tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post6985537089256991090..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Men Unlimited #7Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-2323573037879220762019-02-20T13:03:45.215-06:002019-02-20T13:03:45.215-06:00Of course! Thanks, Teemu. I forgot about that one...Of course! Thanks, Teemu. I forgot about that one-shot. So that was probably the first collaboration between Mackie and Romita.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-53698694804767929812019-02-18T05:31:20.275-06:002019-02-18T05:31:20.275-06:00HEARTS OF DARKNESS, the funny business with Wolver...HEARTS OF DARKNESS, the funny business with Wolverine, the Punisher and Ghost Rider had them team up before. Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-35416924001531973892019-02-18T00:40:06.012-06:002019-02-18T00:40:06.012-06:00I've never read this issue, and it sounds like...I've never read this issue, and it sounds like I didn't miss much. Interesting that Romita Jr. drew an X-MEN UNLIMITED story, though. He seems a much bigger name than the typical artist on this title.<br /><br />Also, I'm now wondering -- was this the first time Mackie and Romita worked together? Romita would become the penciler on SPIDER-MAN in less than six months, starting a creative partnership between the two on that character which lasted for about six years. It'd be interesting if this was the start of the "Mackie/Romita team".Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-69053536089520913762019-02-18T00:35:13.642-06:002019-02-18T00:35:13.642-06:00"*You can tell someone who has limited knowle..."<b>*You can tell someone who has limited knowledge about Arabs wrote this issue, because nobody spells Ahmed that way in English, phonetically.</b>"<br /><br />To be fair, that's how Chris Claremont spelled the name twenty years earlier when he introduced the character. Mackie's just going with what was established (though whether he know it was incorrect or not, I couldn't say).Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-69462788984838542262019-02-10T23:06:25.749-06:002019-02-10T23:06:25.749-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Scott Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795112175606617848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-72047137975680485082019-02-09T16:33:04.136-06:002019-02-09T16:33:04.136-06:00// with Jean Grey tossed in, seemingly at random /...<br><i>// with Jean Grey tossed in, seemingly at random //</i><br /><br />True, Storm and Gambit have not only a background as thieves in common but a personal bond from their time spent together while she was de-aged, which is how he joined up with the team in the first place (given a nicely subtle nod here whenever he calls her “Stormy”). However, as I recall, Jean and Ororo became fast friends before Jean’s Phoenicization in <i>X-Men</i> #100-101, making their relationship one of the few experiences from the early New X-Men era that’s legit her own rather than something absorbed from a doppelganger. Which is my preamble to opining that her inclusion shouldn’t be looked upon as random — Jean would be the first one offering to accompany Storm to Cairo.<br /><br />All that aside, I was a bit underwhelmed by the story. We don’t get any indication of what Jamil’s power is, or even whether he knows about it, and while it’s nice that Storm’s failure to bring him back into the fold is accepted by her beloved mentor it’s awfully quick turnaround for the fervent deathbed request he had of her to be waved off.<br /><br />I really like that Brotherhood pinup of Paul Smith’s.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-73930617869186459302019-02-08T15:37:13.548-06:002019-02-08T15:37:13.548-06:00'"Jamil & Karima, the two young thiev...'"Jamil & Karima, the two young thieves working under Achmed who are fought over in this issue, will return in Adjectiveless X-Men #60-61."<br /><br />Which was a really, really bad story...'<br /><br />You're not kidding. I started reading during Onslaught (I was about 12 at the time) and I read some truly dreadful stories. That one, however, was the first one that I think I just gave up hope of getting any pleasure from and ended up skim-reading.bigfatheartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-73647095783190691882019-02-08T01:24:51.244-06:002019-02-08T01:24:51.244-06:00"Jamil & Karima, the two young thieves wo..."Jamil & Karima, the two young thieves working under Achmed who are fought over in this issue, will return in Adjectiveless X-Men #60-61."<br /><br />Which was a really, really bad story...<br /><br />"with Jean Grey tossed in, seemingly at random (Gambit should, by now, be well aware that Jean can hold her own"<br /><br />Still, someone must have liked the Gambit/Jean Grey pairing, since we see them working together a few more times over the next couple of years (off the top of my head, in the Unlimited issue where we meet Chris Bradley, and right before Onslaught where we meet Bastion...<br /><br />Not much else to say about this. It looks good, there are some nice character beats, and for a Mackie comic, it could have been much, much worse. I think it might have had more impact if we had actually seen Ahmed...sorry, Achmed* a few times interacting with Storm a few times when she was an adult. I believe his only on-panel appearance previous to this was a flashback during the CC/Bryrne years... <br /><br />*You can tell someone who has limited knowledge about Arabs wrote this issue, because nobody spells Ahmed that way in English, phonetically.<br /><br />wwk5dAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com