tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post2133194696969914354..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-aminations in OctoberAustin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-52771342879010657282012-10-08T12:09:10.757-05:002012-10-08T12:09:10.757-05:00@Dan: Is there anything in there to suggest the St...@Dan: <i>Is there anything in there to suggest the State Fair issue </i>isn't<i> canon?</i><br /><br />Magneto is portrayed more as a traditional "super-villain" and not in the more nuanced way we saw in the contemporaneous "God Loves, Man Kills", and the new mutant character that gets introduced never really shows up again, but that's about it. <br /><br />As far I know, the biggest indicator that it's not canon is that none of the Marvel Indexes or Handbooks reference it. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-26790056115717507402012-09-26T03:26:40.197-05:002012-09-26T03:26:40.197-05:00Big Tex! Woohoo!
Is there anything in there to su...Big Tex! Woohoo!<br /><br />Is there anything in there to suggest the State Fair issue <i>isn't</i> canon? I'd like to see a sequel to it in the modern continuity. Even though I don't read X-Men anymore. I'd come back for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-3604025939002946922012-09-25T16:04:56.191-05:002012-09-25T16:04:56.191-05:00@Matt: so I was a bit confused when Sunspot and Wo...@Matt: <i>so I was a bit confused when Sunspot and Wolfsbane suddenly started talking about that time they met Cloak and Dagger. </i><br /><br />Yeah, it gets referenced a couple times in the series proper, so I figured it was worth covering. And the timing of its on sale date coincides almost eerily with the best place to insert the State Fair issue in the the run of <i>X-Men</i> (again, not that it's canon and it really matters anyway. But at least it wont severely interrupt the flow of Smith's run). Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-33465190158177593432012-09-25T13:06:55.119-05:002012-09-25T13:06:55.119-05:00@Teebore - Free comic? That's some pretty swee...@Teebore - Free comic? That's some pretty sweet promotion, even if the execution was no good.<br /><br />@Matt - Ditto, though I wasn't too upset by the omission. It's really the only thing in the Classic trades that I've found reason to complain about.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665503542091489778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-7472440906872613942012-09-25T11:39:37.405-05:002012-09-25T11:39:37.405-05:00I look forward to MTU Annual #6. It was omitted f...I look forward to MTU Annual #6. It was omitted from the <i>New Mutants Classic</i> trades, so I was a bit confused when Sunspot and Wolfsbane suddenly started talking about that time they met Cloak and Dagger.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-46379060361812477952012-09-25T09:10:19.193-05:002012-09-25T09:10:19.193-05:00@Michael: I have never even HEARD of this.
It was...@Michael: <i>I have never even HEARD of this.</i><br /><br />It was a free comic given away in the Dallas Times Herald around the time the other issues we're covering in this month were published. <br /><br />As far as I know it's considered non canonical, and though I've only ever skimmed it, it's pretty bad. <br /><br />But I wanted to cover it because A. It was one of those oddball issues that used to have a big presence on the back issue market for some reason and B. I thought it would interesting to look, as the X-Men's popularity continued to skyrocket around this time, at how they were being presented to a large, non-comic book reading audience (and, also, because I needed something outside the run of the regular series to cover along with that <i>Marvel Team-Up</i> annual). Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-20329742159328971572012-09-25T08:47:18.813-05:002012-09-25T08:47:18.813-05:00October 17th: Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of D...<b>October 17th: Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Dallas</b><br /><br />I have never even HEARD of this.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665503542091489778noreply@blogger.com