“Nation X: X-Factor,” the one-shot that features our detective heroes showing up for a meet and greet on Utopia, is in the stores this week. Amazingly, they’ve also bothered to put out a few other books as well.
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“Nation X: X-Factor,” the one-shot that features our detective heroes showing up for a meet and greet on Utopia, is in the stores this week. Amazingly, they’ve also bothered to put out a few other books as well.
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“Amazingly, they’ve also bothered to put out a few other books as well.”
How dare they?
Not many other books, though. Suicide Squad #67 was kinda disappointing, as if Simone and Ostrander wrote their parts independently and then no one really edited them together. Jackpot was okay, but Guggenheim seemed to be deliberately playing away from his writing strengths. I liked Parker’s writing on The Uranian, but the Sienkiewicz-ish art really didn’t fit.
Because I am a bad person, Jamie’s Lilliputian moment makes me guffaw.
Not so amazingly, Nation X: X-Factor is the only comic I’ll be picking up later today (comic deliveries here in the Philippines are late), mainly because I’m sooo curious why that Smooching Bandit Shatterstar is kissing everyone else except Rictor.
I picked up the X-factor one shot too, amaxing stuff. Longshot is easily becoming one of my favourite characters. I felt that this one shot was very necessary especially after the Utopia storyline. I also picked up Cable #22 which was suprisingly good. Hope is getting to be a good character and I’m interested to see what’ll happen in Second Coming.
I grabbed NATION X: X-FACTOR, NEW MUTANTS, SIEGE, and EMBEDDED.
Really liked the X-FACTOR one-shot, but was a bit confused as to why it was published outside the regular series. It seems to me that, as with the (new) NEW MUTANTS book, X-FACTOR could have benefited from having the crossover push come in the main series. Minor quibble, however.
Great job, Peter. It was great to see everyone together, even if only for a little while. I didn’t get the reference with Dani and Monet— was there something I missed? Also: what are the relative ages for Boom Boom, Shatterstar, and Surge? Seems like Nori is a little young to be in that mix, no?
As to the rest: NEW MUTANTS continues to be strong under Zeb Wells, and I’m discovering I like issues like this (and the one after the Legion fight) best: mostly interrelationships and set-up. The plot- and fight-heavy installments tend to be less engaging.
SIEGE .. is what it is: the first chapter, teeing up a lot of pay-offs in the next three months. Not a lot of “new” here, but a lot of great art, a few solid lines, and a nice sense of pace moving into the Big Buh-Bang
I picked up KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #157. This was a good issue that wrapped up the GaryCon/Ntro Normandy storyline in a surprising and amusing way. (This was a little surprising, as I thought last issue was a weak collection of mostly bøøb and fart jokes.) Hoody hoo!
I quite enjoyed the issue.
I loved the comment at the end of the issue that Scott and Jamie are too much alike to be friends, as they are my two favorite X-characters. There’s a ring of truth to that as my brother and I were too much alike and couldn’t stand one another. Now, as adults? We agree to co-exist peacefully.
The ending had me laughing. That last panel was priceless.
-J.
I haven’t had a chance to go to the comic book store since two weeks before Christmas. I’m not going to get to go this weekend either due to the severe Arctic weather, and I don’t know yet if I’ll get a chance next week. Would you PLEASE stop putting out these special issues I keep missing?
I don’t have a lot of money. I’ve been getting New Mutants lately, and SWORD, and Spider-Woman (I might stop with that one– it’s been boring so far). I’ve been wanting to get X-Factor #200, but it costs more than any comic I’ve ever bought in my entire life, so I’ve been having a hard time convincing myself it might be worth it. I’ve also wanted to get the last Ms Marvel or two since it won’t be around any more, and I read my first Deadpool a few weeks ago and I’m kind of wanting to read more. And I just found out last week that there’s a Jackpot limited series (I assume it’s the real Jackpot this time, and I still haven’t seen her outside her civilian life yet.)
And now you tell me there’s this special X-Factor one-shot?!?!?!?!
How am I supposed to afford all this?
If you really want to write additional books talk to Wacker about becoming one of the Spider-Man writers. I’m already subscribed until August and I know you’re good with Spider-Man.
Mary, in the past you’ve expressed concern that you say stuff and people get upset about it. Do you understand that in one posting you’ve basically said you have to work really really hard to convince yourself my work is worth buying–you chastise me for putting out one-shots as if that was my decision–and you wish I was writing something that you felt was of more interest to you, such as Spider-Man, as opposed to X-Factor. Do you understand how I might take offense at any one of those comments, much less all three?
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You’re right. I’m really sorry.
At the time, I thought I was doing a little playfull complaining, the sort that isn’t really serious, although when I finished I did worry that I came off as too cranky.
But reading it now I can see that it was much worse. I on’t blame you for being upset.
I think this might be an ongoing problem for me. I always try to be really nice at first, but then as I get more comfortable talking with someone, I start to let my guard down, and then the wrong words slip out. I really should try to be more carefull.
I really am sorry.
You can delete everything I said if you want to.
No, I’m not going to delete anything. Actually I understood where you were coming from the entire time. Notice that I didn’t say I *did* take offense; I said, “Do you understand how I might?” If you were some troll who came by to snipe at me, I’d figure you were just trying to piss me off and probably would ignore you. Instead you’ve voiced worry in the past about being liked or engendering hostility, and I’m saying, “Look, here, right here: Here’s the type of things you say that can piss people off.” The problem is that the Internet is a silent medium and what you hear in your head isn’t always what plays on the screen.
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Thank you for being so nice about it.
$4.99 is really the most you’ve paid? While it’s pretty high up there, I remember paying $5.95 for JLA/Avengers, Superman: Secret Identity, and Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating…, among others. Then there’s the Angel annual from a couple weeks ago that was what, 8 bucks? And that’s just *new* comics. You don’t want to know what I paid for a copy of Bone #19 at a con once…
Can you please write Dazzler and Longshot forever? Loved it! hahaha
PS – does that mean Longshot’s no longer in ‘X-Factor’?
Peter David, I really enjoyed reading
your X-nation-Xfactor book, but I was a little
disappointed that sad and bitter Siryn didn’t
get to see, interact, and talk to Warpath,
(James Proudstar) who was her best friend,
had romantic feelings for her, and helped her
overcome her problem with alcoholism when they
were together in X-Force. I read how Siryn is
sleeping with Deadpool, is very angry with
Jaime Madrox about the baby and who is with Layla Miller now, and is quite sad, bitter,
and depressed. I would like to see her have
a romantic relationship with Warpath in maybe
a X-factor/X-force crossover in the near future. Your X-factor comic is a great book to read monthly.
Nah, I’m pretty sure it just means that Longshot was going for a second round and missed the bus home. Nothing wrong with that, yo.
“…all that swift.”
It was no “RAKOVLAAM!” but it still made me chuckle.
Pun on, dude.
I would love it if in the next issue of Uncanny X-Men Longshot is just in the background with a different woman til Shatterstar picks him up.
In the next issue of Uncanny, all sorts of people will be in the background waiting for something. That’s what happens in Uncanny.
You know, for years and years the X-titles have been lacking that “human touch” that makes the characters truly loveable by the readers. Nowadays, interactions between the characters always have to do with the problem at hand (namely M-Day, Utopia, etc.), which is fine, don’t get me wrong, but something is definitely missing. I believe this is one of the main aspects that made the Claremont era so great, since more often than not many pages would be devoted just to some characters talking about totally irrelevant subjects as friends normally do, and that is what truly humanizes them. This, of course, changed with X-Factor v3 (Jamie And Rictor in a bar talking about “the wilder ride” comes to mind, just to illustrate things a bit) and I think it takes great skill as a writer to mix a little bit of this with all the action and fighting that Marvel obviously demands from these titles. Ok, I’ll get to the point while trying not to spoil (much). Pages 17 and 18; in two pages you’ve given us all that. Dani, Monet, Theresa, Alison, Longshot and let’s not forget Tabitha and ‘star. That kind of writing is what sets you apart from the rest and once again my hat goes off to you for another superb issue.
I haven’t picked up the one-shot, because I’m waiting til the end of the month to pick up my collection of issues.
I have a pull at a comic book shop about a half hour south of where I live because it’s more of a “traditional” shop where I can go in and talk titles and whatever else freely.
I used to collect something like 30 titles a month, but realized that was way excessive. I got sucked in sometime between Civil War and Secret Invasion. I’ve brought it down to seven titles, which not only saves me money, but reading time is closer to a couple of hours as opposed to a couple of days, and I can focus on what’s going on a lot more.
The only title outside of the Marvel Universe being The Walking Dead, and the number one on the list for Marvel is and will always be X-Factor.
((#200 was awesome, by the way. But I do miss Strong Guy’s classic curl. He’s just not the same.))
The X-Nation one-shot was good and had some many great human character moments, so much so that the superhero smackdown seemed almost superfluous (but I did dig how the antagonist was basically there to just drive home the point that history repeats itself. The “as a footnote” bit was gold) But I don’t quite get how it was a one-shot unless it was to let the artist some more time to get it done and not in the monthly grind. Kinda blew the reveal that Layla was coming back. I think there are a bunch of X-Nation one-shots that’ll be compiled into a TPB or something, but the only X-books I read are X-Factor and whenever Astonishing puts on a trade. But, hey, 2 hits of X-Factor in a month after a month off (including the double-sized 200) were worth it. My only complaint is that I don’t quite know what the point of the book was in the overall X-Factor storyline. They start the book being outsiders and they end the book being outsiders. So, basically, they aren’t going to be involved with the events in the other X-books, and I’m fine with that, but I’m not sure what THIS book was there for. But it had some really fun character interactions and pretty art so it’s kind of a wash.
And Boom Boom was in the book. Haven’t seen her since Nextwave. Glad to see she’s still around.
Speaking of Boom Boom, I appreciated the ironic juxtaposition, with her appearing immediately after another character mentions “cardboard cutouts” (if that was intended, anyway). I loved “Nextwave,” but one of its unfortunate side-effects is that it is now canon that Tabitha is more or less as dumb as mud. (Although, to be fair, if you adopt the codename “Boom Boom” you may have already moved in that direction…)
Boom Boom isn’t a code name. It was her nick name from long before she was a super hero when she was palling around with god.
I couldn’t stop laughing! This was a really well done issue. It reminds me why I would put your stuff at the top of my list since 1990.
Very Capt Jack from Shatterstar…I could just hear The Doctor…Don’t.
Awesome issue. This is my only X Book…I’d read more if you wrote em 🙂
Yeah, that’s where I got it from, with Jack hitting on anything with a pulse and the Doctor shutting him down.
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Well done…thought it was hilarious.
What impressed me most is that Marvel let you do a book that was essentially your main character walking around saying “This Utopia storyline is really stupid.”
I picked up Nation X, and I haven’t put it down.
Not in the sense that I’m still reading it (because then I would be painfully slow) but in the sense that I keep reading it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
Yeah, it’s that good.