tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post2784948451990651673..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: UNCANNY X-MEN #278 - July 1991G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-72450274690929053502014-02-12T14:30:59.879-05:002014-02-12T14:30:59.879-05:00Funky cross-over indeed! Just try keeping track of...Funky cross-over indeed! Just try keeping track of all of Rogue's costume changes in between each issue.<br /><br />The format of the cross-over itself is also unsual. Instead, of say, parts 1 and 3 being in Uncanny and parts 2 and 4 being in X-factor, we get parts 1, 2, and 4 in Uncanny and part 3 and an epilogue in X-factor. <br /><br />Between that and the various art mistakes, characters disappearing and reappearing for no reason (and some disappearing all together with no explanation), and CC leaving in the middle of part 2...you can only wonder what was happening behind the scenes at this time.<br /><br />As a kid, I ate this all up and thought it was exciting as hell. Looking back now? A very apt transition between the 80s era X-men and the 90s era X-men...and a sign of things to come.wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-48910902152918188012014-02-12T14:14:39.988-05:002014-02-12T14:14:39.988-05:00Nice! I was hoping you'd cover this.
This is...Nice! I was hoping you'd cover this. <br /><br />This is definitely a funky crossover. The art (and writing, with Claremont leaving midway) is inconsistent and clunky at times, yet it still feels somewhat momentous, paying off the long-running Shadow King/Muir Isle subplot while transitioning into the big back-to-basics/"these future Image guys are awesome!" relaunch that accompanies the release of Adjectiveless <i>X-Men</i>.<br /><br />So it's a story whose gravitas comes mainly from its timing moreso than its execution or actual content, which is pretty unique. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-15859927728259883772014-02-12T12:28:54.861-05:002014-02-12T12:28:54.861-05:00And this begins “The Muir Island Saga,” the crosso...<i>And this begins “The Muir Island Saga,” the crossover that will soon mark Chris Claremont’s departure from Uncanny X-Men. In retrospect, probably the only significance of the storyline lies in the behind-the-scenes drama.</i><br /><br />Some of that behind-the-scenes drama is detailed, here: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/21/comic-book-legends-revealed-208/<br /><br />Evidently, Claremont intended for the Shadow King storyline to be a much bigger arc, an arc that would've run until UNCANNY X-MEN #300 and culminate in the defeat of the Shadow King and Professor X's death. Naturally, that all changed when Claremont quit the book.Cerebronoreply@blogger.com