This Issue! Things Get Worse! #124
The Uncanny X-Men #124
“He Only Laughs When I Hurt!”
Chris Claremont and John Byrne
Synopsis
As the X-Men continue to try to survive Murderworld, they’re forced to endure a new threat- a brainwashed Colossus.
Rolling Commentary
Page 2. Is Colleen actually saying she’s in love with Scott Summers?
Page 3. Okay, so Arcade has access to all his father’s money, that sort of answers one of my complaints. But how about this one, where the hell is this place? He can’t exactly have a parking lot and charge admission. Is this facility underground? More importantly, if his father was super rich, that means he’s a public figure, which means his death would have been investigated like crazy. Is Arcade wanted by the feds? *Sigh* So many questions…
Page 7. Luckily, that door Cyclops flew through led to a tunnel that led to Nightcrawler. Convenient, no?
Page 10. Actually, Scottie, that was pretty awesome.
Page 14. Who wants to bet Colossus just broke Banshee’s jaw. And see, I’m not completely convinced Charlie didn’t use his powers to help convince Colossus and the others to join. But that’s just me.
Page 17. Arcade is such a douche.
Post Mortem
A weird story? Yes. A fucked up villain that makes no real rational sense when you actually think about it? Absolutely. Overt anti-communist sentiment that really has nothing to do with the larger story? Yeah. But I still kind of think the Proletarian is cool.
Hey, at least the action scenes in this issue make more sense than last time (Instant androids? What the Christ?). Arcade is such a weird villain, I’m just glad we won’t have to see him for a while. The issue itself is rather transparent, though, isn’t it? Nothing actually happens except that Colossus gets over his doubts about being on the X-Men… which I thought he got over two issues ago when Wolverine was in the danger room trash compactor with him, but whatever. The rest of the issue is just Arcade going crazy and the X-Men surviving rather peculiar death traps. Is it Proteus Saga time yet?
Not quite.
“He Only Laughs When I Hurt!”
Chris Claremont and John Byrne
Synopsis
As the X-Men continue to try to survive Murderworld, they’re forced to endure a new threat- a brainwashed Colossus.
Rolling Commentary
Page 2. Is Colleen actually saying she’s in love with Scott Summers?
Page 3. Okay, so Arcade has access to all his father’s money, that sort of answers one of my complaints. But how about this one, where the hell is this place? He can’t exactly have a parking lot and charge admission. Is this facility underground? More importantly, if his father was super rich, that means he’s a public figure, which means his death would have been investigated like crazy. Is Arcade wanted by the feds? *Sigh* So many questions…
Page 7. Luckily, that door Cyclops flew through led to a tunnel that led to Nightcrawler. Convenient, no?
Page 10. Actually, Scottie, that was pretty awesome.
Page 14. Who wants to bet Colossus just broke Banshee’s jaw. And see, I’m not completely convinced Charlie didn’t use his powers to help convince Colossus and the others to join. But that’s just me.
Page 17. Arcade is such a douche.
Post Mortem
A weird story? Yes. A fucked up villain that makes no real rational sense when you actually think about it? Absolutely. Overt anti-communist sentiment that really has nothing to do with the larger story? Yeah. But I still kind of think the Proletarian is cool.
Hey, at least the action scenes in this issue make more sense than last time (Instant androids? What the Christ?). Arcade is such a weird villain, I’m just glad we won’t have to see him for a while. The issue itself is rather transparent, though, isn’t it? Nothing actually happens except that Colossus gets over his doubts about being on the X-Men… which I thought he got over two issues ago when Wolverine was in the danger room trash compactor with him, but whatever. The rest of the issue is just Arcade going crazy and the X-Men surviving rather peculiar death traps. Is it Proteus Saga time yet?
Not quite.
posted by The Amazing Justin Palm! at 7/01/2006 11:17:00 AM
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