Frank Quitely

DC Vertigo Jun 1996

Flex Mentallo #1

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Four-issue miniseries that conveys the history of the comic book genre through the lifespan of a central character
Considered one of Grant Morrison's most profound yet perplexing stories
DC Vertigo Jul 1996

Flex Mentallo #2

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Morrison's criticism of the dark and somber superhero trend in the 1990s is layered into the subtext of the story
Morrison refers to this series along with The Invisibles and The Filth as a "hypersigil" trilogy, a term coined by Morrison that refers to a work of art with its own willpower to persist in delivering its meaning
DC Vertigo Aug 1996

Flex Mentallo #3

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The story occurs on two planes of existence, fiction and reality where the creation attempts to convince the creator not to kill himself
DC Vertigo Sep 1996

Flex Mentallo #4

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In 2000, the Charles Atlas corporation filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against DC Comics for the portrayal of Flex Mentallo being a parody of the real-life Italian bodybuilder
The lawsuit was eventually dismissed but series was out-of-print for over a decade and commanded a considerable amount on the secondary market
Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery has since been published in a hardcover deluxe edition collection and a trade paperback
WildStorm May 2000

The Authority #13

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Ultra-violent satire of superheroes by new creative team, Mark Millar and Frank Quitely
1st appearance of Jacob Krigstein, creator of the super-villain team The Americans - parody of Jack Kirby and The Avengers
Marvel Jul 2001

New X-Men #114

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1st appearance of Cassandra Nova, a parasite from the astral plane who replicated the DNA of Charles Xavier while still in utero
Beast appears with further animal mutations
Debut of new X-Men suits
Marvel Nov 2001

New X-Men #118

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1st team appearance of the Stepford Cuckoos, a product of Weapon XIV, created from Emma Frost's DNA
1st appearance of Angel Salvadore
1st appearance of Cerebella, a disembodied mutant brain
Artist Ethan Van Sciver hid the word 'sex' in multiple panels throughout the book, many of which were caught by editors but one slipped past which is evident in a protest scene
Marvel May 2002

New X-Men #124

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1st appearance of members of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard: Blimp, Fader, G-Type, Neosaurus, Plutonia, Schism

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