Re-Reading: X-O Manowar #68

xoken · Post by **xoken** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:51:04 pm

I thought we could do a book a day (that way people can read one every day or catch up on weekends), talk about it on its own, in the context of whats next, in regards to what expectations it creates and vote on how good it is. I don't have to be the one that posts everyday. If I miss a day or if someone wants to take over please do

For voting think of your single favourite comic book (not just VALIANT) as the benchmark - thats a 10 - and grade according to that.

Make sure to mention what you like'd about the book, what you didn't, what you wish they would have done, your favourite panels, lines of dialogue, little bits of trivia etc.

X-O Manowar #68

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Fri May 19, 2006 6:05:49 am

The End?

Is this issue a lie, or everything else? Or rather, how do we want it to be?

A bit of nostalgia could be seen in this issue. Important moments were repeated. The extreme one being the last page repeating the very first page of the series. That's actually cool. Do we see this issue as a "give-up" or as an "everything's possible"? Half full or half empty?

/Magnus

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri May 19, 2006 8:01:39 pm

So after stringing us along with issue after issue of nonsense it ends the same way. Dream, not a dream, a lie or not a lie. What has been real what has been reality this whole time? Utter garbage.

childres · Post by **childres** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:07:15 am

Kind of like the old Dallas tv show where one whole season was a dream?
Left a rather sour taste with that also.

I dislike finding out what I read might not have occurred in the series & the writers want a do over.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed May 24, 2006 6:51:16 am

And once again some joker gives it a ten and skews the poll.

myron · Post by **myron** » Wed May 24, 2006 7:35:47 am

ack, cough,gack...ewww, what was that...a hair ball???

Typical comic way of trying to justify (or UNjustify) the past two years issues...

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Wed May 24, 2006 7:38:26 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:And once again some joker gives it a ten and skews the poll.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:05:58 pm

jedimarley wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:And once again some joker gives it a ten and skews the poll.

So it was you!!!

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:06:01 pm

magnusr wrote:...how do we want it to be?

Nothing of value happens after X-O Manowar #40...
so I say this "ending" could be quickly "fixed" by having Aric wake up from a dream
where X-O Manowar #1-#40 & #0 happened, but he hallucinated everything else.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:16:34 pm

Malik's revealed to be working for Crescendo and Aric's inside a virtual reality aparatus since Marz's first issue, meaning that everything after it never happened.

myron · Post by **myron** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:27:35 pm

ManofTheAtom wrote:Malik's revealed to be working for Crescendo and Aric's inside a virtual reality aparatus since Marz's first issue, meaning that everything after it never happened.

<barf>

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:10:50 pm

myron wrote:
ManofTheAtom wrote:Malik's revealed to be working for Crescendo and Aric's inside a virtual reality aparatus since Marz's first issue, meaning that everything after it never happened.
<barf>

Yeah, kinda reminds you of when Dallas went downhill with Bobby Ewing returning and everything from the previous season was just a dream.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:42:46 pm

Even better, Crescendo herself is a virtual reality cyber-slut created by the former owner of Orb who Gonzalez was setting up for a comeback when Marz decided that what the book needed was girls with boobs bigger than their heads.

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:14:29 am

From this month's letter page at BobLayton.com (answering a question from MOTA):

I have also stated in the past that my story for X-O Manowar #68 was a HUGE mistake. I was upset by the plans that the company had to revamp the character, so I concocted that dumbass story that negated my contributions to the legacy of X-O--more or less returning it to a blank slate.

I know it was stupid--but I had had enough of Acclaim and their petty meddling. I apologize to all X-O fans for that unfortunate storyline.

/Magnus

Schmakt · Post by **Schmakt** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:15:02 pm

magnusr wrote:From this month's letter page at BobLayton.com (answering a question from MOTA):

I have also stated in the past that my story for X-O Manowar #68 was a HUGE mistake. I was upset by the plans that the company had to revamp the character, so I concocted that dumbass story that negated my contributions to the legacy of X-O--more or less returning it to a blank slate.

I know it was stupid--but I had had enough of Acclaim and their petty meddling. I apologize to all X-O fans for that unfortunate storyline.
/Magnus

That's cool to see...
I highly disliked the issue... Big letdown, for sure. Pretty much everything from birthquake onwards regarding X-O was bad tho, IMO. And I thought the art was terrible too.

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