tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post5508684891315382330..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: One-Off Wednesdays: X-Men 96Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-88378247751256972502010-11-18T01:28:50.633-06:002010-11-18T01:28:50.633-06:00I recall an amusing throwaway one-panel joke that ...I recall an amusing throwaway one-panel joke that has Wolverine idly carving a tic-tac-toe games into a table while the group are discussing something.<br /><br /><br />cheers<br />B SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-27263776675629078012010-11-17T21:52:31.832-06:002010-11-17T21:52:31.832-06:00I agree that was a bit of an odd issue, where the ...I agree that was a bit of an odd issue, where the main story wasn't particularly great but there many interesting things going on in the background, building blocks for future storylines and shaping characterizations. Does anyone think Claremont already had Moira's background, as revealed in later issues, already well in mind here or did he decide later to make her far more than a mere housekeeper? Showing her proficiency with weapons was a hint that there was much more to her than met the eye. <br />Seems strange to think of the X-Men as a title coming back from near cancellation and still published bi-monthly, but Claremont & Cockrum seemed assured they could make a winner of it, making long-term plans for the title. And if I recall correctly, this was the first story Claremont had full reign on rather than scripting over Len Wein's plots.<br />BTW, I had been buying those reprints which ended with a cliffhanger in ish 93 and since my local comics outlet didn't get the Giant-Size issues, I not only didn't get the G-S X-Men, I also didn't get whichever G-S title had the conclusion of the X-Men/ Magneto/ Avengers conflict, at least not until many years later, in the mid-80s, when I bought the original Avengers issue during the glory days of the used comics stores! That didn't cost too much, but by then that G-S X-Men issue would've been beyond my budget even if I'd found a copy.Fred W. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602124919964053532noreply@blogger.com