tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post1432355911587304605..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: CABLE #76 - February 2000G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-18294832657420481192013-09-04T12:04:28.166-04:002013-09-04T12:04:28.166-04:00Didn't X-Man also have an issue in this crosso...Didn't X-Man also have an issue in this crossover that took place completely in an altered reality/psionic plane/character's mind? I know tie-ins tend to be necessarily inconsequential, but this storyline actually had the meat to justify all the books it took over for those couple of months. It was the resolution to a long (LONG) running subplot and the X-Men's first extended fight with Apocalypse as the Big Bad. (X-Cutioner's Song was just a scuffle and prior to that he was exclusively an X-Factor villain). Characters like Cable, Nate Grey, Cyclops, Archangel, and Wolverine all had personal issues with Apocalypse, and the character selections for the Twelve (which could've been pretty arbitrary at that point) opened up a lot of possibilities for interactions across the extended family of titles. Not to mention whoever 'Poccy roped in as his latest flunkies. I can see leaving out X-Force and Generation X, but basically all the other books could've made pretty substantial contributions to the story. Hell, even a bunch of extended slugfests would've been more entertaining than some of the side dishes they served instead, if only X-Men and Uncanny were "allowed" to advance the plot.<br /><br />Anyway, I do recall this being an unusually effective sentimental diversion. I can understand wanting to play it straight, but I can't help but think an opportunity for an absurd, perverse family reunion was missed by omitting Jean and Nate Grey from the issue. Imagine. Madelyne is torn by her incestual longings for her alternate reality teen heartthrob genetic son and his silver fox genuine article counterpart. Neither one is the child as she remembers him -- nor the age he should chronologically be -- so they're only *technically* related to her. What's the harm, right?? Meanwhile, Nate gets a "twin sister, just as hot, way less crazy" vibe from Jean that stirs feelings within him. Scott, unexpectedly titillated by her casual exhibitionism and BDSM tendencies, gets a "twin sister, just as hot, way more crazy" vibe from Madelyne that reawakens his inner sub. It could have been a great little addition to NBC's Thursday night Must See TV line-up! Too bad "All In the Family" was already taken.cyke68https://www.blogger.com/profile/16863809928504935104noreply@blogger.com