The League of Extraordinary X-Gentlemen and Avenging Yeomen

From: ToplessRobot.com

I love custom toys. I can't make 'em myself, but I love seeing them, and some of my favorite have been the steampunk interpretations of Star Wars and so forth. I guess these Marvel superheroes customs -- pointed out to me by my sometimes friend, sometimes foe Great White Snark -- are more just Victorian than steampunk, but I still think they're hella awesome.

From left to right, starting with the top row: Nightcrawler, the Hulk, Wolverine, Dardevil, Spider-man, Falcon, and Cyclops; bottom row: Jean Grey, Black Widow, Ant-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Nick Fury, Red Skull, Doctor Doom, and a Doom-bot Arnim Zola. Please, check here, here and here for more pics, along with the detailed stories of these guys, who were created by Bruce Ross and Josh Izzo. (Via Super Punch);

The History of Marvel Comic's Mutant Team: The X-Men

From: AssociatedContent.com

At the end of the 1960s, the X-Men series had been cancelled due to a complete commercial failure, completely dominated by more popular series including Spiderman, Captain America, The Hulk and The Fantastic Four. It was not until the early 1990s that the X-Men made an astonishing comeback, selling a record-breaking eight million copies in the first issue alone. Saturday morning cartoons were soon dominated by the ¬X-Men animated series, which acquired phenomenal television ratings. According to Peter Sanderson, author of Marvel Universe, "If Marvel published only the books of the now extensive X-Men "family" of titles, it would still be one of the largest comics company in North America." (209)

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