Wednesday, October 20, 2010

X-Men 101: #101 - RERUNS




Issues of Uncanny X-Men #67-93 were actually reprints. It was decided at Marvel that the X-Men sold well enough to continue selling the comic, but they couldn't afford to pay for original stories.

X-Men 101: #100 - GODDESS OF THUNDER


Storm once had the power of Thor! At a time when she lost her powers, Loki gave her an Uru hammer and new weather powers to replace the God of Thunder in another of his attempts to rule Asgard.
(Uncanny X-Men Annual #9)

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

X-Men 101: #99 - UNSTOPPABLE OBJECT


Juggernaut can only be stopped by taking his helmet off, leaving him vulnerable to a mental attack. Otherwise, there is no way to prevent him from walking wherever he pleases!
(Uncanny X-Men #13)

X-Men 101: #98 - MRS. WOLVERINE



Wolverine was almost married to Mariko Yashida. Mastermind's manipulations forced Mariko to call off the wedding. She was later given lethal poison and asked wolverine to put her out of her misery, which he did.
(Uncanny X-Men #172-#173, Wolverine #57)

Monday, October 18, 2010

X-Men 101: #97 - MUTANT X


After a member of Havok's X-Factor team, Greystone, develops temporal insanity, he attempts to build a time machine to return to his timeline and be reunited with his mother. Havok attempts to stop him, but the machine explodes, supposedly killing both men. However, at the instant of his death, another Havok from an alternate reality also dies after being shot in the chest by a Sentinel. Somehow, Havok's spirit finds its way into his counterpart's body and he wakes up in the Mutant X Universe. Here, he is the leader of a mutant team of heroes dubbed The Six, which consists of Bloodstorm (Storm), Brute (Beast), Fallen (Archangel), Ice-Man (Iceman) and the Goblyn Queen (Madelyne Pryor).
The series lasted for 32 issues and three annuals before it ended and Alex Summers' consciousness was returned to his proper body.

X-Men 101: #96 - WOMEN'S WORK


The X-Men's costumes were all standard yellow and blue until Jean Grey took the time to sew them all new, individually designed suits.
(Uncanny X-Men #39)

Sunday, October 17, 2010

X-Men 101: #95 - ANGEL'S OUT



Angel's first association with the new X-Men lasted less than a year. He quickly left because he thought Wolverine was a psychopath.
(Uncanny X-Men #139-148)

Friday, October 15, 2010

X-Men 101: #94 - DEADBEAT DAD



When he learned Jean Grey was still alive, Cyclops abandoned his wife Madelyne and son Nathan. He eventually went back to their house in Alaska only to find it empty.
(Fantastic Four #286, X-Factor #1, #13)

X-Men 101: #93 - VAMPIRE'S KISS



Storm was once a minion of Dracula. After being bitten, she was freed only after the X-Men killed him. He has since come back though.
(Uncanny X-Men #159, Annual #6)

Thursday, October 14, 2010

X-Men 101: #92 - THE CRUSH


Professor X originally lost the use of his legs when he fought Lucifer, an agent of the alien race the Quists, who was preparing for an invasion of Earth. The alien dropped a stone slab on Xavier intending to kill him, but the slab only crushed his legs.
(Uncanny X-Men #20)

X-Men 101: #91 - SEX KITTEN



Believing that they were going to die at the hands of the Brood, Kitty (Shadowcat) approached Colossus about having sex. He refused, saying she was too young.
(Uncanny X-Men #165)

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

X-Men 101: #90 - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST







Before hooking up with Longshot, Dazzler was pursued by Angel and had a torrid romance with Beast.
(Dazzler #17-28, Beauty and the Beast #1-#4)

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Flick2 Movie Review: Let Me In



I'll start by saying that on my way to the theatre I was told by 2 employees that this movie was terrible, so much to my excitement, I wanted to know why. Well, the joke's on you ladies, because this movie was great. (Must have gone over your head, allow me to explain...)

Let Me In is an endearing love story that can be paralleled with the classical Romeo and Juliet. Two souls who find that they love each other can't be with one another. It's a classic tale. Just add in the fact that Juliet is a vampire and that the main characters are twelve and we are in business. The plot was interesting too. It dealt with a descent size cast but I never felt lost as to where the story was going, but was surprised at some twists and turns the story took.

The movie also stayed true to vampire folklore which was a pleasant surprise (vampires actually burst into a consuming hellfire when they reach sunlight, no sparkles here ladies) and they must ask to enter your home or risk death.

FLICK2 MOVIE REVIEW:
4 out of 5 Stars

X-Men 101: #89 - M-DAY


M-Day, also known as the Decimation, is the day in which millions of mutants in the Marvel Universe lost their powers. This was the result of the Scarlet Witch's reality altering powers going out of control and her uttering the words, "No More Mutants."

X-Men 101: #88 - LOGAN'S RUN


The X-Men first met Alpha Flight in the latter's attempt to reclaim Canadian "property": Weapon X, otherwise known as Wolverine. He cut ties to his homeland when Professor X invited him to join the new X-Men.
(Uncanny X-Men #120)

Monday, October 11, 2010

X-Men 101: #87 - SOCKET TO ME


While in her old Englishwoman body, Psylocke was given bionic eyes by Mojo, which he used to spy on the X-Men.
(New Mutants Annual #2)

X-Men 101: #86 - JEAN SMELLS



Wolverine knew for months that Jean Grey has returned after they believed her dead, but he didn't tell his teammates. He had caught her scent several times: in the Morlock tunnels and at her parents' house.
(Uncanny X-Men #212, #215))

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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Ludicious News 10-6-10

X-Men 101: #85 - Estate Burial




When Illyana Rasputin (Magik) died of the legacy virus, the X-Men buried her on the Xavier Estate and her funeral was interrupted by Magneto attacking the X-Men.
(Uncanny X-Men #303-#304)

Monday, October 4, 2010

X-Men 101: #84 - SORRY CHARLIE


Young lovers while attending Oxford, Charles Xavier and Moira MacTaggert were to be married, but he was drafted and sent to Asia. While there, he received a letter from Moira who dumped him without explanation.
(Uncanny X-Men #117)

Friday, October 1, 2010

X-Men 101: #83 - IN THE OVEN


Dazzler was pregnant with Longshot's child. It's been speculated the child will grow up to become the former X-Force member Shatterstar. Dazzler's pregnancy has not been mentioned since in the comics; the child may have been born and never seen by the readers, although evidence suggests that Dazzler may have had a miscarriage, though it has not been established officially what became of the infant.
(X-Men #11)

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

X-Men 101: #82 - SPY GAMES


Wolverine once saved Peter Parker's parents from Hydra.
(Untold tales of Spider-man #-1)

X-Men 101: #81 - SPIDER-MUTANT


In one of the X-Men's first encounters with Spider-Man, they thought he was a mutant menace! The team was responding to Cerebro's warning of a mutant that was actually a machine Spider-Man defeated before before they'd arrived.
(Uncanny X-Men #35)

Monday, September 27, 2010

Ludicious News 9-27-10

X-Men 101: #80 - HEH, HEH


Wolverine once did the nasty with Mystique while she was in disguise. He knew it was her the whole time with his enhanced senses.
(Wolverine #51)

Flick2 Movie Review: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole


Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole was a brilliant movie. I went into the theatre with the mindset, "Okay, I'm gonna watch this owl movie, looks pretty cool by the trailer. I just hope this isn't Happy Feet. I hated Happy Feet." I stepped into the IMAX theatre and I was blown away. This was no ordinary owl movie. Instead, I got an epic action/adventure story that felt like 300 and Lord of the Rings combined, but with owls. And much to my surprise, when the credits came along, I noticed that it was directed by Zack Snyder, the famed director of 300.

This movie, on top of being visually stunning to watch with its amazingly lifelike movement, great rendered 3D, and slow motion action scenes, had a great story. The epic follows the young owl Soren, voiced by Jim Sturgess, as he searches for the Guardians of Ga'Hoole and makes some interesting friends along the way. I just reread that line and it sounds like a Disney channel made for TV movie but believe me, its far from that. I don't want to give away anything about this movie except that its worth it to watch, especially in the IMAX. You will be amazed and truly enjoy the experience.

Also, as an added bonus, much like the Disney movies have been doing, there is a cartoon before the movie. You get this nicely CG rendered cartoon of Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner. This was also in 3D and was very entertaining. I wouldn't be surprised to see more of these making their way to the beginnings of more Warner Brothers movies.

Flick2 Movie Review:
5 out of 5 Stars

X-Men 101: #79 - X-REUNION


Except for their brief appearance in Giant-Size X-Men #1, it had been 21 years in real time (1970-1991) since the original five X-Men were all X-Men together. They rejoined at the request of Professor X after the Shadow King shattered his legs, after they'd been starring in X-Factor.
(Uncanny X-Men #280)

Friday, September 24, 2010

X-Men 101: #78 - DARK BIRTHDAYS






New Mutant Magik didn't grow up on Earth. She was taken to Limbo as a child by the demon Belasco and raised around bizarre demons and Limbo-versions of the X-Men. She returned to Earth the moment she was abducted, but now with demonic knowledge and seven years older.
(Uncanny X-Men #160, Magik #1-4)

Thursday, September 23, 2010

X-Men 101: #77 - BLUE AND GOLD



The X-Men were once two teams, a Blue and Gold Team. The Blue team being led by Cyclops and the Gold team led by Storm.
(X-Men #1, Uncanny X-Men #281)

X-Men 101: #76 - WHITE PAWNS



Mutants Firestar and Warpath were originally duped by the White Queen to join her evil Hellions. Warpath blamed Professor X for the death of his brother Thunderbird; Firestar blindly trusted the White Queen's judgement.
(Firestar #1, Uncanny X-Men #193)

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

X-Men 101: #75 - MUGGED


While a visiting professor at Columbia University, Professor X was attacked and badly beaten by people who didn't like his pro-mutant stance. He tried to halt all of them with his mental powers, but was hit in the back of the head with a brick.
(Uncanny X-Men #192)

X-Men 101: #74 - TURNCOATS


Realizing the U.S. government was stepping up its anti-mutant activity, Mystique offered the services of her new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to the government and renamed the group "Freedom Force."
(Uncanny X-Men #199)

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

X-Men 101: #73 - RED MEANS STOP


Ruby quartz is the only material that can halt Cyclops' concussive optic blasts. He uses it for his visor and his glasses.
(Uncanny X-Men #39)