tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post6514859420543132016..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: X-FACTOR #92- July 1993G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-80864259813887023762020-04-05T15:45:10.313-04:002020-04-05T15:45:10.313-04:00Actually, a few years ago, I acquired a book with ...Actually, a few years ago, I acquired a book with the X-Factor (1986) #92 cover but the interiors of Justice League Task Force (1993) #2. So, yes, there definitely must have been a misprint and they got out in circulation.<br /><br />A. Moralesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-20139262892881967062008-09-09T20:08:00.000-04:002008-09-09T20:08:00.000-04:00No, I haven't heard of that one. There was a rumo...No, I haven't heard of that one. There was a rumor in the early '90s that inside one of Marvel's collectible polybagged comics were copies of "Camp Candy", but I doubt that's true.G. Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-46596217021898951402008-09-05T16:46:00.000-04:002008-09-05T16:46:00.000-04:00I recently bought a copy of X Factor #92, and comp...I recently bought a copy of X Factor #92, and completed my Fatal Attractions set, but when I got home and opened it up, I noticed something was horribly wrong. See, my X Factor cover holds several misprinted copies of "Justice League Task Force #2". It hadn't been tampered with, so I checked out my other copies from the Fatal Attractions series and it turns out that both comics were printed in Canada. Have you heard of any other strange misprints like this before?katelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041817579804232764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-87994610956362069872008-09-05T16:45:00.000-04:002008-09-05T16:45:00.000-04:00I recently bought a copy of X Factor #92, and comp...I recently bought a copy of X Factor #92, and completed my Fatal Attractions set, but when I got home and opened it up, I noticed something was horribly wrong. See, my X Factor cover holds several misprinted copies of "Justice League Task Force #2". It hadn't been tampered with, so I checked out my other copies from the Fatal Attractions series and it turns out that both comics were printed in Canada. Have you heard of any other strange misprints like this before?katelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041817579804232764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-81393646382217079182008-01-17T12:50:00.000-05:002008-01-17T12:50:00.000-05:00Fatal Attractions was the last gasp for my regular...Fatal Attractions was the last gasp for my regular purchase of X-Books. Uncanny had devolved into nonsense after Claremont left and X-Factor was pretty much over for me after David departed. I came back to check out Age of Apocalypse, but that was it for me regarding the X-Titles until Morrison's run on New X-Men. I'm looking forward to reading about all the stuff I missed.<BR/><BR/>Hey Cove,<BR/>Nice analysis, but you know that Peter David didn't write this issue, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-32759171739396528552008-01-15T23:06:00.000-05:002008-01-15T23:06:00.000-05:00Yeah, I started buying Excalibur regularly around ...Yeah, I started buying Excalibur regularly around #71, so I'll start doing full reviews of the series with that issue.G. Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-21036102546314817982008-01-15T21:09:00.000-05:002008-01-15T21:09:00.000-05:00I remember enjoying "Fatal Attractions," for the m...I remember enjoying "Fatal Attractions," for the most part, when it was first released. It was the first time that I bought ALL of the mutant titles, including <B>X-Force</B> and <B>Wolverine</B>, so it had a "big time" feel to me as a 12-13 year old reader (these issues came out right around my birthday). I think it was also helped by the fact that this was the first X-men story I ever read which actually had Magneto in it. The other part I remember was thinking that Lobdell had a decent direction in mind for <B>Excalibur</B> and wasn't just running it into the ground... of course, time proved me wrong on that one. Are you planning on covering <B>Excalbur</B> #71?Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352646370918575626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-64050273480289253592008-01-15T09:49:00.000-05:002008-01-15T09:49:00.000-05:00I have fond memories of Fatal Attractions (then ag...I have fond memories of Fatal Attractions (then again, as we often see here, memories don't always live up to reality). It seemed like big things were happening, that we were on the cusp of something huge, and the threat seemed palpable. <BR/><BR/>Of course, that huge thing we were on the cusp of was the return of an oddly characterized Magneto, and then just one more crossover after another. Still, this storyline shouldn't be faulted for what came after it. <BR/><BR/>cove west: I like your version of the 90s villains much better than what actually happened, if for no other reason than the way it prevents us from ever having the crappy Twelve story we got and instead gives us the cool one teased way back in that issue of X-Factor that introduced the concept.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-86889313147338846822008-01-15T04:04:00.000-05:002008-01-15T04:04:00.000-05:00"Fatal Attractions," objectively, is probably the ..."Fatal Attractions," objectively, is probably the best X-over of the '90s, mainly because the "crossover" aspect is coincidental and most of the individual issues are character pieces.<BR/><BR/>X-FACTOR is one of the standouts of the event. Granted, Peter David jumps through all sorts of nonsensical hoops to position the plot, but that's all secondary to the social/philosophical commentary. Fifteen or so years before CIVIL WAR's "Stamford Incident," X-Factor is presented with the question of just how far society should go to protect itself in the wake of a supervillain massacre. But unlike CIVIL WAR, David goes one step further, asking the question: "Might the villains be...right?" It's an age-old dilemma in the X-verse, but David gives us the most immediate, intimate portrayal of it. Again, the plot doesn't quite match up with what he's presenting--Pietro seems to be struggling with his father's TRUE message, but it looks like he's being tempted by Cortez's twisted version, and the massacre doesn't shoehorn into the debate very well at all--but David is a strong enough writer to steamroll over the editorially-mandated crap and find something worth saying beyond it.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, the point of "Fatal Attractions" seems to be to demolish Magneto's argument altogether, which makes this issue ultimately pointless, and also has the unfortunate side-effect of making long-time Avenger Quicksilver look like a borderline-sociopathic sycophant akin to the Acolytes for having even considered it, which clearly isn't the point in the issue itself.<BR/><BR/>But what stands out to me more than anything is the Acolytes. For all their ubiquity in the first half of the decade, this is their stand-out appearance (as villains, anyway; they have some better "neutral" appearances later). The writers all bungled the religious angle--they never found a groove with Magneto-as-messiah, and Mags never seemed to abide the Acolytes when he returned--but David managed to get one good portrayal of them as fanatical racists before mediocrity finally caught up with them.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of the Acolytes...anyone find it weird that Magneto got an international cult of racial supremacists, while Apocalypse--you know, the ACTUAL RELIGIOUS FIGURE--got a non-dogmatic group of disgruntled Inhumans? Imagine how much better the decade would have been had Magneto and Poccy simply switched places: Poccy "dies" in space, Mags teams-up with the X-teams against Stryfe, the Acolytes worship Poccy, Poccy returns as a mutant messiah, infects Xavier's Onslaughting brain, and becomes a world threat in Genosha (with shades of a 616 AoA), and Mags seeks to unite the Twelve leaders of mutantkind (in their original purpose, not the weird one we got). Might've saved both their characters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com