The Original [X-MEN] / [X-FACTOR] (05) Appreciation Thread

I've been obsessed with thoughts like that for about three decades now, ever since they really stated showing hints of Bobby's true potential. Probably why I became so fixated on the 'Dragon' stuff regarding Iceman, the idea that it wasn't just wishing for that for the character, but that writers and editors had actually put a lot of time and effort into that story across the decades. The problem is that a lot of that stuff isn't clear to casual fans, and even hardcore fans miss a lot of it unless they are clued in. In the past couple of years I've gone back and reread issues from decades ago and was amazed at how much stuff I missed because of what I didn't know back then. Hidden connections to characters like Moondragon and the Dragon of the Moon... How Iceman's battle with Iron Fist in A VS X may be part of an unrevealed prophecy... How the Iceman story in A + X acted as a set-up for the 'Frozen Arc' in Astonishing X-Men... There is so much stuff there, a wealth of mythology and lore just waiting to be explored and built upon.

I'll probably devote a thread to it at some point when/if I have the time...