Today, join in the celebration as we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the X-Men by studying the first ever X-Men spin-off series, The New Mutants.

We go inside a key interview with Chris Claremont from 1982 and go behind the scene sharing

the original concepts and ideas that drove new mutants, including incredible storylines

that were teased but never delivered.

It's all about 60 years of X-Men, 40 years of the new mutants on today's all-new

episode of Robeservations.

Hey, everybody, welcome to another edition of Rob Observations. I am your host, Rob Leifeld. On an average

episode of Rob Observations, we are going to approach superheroes comic books as seen through the lens

of pop culture. When I was a kid, I grabbed these off the spinner rack. I love

boring you to death, retelling that story a thousand times. I'm not going to do it today, but I go back

with comic books. Seven years old, 1974. Uh, the bug bit me. I became obsessed. I needed to do this for a

living. I pursued drawing, writing, creating comic books, and boom, 37, almost 38 years

later, that is what I've been doing with my life. I don't know, even if it's a career at this point,

it's like a lifestyle. Common books for me is a lifestyle. I grew up in the 70s when Linda Carter was

Wonder Woman and when CBS made Bill Bixby, Bruce David Banner,

they called him David Banner, not Bruce Banner. It was very confusing. As the Incredible Hulk,

which was a smash hit on CBS, common book movies were not made. They were not really considered.

I watched as they have developed,

along with many of you. I watched them, like, grow into the consciousness of my kids as they

have grown into adulthood and their relationship with superheroes as they, you know,

treat them as if they were just the most casual, most common, you know,

piece of material in the culture, like a popular sports team.

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