tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post1528680242314019535..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining Wolverine #27Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-42647579945487142202015-07-07T08:42:24.970-05:002015-07-07T08:42:24.970-05:00@Anonymous: The Lazarus Project was supposed to c...@Anonymous: <i> The Lazarus Project was supposed to cross over with the second Fallen Angels series, which was to feature the Broker as the major villain, and reveal what happened to Leong and Nga. </i><br /><br />Huh. Well, that's a shame (on multiple levels). I assume that by the time Duffy sat down to write this story she knew Fallen Angels II wasn't happening. I wonder why she decided to stick with it, then? <br /><br />Thanks for the link! <br /><br />@Blam: <i> With no imminent Spider-Woman project evident on the horizon, I suppose Duffy and/or Harras just wanted her out of Wolverine. </i><br /><br />Or maybe incoming writer Hama? Knowing he wasn't planning on using them, he asked Harras to ask Duffy to write them out? I dunno. <br /><br /><i> The move just seems way more driven by authorial or editorial fiat than plot- or character-based; I think simply having the gals decide it was time to go home to the States would’ve felt more organic.</i><br /><br />Definitely. It's not like Jessica working for the Prince was such an integral element of the book that to have her quit the job and go home with little explanation would be any worse than this. <br /><br />@Jason: <i>I guess because the remaining issues became so nonsensical, I long ago filed all four issues away as filler.</i><br /><br />Knowing the reputation of this story as being nonsenscial fill-in dreck, I too was surprised at how "regular" this issue felt. The Madripoor setting, the supporting cast, the Buscema art. Too bad it doesn't last. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-26187189616441044432015-07-02T03:20:03.662-05:002015-07-02T03:20:03.662-05:00Man, I completely forgot that this first part was ...Man, I completely forgot that this first part was by Buscema, and thus everybody is so "on model" (the model established for this particular series, that is). Also forgot that it makes a point of writing Jess and Lindsey out of Madripoor.<br /><br />I guess because the remaining issues became so nonsensical, I long ago filed all four issues away as filler.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-34972236027369333142015-06-29T10:46:34.972-05:002015-06-29T10:46:34.972-05:00I do like the return to the title’s thematic origi...<br>I do like the return to the title’s thematic origins and setting. Duffy’s recap of the status quo isn’t any more blunt than necessary…<br /><br /><i>// Jessica Drew and Lindsay McCabe exit the series with this issue. //</i><br /><br />… unlike this. With no imminent Spider-Woman project evident on the horizon, I suppose Duffy and/or Harras just wanted her out of <i>Wolverine</i>. Given both the general simmering danger of Madripoor and the periodic flare-ups that keep the series in business, though, Logan’s decision comes across as rather arbitrary. The move just seems way more driven by authorial or editorial fiat than plot- or character-based; I think simply having the gals decide it was time to go home to the States would’ve felt more organic.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-87544878359262278972015-06-26T22:45:52.207-05:002015-06-26T22:45:52.207-05:00Unfortunately, this story will wind up making no s...Unfortunately, this story will wind up making no sense. The Lazarus Project was supposed to cross over with the second Fallen Angels series, which was to feature the Broker as the major villain, and reveal what happened to Leong and Nga. Unfortunately, the second Fallen Angels series was cancelled but they decided to run the Lazarus Project anyway. The result was that the Lazarus Project wound up making no sense. Colleen Doran discusses the second Fallen Angels series here:<br />http://www.allanharvey.net/files/bi24fallenangels.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com