Murd's Time Bubble Talkback: The Twenty-Second Time
Adam_Murdough
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At last, the time has come: Murd reacts to the first issue of Grant Morrison's New X-Men run! (A little less 'New' than it was in 2001, but no less worthy of comment!) Also, Garth Ennis takes on Spider-Man; John Ostrander breaks down the history of the Justice League; and... wait for it... the first-ever Time Bubble / Crisis Tapes crossover!! (3:10:41)
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And what a touching tribute to Jamie D. I confess, you made me cry. Wherever he is right now, I know he loved hearing that. What a wonderful friend you are.
Your comments on New X-Men are well received by me and I'm glad you're taking an even-handed approach. Though I pretty much love everything about this opening arc, you do make some good points regarding costume and appearance changes. The Wolverine line is a bit odd, for the very reasons you mentioned. Personally, since I became a fan of the character while he was wearing the orange and brown costume, I had already been thinking that the yellow and blue costume looked a bit silly for years anyway. So to hear the character describe it as such was amusing to me. (Yes, probably Morrison's Logan would have described the orange and brown costume as silly also, but the yellow and blue was the most recent costume he would have been discarding at the time, and it is "louder".) All in all, I DO think Wolverine's personality would (or should) be allergic to wearing such gaudy superhero gear, and him discarding it would be a long overdue oversight. Sure, he was created wearing a "loud" costume, but he was soon shown to be the kind of guy who almost certainly would hate wearing something so silly looking. So in my mind Morrison was correcting an oversight and bringing the character down to reality in a very sensible way. But, yeah, the line of dialogue is still weird because it takes the reader out of the story and makes you think "Then why's he been wearing a costume for so long?". Ah, not a big deal either way... These are the sorts of things comic nerds think way too much about. :)
Thanks also for responding to my question/concern from last Time. I'm sure that no matter how or when you read these stories, you'll be getting a lot out of them.
Great episode! I listen to podcasts while I'm at work so lengthy installments are great.
The books you are covering are right on the cusp of when I got back into comics. I've enjoyed listening to you talk about stories that I missed out on.
And @Adam_Murdough ... you got me with "Danny Boy" at the end, my man. Well done. Well done, indeed.
X-Men Forever, the first series by that name, by Fabian Nicieza and Kevin Maguire! I remember you talking about this 6-issue mini-series in a Time Bubble episode or two from the fairly recent past. I picked it up for cheap a week ago and enjoyed it very much. Fairly unique series; definitely interesting; and I've never seen the X-characters rendered in Maguire's style of art before. So, while a far cry from the Avengers Forever series that it seems like a distant echo of in some ways, X-Men Forever was definitely a treat as well. Thanks for the recommendation!