tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post85709840516312754..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-aminations in September 2016Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-44867847025012809512016-08-31T23:30:23.602-05:002016-08-31T23:30:23.602-05:00Shattershot has some decent individual issues, but...Shattershot has some decent individual issues, but taken as a whole, it isn't good. The first 3 chapters just rehash the same plot over and over again, and then the fourth and final part just...goes off in a strange direction. wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-81031935866620908412016-08-31T17:50:37.215-05:002016-08-31T17:50:37.215-05:00It's perhaps telling that, while modern Marvel...It's perhaps telling that, while modern Marvel has reprinted pretty much all the X-MEN and UNCANNY issues from the early nineties in trades and hardcovers, they've completely skipped "Shattershot" despite a few spaces where it could've fit.<br /><br />Personally I've never read the story, but from what I've heard, I have no real desire to ever do so.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-91169556007236080282016-08-31T12:19:47.994-05:002016-08-31T12:19:47.994-05:00Ah Shattershot. I had only ever read part 1 in th...Ah Shattershot. I had only ever read part 1 in the X-Men Annual because it had "Jim Lee art" and thought the story wasn't too bad. When I bought the rest of the annuals as an adult: O_oJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447265712189987074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-68100327698587357792016-08-31T11:04:30.319-05:002016-08-31T11:04:30.319-05:00We know how desperate Marvel was to get its charac...<br>We know how desperate Marvel was to get its characters on-screen — and how embarrassing the results of that desperation could be. There’s definitely a Mojo analogy in there somewhere.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.com