tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post7865044202598124792..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: UNCANNY X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #1 - 4Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-16043592971583206282015-05-22T11:36:32.099-07:002015-05-22T11:36:32.099-07:00I understand how it can be seen as blue. I though...I understand how it can be seen as blue. I thought it was blue when I was younger. But now I feel like it's some super-shiny black material that reflects light as blue (same as how I see Batman's cape). My reasoning is:<br /><br />1. It's drawn the same way as the Byrne-redesigned Fantastic Four costumes.<br /><br />2. In the pages of Byrne's FF, those costumes are explicitly described as being black and white.<br /><br />And, if you want to get non-canonical, Byrne himself has said that the costume is supposed to be black. All of the confusion just stems from the days of using blue, instead of something more natural, like white or gray, to highlight black (see most characters' black hair over the years).<br /><br />So pretty much my entire reasoning hinges on John Byrne, I guess.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-31280240310589410032015-05-19T09:05:06.625-07:002015-05-19T09:05:06.625-07:00I read FIRST CLASS, the initial series which did t...I read FIRST CLASS, the initial series which did the same sort of thing with the original X-Men, and a few issues of the Wolverine/Kitty series set circa UXM 139 & 140 that did the same thing, but then lost interest in the concept. I haven't read these issues, but given that they're on Marvel Unlimited, I may have to check them out. <br /><br /><i>As best I can tell, all eight issues of this series must take place during the time gap between UNCANNY X-MEN #110 and 111</i><br /><br />I love that that's pretty much the only place any outside-UXM stories featuring Phoenix and Banshee can fit. The stories before and after are so specific in terms of timing and the cast involved that everything has to get wedged in between those two issues. :) <br /><br /><i>. I imagine it's meant simply to chronicle "untold" tales of the X-Men as if they had been published at the time of the original stories, rather than being a retroactive look at the characters utilizing continuity from later publications.</i><br /><br />This little sub group of titles (FIRST CLASS, etc.) have a weird relationship with continuity, in that I think they're trying to do both. <br /><br />FIRST CLASS, for example, fits between issues of the original series, so it's like the UNTOLD TALES model, yet the characters are wearing different uniforms, speak with updated references to pop culture, and referencing continuity that wasn't in place when the original stories were published, so they're kind of doing their own thing. <br /><br />I think the idea is supposed to be "just tell a good story" and sometimes that means adhering to established continuity and sometimes not, and I have mixed feelings about that loosey goosey approach. <br /><br /><i> Cyclops's costume was black, people. </i><br /><br />Huh. I never, in a million years, ever would have said Cyclops' classic costume, with the pirate boots and the skullcap, was black. Ask me a hundred times and I always would have said it was blue (with black highlights on occasion). Now you have me questioning everything I ever knew about color... <br />Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.com