Hello Mr. Casey, hope you're having a great day. I have a lot to say, so apologies for the very long post.
Anyways, I got the chance to read Weapon X-Men #1 so I wanted to share some of my thoughts on the issue as a whole. To begin with, I like that the issue is aware of what's going on in the other X-Books, like using the plot of the current Wolverine ongoing in order to get him involved into this comic, but also being aware that Cyclops' X-Men have the last working Cerebro unit. I'm not sure how much of it is Brevoort's doing, but I personally really like that sort of connectivity while also being able to stand on its own.
Even though majority of the issue is mostly spent on getting everyone together, you use that to your benefit by having Deadpool betray the team already and giving Wolverine to Strucker. And it works, mostly due to the whole "we're being marketed together" and the fact that there is a Deadpool/Wolverine ongoing happening as well, so it's not a thought that comes across to you when reading the issue.
Regarding the whole controversy with the whole OWUD tie-in thing: I think I understand why it was labled as such. It seems that every title that mentioned or featured Doom heavily was going to have label slapped on to them no matter what, and this became extremely obvious as I read Storm #5 that also released on the same week (side-note: who the hell decided that they should release 9 X-Books in one week?). That issue also had a OWUD tie-in label, despite the fact that the issue was a part of a 5-part storyline that explicitly took place BEFORE OWUD began.
I was also surprised at the lack of an afterword by you (since I think every From The Ashes title had one, miniseries included), but maybe this series doesn't have a letters page? I'm not sure.
Now that I'm also here, I also wanted to leave notes regarding RecolleXtions 007. I am surprised that you didn't read or even heard of Decimation, given how well-known that story is (or at least the phrase "no more mutants") and how the aftermath of it are still felt in X-Books to this day. And you also skipped over a very weird era of the character in that post, namely that she, Beak, Angel, Jubilee and yes, even Chamber(!) along with 3 other mutants that were created by Grant Morrison (but whom I can't remember what their names were) were all apart of the New Warriors series post-Civil War that consisted of depowered mutants (yes, really. Look it up.). This also makes her reappearance in Vengeance more funnier, since she actually died in the New Warriors series, which means you managed to bring her back from the death without anyone batting an eye (however, another story would later establish that she was still depowered and used makeup all along to cope with the loss of her real snake skin). And regarding her appearance(s?) in Krakoa, I don't remember her being written as religious, only thing I remembered was that she was operating a brothel (then again, it's been a while since I read that one issue she appeared in, and her appearance was mostly there because the writer was intentionally using characters that appeared in Chuck Austen's run on X-Men).
Now I'm not sure if that will be your last RecolleXtions entry or if you're going to be switching gears and talking about your time on Cable and the Children of the Atom miniseries, but I always wanted to know: Chris Claremont was writing X-Treme X-Men the same time you were on Uncanny and Morrison was on New X-Men. Did you ever interact with him at all during that time, or was he just mostly in his own corner of the room playing with his deck of cards?
PS. It's a little funny that you mention that the one panel will be the only time you will ever reference Krakoa era, because you are technically continuing with one aspect of it by just simply having Cable and Thunderbird on the same team. They both worked previously with eachother in X-Men Red.
This is fabulous Joe. I bought digitally on Amazon and loved it so much I ordered an old school paper copy that came in the post today. Beautifully drawn and tremendous writing. You nailed it and I love it. When a comic makes me pour over it again and again it’s definitely a good one. You got all the characters spot on and nailed the Deadpool humour. Nazis are the best villains. Make Mine Marvel. This is the best thing I have read for years. Love the Easter Egg reveals.
Hello Mr. Casey, hope you're having a great day. I have a lot to say, so apologies for the very long post.
Anyways, I got the chance to read Weapon X-Men #1 so I wanted to share some of my thoughts on the issue as a whole. To begin with, I like that the issue is aware of what's going on in the other X-Books, like using the plot of the current Wolverine ongoing in order to get him involved into this comic, but also being aware that Cyclops' X-Men have the last working Cerebro unit. I'm not sure how much of it is Brevoort's doing, but I personally really like that sort of connectivity while also being able to stand on its own.
Even though majority of the issue is mostly spent on getting everyone together, you use that to your benefit by having Deadpool betray the team already and giving Wolverine to Strucker. And it works, mostly due to the whole "we're being marketed together" and the fact that there is a Deadpool/Wolverine ongoing happening as well, so it's not a thought that comes across to you when reading the issue.
Regarding the whole controversy with the whole OWUD tie-in thing: I think I understand why it was labled as such. It seems that every title that mentioned or featured Doom heavily was going to have label slapped on to them no matter what, and this became extremely obvious as I read Storm #5 that also released on the same week (side-note: who the hell decided that they should release 9 X-Books in one week?). That issue also had a OWUD tie-in label, despite the fact that the issue was a part of a 5-part storyline that explicitly took place BEFORE OWUD began.
I was also surprised at the lack of an afterword by you (since I think every From The Ashes title had one, miniseries included), but maybe this series doesn't have a letters page? I'm not sure.
Now that I'm also here, I also wanted to leave notes regarding RecolleXtions 007. I am surprised that you didn't read or even heard of Decimation, given how well-known that story is (or at least the phrase "no more mutants") and how the aftermath of it are still felt in X-Books to this day. And you also skipped over a very weird era of the character in that post, namely that she, Beak, Angel, Jubilee and yes, even Chamber(!) along with 3 other mutants that were created by Grant Morrison (but whom I can't remember what their names were) were all apart of the New Warriors series post-Civil War that consisted of depowered mutants (yes, really. Look it up.). This also makes her reappearance in Vengeance more funnier, since she actually died in the New Warriors series, which means you managed to bring her back from the death without anyone batting an eye (however, another story would later establish that she was still depowered and used makeup all along to cope with the loss of her real snake skin). And regarding her appearance(s?) in Krakoa, I don't remember her being written as religious, only thing I remembered was that she was operating a brothel (then again, it's been a while since I read that one issue she appeared in, and her appearance was mostly there because the writer was intentionally using characters that appeared in Chuck Austen's run on X-Men).
Now I'm not sure if that will be your last RecolleXtions entry or if you're going to be switching gears and talking about your time on Cable and the Children of the Atom miniseries, but I always wanted to know: Chris Claremont was writing X-Treme X-Men the same time you were on Uncanny and Morrison was on New X-Men. Did you ever interact with him at all during that time, or was he just mostly in his own corner of the room playing with his deck of cards?
PS. It's a little funny that you mention that the one panel will be the only time you will ever reference Krakoa era, because you are technically continuing with one aspect of it by just simply having Cable and Thunderbird on the same team. They both worked previously with eachother in X-Men Red.
This is fabulous Joe. I bought digitally on Amazon and loved it so much I ordered an old school paper copy that came in the post today. Beautifully drawn and tremendous writing. You nailed it and I love it. When a comic makes me pour over it again and again it’s definitely a good one. You got all the characters spot on and nailed the Deadpool humour. Nazis are the best villains. Make Mine Marvel. This is the best thing I have read for years. Love the Easter Egg reveals.