tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post2274364696147754145..comments2024-03-22T21:30:12.908-04:00Comments on Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!!: Marvel 1981 Week--Uncanny X-Men #151!snellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-357804342229231582011-11-17T09:47:22.000-05:002011-11-17T09:47:22.000-05:00Such great artists there - I love how James Sherma...Such great artists there - I love how James Sherman occasionally has someone mug to camera or look outward at the reader.<br /><br />I do miss that period, when there were quiet days at school, interrupted only occasionally by the odd Sentinel.<br /><br />And don't get me started on the X-Men recruiting villains. We need Roy Thomas to write a story revealing that in the X-Men's first encounter with Emma Frost she planted seeds in the mind of Xavier, Cyclops and co ...Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-7826202722316780472011-11-16T18:56:18.831-05:002011-11-16T18:56:18.831-05:00Not my favourite story by Claremont, but then stor...Not my favourite story by Claremont, but then stories following a big anniversary issue normally are not great. But, it had the advantage of being very full with lots of dialogue, certainly much better value for money than 99% of comics now. And the Hellfire Club were still great villains back then!Nick Yankovecnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-72156923676429679232011-11-16T16:36:36.250-05:002011-11-16T16:36:36.250-05:00Egad, I have this...bought it new, I did, and at t...Egad, I have this...bought it new, I did, and at the time, I thought it was the Most Fabulous Thing Ever! <br /><br />Give me a break, I WAS pretty young.<br /><br />And yet, God help me, I have read worse.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-42754436877752975352011-11-16T16:30:35.269-05:002011-11-16T16:30:35.269-05:00I remember sitting on a number 70 bus in Glasgow i...I remember sitting on a number 70 bus in Glasgow in 1981 and wincing at that panel where Emma quotes a hunka Lear- as you do, when you've stolen the body of the biggest female star at Marvel (aside from Dazzler, obviously). I still don't like it but I do like Sherman/McleodDougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.com