tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post7715733306485723700..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: X-MEN UNLIMITED #7 – December 1994G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-20814503344644703332008-10-09T09:24:00.000-04:002008-10-09T09:24:00.000-04:00Still, this issue does have some gorgeous JRjr art...Still, this issue does have some gorgeous JRjr art.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-35197586179983865792008-06-18T01:37:00.000-04:002008-06-18T01:37:00.000-04:00I've always found Mackie to be rather lackluster. ...I've always found Mackie to be rather lackluster. I loved the Saltares/Texiera artwork on Mackie's Ghost Rider, but the stories were so bland, even a flaming skeleton couldn't keep me reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-649204471716318882008-06-13T12:07:00.000-04:002008-06-13T12:07:00.000-04:00I have no idea why Lobdell brought this crew of ch...I have no idea why Lobdell brought this crew of characters back for the later X-Men arc either. Candra has never interested me and that two-parter is dead boring.<BR/><BR/>Mackie was like a mini-Bendis of his time, with a growing influence on the Spider books to the eventual point when he wrote them all, Ghost Rider until some point, and a bunch of X-projects, all of varying quality.<BR/><BR/>I agree that Unlimited had wasted away by this point. I could never afford it as a kid, and devotedly borrowed copies from a friend as a loyal X-fan, and I even stopped doing that out of boredom around this issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-69964399676367651622008-06-12T22:01:00.000-04:002008-06-12T22:01:00.000-04:00I seem to remember Unlimited being advertised spec...I seem to remember <B>Unlimited</B> being advertised specifically as "side stories" that were "too big" for the normal comics, or that needed to be told but on their own, or something. Honestly, the idea of a big quarterly book is fine by me, but the execution of this series was always so slapdash that the whole thing just seemed like an afterthought every few months... "Oh geez, we need another issue of <B>Unlimited</B>!"Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352646370918575626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-80845566703998419382008-06-12T20:30:00.000-04:002008-06-12T20:30:00.000-04:00This is actually X-Men Unlimited #7. X-Men Unlimit...<I>This is actually X-Men Unlimited #7. X-Men Unlimited #9 is an awful story about Bloodscream and Belasco</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks for pointing that out. I've fixed the title.G. Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-87507764411936078362008-06-12T18:05:00.000-04:002008-06-12T18:05:00.000-04:00Yes, Scott Lobdell brings these characters back (L...Yes, Scott Lobdell brings these characters back (Lord knows why) in X-Men #60-61 and explains that Jamil is just a projection. Whenever Lobdell wrote both titles adjectiveless X-Men just became a series of filler stories that were generally awful. (X-Men 46-49, 58-61)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-13231159102172439152008-06-12T11:45:00.000-04:002008-06-12T11:45:00.000-04:00Oh yeah, I'm vaguely recalling that bit about Kari...Oh yeah, I'm vaguely recalling that bit about Karima 'creating' Jamil now. Thanks!Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-2863053260097099832008-06-12T11:43:00.000-04:002008-06-12T11:43:00.000-04:00This is actually X-Men Unlimited #7. X-Men Unlimit...This is actually X-Men Unlimited #7. X-Men Unlimited #9 is an awful story about Bloodscream and Belasco that makes this one seem fairly decent by comparison (but I still didn't like this issue either).<BR/><BR/>In response to teebore, no, this isn't the same Karima. That other Karima (Shapandar) is from India, and this one is Egyptian. I think it also later turns out that this Karima is some sort of telepath, and the boy Jamil is one of her psychic projections.sixhoursoflucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532646197860465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-1818658631982221782008-06-12T11:28:00.000-04:002008-06-12T11:28:00.000-04:00Storm does have something of a track record of put...Storm does have something of a track record of putting in charge of people, then summarily forgetting their existences, doesn't she? <BR/><BR/>Is this Karima the same one that went on to become an omega sentinel and, then, Omega Sentinel, joining and betraying the team recently in Mike Carey's run? <BR/><BR/>It's probably just a coincidence, but I honestly don't remember much about Omega Sentinel's early appearances (occurring during a time when knowing everything there was to know about the X-Men wasn't as much a priority for me as it was when this issue came out).Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-45843282033876183202008-06-12T09:03:00.000-04:002008-06-12T09:03:00.000-04:00And like with the Morlocks, Storm will eventually ...And like with the Morlocks, Storm will eventually forget that she's responsible for these folks.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369556451855248495noreply@blogger.com