X-Force #1
Written by Linkara Monday, 21 March 2011 21:47
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Comments (165)
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03.21.2011 - 23:01 | SomeRandomGeek
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03.21.2011 - 22:48 | ladydiskette
lol great review Linkara...I loved the look on his face when that one bad guy talk about going to the World Trade Center to bleed the people dry. lol it was just wonderful.
And what would be the reason you would name a super hero "Thumblina" if she is not going to be small or have the ability to shrink down or anything. Dosen't make any sense to me.
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03.22.2011 - 03:13 | PLAhttp://i.annihil.us/u/ prod/marvel//universe3zx/ images/thumb/1/1f/ EmmEllEff.jpg/406px- EmmEllEff.jpg
Because she's very small?
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03.22.2011 - 14:27 | saint23thomas
Considering that this comic takes place in a world were everything is constantly changing size, that doesn't really mean a whole lot.
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03.22.2011 - 18:45 | Rurik
Ironic humour, like calling a St. Bernard Tiny, or Stephanie Meyers an author.
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10.23.2011 - 15:09 | Dracowrath
Haha, Stephanie Meyers...
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03.21.2011 - 21:54 | Bullderdash
Excelsior!
God I love X-men.
Why must they showing up on your webshow?
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03.21.2011 - 22:13 | SpeedyEric
If anyone's interested in a good X-Men story, pick up The Dark Phoenix Saga.
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03.21.2011 - 22:02 | ThatGeekWithTheTemper
"X-Force"? Sounds like some sort of energy drink. (If you haven't pointed it out in the video.)
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03.21.2011 - 22:14 | SpeedyEricAt least X-Force energy drink doesn't invole Steven Seagal.
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03.21.2011 - 22:39 | e33lafDoes it give you wings?
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03.22.2011 - 02:14 | e33lafDammit!
:P
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04.24.2011 - 18:45 | Jegsimmons
and gives you small arrow shaped feet, its like a reverse elephantiasis.
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03.21.2011 - 22:02 | David2
Great review, but it sounds like you're getting Liefeld-out when you get to "THIS COMIC sucks." COME ON! IT's LIE-FRAGGING-FELD! You need to hit it with both barrels!
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03.21.2011 - 22:03 | FullmetalNinja25
Oh Rob Liefeld how much your art continues to make our eyes bleed.
Great video Lewis! :D
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03.21.2011 - 22:08 | Crossover Princess
Uh... I know 90's kid wants to be put into a polly bag when he dies... but what else does does he want to do?
Buried? Cremated? Set out to sea?
Then again I'm pointing out flaws in 90's kid logic... it's something I shouldn't do...
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03.22.2011 - 14:44 | saint23thomasActually, I think it might be kinda cool to have one's ashes displayed in a poly-bag on the mantelpiece.
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03.21.2011 - 22:10 | SpeedyEricI also don’t know much about X-Men. I get my knowledge about it from the animated series and the movies.
2:00 - With Rob Liefeld at the helm? …HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA!!! Sorry, I had to get that out. =)
I saw a polybaged issue at Krypton Comics in Omaha, Nebraska a few times, but I already have the entire Death of Superman trilogy in trade-paperback form.
I’ve read the Top 40 Worst Rob Liefeld Drawings, and thank God I did.
10:56- This is the weirdest fourth wall breaking I’ve ever seen in any medium.
15:05- I feel your pain, Lewis. I could also use a color metaphor myself.
I also call the Weapon X bit stupid.
19:39- ROB LIEFELD, THE IRATE GAMER OF COMICS!!!
Nice job on 90s Kid in this episode.
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03.21.2011 - 22:14 | Fanofyou
how did Liefeld ever get popular?
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03.22.2011 - 05:41 | dennett316
I wonder the same thing when I see "artwork" that shows a roaring fire and makes it look like a giant buried in ice up to his hairline...seriously, that fire looks like hair.
The man is awful. He's better at drawing than me, but I'm not getting paid big bucks and proclaiming to be a professional artist, Leifeld must have made a deal with the devil.
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03.22.2011 - 06:09 | David2Over-exaggerated muscles for guys, boobs for girls, plus he was still a kid when he started.
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03.22.2011 - 11:53 | yourworstnightmareFan: See 90's Kid. Kids actually were a lot like that character back then.
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12.13.2011 - 15:13 | RokuroCarisu
The way I see it, it was neither Liefeld's drawing nor his writing that made him popular. It was the style of the characters he designed. They were new and outstanding - until they weren't anymore. All those things we make fun of today, like the wierd weapons, the shoulder pads, the hair and so on, was actually a welcome breeze of fresh air in the genre back then, when most superheroes just wore colorful spandex. Until it turned into a big bubble of hot air, with too many character looking like that.
And actually, I don't find the 90's antihero fashion style outright bad. I find it funny! ^^
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03.21.2011 - 22:18 | SlyDante
Is it just me, or does Feral's hair seem as big as her whole torso in some shots?
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03.21.2011 - 22:42 | LevelUpLeo
Man, what is up with Superhero teams failing then saying how much of a good victory it was.
Also, for issue number one... what the hell did we learn about this team? Their mission? Origin? Seriously, what a pointless comic...
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03.22.2011 - 19:25 | RurikWell, I learned that Tabby's Nextwave outfit was a considerable upgrade from her X-Force outfit, does that count? XD
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03.21.2011 - 22:46 | BATZARRO
Why is Feral so...gross. It's like Wolverine and Beast where mashed into a genderbending machine. I mean not every female in comics has to be super sexy(yeah, I know...), but Feral is aweful.
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Okay, WHY?! I know sometimes a single shoulder pad adds a bit of anarchy which creates a unique design but it also has a function. A double padded shoulder pad is just... just...
STUPID!!!! You FAIL Liefeld.
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03.21.2011 - 23:01 | SSH
I'm surprised 90s kid, doesn't want to be buried in the machine gun coffin of awesome. When a person decides to break into your grave and robbing it, you can safely proudly say that your body to be impaled into that person's enemies, your left femur and that guys right femur, your pinky finger, going right in between the eyes, your pelvis going straight through that guys rib cage! It's totally awesome. Desecrating your own grave and body, to kill zombies.
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03.22.2011 - 02:07 | Crashunderride
He probably does, his poly bag seal body will be places inside the casket, then it will be wrapped in chains with an unnecessarily large chain wrapped around it.
You know.....To be more EXTREME!!!!
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03.21.2011 - 23:11 | clericofthesun
Just so you know Shatterstar comes from the Mojoverse, which you're probably at least somewhat familiar with from the 90s cartoon, where he was a gladiator. Domino is a mutant with the power to affect probability. I don't know why Marvel decided they needed another mutant with that power when they already had the Scarlet Witch and Longshot, but whatever.
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Okay, I'm not gonna finish that stereotypical gay joke.
But yeah, funny thing about ShatterStar and being on Earth and away from Mojoverse, is that eventually they made him gay. 2009 in an issue of X-Factor, he and another guy named Rictor became a couple.
And that bugged the HELL out of Liefeld. He's all, "SHATTERSTAR'S NOT GAY?! WTFBBQ?!"
The response came back with "Too bad. You left Marvel. Deal with it." (More Or Less)
So given ShatterStar and Deadpool both being Liefeld creations... the real irony seems to be that these characters become better characters WITHOUT Liefeld!
Funny, huh? :)
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03.22.2011 - 15:04 | saint23thomasLiefeld draws every man as a hulking mass of muscles, and he was surprised that Marvel decided that one of his macho-men should be gay.
[insert Nelson Muntz "Ha-Ha" clip]
I hope whoever suggested that idea got a promotion.
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03.22.2011 - 11:06 | mrskippy
Well, to be fair, Scarlet Witch doesn't so much affect probability as alter reality itself.
As a side note, if you want to see Cable not be an idiot the whole damn story, the "Second Coming" story has been collected as a trade hardback...
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03.21.2011 - 23:13 | JRodHacker
wait...Boom Boom should just shut up and go back to looking like who now? That one went over my head BIG time!
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03.21.2011 - 23:48 | Cinnamon Scudworth
Please don't tell me you don't know who Cyndi Lauper is....
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03.22.2011 - 00:26 | Linkara
Cyndi Lauper? Singer? The woman who sings the theme song in the end credits? Also did "Girls Just Want to Have Fun?"
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03.21.2011 - 23:19 | woollybully100
this may be a dumb question, isn't warpath suppose to dead? blown up with a plane?
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03.22.2011 - 00:07 | clericofthesunThat was his older brother, Thunderbird.
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03.21.2011 - 23:20 | laughingman19
Am I the only one who thought that Rebel-Os sounds like the name of some badass cereal?
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03.22.2011 - 02:04 | CrashunderrideNo, that was actually my first thought. The second he said it I said aloud " I would totally buy that cereal though."
To tell the truth I'm a bit surprised Linkara didn't make that joke himself.
Maybe he thought it was to obvious? Or, more likely, it just didn't occur to him at the time.
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Of course, if I poly-bag issues of Gemini Storm and insert a trading card of one of the characters, I'll be sure to sell thousands of copies. Or maybe even millions!
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Good review just 2 things to clear up
1) Shatter Star, like myself, is from another dimension not another planet, the Mojoverse *the said with a Groan, along with Longshot, Spiral, and Mojo
2) ALPHA FLIGHT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE X-MEN!!!!!!!! I'm sorry to be so strong about this but it's true and everyone gets this wrong, in the teams whole history they've had about 4 mutants in their roster, Wolverine was never on the team despite plans for him to be on it, that's as connected as the 2 groups are, Wolverine was almost gonna be in Alpha Flight once before it started, that's it. Linkara I'm not trying to attack you or really attack anyone I'm just trying to educate people...I like Alpha Flight and the misconception can get annoying
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03.21.2011 - 23:47 | Zydrate
As an aspiring comic artist, it really lifts my spirit knowing I could never be as bad as Liefeld. In fact, that's pretty much all Liefeld's work is good for, making other artist feel better about their own work.
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03.22.2011 - 15:22 | saint23thomasThat's it. I've got it. Nobody actually likes Liefeld's work (well, almost nobody). Liefeld comics sell because hipsters buy them "ironically". The same may also apply to every other facet of his popularity.
It's diabolical. It's insane. In fact, it's so insane... nah, he wouldn't working on something that makes people dumber... or would he...?
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03.21.2011 - 23:51 | TrencherI got this comic, it is what you say it is.
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Taking a long shot, but I am calling it: face-heel turn on 90s Kid, possibly another Mecha-Linkara.
Anyone else wanting a Rob Leifeld cameo, just for sheer WTF-ery?
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03.22.2011 - 00:12 | Cassiekins
In the first part w/ all of the character's names doesn't it look like Cable is about to land crotch first on Shatter Storm's sword? XXD;; He even has a "SHIIIIIIIIT!" look on his face.
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Doesn't Cable have a robot arm or something? I bet that's why he weighs so much.
Anyway, good episode. I can't say I ever really cared much about the X-Men, either, for about the same reasons; with Spider-Man, you can start reading from just about any point and you don't have to worry too much about his history, with X-Men, even with the simplest stories involving them, I feel lost and asking a dozen questions just to keep up. On one hand, I admire the vast history and character relationships...on the other hand, I don't have the patience to get involved with them all.
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03.23.2011 - 02:05 | BooRat
his arm is biorganic! he's got a virus that's slowly turning him into metal
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Yeah, the Continuity Alarm would be going ape bananas if you tried covering Weapon X.
Which I think actually might be a good thing to cover in the near future because if I recall what the Weapon X that's set to appear in X-Force next is...
...Deadpool.
Now maybe I haven't watched enough back episodes yet, but given his cult status, rise in popularity, and going from a Liefeld rip off of Deathstroke the Terminator, to fourth wall breaking funny-hit-man...
...I think some coverage may be worth while. Plus, he even got his own series eventually, which if I recall at the time, wasn't terribly popular, so the writers and artists just did whatever the heck they wanted with Deadpool and GOT AWAY WITH IT!
I'm curious to see Deadpool get the Linkara treatment. I am VERY curious and intrigued as to what that'd be like.
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03.22.2011 - 00:59 | That Black Guy With the GThe comic Deadpool first appeared was actually a lot worse than even this one. New Mutants #37, I think. Horrible piece of work, even by Liefeld's usual standards. Love to see Linkara do it sometime.
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03.26.2011 - 13:50 | Mole
New Mutants 98 was Deadpool's first appearance.
New Mutants 37 was still when Claremont was writing and New Mutants was good. Although that particular issue was in the middle of the horribly mediocre Secret Wars II event.
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03.22.2011 - 00:25 | Ctuyou want to know why they are carrying the road!?
It is so the chicken can't cross it...duh :P
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03.22.2011 - 00:28 | HeartBurnKidThis is actually the comic that got me into superhero comics.
And I feel dirty admitting that.
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03.22.2011 - 00:44 | RydelBTW, there were some double bladed swords like that (I know the Japanese had one called the souba).
The idea is that with 2 cuts that close together, the wound is much harder to stitch up, making the wounded person more likely to die.
Odd weapon choice considering Professor X's views on killing
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03.22.2011 - 00:44 | TheBlackMage
Linkara does this mean you don't want all those copies of X-force #1 I wanted to donate?
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03.22.2011 - 00:57 | mumbls
I live in vegas, but when people start making plans involving the WTC, I get nervous. I could barely read on of the stories in my "Superman in the Seventies" tpb because of a towering inferno. Remind me again, but which story involved Spider-man and Daredevil discussing the Surgeon General?
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03.22.2011 - 01:20 | LinkaraDaredevil #306, which I've also reviewed. ^_~
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Why is a stumpy fat woman is named Thumbelina?
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