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 #128: Dave Stevens
Luke, seeing one of Stevens' Bettie Page drawings.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #LukeSkywalker
Luke, seeing one of Stevens' Bettie Page drawings.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #LukeSkywalker
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Card #128: Dave Stevens
Luke, seeing one of Stevens' Bettie Page drawings.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #LukeSkywalker
Luke, seeing one of Stevens' Bettie Page drawings.
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #NewVisions #LukeSkywalker
333 - All New X-Men - 11/28/2012
Still amazed at how long the "original X-Men from the past hang out in the present" plotline lasted.
Cover by Stuart Immonen. Interiors by Brian Michael Bendis & Immonen.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Wolverine #Storm #AllNewXMen
Still amazed at how long the "original X-Men from the past hang out in the present" plotline lasted.
Cover by Stuart Immonen. Interiors by Brian Michael Bendis & Immonen.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Wolverine #Storm #AllNewXMen
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
333 - All New X-Men - 11/28/2012
Still amazed at how long the "original X-Men from the past hang out in the present" plotline lasted.
Cover by Stuart Immonen. Interiors by Brian Michael Bendis & Immonen.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Wolverine #Storm #AllNewXMen
Still amazed at how long the "original X-Men from the past hang out in the present" plotline lasted.
Cover by Stuart Immonen. Interiors by Brian Michael Bendis & Immonen.
#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Wolverine #Storm #AllNewXMen
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 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.
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
I also reviewed Transformers #26, the second issue of the new Kirkman/Mora creative team, which finally gets Skywarp out of the wall (it makes sense in context, I swear). #Transformers
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November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I also reviewed Transformers #26, the second issue of the new Kirkman/Mora creative team, which finally gets Skywarp out of the wall (it makes sense in context, I swear). #Transformers
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Back @thecomicon.bsky.social, my latest Force Matters column breaks down Legacy of Vader #10, in which the series gets back to what it does best: showcasing a petulant, emo Kylo Ren with gorgeous art. #StarWars
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November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Back @thecomicon.bsky.social, my latest Force Matters column breaks down Legacy of Vader #10, in which the series gets back to what it does best: showcasing a petulant, emo Kylo Ren with gorgeous art. #StarWars
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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
It doesn't *quite* lineup and the logos obscure it, but you get the gist.
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It doesn't *quite* lineup and the logos obscure it, but you get the gist.
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