tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post2084350941190491087..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Man #17Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-42185310770432484132021-02-05T20:05:37.130-06:002021-02-05T20:05:37.130-06:00Reading this only now first time ever, I though th...Reading this only now first time ever, I though the Claremontian character Selene absorbed all Trevor Fitzroy's life force and killed him for good forever. I approved wholeheartedly.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-46271307817978908032021-02-03T20:10:41.135-06:002021-02-03T20:10:41.135-06:00At this point I found Nate's wariness of Xavie...At this point I found Nate's wariness of Xavier more tiresome than anything else. I liked that there was an X-Men character who didn't worship at the Altar of Xavier but I feel like there were less tedious ways of pursuing that.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082589040664926667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-16895418711822171312021-02-03T11:21:29.920-06:002021-02-03T11:21:29.920-06:00"The Madelyne subplot at this point is madden..."<b>The Madelyne subplot at this point is maddeningly decompressed, having passed through the hands of three different writers (in the course of twelve issues)</b>"<br /><br />This sentence makes me think of random third-tier 1970s Marvel books, where you'd have a title started by, say, Gerry Conway, then he'd leave and Steve Englehart might do an issue or two, then Marv Wolfman or somebody would come in and write a few more issues before cancellation -- and each writer would send the sub-plots ping-ponging in various random directions.<br /><br />I feel like this happened a lot back then, but maybe my brain has made such occurrence out to be more common than they actually were.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-88975456120336444642021-02-02T07:19:45.309-06:002021-02-02T07:19:45.309-06:00I love that Fitzroy just hangs out in random bars ...I love that Fitzroy just hangs out in random bars in London.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com