First thing that came to mind was “Great. Another X-Team.” After a few nanoseconds, I was like “Jesus, this is awesome.”

The upcoming crossover between Dark Avengers and Uncanny X-Men will introduce a new team put together by Norman Osborn and led by Emma Frost. The team is a little strange for an X-Team. We have Angel who is currently running with X-Force and is one of the original X-Men.  He and Frost are the only real X-Men in this bunch. Everybody else wearing the “X” gives me that old “Well, that’s weird” feeling.

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My exposure to the Legion of Superheroes consists of the Lightning Saga, an awesome Justice League Unlimited episode, and the animated series. I want to get into them, I really do. But I’m not that interested yet. I need a hook. And I think I’ve found it.

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Since we’re in a sort of Crisis-themed week, might as well feature face-rocking covers of the original Crisis: Crisis on Infinite Earths. It was a 12-issue maxi-series where all sorts of shit went down, and it’s all glorious.

You’ll know when something huge is about to happen when you see a cover with superheroes floating in space while two Earths collide and explode in the background.

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Every Friday, I’m planning to hit you with face-rocking comic book covers that could inspire you to say either “HOLY FUCK, THAT’S AWESOME!!!” or “WTF, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!” Whether it’s the awesomest awesome covers that ever awesomed, or the shittiest of all crappy covers, if it’s face-rocking, it’s in here.

For today’s face-rocking covers, I’ll put the spotlight on Hollywood’s newest bad-ass franchise players: the Transformers! These are 6 covers from the 1984 Transformers series from Marvel:

OK. Man vs. Machine. Duel to the death. Hmm… I’ll have to give this one to the dude made of FREAKIN’ METAL.

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