{"id":3386,"date":"2010-05-13T06:45:44","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T10:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2010-05-11T18:45:48","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T22:45:48","slug":"art-adams-days-children-of-the-atom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/13\/art-adams-days-children-of-the-atom\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Adams Days &#8211; Children of the Atom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welcome back to the second installment of <a title=\"Art Adams Days on  ONCE UPON A GEEK\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/tag\/art-adams-days\"><strong>ART ADAMS DAYS<\/strong><\/a>!\u00a0  Today we&#8217;ll be looking at some of Mr. Adams work on <em>The New Mutants<\/em>! <a title=\"New Mutants #1 review\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/05\/27\/new-mutants-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">I love me some New Mutants<\/a> and without a doubt Arthur Adams is my favorite artist to ever draw these heroes.\u00a0 His line work is amazing and he really understood what made that book work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1985 Chris Claremont wrote an epic story of Mutants and Asgardians that took two oversized comics to tell &#8211; <em>The New Mutants Special Edition<\/em> and <em>X-Men Annual #9<\/em>.\u00a0 Both comics were drawn by Art Adams.\u00a0 Such a great story with some of the best art to ever grace an X-Men related comic.\u00a0 You can find these comics reprinted in the trade paperback <em>New Mutants Classics, Volume 5<\/em>.\u00a0 Below you&#8217;ll find the covers to the individual issues.\u00a0 Click <em>The New Mutants Special Edition<\/em> cover to enlarge so you can appreciate the detail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/aa-newmutantsspecial.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"New Mutants Special by Art Adams\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/aa-newmutantsspecial.jpg\" alt=\"New Mutants Special by Art Adams\" width=\"520\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Uncanny X-Men Annual #9 cover by Art Adams\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/aa-x-menannual9.jpg\" alt=\"Uncanny X-Men Annual #9 cover by Art Adams\" width=\"400\" height=\"618\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here is another <em>X-Men Annual<\/em> featuring the New Mutants by Art Adams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Uncanny X-Men Annual #10 cover by Art Adams\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/aa-x-menannual10.jpg\" alt=\"Uncanny X-Men Annual #10 cover by Art Adams\" width=\"400\" height=\"617\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Illyana as Majik&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Majik by Art Adams\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/aa-magik.jpg\" alt=\"Majik by Art Adams\" width=\"480\" height=\"676\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8230; and Illyana as Darkchylde.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Majik as Darkchylde by Art Adams\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/aa-darkchylde.jpg\" alt=\"Majik as Darkchylde by Art Adams\" width=\"463\" height=\"648\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Remember when Emma Frost was a bad guy?\u00a0 I&#8217;ll never forget, especially after seeing this cover as a teenager.\u00a0 Click the cover to enlarge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/new_mutants_39.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"New Mutants #39 cover by Art Adams\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/new_mutants_39.jpg\" alt=\"New Mutants #39 cover by Art Adams\" width=\"520\" height=\"798\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"New Mutants by Art Adams\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/new_mutants_old3.jpg\" alt=\"New Mutants by Art Adams\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"New Mutants #38 cover by Art Adams\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/aa-newmutants38.jpg\" alt=\"New Mutants #38 cover by Art Adams\" width=\"400\" height=\"619\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check back here  tomorrow for more <a title=\"Art  Adams Days on ONCE UPON A GEEK\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/tag\/art-adams-days\"><strong>ART ADAMS  DAYS<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3386\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/13\/art-adams-days-children-of-the-atom\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3386\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/13\/art-adams-days-children-of-the-atom\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/13\/art-adams-days-children-of-the-atom\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/13\/art-adams-days-children-of-the-atom\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-3386\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/13\/art-adams-days-children-of-the-atom\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to the second installment of ART ADAMS DAYS!\u00a0 Today we&#8217;ll be looking at some of Mr. Adams work on The New Mutants! 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For me, this comic felt like Homecoming.\u00a0 All my favorite New Mutants were there, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/new_mutants01a.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4191,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/20\/acquired-dc-adventures-rpg-heros-handbook\/","url_meta":{"origin":3386,"position":1},"title":"ACQUIRED: DC Adventures RPG &#8211; Hero&#8217;s Handbook","date":"September 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I bought the new DC ADVENTURES: Hero's Handbook RPG from Green Ronin Publishing! Here is the description of the book from the Green Ronin online store: Join the never-ending battle for truth and justice in the world's greatest super-hero universe, using the world's greatest super-hero roleplaying game! The DC ADVENTURES\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"DC Adventures Hero's Handbook Super-Hero Roleplaying in the DC Universe","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/dcadventuresrpg.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3728,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/07\/alex-ross-marvel-artwork\/","url_meta":{"origin":3386,"position":2},"title":"Alex Ross Marvel Artwork","date":"July 7, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I felt like spotlighting some of Alex Ross' gorgeous Marvel work.\u00a0 Enjoy! Secret Wars Marvel Encyclopedia (click to enlarge) Spider-Man Green Goblin Assemble (click to enlarge) Visions: Iron Man First Avengers Marvel 1970s (click to enlarge) Uncanny X-Men #500 (click to enlarge) New Mutants #1 Mighty Marvel Heroes &\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Alex Ross Secret Wars","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ross_secret-wars.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1498,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/03\/spent-time-reading-comics-this-past-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":3386,"position":3},"title":"Spent Time Reading Comics This Past Weekend","date":"August 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Instead of blogging about comics, this weekend I actually read some!\u00a0 I've literally got stacks and stacks of comics I'm behind on reading.\u00a0 All together I flew through 44 comics this weekend.\u00a0 I really enjoyed immersing myself in the comic book world. 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