tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post5916284130698141325..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: X-MEN: X-CUTIONER'S SONG & X-MEN: A SKINNING OF SOULSMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-74024053020913976642016-07-13T13:24:04.530-07:002016-07-13T13:24:04.530-07:00Interesting Jae Lee/Bill S. comparison. I never t...Interesting Jae Lee/Bill S. comparison. I never thought about it, but you're right. (Though the difference is that I liked Bill S. during his "Neal Adams clone" days while I've never really liked Lee.)<br /><br />I never thought about the numbered chapter thing, either. You're right that this and "X-Tinction" are pretty much it for clearly numbered events. Unless I'm mistaken, I think the next time we see an X-event with chapter numbers on the issues' covers is "Hunt for Xavier" years later, and that story only runs between the two core X-titles.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-80318685956278597792016-07-13T07:58:54.944-07:002016-07-13T07:58:54.944-07:00My experience w/this era closely mirrors your. I&#...My experience w/this era closely mirrors your. I'd been reading a bit earlier, but "X-Cutioner's Song" was really the first big event of my reading tenure, and it felt like (or I made it) a BIG DEAL. I devoured it and was completely hooked. <br /><br />Then I found the subsequent Colossus story lacking (I even briefly - for one month - dropped comics entirely during it) but was completely captivated by the byzantine Psylocke/Revanche story, and I was all-in like never before after that. <br /><br />Though I do really like the Jae Lee X-FACTOR art. It's very NEW MUTANTS Sienkiewiczian. Which, now that I think about it, is probably also why it doesn't speak as much to you. <br /><br /><i> And while this is a nice idea, it really doesn't make much sense. These crossovers have nothing in common; no shared villain, no shared theme. Even a lot of the characters are different!</i><br /><br />Really, the only thing they have in common is that they're pretty much the only two crossovers from the height of the first Crossover Era to be formally-structured - with each chapter unfolding in the same rotation through each of the group books, each chapter clearly numbered, etc. <br /><br />(I always thought that happened more in this era, with stuff like "Inferno", "Fatal Attractions" etc. the rarity, but they were really the norm). <br /><br />Regardless, that's not really enough to justify goosing the logo just to match "X-Tinction". <br />Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.com