tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post671379249915310662..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: X-MEN #89 & UXM #370, June 1999 – July 1999G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-8291403053055229372009-07-04T11:10:30.884-04:002009-07-04T11:10:30.884-04:00No one has mentioned Secret Invasion? Don't an...No one has mentioned Secret Invasion? Don't any of you other regulars (or the author) read any current stuff?<br /><br />It seems like a lot of Bendis' ideas, or at least one of the biggest came from this story. Does anyone know if there was a similar story before this Davis arc?<br /><br />I'm not even sure if Bendis made any references to this arc. I wish I had these issues with me so I could reread them to see how it all fits together, if it does fit together. Have not read these X-issues in ten years and did not read every part of the SI crossovers, so I could be missing stuff.<br /><br />As for my reading habits, I think I was getting spotty with picking up even the two main X-titles at this point as I seem to recall having to dig through back issue bins only a few months after they came out, but then I may have read these I started buying both titles monthly again... Maybe I did like these Davis stories more than I recall, though I'll always incestuously reread and love the Nicieza and Lobdell stuff from 92-95/96...HardtravelingHerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08934695675331373414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-33978263782757473022009-06-22T14:02:46.400-04:002009-06-22T14:02:46.400-04:00I forgot all about this story. This was a good o...I forgot all about this story. This was a good one.Aqualadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-49329987347755633142009-06-22T12:33:21.739-04:002009-06-22T12:33:21.739-04:00I really liked this story too. Everyone else has ...I really liked this story too. Everyone else has already listed the reasons why!Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-75474439433357064312009-06-20T12:33:50.836-04:002009-06-20T12:33:50.836-04:00I agree with everyone. If the story is good, who ...I agree with everyone. If the story is good, who cares who they are fighting? The original Phoenix saga has them fighting the Shi'ar in space and most people consider that classic.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-24332934896565863482009-06-20T11:25:45.801-04:002009-06-20T11:25:45.801-04:00I'm curious, what's a true X-Men story? Th...I'm curious, what's a true X-Men story? The ones involving Magneto, the Hellfire Club, the Brotherhood, and Sentinels? Because when you look at, for instance, the all-new all-different guys, they fought Count Nefaria, Ngarai, Erik The Red, Firelord, Warhawk, Garokk the Petrified Man, Moses Magnum, the Wendigo, Man-Thing (and many more non-mutant threats) in only their first few years. And those tended to be darn fun romps.<br /><br />I wish they'd interacted even more with the Marvel Universe proper: using the likes of Kang, Ultron, Bullseye, Doctor Octopus and Thanos in Uncanny X-Men would have been more exciting than the umpteenth retread of a Magneto battle that goes nowhere or new types of Sentinels that are quickly forgotten about. <br /><br />So I'm not sure why the Dracula, Arkon, Badoon, Kulan Gath and all the other stories mentioned above wouldn't count as true. Especially since before they basically got canceled, they also either fought Magneto/Sentinels, or oddball villains which usually weren't mutants (the Cobalt Man, the Porcupine...). In other words: does a mutant have to be involved to make it an X-Men story? Sabretooth was an Iron Fist character, Mystique was a Ms Marvel character, but are they key to "true" X-stories or is it something else? (this is not a bash because obviously we both like the Alan Davis stuff and the oddities like Kulan Gath, but genuine curiosity :)<br /><br />As for the issues themselves, this was when I was really enjoying both series because everything seemed fresh and exciting (moreso than the current series, although Carey does his best). The Twelve would put a damper on things because it didn't seem to be very well thought out and contradicted a lot of what was hinted before, which defeats the purpose of doing the storyline in the first place.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763658438091010074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-25310619527656144152009-06-20T04:55:28.281-04:002009-06-20T04:55:28.281-04:00I always liked this story too. Fun, and nice art. ...I always liked this story too. Fun, and nice art. It wasn't a "true" X-men story, but there have been many great stories where the X-men encountered different people from all over the Marvel Universe (all the stories with Dracula, Arkon & the Badoon, Kulan Gath, etc, weren't "true" stories, but they were great reads. So was this.wwk5dnoreply@blogger.com