philip Tan. Interiors by Chuck Austen & Tan.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Nightcrawler #UncannyXMen
Card #125: Ken Steacy
Contrary to the implication of the cardback text, this is not the first appearance of a womp rat; that occurred in Star Wars #17 back in '78.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ANewHope #LukeSkywalker
Contrary to the implication of the cardback text, this is not the first appearance of a womp rat; that occurred in Star Wars #17 back in '78.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ANewHope #LukeSkywalker
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Card #125: Ken Steacy
Contrary to the implication of the cardback text, this is not the first appearance of a womp rat; that occurred in Star Wars #17 back in '78.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ANewHope #LukeSkywalker
Contrary to the implication of the cardback text, this is not the first appearance of a womp rat; that occurred in Star Wars #17 back in '78.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ANewHope #LukeSkywalker
Did you know: The animated "Age of Apocalypse" two parter that aired after the comic book event actually inspired the comic book event?
I break down the mechanics of how that's possible for @comicsxf.com (sadly it doesn't involve any actual time travel) #XMen #XMen97
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I break down the mechanics of how that's possible for @comicsxf.com (sadly it doesn't involve any actual time travel) #XMen #XMen97
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November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Did you know: The animated "Age of Apocalypse" two parter that aired after the comic book event actually inspired the comic book event?
I break down the mechanics of how that's possible for @comicsxf.com (sadly it doesn't involve any actual time travel) #XMen #XMen97
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I break down the mechanics of how that's possible for @comicsxf.com (sadly it doesn't involve any actual time travel) #XMen #XMen97
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Kid Wendigo is a sucker! Kitty is a ghost! And did we maybe learn who the Endling is? Also, Jeph Loeb still doesn't remember Age of Apocalypse very well.
It's another week of middling #AgeOfRevelation tie-ins (and X-Men of Apocalypse) in Previously on X-Men! #XMen
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It's another week of middling #AgeOfRevelation tie-ins (and X-Men of Apocalypse) in Previously on X-Men! #XMen
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November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Kid Wendigo is a sucker! Kitty is a ghost! And did we maybe learn who the Endling is? Also, Jeph Loeb still doesn't remember Age of Apocalypse very well.
It's another week of middling #AgeOfRevelation tie-ins (and X-Men of Apocalypse) in Previously on X-Men! #XMen
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It's another week of middling #AgeOfRevelation tie-ins (and X-Men of Apocalypse) in Previously on X-Men! #XMen
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Card #124: Walter Simonson
Simonson's run on the original comic back in the post-Empire, pre-Jedi time period, so presumably he means he never got to have any cool Vader/Luke/Leia conflicts.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #DarthVader #ObiWanKenobi #ANewHope
Simonson's run on the original comic back in the post-Empire, pre-Jedi time period, so presumably he means he never got to have any cool Vader/Luke/Leia conflicts.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #DarthVader #ObiWanKenobi #ANewHope
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Card #124: Walter Simonson
Simonson's run on the original comic back in the post-Empire, pre-Jedi time period, so presumably he means he never got to have any cool Vader/Luke/Leia conflicts.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #DarthVader #ObiWanKenobi #ANewHope
Simonson's run on the original comic back in the post-Empire, pre-Jedi time period, so presumably he means he never got to have any cool Vader/Luke/Leia conflicts.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #DarthVader #ObiWanKenobi #ANewHope
329 - X-Men Classic #79 - 11/24/1992
Early Adam Hughes on this cover to a reprint of my favorite comic, Uncanny X-Men #175!
Cover by Adam Hiughes. Interiors by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith & John Romita Jr.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Storm #Wolverine #Colossus #Nightcrawler #XMenClassic
Early Adam Hughes on this cover to a reprint of my favorite comic, Uncanny X-Men #175!
Cover by Adam Hiughes. Interiors by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith & John Romita Jr.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Storm #Wolverine #Colossus #Nightcrawler #XMenClassic
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
329 - X-Men Classic #79 - 11/24/1992
Early Adam Hughes on this cover to a reprint of my favorite comic, Uncanny X-Men #175!
Cover by Adam Hiughes. Interiors by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith & John Romita Jr.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Storm #Wolverine #Colossus #Nightcrawler #XMenClassic
Early Adam Hughes on this cover to a reprint of my favorite comic, Uncanny X-Men #175!
Cover by Adam Hiughes. Interiors by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith & John Romita Jr.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Storm #Wolverine #Colossus #Nightcrawler #XMenClassic
ICYMI roundup!
In Previously on X-Men for @thecomicon.bsky.social, I gave thoughts and notes on all of the latest batch of "Age of Revelation" tie-ins, as well as the start of a new arc of Spider-Man & Wolverine.
Look for the next installment later today! #XMen
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In Previously on X-Men for @thecomicon.bsky.social, I gave thoughts and notes on all of the latest batch of "Age of Revelation" tie-ins, as well as the start of a new arc of Spider-Man & Wolverine.
Look for the next installment later today! #XMen
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November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ICYMI roundup!
In Previously on X-Men for @thecomicon.bsky.social, I gave thoughts and notes on all of the latest batch of "Age of Revelation" tie-ins, as well as the start of a new arc of Spider-Man & Wolverine.
Look for the next installment later today! #XMen
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In Previously on X-Men for @thecomicon.bsky.social, I gave thoughts and notes on all of the latest batch of "Age of Revelation" tie-ins, as well as the start of a new arc of Spider-Man & Wolverine.
Look for the next installment later today! #XMen
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Card #123: Bill Sienkiewicz
A rare for '93 look at the man inside the mask.
Interesting that Sienkiewicz's Fantastic Four work gets cited but not his New Mutants.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #DarthVader
A rare for '93 look at the man inside the mask.
Interesting that Sienkiewicz's Fantastic Four work gets cited but not his New Mutants.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #DarthVader
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Card #123: Bill Sienkiewicz
A rare for '93 look at the man inside the mask.
Interesting that Sienkiewicz's Fantastic Four work gets cited but not his New Mutants.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #DarthVader
A rare for '93 look at the man inside the mask.
Interesting that Sienkiewicz's Fantastic Four work gets cited but not his New Mutants.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #DarthVader
329 - Astonishing X-Men (vol. 3) #44 - 11/23/2011
Though not pictured on this cover, this marks the first appearance of Pak's AU Teddy Roosevelt Wolverine who's in love w/Hercules.
Cover by Mike McKone. Interiors by Greg Pak & McKone.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Storm #AstonishingXMenV3
Though not pictured on this cover, this marks the first appearance of Pak's AU Teddy Roosevelt Wolverine who's in love w/Hercules.
Cover by Mike McKone. Interiors by Greg Pak & McKone.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Storm #AstonishingXMenV3
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
329 - Astonishing X-Men (vol. 3) #44 - 11/23/2011
Though not pictured on this cover, this marks the first appearance of Pak's AU Teddy Roosevelt Wolverine who's in love w/Hercules.
Cover by Mike McKone. Interiors by Greg Pak & McKone.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Storm #AstonishingXMenV3
Though not pictured on this cover, this marks the first appearance of Pak's AU Teddy Roosevelt Wolverine who's in love w/Hercules.
Cover by Mike McKone. Interiors by Greg Pak & McKone.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Storm #AstonishingXMenV3
Card #122: Mark Schultz
Schultz working in a Star Wars dinosaur is a cute touch.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ANewHope #LukeSkywalker
Schultz working in a Star Wars dinosaur is a cute touch.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ANewHope #LukeSkywalker
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Card #122: Mark Schultz
Schultz working in a Star Wars dinosaur is a cute touch.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ANewHope #LukeSkywalker
Schultz working in a Star Wars dinosaur is a cute touch.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ANewHope #LukeSkywalker
327 - Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe - 11/22/1983
Quick - how many people on the cover are STILL dead and/or inactive?
Cover by John Byrne. Interiors by Mark Gruenwald & various.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Thunderbird #OHOTMU
Quick - how many people on the cover are STILL dead and/or inactive?
Cover by John Byrne. Interiors by Mark Gruenwald & various.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Thunderbird #OHOTMU
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
327 - Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe - 11/22/1983
Quick - how many people on the cover are STILL dead and/or inactive?
Cover by John Byrne. Interiors by Mark Gruenwald & various.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Thunderbird #OHOTMU
Quick - how many people on the cover are STILL dead and/or inactive?
Cover by John Byrne. Interiors by Mark Gruenwald & various.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Thunderbird #OHOTMU
Card #121: P. Craig Russell
I never would have guessed Bib Fortuna would be such a popular subject, but I'm pretty sure he ends up with more cards than, say, Yoda.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ReturnOfTheJedi #BibFortuna
I never would have guessed Bib Fortuna would be such a popular subject, but I'm pretty sure he ends up with more cards than, say, Yoda.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ReturnOfTheJedi #BibFortuna
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Card #121: P. Craig Russell
I never would have guessed Bib Fortuna would be such a popular subject, but I'm pretty sure he ends up with more cards than, say, Yoda.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ReturnOfTheJedi #BibFortuna
I never would have guessed Bib Fortuna would be such a popular subject, but I'm pretty sure he ends up with more cards than, say, Yoda.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #ReturnOfTheJedi #BibFortuna
326 - Penance Relentless #3 - 11/21/2007
Remember Penance? Poor Speedball. What a time.
Cover by Paul Gulacy. Interiors by Paul Jenkins & Gulacy
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Wolverine #Penance
Remember Penance? Poor Speedball. What a time.
Cover by Paul Gulacy. Interiors by Paul Jenkins & Gulacy
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Wolverine #Penance
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
326 - Penance Relentless #3 - 11/21/2007
Remember Penance? Poor Speedball. What a time.
Cover by Paul Gulacy. Interiors by Paul Jenkins & Gulacy
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Wolverine #Penance
Remember Penance? Poor Speedball. What a time.
Cover by Paul Gulacy. Interiors by Paul Jenkins & Gulacy
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Wolverine #Penance
Card #120: Joe Quesada
Future Marvel Editor-in-Chief with a surprisingly mellow but very nice Yoda.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #TheEmpireStrikesBack #Yoda
Future Marvel Editor-in-Chief with a surprisingly mellow but very nice Yoda.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #TheEmpireStrikesBack #Yoda
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Card #120: Joe Quesada
Future Marvel Editor-in-Chief with a surprisingly mellow but very nice Yoda.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #TheEmpireStrikesBack #Yoda
Future Marvel Editor-in-Chief with a surprisingly mellow but very nice Yoda.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #TheEmpireStrikesBack #Yoda
Been offline most of the day so just saw this. Bummer. All else aside, I will always appreciate this run for bringing back the Nagai.
In Star Wars #10, the final issue from me, @philnoto.bsky.social & Luke Ross - The New Republic stand on the very brink of war!
Will our heroes and the Nagai forces be enough to prevent the end of everything?
Will our heroes and the Nagai forces be enough to prevent the end of everything?
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Been offline most of the day so just saw this. Bummer. All else aside, I will always appreciate this run for bringing back the Nagai.
325 - X-Men #130 - 11/20/1979
46 years ago today, Dazzler makes her debut!
Check out the abs on Cyclops! JRjr makes him *shredded*
Cover by John Romita Jr. Interiors by Chris Claremont & John Byrne.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Nightcrawler #Dazzler #UncannyXMen
46 years ago today, Dazzler makes her debut!
Check out the abs on Cyclops! JRjr makes him *shredded*
Cover by John Romita Jr. Interiors by Chris Claremont & John Byrne.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Nightcrawler #Dazzler #UncannyXMen
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
325 - X-Men #130 - 11/20/1979
46 years ago today, Dazzler makes her debut!
Check out the abs on Cyclops! JRjr makes him *shredded*
Cover by John Romita Jr. Interiors by Chris Claremont & John Byrne.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Nightcrawler #Dazzler #UncannyXMen
46 years ago today, Dazzler makes her debut!
Check out the abs on Cyclops! JRjr makes him *shredded*
Cover by John Romita Jr. Interiors by Chris Claremont & John Byrne.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Nightcrawler #Dazzler #UncannyXMen