tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post7287085065049007608..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: He Has His Eye on You: X-Men 115Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-38192025623132597212011-08-19T09:35:24.905-05:002011-08-19T09:35:24.905-05:00Banshee was also one of my favorite X-Men. He see...Banshee was also one of my favorite X-Men. He seems like the wise, cool headed one of the bunch. Sort of a father figure, as Karen says, a mature perspective. I also loved the Banshee moment. Also, though I don’t think it’s really until the next issue, I like the relationship Wolverine forms with Zabu. It goes to show that Wolverine is more than just a savage. I was, like Wolvie, a bit put off that Cyke wanted to skip out without helping Ka-Zar. Finally, looking at these scans reminds me of how wonderful the art was!dbutler16https://www.blogger.com/profile/00046066729353639991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-22833892870963643112011-08-18T15:08:33.131-05:002011-08-18T15:08:33.131-05:00Wow, looking back at these just re-impresses on me...Wow, looking back at these just re-impresses on me how great the art was in these stories, not just Byrne's pencils & Austin's inks, but even the coloring (and I'm too lazy just now to look up who did that). The X-Men really was one of the best comics produced in this period.Fred W. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602124919964053532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-73966834780876487102011-08-18T11:07:12.836-05:002011-08-18T11:07:12.836-05:00Yep, Doug, I read your 'Secret Empire' wri...Yep, Doug, I read your 'Secret Empire' write-up a long while ago.. <br /><br />Just curious whether others here would have fun stringing ALL X-appearances together for Bronze Age continuity, perhaps chiming in with any appearances that may have gone neglected. <br /><br />Again, not a big X-Fan, but it would be interesting, and I certainly agree on that early Sutton Beast art. Yecch.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-20828048381444115202011-08-18T10:50:47.037-05:002011-08-18T10:50:47.037-05:00David --
I suggest that you head over to our old ...David --<br /><br />I suggest that you head over to our old blog to read our review of the "Secret Empire" storyline, which featured the X-Men. You can find it, as well as other Silver and Bronze Age goodness, at -<br /><br />http://twogirlsaguyandsomecomics.blogspot.com/<br /><br />As to covering the interregnum of the X-Men, I recently purchased the Marvel Masterworks volume that contains some of those stories you mentioned -- It's X-Men Volume 7, with the lion's share of the book reprinting the Beast series from Amazing Adventures. Volume 8 reprints the rest of that period, specifically featuring the appearances of the X-Men and Magneto in Avengers #'s 110-111. Check 'em out.<br /><br />I will at some point cover some of those stories. I was a bit put off by Tom Sutton's art on the Beast stories, as I'd seen him look much better elsewhere (the Planet of the Apes B&W magazine come to mind).<br /><br />Thanks for the suggestions!<br /><br />J.A. -- yes, that is a weird bit of censorship. Hell to Hades? Like they're not synonyms anyway?<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-65386745272839936012011-08-18T10:25:54.890-05:002011-08-18T10:25:54.890-05:00I'll start by saying this issue has sentimenta...I'll start by saying this issue has sentimental value,it was the first X-men back issue I ever purchased. I think I paid $1.50 for it in 1980. I never heard of Sauron until I saw him in Cyclops' flashback in #138(at Jean's funeral). I thought Sauron looked cool, so I got this. I hadn't read Tolkien yet either, so I didn't get the reference.<br /><br />That two-pager featuring Wolverine's attack is gorgeous. I love the Kane-esque "perspective" and the expressions of his teammates. <br />I mentioned in the discussion of #114, the 'X-men Classic' reprint changed Storm's barbarian bikini to pink instead of yellow. They continued that with the reprint of 115, and they also changed Wolverine's dialogue during from that spread:<br />Found it via google:<br />http://tinyurl.com/3hkbnpq<br /><br />Weird censorship. <br /><br />I never really thought about the plot holes regarding the futuresque city, but I guess it's not a big deal.J.A. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800901321134394272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-86577288351167740612011-08-18T08:25:35.203-05:002011-08-18T08:25:35.203-05:00Yep, this looks like another glorious Byrne/Austin...Yep, this looks like another glorious Byrne/Austin production. I actually like Scott's angle on things, keeping the 'old school' view alive. I'll have to pick up some of these issues.<br /><br />And, like most, I love seein' Scott take Logan down with a single eye-blast. Call it a guilty pleasure, like 'take that, you Mutant Upstart..'<br /><br />One idea I've been thinking about, no intention of hijacking here, but I'd love to see a future column on their 'lost Bronze stories' done here, between their last old story and their re-immergence. I listed the ones I know of (Amazing Adventures, Cap&Falc, Avengers, etc..) in the Suggestion Box.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.com