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Then again, this was the decade where Pamela Anderson became a star, and when plastic surgery and body-sculpting really took off. ItвЂ™s hard to read the comic without wondering where Domino keeps her internal organs. LiefeldвЂ™s female characters look less like people and more like Barbie dolls. The same is arguably true of female anatomy. If you wanted a glimpse into the mindset of American mainstream comics in the nineties, X-Force is the perfect glimpse. This is really one of the comics which defined the nineties вЂ“ arguably even more than Jim LeeвЂ™s X-Men or The Death and Return of Superman. ItвЂ™s hard to look at X-Force without seeing it as a hugely symbolic work. (The fact the line has been heavily emphasising contributions by Jim Lee and Greg Capullo, other nineties superstars, really underscores the notion.) His heavily involvement in the second year of DCвЂ™s вЂњnew 52вЂќ reboot really solidified the impression that former Marvel head honcho and current DC editor-in-chief Bob Harras was trying to channel the nineties comic book market. Liefeld has arguably become more a symbol than a creator. He famously sketched while speeding inside a car. (Rather pointedly, X-Force #1 credits Liefeld as responsible for вЂњeverything butвЂ¦вЂќ the specific tasks dolled out to other contributors.) The artist became a celebrity in his own right. Along with creators like Todd McFarlane and Jim Lee, Liefeld really helped turn comic books into an artist-driven medium during that decade. The artist was a driving force in the industry in the nineties. Rob Liefeld has become something of a polarising force in comic books.

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IвЂ™m also writing a series of reviews of the classic X-Men television show at comicbuzz every weekday, so feel free to check those out. To celebrate the release of The Wolverine later in the month, weвЂ™re taking a look at some classic X-Men and Wolverine comics every Monday, Wednesday and Friday here.