tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post993975177860499879..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Factor: Prisoner of LoveAustin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-664639916845816942015-08-31T17:02:28.958-05:002015-08-31T17:02:28.958-05:00@wwk5d: Of course there is a scene, off-panel, wh...@wwk5d: <i> Of course there is a scene, off-panel, where Scott tried calling for Hank at Trish Tilby's house. She was out on assignment at the time, so there was nobody there to pick up Scott's call. After that, Scott shrugged his shoulders and thought to himself "Oh well. I tried."</i><br /><br />"I tried...and that's more than I usually do." :) <br /><br />@Mike: <i>This story right here? It was my introduction to the Beast, Jim Starlin, & Jackson Guice.</i><br /><br />Yikes. As Starlin comics go, this is probably a decent enough introduction. But I can only imagine what kind of a first impression this version of Beast made...Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-15367903633988104032015-08-25T09:37:36.244-05:002015-08-25T09:37:36.244-05:00This story right here? It was my introduction to t...This story right here? It was my introduction to the Beast, Jim Starlin, & Jackson Guice. I thought the Beast was a naturally an hasty character. About a month later he popped up in the Classic X-Men back issues I was buying. Lo & behold, even Claremont's Beast dialogue wasn't this mopey! <br /><br />This was also the first trippy comic I read. I'd eventually associate Starlin with trippy, excuse me, cosmic stories, but in 1990? 13 year-old me just kind of shrugged...<br /><br />...except the drawings of Synthia. Those I paid attention to.<br /><br />- Mike LoughlinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-14326199251351516492015-08-24T16:29:41.467-05:002015-08-24T16:29:41.467-05:00You guys are hardly being charitable. Of course th...You guys are hardly being charitable. Of course there is a scene, off-panel, where Scott tried calling for Hank at Trish Tilby's house. She was out on assignment at the time, so there was nobody there to pick up Scott's call. After that, Scott shrugged his shoulders and thought to himself "Oh well. I tried."wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-58699161438964402772015-08-24T12:53:48.562-05:002015-08-24T12:53:48.562-05:00@Blam: X-Factor is really bad at tracking down mis...@Blam: <i>X-Factor is really bad at tracking down missing teammates.</i><br /><br />Heh. Right? I guess we should just be thankful we were spared a multi-issue subplot in the main series involving the rest of the team fruitlessly searching for him. :) Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-55769070794491774402015-08-23T09:37:15.245-05:002015-08-23T09:37:15.245-05:00// Weeks pass as Beast stays with Synthia //
X-Fa...<br><i>// Weeks pass as Beast stays with Synthia //</i><br /><br />X-Factor is <i>really bad</i> at tracking down missing teammates.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.com