tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post7540551459533854490..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: X-MEN #31 – April 1994G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-72330098368562194692015-05-27T11:11:16.052-04:002015-05-27T11:11:16.052-04:00I found this one to be essentially unreadable. Its...I found this one to be essentially unreadable. Its a series of continuity scrubs and as you rightly say in your review it becomes increasingly muddy and laborious. As others have commented it isn't impossible to follow it's just hard to care because there isn't really any story to speak of just a bunch of mucking about with the past to no discernibly positive effect. This and the previous Psylocke/Kwannon FUBAR are utterly pointless. <br />By introducing Kwannon they could've put both characters back in their original bodies and then had Kwannon join the X Men in her own right (the idea of a telepathic ninja is a pretty good one in its own right, after all). Problem solved. Instead they just blurred the whole thing even more.<br /><br />Does anyone know if Claremont had any greater plan to the whole Lady Mandarin story that launched this fiasco originally or was there nothing more than a desire to have a sexy asian ninja on board and an unwillingness to actually introduce a new character? Why, why why? It remains one of the worst things in Marvel comics ever and as faras I'm concerned completely hobbles Psylocke as a character.Blakeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01287913444349677349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-88092426596697753732008-03-27T12:55:00.000-04:002008-03-27T12:55:00.000-04:00I have to agree with the anonymous poster on a bot...I have to agree with the anonymous poster on a both counts - yes, maybe I'm looking at this with the nostalgia of buying it as a eight yr old but I didn't find this two parter that confusing.<BR/><BR/>It has continuity issues to address, and it does so. And instead of doing it in one straightforward flashback, it hangs in on a story that can involve the X-Men now, interspersed with flashbacks that deal with the muddled continuity of Psylocke.<BR/><BR/>In addition, Niceiza finally gets some decent material out of characters like Matsuo and Revanchle, particularly in her death scenes. And I also agree that Kubert's art to leaps ahead as of this point - I was almost moved as I kid to write to Marvel to tell them how much I loved the art in this very issue! (But I was also almost compelled to do the same for an issue of Cable drawn by Steve Skroce that looks hideous in retrospect.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-50190484160975372922008-03-27T10:29:00.000-04:002008-03-27T10:29:00.000-04:00Yeah, maybe the execution could be better (though ...Yeah, maybe the execution could be better (though I thoo thought Kubert's art stepped it up this issue), but this is the kind of stuff I love about comics: not just long winded continuity born from decades of continuous publication, but whole stories built around addressing that continuity. <BR/><BR/>Sure, I wouldn't want that in EVERY story, but continuity as it exists in comics is a beast more or less unique to super hero comics, and I'm happy when creators embrace that fact instead of downplaying it for fear of alienating audiences or some BS like that.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-59360762180922798932008-03-27T09:36:00.000-04:002008-03-27T09:36:00.000-04:00I read this one in college. I didn't mind it. In...I read this one in college. I didn't mind it. In fact, up until this issue, everything about ninja Betsy got on my nerves. I saw this as an attempt to "explain it all away".Paul Steven Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18392153757274116397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-2766548437547612008-03-26T21:08:00.000-04:002008-03-26T21:08:00.000-04:00Ok, I'm going to admit it: I actually don't mind ...Ok, I'm going to admit it: I actually don't mind these issues all that much. Yes, this is slogged in continuity, but is it really THAT confusing? I remember reading this as a kid and understanding perfectly who was what with whom and I hadn't even read the 80s issues it was referencing. Also, I thought Kubert's art took another leap forward with these issues. Ah well, maybe I'm just looking at these through nostalgia-filled eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com