tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post3007028581317507265..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining Excalibur #53Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-59352632477772903812016-12-20T22:26:01.644-06:002016-12-20T22:26:01.644-06:00Catching up on old posts this evening. Peter does ...Catching up on old posts this evening. Peter does deduce Brian's dual identity in those MARVEL TEAM-UP issues, pretty much exactly as Teemu suggests. Brian, on the other hand, fails to figure out Peter's secret despite walking into Peter's bedroom and spotting Spider-Man swinging away. He assumes Spidey has kidnapped Peter!<br /><br />I like that two-parter, though I agree it's pretty dumb to set up Brian as Peter's roommate (even if it is "temporary") and then never reference it again.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-54302533669324291702016-11-18T19:54:33.844-06:002016-11-18T19:54:33.844-06:00* character* characterCesar R. Pontualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375109987794647615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-70620499885584707092016-11-18T19:33:22.972-06:002016-11-18T19:33:22.972-06:00Here in Brazil, this issue was considered so fille...Here in Brazil, this issue was considered so filler that wasn't even published.<br />I believe Lobdell wrote Spider-Man in a good way, 'cause I liked how he handled the caracter in Uncanny X-Men #346 (the Operation: Zero Tolerance tie-in with Narrow).Cesar R. Pontualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375109987794647615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-31826584924351262082016-11-18T19:19:47.858-06:002016-11-18T19:19:47.858-06:00Brian claims that he paid for the woman's medi...Brian claims that he paid for the woman's medical bills as soon as he got to England but the problem is that Brian returned to England amnesiac as a result of being magically attacked by a villain on the plane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-34663843926472464092016-11-18T08:50:41.909-06:002016-11-18T08:50:41.909-06:00There was the old AMAZING issue where Peter went a...There was the old AMAZING issue where Peter went after Gwen Stacy to London after her father died, but ended up doing some public Spider-Manning and then didn't meet Gwen because it would have been too easy deduction for her.<br /><br />"Peter, this is Brian Braddock, from <i>Britain</i>". "I'm Captain <i>Britain</i>." Yup.<br /><br />Peter didn't fool Daredevil, though. And obviously not Wolverine. Nor Captain Stacy.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-26247071180900068452016-11-18T07:25:05.465-06:002016-11-18T07:25:05.465-06:00That’s a handsome cover but running a similar gag ...<br>That’s a handsome cover but running a similar gag two covers in a row is questionable. Also the twisting perspective of that logo still bugs the heck out of me.<br /><br /><i>// Captain Britain acts at times like he's some kind of alien robot visiting Earth instead of a Brit in America //</i><br /><br />Yeah. <br /><br />As for Peter and Brian not knowing one another’s secrets, I read it as Peter having figured out Brian’s — which, just circumstantially, seems like the easier realization — but not the other way around. The idea of Spider-Man having a veteran’s wisdom in this scenario, overall, was appreciated. Plus, while aspects of the script are clearly not top-shelf material, Peter as Peter and not Spider-Man being the one to whom Brian ascribes the life lesson makes for a nice touch.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-13019233988316056792016-11-18T01:18:18.485-06:002016-11-18T01:18:18.485-06:00The stated reason why they did away with MTU was t...The stated reason why they did away with MTU was that they ran out of ideas how Spider-Man would plausibly meet a new superhero to team up with for every issue, and it's hard to have roommating Captain Britain pop up as your go-to example when hearing that. Funny that he has to explain Meggan who Arcade is.<br /><br />I don't know, the premises is difficult. The way the plot starts unwinding, there's absolutely no possibility of depriving the reader the obligatory pun on the auld "with great power" adage, but once you deliver it it turns into obvious one joke issue.<br /><br />That having been said, "Although he (Peter Parker) couldn't know it..." :D I can't believe you omitted the panel.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-7204887567474438142016-11-17T20:24:45.684-06:002016-11-17T20:24:45.684-06:00I skipped this issue (no Davis, no Pushpaw), but I...I skipped this issue (no Davis, no Pushpaw), but I'm strangely charmed to find out that it was set in the time after MTU #65-66. While that's a fun story, it always bothered me that it set up Brian as Peter's temporary roommate...and naturally it was never referenced again. So if nothing else, at least it filled in a gap!<br />-PushpawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com