tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post6738023242815401330..comments2024-03-29T02:32:15.437-04:00Comments on Remarkable: WildCATs 10-13Geoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-89851878069700679902017-05-19T05:15:55.217-04:002017-05-19T05:15:55.217-04:00No one has mentioned the 30 issue WildCATS run by ...No one has mentioned the 30 issue WildCATS run by Alan Moore! (21-50) It's one of the best superhero comics of the 90s. Highly recommended and endlessly rereadable!Mike-ELhttp://www.comicbooksyndicate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-38674070936292543132015-11-07T19:57:11.820-05:002015-11-07T19:57:11.820-05:00It's "Miranda Tai", FYI.It's "Miranda Tai", FYI.John Pannozzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533256044605730722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-91679920642642135102010-10-15T01:20:46.591-04:002010-10-15T01:20:46.591-04:00It's a punchline off a set-up from earlier in ...It's a punchline off a set-up from earlier in the issue. (The issue in question being X-Men/WildCATs #2.) The set-up is: Grifter asks Marvel Girl if she learned a certain strategy in "superhero school or something," and she smirks and says, "Something.<br /><br />Later, when the characters are attacked by a ray beam, Marvel Girl shouts, cornily, "A bio-kinetic blast!!!" And Grifter's riposte is:<br /><br />"You can *identify* the type of blast? That is one thorough school."<br /><br />And that is the line that I love so much. :)Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-69281023027660905322010-10-15T00:53:36.676-04:002010-10-15T00:53:36.676-04:00What is your favorite-ever Scott Lobdell line? Ba...What is your favorite-ever Scott Lobdell line? Based on some of your previous comments, I'm a little surprised there is one.<br /><br />-- MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-35800246711521308662010-10-14T23:16:33.204-04:002010-10-14T23:16:33.204-04:00I love most of them, j. As noted, the ones he did...I love most of them, j. As noted, the ones he did with Byrne are the best. I also quite like the four-parter involving an amnesiac Black Widow. (That was maybe the last four issues he wrote of MTU ... ? Close to the last for sure.)<br /><br />He did tend to use it as a commercial for the other titles he was writing -- hence the team-ups with Havok, Ms. Marvel, Dr. Strange, Man-Thing, etc. But the stories were still really entertaining. I liked how, despite their being mostly self-contained, Claremont's Marvel Team-Up did have that one long-running plot involving The Silver Samurai (who was sort of the arch-villain of that series while Claremont wrote it). <br /><br />He even managed to tie in the Saturday Night Live issue to the overarching Samurai thing, which was lots of fun. (Even though that issue itself isn't even a little bit funny.)<br /><br />A few of the non-Byrne issues of that run are a little lacking, but overall I think it's a fantastic sequence of issues. And given that Claremont isn't always the best at comedy, he writes a surprisingly good, quippy Spidey. <br /><br />Great stuff!Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-15470238181927337402010-10-14T22:41:01.679-04:002010-10-14T22:41:01.679-04:00Jason,
I'm sure this has been asked before, b...Jason,<br /><br />I'm sure this has been asked before, but what are your thoughts on the Marvel Team Up issues Claremont did? He had some great issues, especially the ones he did with Bryne.jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-27468768821125630262010-10-13T16:02:53.761-04:002010-10-13T16:02:53.761-04:00One of the issues just before Claremont's does...<i>One of the issues just before Claremont's does have a cameo from Scott Summers and Jean Grey. </i><br /><br />Now THAT I remember! I think it was a pretty big deal at the time (at least it was to Wizard...).Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-78356658930704456642010-10-13T16:01:09.435-04:002010-10-13T16:01:09.435-04:00One of the issues just before Claremont's does...One of the issues just before Claremont's does have a cameo from Scott Summers and Jean Grey. Which is kind of cute.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-80088513876598632992010-10-13T15:20:23.051-04:002010-10-13T15:20:23.051-04:00You know, I've read some of the earlier, awful...You know, I've read some of the earlier, awful WildCATS stuff from before the excellent Wildcats 3.0, but I have no recollection of these issues, so I must have missed them. <br /><br />I'll have to keep an eye out for them at the next con.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-17155787988930151502010-10-13T01:19:35.209-04:002010-10-13T01:19:35.209-04:00Mike! Thanks for such a thorough analysis. This ...Mike! Thanks for such a thorough analysis. This is really great.<br /><br />Oddly enough, I just bought a bunch of WildCATs comics from a used book store, 'cause they were selling them for 50 cents a piece.<br /><br />My idea was to read the entire run of WildCATs, from 1 all the way to Claremont's last, and see how Claremont's arc read in the context of the previous issues.<br /><br />I still can't get through the things. It really is everything that critics accused Image of being: all flash and dazzle, no substance. Which is too bad. I like Jim Lee ...<br /><br />BTW, your mention of "Bio-blasts" reminds me of my favorite-ever Scott Lobdell line, from the "WildCATs/X-Men" crossover.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-90704935839147433032010-10-12T23:06:03.821-04:002010-10-12T23:06:03.821-04:00I went to the nearest comic shop to see if I could...I went to the nearest comic shop to see if I could pick up any of the post-Uncanny Claremont runs you mentioned. This was the only one they had in full. I agree that the story felt overstuffed, as Claremont packed in a number of familiar tropes: the possession by the Rakshas echoes both the Brood (alien possession) and Proteus (the possessor that burns out its host) and the veteran male guardian of the young female (the Huntsman and Miranda) echoes both the Logan/Kitty pairing and the Gambit/de-aged Storm pairing. I suspect this was because Claremont really needs to view his characters as real people, and the banal early Image characters didn't give him much to work with in this regard. Without character traits to dig into, he really leaned on some of the old standbys. At least the extended opening dialogue between Zealot and Voodoo was a rare instance in an Image comic of allowing female characters to actually have a discussion about something other than the male lead (and Zealot actually wearing pants).<br /><br />My recollection is that the early Image characters also had incredibly poorly defined powers (Bio-blasts!), so we don't get to see Claremont's gift for clever power combinations in battle.<br /><br />Jason has pointed out that Claremont likes to keep attempting ideas that he feels he didn't get quite right (e.g., half the X-Men believing the others are dead), so I think Kazekage is right on that Claremont wanted another crack at whatever he was trying to achieve with the Gambit/Storm thread. I wish an ongoing Huntsman series had materialized if for no other reason than to shed some light on what Claremont wanted to accomplish there.<br /><br />The conclusion is also interesting in that it looks like it's going to be a Dark Phoenix repeat, with Zealot becoming the all-powerful female who is too dangerous to live. Zealot, Majestic and Savant all agree that Zealot has to die. But then Voodoo helps Zealot divest the godlike power and return to her status quo ante. While the female character still isn't allowed to keep supreme power, at least it is female agency that removes the power and saves Zealot's life. Meanwhile, the tired Wolverine knockoffs of Grifter and Warblade are largely ignored.<br /><br />-- MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-91358088509817839892010-10-12T12:28:47.531-04:002010-10-12T12:28:47.531-04:00Kaze, yeah, that sounds pretty likely.Kaze, yeah, that sounds pretty likely.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-30607755013556290922010-10-12T12:15:41.804-04:002010-10-12T12:15:41.804-04:00I always read it that Miranda (is it Tai or Mirand...I always read it that Miranda (is it Tai or Miranda?) had created Hunstman as an idealized version of the "perfect hero," which I think was his initial plan for Gambit, wasn't it?<br /><br />There's plenty of clues that this is the case--he never leaves her and there's one point where he's surprised when he's forcibly teleported to her side when Lord Soma is attacking her.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.com