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Contents 1 Line-Ups 1.1 Comic info box Image 1.2 Flagship? 1.3 Australian rock band

[edit] Line-Ups

I reverted changes to Line-Ups, because the previous reversion removed some correct information (e.g. the inclusion of Havok, Polaris, and Banshee at certain points). I also made some additional changes. It still needs a lot of changes. There have been many line-up changes (a lot of them minor, like one member). I'm going to try to do some more work, and it would helpful if others could look it over as well. It may also be good to come up with a consensus on certain matters, like whether a character counts in the line-up if he/she quits in the middle of that issue. --JamesAM 18:01, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

I reverted your edits, you don't need any character just because they appeared or became a X-Men member in UXM#40, #67, #46 etc doesn't mean they are already in line-up and don't write it Xavier write it Professor X.--LooseTheHotButtonS 13:33, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Why shouldn't changes in the line-up be noted? If new members join in an issue and the line-up changes, shouldn't that be noted? I think it would best to reflect all the changes if a line-up section is to be included. It would be inaccurate to imply that Thunderbird was on the team for 40 issues rather than 2. If consensus develops that only major line-up changes should be included (and I don't think I agree with that), it would probably be better to only list the issue when that line-up was introduced rather than list a range of issues that's inaccurate. Also, some important changes were eliminated in the revert. Banshee was a member of the All-New, All-Different X-Men for several years, and he was removed. I agree that Professor X (since it's the name of his entry and "code name") is better to use. Xavier was simply the name from the revert. --JamesAM 16:12, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I altered the reference to Carol Danvers because she was never technically an X-Man. She explicitly declined an offer to join the team in Uncanny X-Men #164. She did not accompany the X-Men on missions when they returned to earth. When she left the X-Mansion, Danvers remarked that she was glad she wasn't an X-Man. So that's my reasoning behind that change. --JamesAM 02:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comic info box Image

I noticed there was no image in the comic info. box. With so many incarnations of Uncanny, I just picked a popular one (from the Dark Phoenix Saga) and added it. If anyone has a better image, by all means, put it in there. I just figured any Uncanny image was better than nothing. Bhissong 04:05, 2 August 2006 (UTC)bhissong

It's fine. X-Men (vol. 2) uses a recent image, but as there isn't one uploaded this one can stay. --Jamdav86 16:11, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I still think we need to find a better image than Uncanny #479. Sure, it's current, but most of the image is taken up by an enormous sword. The X-men are just background. I think we to keep looking, and for now, keep some sort of "classic" image up. It's not perfect, but better than nothing. Bhissong 20:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)bhissong

Huh, now you're picking. The pic is good and current, the current cast is all in the pic, just because the "classic" image ur saying is notable you're going to use it forever well I say no--hottie 16:20, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'm not going to change it again because I have a sneeking suspicion that you plan on just changing it back. I chose the older image because it was iconic and the article itself addresses the comic series, not just the current incarnation. I wish there was a nice picture of the current team. I'd be all for displaying it in the image box. But, all of the most recent images so far have been relatively unusable, either because of size or content (e.g., the huge sword dominating the image you seem to prefer). Hopefully soon there will be a nice, current cover that will highlight the characters. But for now, I suppose there's no sense worrying about it. (Oh, and dude: take a vallum, get a girlfriend/boyfriend, or something. You are WAY too tense about these articles). Bhissong 01:50, 18 August 2006 (UTC)bhissong

Wait for that special cover you want, and oh yeah I'm pretty tense with articles that's why I'm not editing here regularly--hottie 16:27, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flagship?

Is Uncanny X-Men really the flagship? I've always thought Amazing Spider-Man was. --User:002KFlash052 23:31, 7 Aug. 2006

X-Men has traditionally been the best-selling Marvel title. However the sentence should be changed to 'flagship of the X-Men franchise', as its popularity has slipped in recent years. --Jamdav86 18:56, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Australian rock band

Since it's apparently not mentioned here, I feel compelled to point out that there is/was also an Australian rock band by the name of the Uncanny X-Men, fronted by Brian Mannix. They were fairly popular in the 1980s... http://www.uncannyxmen.homestead.com/ --ozzmosis 14:15, 14 November 2006 (UTC)