Back in the 80s and particularly the 90s, one could find comic books almost anywhere. Supporting my addiction, my mom would buy comics whenever she spotted them while out shopping. She’d also haggle, something I was never good at. So, I almost preferred that she bought comics on her own, without me around. This however resulted in her bringing home some real crap titles, X-Men 2099 among them.
So why include Skullfire in my lineup then? Well, 1) I like to remind folks of the insane X-Plosion of the early 90s which, IMO, was a bit of a renaissance for the X-Men. (And yea, this guy did have an action figure. Although I didn’t own him. I had “Meanstreak.” Great name… crap character.)
2) I like showing folks my psychotic encyclopedic brain when it comes to X-Men. For better or worse, I’ve retained a lot of this shit.
3) For the sheer wtf-ness of it. And 4) because of all those 2099 guys, he was the most unique-looking. True, he looked like the sperm-baby of Gambit and the Crow, but hey, at least I’m not giving you guys Serpentina. (I mean really, Marvel? Serpentina?)
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