tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post6179036039756858222..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining Wolverine #99Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-5454403694350637962021-02-07T02:07:53.695-06:002021-02-07T02:07:53.695-06:00@Teemu: // it's a fun unintended bookend of so...<br>@Teemu: <i>// it's a fun unintended bookend of sorts //</i><br /><br />As I’ll note in a comment on that post as well, I came to the realization when Genesis asks rhetorically “Am I not the single, undisputed heir of Apocalypse?” in #100 that if you were reading the (Christian) Bible over in a loop you would indeed get <i>Genesis</i> following <i>Apocalypse</i>.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-54227599357820119652021-02-07T02:06:48.190-06:002021-02-07T02:06:48.190-06:00// and found himself struggling to hold onto //
Th...<i>// and found himself struggling to hold onto //</i><br />The suspense is killing me! And my healing factor ain’t what it used to be.Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-9590328941107500262020-10-03T09:34:03.665-05:002020-10-03T09:34:03.665-05:00On the same note, it's a fun unintended booken...On the same note, it's a fun unintended bookend of sorts that "Genesis", the first book in Bible, as the self-appointed heir goes to the beginning of "Apocalypse", who took his cues, horsemen and all, from the last book in Bible, to do the thing that was passingly hinted during Inferno; that Wolverine would've been initially bonded with adamantium by Apocalypse. <br /><br />And if we make point of issues #100 and #75, we can hardly pass on how #50 was about returning to the scenes of the original Weapon X process.<br /><br />It's a fun war of succession when we got Genesis here claiming the throne of Apocalypse at the same publicational time as his uncle-of-sort Stryfe does so in the future.<br /><br />There needs to be a What If on What If Louise Simonson had gone with the Owl in the early issue of the X-FACTOR.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-34540381362004857622020-09-25T12:33:56.989-05:002020-09-25T12:33:56.989-05:00I doubt anyone intended it, but I love the idea, w...I doubt anyone intended it, but I love the idea, which you touched on above, that Genesis, the self-styled “heir” to Apocalypse, tried to A) restore Wolverine’s adamantium and B) brainwash him into a servant — and failed at both. Then, a few years later, the actual Apocalypse did both successfully.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-19244534710938987182020-09-17T22:23:25.068-05:002020-09-17T22:23:25.068-05:00Like Anonymous above, I was long gone from the X-b...Like Anonymous above, I was long gone from the X-books at this point, so it's great to come here to get advice on what issues are worth looking up and which ones I'm glad I missed (far more of the latter, but I value the former tremendously.) <br /><br />If I'd still been following along, I think I would have been livid at the notion of Wolverine being re-adamantiumed a mere two years after such a huge deal was made of its removal. A quick google search says he was re-bonded with it in 1999, so... yeah, six years isn't bad. <br />Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-82596982153364163862020-09-17T20:52:28.132-05:002020-09-17T20:52:28.132-05:00I was usually happy enough whenever Shoemaker show...I was usually happy enough whenever Shoemaker showed up as a fill in artist. Nothing flashy, and not as good as, say, Leonardi, but still always turned in more than a solid effort. Brian Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14695267972507456083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-81117557096940445172020-09-17T13:21:01.830-05:002020-09-17T13:21:01.830-05:00I'm glad I was done with the X-titles/Wolvie b...I'm glad I was done with the X-titles/Wolvie by '95. Would have sucked trying to keep the faith in hoping each new issue was going to improve on the last, only to be disappointed. Really enjoy this site to see what all went down after I stopped reading. <br /><br />Really, really hoping Cannonball plants a big 'ol kiss on Wolvie next issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-28283970604607827662020-09-17T12:44:25.686-05:002020-09-17T12:44:25.686-05:00Looking back at what happened since issue 75, it s...Looking back at what happened since issue 75, it seems like there was a lot of story up to the big throwdown with Sabretooth in issue 90, and then the AoA. After 90, it feels like they're just spinning their wheels waiting for 100.Discordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08043118219587453293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-88408847545413736622020-09-17T12:02:57.081-05:002020-09-17T12:02:57.081-05:00Val Semeiks art is decent enough (he fills in a fe...Val Semeiks art is decent enough (he fills in a few more times), though I'm instinctively inclined to push back against it because it only ever shows up in place of a different (usually better) artist (what I call the "Terry Shoemaker Effect"). :P<br /><br /><i>We needed more information on some of the characters, motivation, history, etc. I wish they had fleshed them out a little more.</i><br /><br />Yeah, this second batch of Dark Riders make the first batch seem like deeply nuanced & developed characters by comparison. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-29554641015810061162020-09-17T11:48:15.081-05:002020-09-17T11:48:15.081-05:00I really like this book and Val's art was a go...I really like this book and Val's art was a good fill-in, I liked it a lot better than X-Force/X-Factor at this time. Anytime we had anything Dark Riders at this time, I was in. We needed more information on some of the characters, motivation, history, etc. I wish they had fleshed them out a little more. Scott Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795112175606617848noreply@blogger.com