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Post by Mormel on Jul 27, 2019 8:59:21 GMT -5
I'm not gonna lie, but all those supporting heroes that showed up in those final issues? Would have made a pretty interesting team! Aside from the two you mentioned, Poltergeist, Shroud, Tigra, Werewolf-by-Night... have Spider-Woman lead them it could have been the kick off to a mystery/spooky West-Coast based team book. There's always been an intriguing aspect about assembling different characters and seeing what kind of chemistry the writer can develop between them. It doesn't always work as the Original Champions book was so dull. I think Champions failed because it didn't really do anything with its premise, which was being a team that helps out 'the little guy'. In its first 8 or so issues, it sees the Champions trying to establish themselves as brand/organisation, than actually responding to the calls of the downtrodden. The most interesting part was probably the Natasha/Ivan stuff with their Soviet past, but then I'm always a sucker for Crimson Dynamo. Also Rampage was a ridiculous villain.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 27, 2019 9:23:35 GMT -5
Almost forgot the question I wanted to ask: When did "To me, my X-Men!" start being a phrase in the actual X-Men books? Seems like these days people associate it with Professor X as being sort of his "Avengers, assemble!", but I haven't seen it in any Silver Age or Bronze Age issues, and the first time I saw it, Cyclops said it in Astonishing X-Men. Where did it first turn up? I first saw Professor X use it during Grant Morrison’s run, but then I skipped almost all of the ‘90s when it comes to the X-books.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jul 27, 2019 13:38:40 GMT -5
When did "To me, my X-Men!" start being a phrase in the actual X-Men books? Where did it first turn up? Looks like it was there from the beginning. Last panel of X-Men #1: ![](https://i.postimg.cc/MK8X7MPq/Annotation-2019-07-27-143551.jpg)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2019 13:39:26 GMT -5
The Rapier appeared in Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #2. Did the character ever return? He doesn't appear to even have a Wikipedia page.
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Post by Dizzy D on Jul 27, 2019 14:59:27 GMT -5
The Rapier appeared in Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #2. Did the character ever return? He doesn't appear to even have a Wikipedia page. He was in Captain America 319/320 (part of the Scourge storyline, so you can guess how that worked out for him).
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 27, 2019 15:13:43 GMT -5
Well, when you go around raping people..,
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2019 23:42:20 GMT -5
so close, so close ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Pennyworth.jpg)
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 28, 2019 15:49:07 GMT -5
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48398678946_f87af993b4_o.jpg) I missed it as a high schooler, but the issue's title, " The Anatomy Lesson" is based on a famous movie with a body dissected the same way. What movie inspired this ? Thanks
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2019 15:53:42 GMT -5
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48398678946_f87af993b4_o.jpg) I missed it as a high schooler, but the issue's title, " The Anatomy Lesson" is based on a famous movie with a body dissected the same way. What movie inspired this ? Thanks Anatomy of a Murder
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 28, 2019 17:20:45 GMT -5
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 28, 2019 18:28:17 GMT -5
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48398678946_f87af993b4_o.jpg) I missed it as a high schooler, but the issue's title, " The Anatomy Lesson" is based on a famous movie with a body dissected the same way. What movie inspired this ? Thanks Anatomy of a Murder
Thanks Michael and Kirby101 !
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 29, 2019 21:56:50 GMT -5
Is Bart Sears and Andy Smith the same person?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2019 22:09:04 GMT -5
Is Bart Sears and Andy Smith the same person? Nope. Similar art styles...?
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 30, 2019 5:57:30 GMT -5
I was being facetious. But their work looks very similar and they have worked together in the past.
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Post by MDG on Jul 30, 2019 9:12:33 GMT -5
I was being facetious. But their work looks very similar and they have worked together in the past. Yes, they had a studio in Syracuse together and worked on several projects. When X-O became a bi-weekly, they alternated issues.
Good artists, but all their characters looked like they were made out of polished chrome.
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