tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post2527442712588583430..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Factor #110Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-88674553522177352532019-02-15T12:50:49.851-06:002019-02-15T12:50:49.851-06:00Good that Alex finally got to visit Madripoor wher...Good that Alex finally got to visit Madripoor where Wolverine wouldn't let him and even the Reavers are afraid to go.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-54672664650323987772019-02-15T05:28:53.919-06:002019-02-15T05:28:53.919-06:00// On the planet Boh-tan-ee //
I hope the sound o...<br><i>// On the planet Boh-tan-ee //</i><br /><br />I hope the sound of me rolling my eyes to that didn’t startle the neighbors.<br /><br /><i>// X-Factor suddenly appears in Madripoor //</i><br /><br />Which is described as a trip “halfway around the world”. The distance from Israel to Singapore (close enough) is just under 5,000 miles; Earth’s circumference is about 25,000 miles. Obviously it’s still a remarkable distance to teleport — never mind teleportation being an extraordinary feat, period — but Havok’s incredulous “We're in Asia?!?” kind-of triggered me because even if the Mediterranean is rather an intercontinental crossroads <i>they were already in Asia</i>.<br /><br />Since I’m being cranky, I’ll mention that my least favorite of the early Comicraft fonts — namely, Clobberin’ Time — gets a fair bit of use here, in the story title as well as when Lila and Guido each shout the other’s name in surprise.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-3004802238023423582019-02-14T23:18:53.476-06:002019-02-14T23:18:53.476-06:00"Havok theorizes this is because Legion knew ..."Havok theorizes this is because Legion knew about Jornick & Lila and figured they would keep X-Factor busy and out of Legion's hair."<br /><br />A calculated risk? I mean, it would have taken them hours anyway to get back to Israel from Madripoor, even if they have the Lila stuff to deal with. Lila could have teleported them back there in a much shorter time frame, too.<br /><br />"Jornick’s image inducer is D’Baaran, the species whose planet Dark Phoenix destroyed."<br /><br />His comment about D'Baaran technology in that panel is also kind of cold. <br /><br />"or possibly Sabretooth as the old and Wild Child the borrowed"<br /><br />I'd go with that, since you could say Wild Child was borrowed from Alpha Flight (even if it was canceled by that point, no?), and Sabretooh was a much older existing character. Of course, "borrowed", whether about Sabretooth or Wild Child, should imply they would be returned at some point...<br /><br />"and rather the last gasp of, essentially, the entirety of the "All New, All Different" X-Factor as we know it"<br /><br />Last gasp indeed. Multiple Man and Quicksilver are both long gone at this point. Post-AOA only Havok and Polaris will be all that is left of PAD's X-factor (unless you also count Val?). It would have been better to have them go out in an adventure closer in style to the earlier type of story this version of the team was known for, but I guess there was no time with all the AOA set-up? Plus, Generation X aside, I do believe most of the X-titles were supposed to end on some sort of cliff-hanger before the AOA crystal wave hits.<br /><br />wwk5dAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com