tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post1604417992384595304..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: UNCANNY X-MEN #295 – December 1992G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-67778978657535499342009-09-16T10:12:53.998-04:002009-09-16T10:12:53.998-04:00It's funny that you should speculate on the no...It's funny that you should speculate on the notion that many kids began buying X-Men comics with this issue. That was exactly my situtation. I remember being six, seeing the TV show, being totally blown away (it all seemed to gritty and darky back then). So I picked up this issue a couple days later at an airport during a Summer vacation with my family. This issue got me going on X-Men.<br /><br />As a kid, the crossover idea actually fascinated me. I remember noticing the "Part 5" up in the top, thinking, "Wow, this must be the last part." Haha, of course it wasn't! What I perceived as the immensity and drama of it all really drew me in. A couple of days later I was able to pick up UXM 296 and X-Factor 86, but it took me a long time to collect the whole thing. One of the things that really took me in back then was the idea of multiple X-tems. I remember looking up in the corner boxes where they displayed the teams in mini drawings, and feeling perplexed and thrilled by all these cool characters who I only knew by their angry faces. Oddly enough, I think the very density of the crossover is what really fascinated my six-year-old mind. To a small child, this was as epic as Homer or Virgil, and the X-cutioner's Song issues to this day remain my favorite comic books... probably for nostalgic reasons!Joseph Paulhttp://www.josephpaul.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-66253284305896783252009-04-24T09:01:00.000-04:002009-04-24T09:01:00.000-04:00I agree, jumping in in the middle of a story reall...I agree, jumping in in the middle of a story really makes things seem so exciting.<br /><br />As for the TV Show thing, I say, as long as the characters the fans are looking for are THERE, it shouldn't mater who else is there...<br /><br />Then when the "extra" people show up in the TV show, they'll be happy to see someone they recognize from the comics in the show. <br /><br />For example, while not TV show related... The Secret Wars. The first time I read it, I only read Spider Man at the time, and read Secret Wars just to see Spidey in it. Then I started reading the Avengers, as I did, I re-read Secret Wars again, and understood things better, then after X-Men I read it a third time... each time knowing more about the characters in it...<br /><br />So yeah, as long as you have someone to point to and say "ohh I know them!" You're ok.Silver Screemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01095926425824019641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-20064802644517056062007-11-08T09:30:00.000-05:002007-11-08T09:30:00.000-05:00The whole "X-Men comics are too complicated for ne...The whole "X-Men comics are too complicated for new readers" argument has always bugged me. Like I said before, my first regular issues of any comic books were X-Men 8 and Uncanny 289, and I had absolutely no freaking idea what the heck was going on. <BR/><BR/>Why did I keep reading? To find out what was going on. That was the fun-seeing what was coming next while digging into the past, adding new meaning to the characters with each new back issue I read.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-10252878211035692702007-11-08T02:19:00.000-05:002007-11-08T02:19:00.000-05:00The cartoon angle would make sense of why Jubilee ...The cartoon angle would make sense of why Jubilee was featured quite a bit in this issue and would continue to be a rather prominent x-character for some time since she was one of the featured characers in the cartoon. My wife also discovered the X-Men through the cartoon with Jubilee being a particular favorite of hers, being a pre-teen girl and all.<BR/><BR/>Psylocke's scene where she is contemplating putting Xavier out of his misery always seemed a little strange to me. Maybe they were just looking to get her a little more face time but I can't think killing Xavier would have gone over very well with her teammates who were working hard to save his life.<BR/><BR/>Finally, of the four artists on this cross-over I would have to say that Brandon Peterson is probably my least favorite of the bunch. Each of the other artists has a pretty good style of their own but Peterson's work come across as a little bland. Even though I remember liking this early work of his when I was a kid the scene of Polaris crying on page 9 always looked silly to me. He did do a pretty good job with Apocalypse though.Justin B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12667573763201733677noreply@blogger.com