Archive for the ‘Cable’ Category
January 11, 2015
Jeph Loeb // Ian Churchill
February 1995
**
The coda to an X-Men crossover adventure that ended in mission failure & resulted in the end of the universe! Cable‘s remit is to provide an elegiac sense of closure, but it’s all ’90s mutant whinging. Churchill, tho’ an Image-style hack, surprises by giving his char’s faces some personality!
see also The Uncanny X-Men #321
last issue: Cable #19
next issue: Cable #20
also indexed for Feb. ’95
The Uncanny X-Men #321
X-Men #41
X-Men: Alpha #1 of 1
Tags:Ian Churchill, Jeph Loeb
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January 10, 2015
Fabian Nicieza // Andy Kubert & Ron Garney
February 1995
***
Finale to an X-over that kills off a young Professor X to create an alternate future. Writer Lobdell & editor Harras deserve a story credit for #41, & so does Chris Claremont, who created (a) the Prof-Magneto friendship, (b) Xavier’s son Legion, & (c) the cosmic crystal that threatens the multiverse.
continued from The Uncanny X-Men #321
continued in X-Men: Alpha #1 of 1
see also Cable #20
last issue: X-Men #40
next issue: X-Men #42
also indexed for Feb. ’95
Cable #20
The Uncanny X-Men #321
X-Men: Alpha #1 of 1
Tags:Andy Kubert, Fabian Nicieza, Ron Garney
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January 9, 2015
Scott Lobdell & Mark Waid // Ron Garney
February 1995
***
The illegit son of Professor X seduces his mother while psychically disguised as his father! It’s a provocative moment in a routine Terminator-type ’90s X-comic. Lobdell contrasts the arc’s Oedipal theme w/ his beloved Cyclops/Jean Grey/Cable triangle—his namby-pamby notion of a proper X-family.
continued from X-Men #40
continued in X-Men #41
last issue: The Uncanny X-Men #320
next issue: The Uncanny X-Men #322
also indexed for Feb. ’95
Cable #20
X-Men #41
X-Men: Alpha #1 of 1
Tags:Mark Waid, Ron Garney, Scott Lobdell
Posted in Angel (W. Worthington), Beast, Bishop, Cable, Cyclops, Domino, Gabrielle Haller, Gambit, Iceman, Jean Grey, Legion, Magneto, Professor X, Psylocke, Rogue, Shi'ar, Storm | Leave a Comment »
January 8, 2015
Fabian Nicieza // Andy Kubert
January 1995
**
Time-traveling amnesiac X-Men putz around post-war Israel as their modern comrades learn that mission failure means universal collapse. Nicieza artificially inflates the stakes via a chorus of Watchers, while the better Kubert son does mainline ’90s X-art (his Legion is unrecognizably off-model).
continued from The Uncanny X-Men #320
continued in The Uncanny X-Men #321
last issue: X-Men #39
next issue: X-Men #41
also indexed for Jan. ’95
The Uncanny X-Men #320
Tags:Andy Kubert, Fabian Nicieza
Posted in Angel (W. Worthington), Beast, Bishop, Cable, Cyclops, Domino, Gabrielle Haller, Gambit, Iceman, Jean Grey, Legion, Lilandra, Magneto, Professor X, Psylocke, Rogue, Sabretooth, Shi'ar, Storm, Watcher, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
June 8, 2011
Mark Millar // Steve McNiven
October 2006
**
The commentary on PATRIOT Act America has become paper-thin & confused, esp. since Millar doesn’t care about civil rights & govt. regulations. He just wants to blow shit up & he has his ideas about how to do that—like a rogue cyber-clone of Thor! But would Mr F create such a Frankenstein’s monster?
[last issue: Civil War #3 of 7]
[next issue: Civil War #5 of 7]
Tags:Mark Millar, Steve McNiven
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June 7, 2011
Mark Millar // Steve McNiven
**
September 2006
Finally, CW reaches its reason for being: heroes v. heroes, a classic Marvel trope since Amazing S-M #1. Iron Man turns a sneak-attack into a parlay, which Cptn. America violates w/ his own sucker punch. The problem is, each twist violates its actor’s character. It’s action stripped of motivation.
[last issue: Civil War #2 of 7]
[next issue: Civil War #4 of 7]
Tags:Mark Millar, Steve McNiven
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June 6, 2011
Mark Millar // Steve McNiven
August 2006
*
The big story: Spidey unmasks on nat’l TV. It’s both true to the character & a violation (Peter has always been a principled private citizen). The fact is, the irreconcilable contradiction emphasizes Millar’s failure: he can’t dramatize Pete’s moral quandry, which is the very heart of that character!
last issue: Civil War #1 of 7
next issue: Civil War #3 of 7
also indexed for Aug. ’06
Astonishing X-Men #15
Nextwave, Agents of HATE #6
Young Avengers #12
Tags:Mark Millar, Steve McNiven
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September 20, 2010
Warren Ellis // Stuart Immonen
July 2006
*****
Ellis sets his mag in a bizarro Marvel, just close enough to confuse continuity whores. He riffs on Kirby & Steranko at their weirdest, w/ allusions gross & subtle to Marvel flotsam. Anger (= Fury) assaults the squad w/ an arsenal of goofball tech: broccoli-men, killer koalas, & ptera-soldiers.
[last issue: Nextwave, Agents of HATE #4]
[next issue: Nextwave, Agents of HATE #6]
Tags:Stuart Immonen, Warren Ellis
Posted in Bloodstone, Boom-Boom, Cable, Captain, Captain America, Captain Marvel (M. Rambeau), Celestials, Machine Man | Leave a Comment »
August 25, 2010
Peter David // Jae Lee
January 1993
**
The crossover continues to crawl (tho’ it can only spare a page or two for X-Factor‘s regulars): the all-action force of Bishop, Cable & Wolvie literally sit around doing nothing! The only plot point is that Apocalypse cures Prof X of the technovirus using a bit of Kirbytech. I’ll miss Lee’s art.
[continued from Uncanny X-Men #286]
[continued in X-Men #16]
[last issue: X-Factor #85]
[next issue: X-Factor #87]
Tags:Jae Lee, Peter David
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August 24, 2010
Peter David // Jae Lee
December 1992
**
The title team gets ignored by a hugger-mugger crossover, & PAD’s talent is wasted in dialoguing chaotic fights. At least Jae Lee’s shadowy, splattery style fits the subject matter. Razor-winged Archangel decapitates one evil mutant; another hamstrings Quicksilver; Wolvie steps btw. Bishop & Cable.
[continued from Uncanny X-Men #285]
[continued in X-Men #15]
[last issue: X-Factor #84]
[next issue: X-Factor #86]
Tags:Jae Lee, Peter David
Posted in Angel (W. Worthington), Bishop, Boom-Boom, Cable, Cannonball, Colossus, Cyclops, Gambit, Havok, Iceman, Jean Grey, Multiple Man, Polaris, Psylocke, Quicksilver, Rogue, Storm, Strong Guy, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »