From: 910252m@ace.acadiau.ca (DWAYNE ALLAN MACKINNON)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.xbooks
Subject: Re: Uncanny #295
Date: 13 Oct 92 23:59:47 GMT
Organization: Acadia University

In article <1992Oct13.102836.3111@wkuvx1.bitnet> barnejd@wkuvx1.bitnet writes:
>From: barnejd@wkuvx1.bitnet
>Subject: Re: Uncanny #295
>Date: 13 Oct 92 10:28:36 CDT
>In article <8epSHRm00iV0Q4ssQe@andrew.cmu.edu>, mk56+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael J. Keating) writes:
>> The part with Jubillee at the beginning was really kind of nice.  She's
>> a great source of comic relief, along with Guido.  I can just picture
>> her making jokes about Shatterstar's mother.  I kind of wish they would
>> have printed it....
>
>Personally, I liked that the joke was left unsaid, bacause what she
>said probably wasn't all that funny ("Your mother wears combat boots"
>or something to that effect).  Especially with Lobdell writing it.
> 
>> Okay, how can anyone deny that Stryfe, at least, is Nathan Summers? 
>> That scene with Jean all but proves it.  His references to a baby being
>> taken from security and poked and terrified by machines has got to be a
>> reference to Nathan's capture and subsequent torture by Apocalypse. 
>> Also, when she asked "Why have you done this to me?" he says, "I was
>> about to ask the same of you."  A little bit bitter, eh?  He must blame
>> X-Factor for his past.  Who else could he blame?  They were supposed to
>> have been protecting him!
>
>Ah, something I agree with!  But I'm curious to know what happened in
>the gap between this issue and the last in X-Cutioner's Song.  What
>happened to Sinister?  Why did he go to all the trouble of breaking
>into the Mansion when he could have just sent a fax?  :+)
> 
>> I can't believe that Wolverine and Bishop practically invaded Canada. 
>> With Val's position in the government, I find it hard to believe that
>> the only way to retrieve those records was to storm the place.  (I know,
>> I know, how else could they be expected to meet up with Cable?)
>
>Personally, I liked this part (you might remember I'm the one who
>nuked Canada in alt.comics.LNH and generally has it in for Canada) 
>:+).



You NUKED CANADA????? Watch it my friend. We may only have 25 million people 
up here, but do you really want 25 million people ticked off? :-)

     On a more serious note, I've noted a new trend in the X-Books. If you 
want to create a new character for stateside use, they give him an origin in 
Canada. I mean, look at it : Weapon X, Deadpool, Tolliver, Department K, 
everything. Now, I don't really object to this, but I do have a problem that 
practically none of this has been reflected in Alpha Flight, the CANADIAN 
super-hero group. My only consolation is that this is changing slightly in  
A.F. #114. But still, personally, since I'm a huge A.F. fan, I would've 
liked to see Logan and Bishop run smack dab into Heather (Guardian) and the 
gang, and get a REAL nice run-around. I know: Wishful thinking.
     Also, I would LOVE to see a nice A.F. - Blue Team/Gold Team toss-up or 
team-up. I've already seen a team-up with X-Factor in A.F. #107. See, 
believe it or not, Alpha is no slouch in the power department. (Anyone who 
wishes to dispute this can e-mail me or post. I don't care which.)
     Anyways, enough rambling.

DMK
Acadia University, Nova Scotia, CANADA.