tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post7088684093296899819..comments2024-03-22T04:20:11.870-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Factor #55Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-65662283874351332002015-05-19T17:32:56.730-05:002015-05-19T17:32:56.730-05:00// The focus on Beast is also refreshing … and he...<br><i>// The focus on Beast is also refreshing … and he serves as an effective vehicle for Peter David's more jocular writing. //</i><br /><br />While I agree it's more appropriate with this iteration of Hank, David still offers up an awful lot of (dubious) humor that calls attention to itself at such. I almost groaned out loud at Hank’s line after Vera’s pros buddy — whom I suppose Mesmero also hypnotized into thinking she knew Vera — chastised him for saving her and whopped him on the head: “Now <i>there’s</i> a tart response.” How long had you been saving that one in your back pocket, Hank?<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-18738270304725556392015-05-19T16:41:00.364-05:002015-05-19T16:41:00.364-05:00@wwkd5: I keep thinking she was maybe last seen in...@wwkd5: <i>I keep thinking she was maybe last seen in X-men Unlimited #10 (or whichever issue it was with Dark Beast), but wherever, given the fate of many an X-universe supporting cast, maybe comic book limbo is better than being use</i><br /><br />Were I ever to write the X-Men, I'd bring her back, right after I brought back Ted Roberts. :)<br /><br />@Teemu: <i>The Right had fitted him with an inhibitor belt for that too.</i><br /><br />Ha! <br /><br /><i>I could be forgiven for misthinking that Mesmero had some hefty presence at the time.</i><br /><br />Indeed. You managed to land in the very, very narrow window in which that thought was understandable. <br /><br />@Jason: <i>here's also the Madonna-riffic title.</i><br /><br />True, true.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-73141467672699003542015-05-18T15:41:52.112-05:002015-05-18T15:41:52.112-05:00The Reference Section.
There's also the Madon...The Reference Section.<br /><br />There's also the Madonna-riffic title.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-8409163875442717102015-05-15T13:58:19.037-05:002015-05-15T13:58:19.037-05:00wwk5d: vaginas are gross
The Right had fitted him...wwk5d: <i>vaginas are gross</i><br /><br />The Right had fitted him with an inhibitor belt for that too.<br /><br />Verily, if they ever choose to publish old X-factor stories in X-FACTOR CLASSIC, I volunteer to write an 8-page back-up story titled "No ice, no guys" for that issue.<br /><br />So, yeah. This issue was among my stack of original US books too, just like ALPHA FLIGHT #43. I could be forgiven for misthinking that Mesmero had some hefty presence at the time.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-36219224242826114142015-05-15T13:22:29.565-05:002015-05-15T13:22:29.565-05:00"This is her last appearance to date."
..."This is her last appearance to date."<br /><br />Adios, Vera! I keep thinking she was maybe last seen in X-men Unlimited #10 (or whichever issue it was with Dark Beast), but wherever, given the fate of many an X-universe supporting cast, maybe comic book limbo is better than being used, as...<br /><br />"the next time Infectia appears, it will be when she dies of the Legacy Virus."<br /><br />At least she was a noble sacrifice in one the classic stories of the 90s, instead of a pointless death used to prop up a 90s story that went nowhere.<br /><br />"Things are still going well between Iceman and Opal, as she invites him to come up to her apartment before he's distracted by an apparent Archangel sighting. "<br /><br />Missing from that scene is a thought bubble that probably went something like this: "Thank God I have a legitimate reason to ditch her now. Pretending to like Opal is hard, because vaginas are gross (maybe she has a single brother?)."<br /><br />A good issue overall. Too bad Colleen Doran didn't stick around longer. She would have been a good addition to the book. And this issue does make me wonder what PAD would have done with the original cast.wwk5dnoreply@blogger.com