[ SECRET POST #2112 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2112 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 102 secrets from Secret Submission Post #302.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[hwc]

This feels like a good time to ask, if I wanted to get into X-Factor in general and Rictor/Shatterstar in particular, where would be a good place to start?

[(Anonymous)]

X-factor is a pretty self-contained series and I don't believe you need to know too much about the X-men canon in order to get it (though I am speaking as a long-time X-men fan). Ric/Star stuff starts at issue 45 (I think).

For early Rictor/Shatterstar stuff, you have to go all the way back to the first series of X-force. I'm not sure what specific issues to read, I'm afraid

[(Anonymous)]

oop, meant to add that issue 1 of the current X-factor is a good place to start, it's relatively young and about to reach its 100th issue (also, the numbering goes all funny, after issue 49, issue 50 becomes issue 200. Don't ask me why)

[insanenoodlyguy]

Actually, I'd say hwc should start with the 5 issue Maddrox Mini.
It takes place right before the latest x-factor and leads directly into it.

[cimikat.livejournal.com]

Funny enough, someone just posted a RicStar reading list on Tumblr yesterday, for those interested in the X-Force stuff. (Myself I've only seen scans of individual scenes here and there, which given the 90s art is enough for me personally.)

http://demoncolbert.tumblr.com/post/31312832182/ricstar-reading-list-for-those-interested

[cimikat.livejournal.com]

I might be a bit biased because I absolutely love X-Factor, and say start with issue #1 of the current run. Rictor is in the cast from the very beginning, and there is a lot of development with him in those early arcs. Shatterstar doesn't appear until issue #43, with the big reunion kiss happening at the end of #45, but there is a lot of good stuff before then (except maybe the Secret Invasion tie-ins, but that's mostly because of bad art).

And while you're asking, check out the ricstar community on LJ. It's one of my favorite comms right now, and where I went when I first got into X-Factor and RicStar back in Feb.

[b_dangerous]

Just start from X-Factor (2005) #1. Trust me, it's an amazing series right from the start and well worth the read.