The X-Men #1
Written by Linkara Monday, 22 November 2010 21:35
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11.23.2010 - 09:13 | JohanTW
I've always wondered... in the theme song, there is an image of this weird masked dude swinging and kicking but it's drawn strangely to say the least! What review is that from, I'd like to see it? :)
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11.23.2010 - 11:55 | Linkara
Youngblood #1. And that would be him attacking an opponent with his crotch.
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I had really hoped you would do an origin stories for Wonder Woman this month. And seeing as to she was even in the little sequence, I was under the impression that you were going to. Then again, seeing as to she started out as a nudist it may have been a bit difficult to show any panels without offending someone. However, I was looking forward to your opinion, seeing as to you are a feminist. Just thought I'd get that out there and still, great review. :D
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12.21.2010 - 21:30 | Marshmallowcreampie
Wait, when was Wonder Woman a nudist?! I mean, I knew about the bondage, but I never heard anything about nudity...
With that said, I never read the first X-Men comics. I really prefer the "second generation" team, you know, the one with Storm, Nightcrawler, and Wolverine.
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11.28.2011 - 13:58 | RokuroCarisu
I'd really love to see a review of Wonder Woman's origin story. She's easily the weirdest and most ludicrous of all better known superheroes. ^^
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11.23.2010 - 20:47 | raddaluigi
I get my info on stuff I don't know about from Wikipedia.
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Early Silver Age comics by Stan Lee were actually pretty hilarious in no small part because of his utter inability to write good female characters. Jean, Sue and Janet in particular did very little in the early days besides failing to do anything productive with their powers and making all the men around them horny.
Oh, and if I were a superhero, I’d be Cyclops. His power is maximum (I couldn’t resist).
By the way, I checked, and you definitely didn’t reuse the intro sequence from the last video, even not counting the TOTALLY NOT IMPORTANT bit with the morpher in the beginning of this one.
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11.22.2010 - 21:52 | Edgar Lorcan Night
This made a rather crappy day a lot better. Thanks. ^_^
And I honest-to-goodness fell over in a person-shaped heap of snickering lunacy at the line about the wheel of death and the chompers being an incentive for students to get homework done. That was... that was brilliant. -applause-
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11.22.2010 - 21:57 | Fanofyou
you really hate ice man huh?
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11.23.2010 - 08:07 | hannibalbrown
Ice Man just needs a carrot and a top hat to become SUPER FROSTY!!!
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11.23.2010 - 19:06 | SSV3201
He had the carrot, but I don't remember a hat.
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11.22.2010 - 22:10 | Crossover Princess
That a good end for the month. I loved the call back joke with the conversation with the school board...
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11.22.2010 - 22:34 | NecroMasterXHey linkara, I was considering getting back into comics soon. But, I haven't read many recent comics and are probably going to not understand a lot of major plot-points. re there any comics you recommend that are good and don't have a bunch of continuity I won't understand?
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11.22.2010 - 22:53 | SpeedyEric
I started reading DC and Marvel comics and graphic novels after seeing "Superman Returns" in the summer of '06. Whenever I read about a character or event I don't know of, I loke it up on the internet.
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11.23.2010 - 20:22 | pinky75910
Depends on what kinda comics you want to read. He has recommended some good comics in previous reviews.
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11.22.2010 - 22:58 | SpeedyEricBefore Secret Origins Month, I've already read Action Comics #1, Amazing Fantasy #15, and Detective Comics #27, but not The X-Men #1. Thanks for the help, Lewis. ;)
I thought the name X-Men came from Professor "X"avier
3:56- FRACK-UP ALERT!! It's actually yellow and BLUE.
The original look of Iceman looks like Bobby Drake should have been named Snowman.
9:04- ...I rest my case.
11:33- Xavier in the middle panel here looks like he's turning into Egghead from the old Batman series.
12:03- OF COURSE!!!
Baptisim of Fire. I think that's been shown at the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
At least the X-Men progressed over the years and are now movie stars.
Living Illusion does an awesome rendition of the X-Men theme.
If you do Secret Origins month again next year, here are some recomendations you might like to review:
The Incredible Hulk #1
DC Showcase #4 (Barry Allen/Flash)
Tales of Suspense #39 (Iron Man)
DC Showcase #22 (Hal Jordon/Green Lantern)
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11.22.2010 - 23:06 | SuccubusYuri
One thing I got instantly...
"These missles will lock onto your body heat! Especially you Ice man!"
Yeah, seeing a little problem in your plan, Magneto.
In general, I'm really iffy about who we're supposed to be rooting for until the end, like, was it just a tale of how rejected people get messed up? Or is it really super heroes? What will become of Xavier's School for Tomorrow's Sex Offenders? I can see why this was saved for last...it's just....wrong.
Good month Linkara, and you better do it next year! We loves it! We needs it!
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11.23.2010 - 01:22 | SheikYeah, that didn't add up very well, unless Iceman some how keeps normal body heat and....eeehhhh, no, head hurts >.
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11.22.2010 - 23:10 | FullmetalNinja25
Wow who knew The X-Men were sexist dicks who had no respect for authority? :O
Great video Lewis! =D
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11.22.2010 - 23:22 | montanker
Am I the only one who thought the headline meant that all six secret rockets had been brought down?
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11.22.2010 - 23:34 | TheCooper
YES X MEN!My hunch was right!
Nightcrawler was always my fav.
SNOWBALLS ARE GOD!
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11.22.2010 - 23:30 | rowdycmoore
Hmm, we have Linkara working on a Zeonizer with a sonic screwdriver... I see a Power Rangers Zeo comic in the new opener... we know there has to be a confrontation with this Lord Vyce eventually...
Or am I looking too much into this?
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11.23.2010 - 07:08 | batfan^Considering there's a surprise comic he's going to review on December 25 that's not actually Christmas related, I think you may be on to something there.
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11.22.2010 - 23:40 | BobbingForOlivesBwahaha, yes, I remember thinking the same thing about it being a screwed up school. Not because of the whole mutant thing... they were just all kinda creepers.
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11.22.2010 - 23:44 | danethefurry
Awww, and I wanted to see the first Doctor Strange comic...Damn.
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11.22.2010 - 23:46 | Ota-Kun
Aww it's over already?
Well it'll be nice to get back into the normal swing of things.
So was Beast anything like his later incantations? He seems more like a stupider Wolverine in this comic.
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11.22.2010 - 23:46 | Darkherdt1725
I can't wait till next origins month I hope you reveiw Ironman's origin. :)
P.S. great reveiw Linkara, I love the X-men.
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11.22.2010 - 23:48 | angel85
humans are mostly water, and as a dipole molecule water can be affected by magnetic fields, therefore is Magneto tries hard enough he CAN in fact use his magnetic powers to throw people around...or he could just rip the hemoglobin out of our blood cells and kill us horribly.
But WOW...this comic almost reads like a Michal Bay movie, Megan Fox can be Gene Gray and Shea Lebeue or however the hell you spell his name would probably be iceman.
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Are you honestly going to do another issue of Brute Force next week? Because don't just cocktease us with the possibility of a Robo-Bear/Cyber-Gorilla rematch, man. =P
Also, excellent review as usual. Always suprised to learn how some of our most beloved heroes were such dicks...XD
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11.22.2010 - 23:52 | TomQuoVadis
Merry Mutants?
Merry means peaceful.
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11.22.2010 - 23:59 | snakes3425Wow guess Jean's glad they changed her name from Marvel Girl to Pheonix
How about Wolverine and the Hulk's origins
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11.23.2010 - 00:06 | MasterKirov
12:30
Look out it's Tankenstien!
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11.23.2010 - 00:09 | Evad: Lord of Fail
This is actually one of the few comics I own. I have the Platinum Re-release of it (or something like that) back home. Yeah...first half is kind of weird.
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Not to sound like a jerk or anything but you can't just let the Gold Ranger Morpher that you were working on slip us by. You know that there are going to be more bungholes asking about that so might as well come clean now. By the way, not doing more secret origins for this month, while I understand why it's just... ugh.
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11.23.2010 - 00:16 | TheBlackMage
All I can think about is why didn't Iceman have a face?
Is it because he didn't get "faced" by Eli Roth?
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Damn, I wanted you to review the origin of Wonder Woman. Or have you done that Linkara and I just haven't found it yet?
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11.23.2010 - 20:54 | KariThat would be a good one. He did kind of go into it a bit in the Amazons Attack prologue, though.
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11.24.2010 - 05:46 | Divide By Zero
Yeah, I was hoping for Wonder Woman myself =( Ah well, maybe next year.
As for the X-men, they are hands down my favourite super-powered group and probably always will be (even in spite of the atrocity that the movies committed upon them). Seeing where they started out is a joy, even if it does include some very weird behaviour from the illustrious Professor X, and Jean Grey being more useless than usual.
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Great episode as always, Linkara! it's so funny to see how different the original X-Men were from their modern incarnations, lol
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11.23.2010 - 00:35 | Dansdaughter
No Linkara tell us your origin! And is that a morpher? I really hope you're going to an epic christmas special, it'll give me something decent to watch appart from Doctor who XD
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11.23.2010 - 00:35 | Dr Forrester
Man, the original X-Men was fucking cheesy! The Stan Lee voice Linkara uses for the narration fits perfectly. The effect for your telepathy was also great!
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11.23.2010 - 00:43 | Deimos1984rd
I can't believe I'm saying this but...Xavier scares me in this issue.
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