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Post by urrutiap on Sept 22, 2017 11:18:55 GMT -5
Is issue 266 of Uncanny X Men any good to read besides it being Gambit's debut?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 22, 2017 12:42:19 GMT -5
Not very much. It had the annoying Ahmal Farouk* in it (under his ridiculous name of "the shadow king") and the artwork had a fill-in quality to it.
On the other hand, the book was finally rebuilding itself in those days, after years of constant angst and agony and lack of supporting characters. In his first appearances, Gambit showed a lot of promise.
* That guy was awesome in X-Men #117, but he really should have stayed dead. All his later appearances were disappointing. He was like a walking plot device, being able to do whatever was required by the story, and also being vanquished by whatever means the writer came up with at the appropriate time.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Sept 22, 2017 13:49:14 GMT -5
It wasn't even the first published appearance of Gambit. According to Mike's Amazing World, Uncanny X-Men #266 hit the stands three weeks after X-Men Annual #14.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 14:22:37 GMT -5
kiddie Storm tho, right?
going by memory w/out looking it up.
that was terrible.
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Post by The Captain on Sept 22, 2017 14:35:48 GMT -5
It's passable as a story. As chaykinstevens brings up, there is debate about what comic contains Gambit's actual first appearance. Annual #14 did hit the streets three weeks prior to issue #266, but from a storyline perspective, #266 was intended to be the first appearance, the cover of that book even alluding to that by saying "Enter the Mutant called Gambit" (which, without punctuation, actually sounds kind of dirty). Unlike the whole Hulk #180/#181 argument, which centers around "cameo vs full appearance" for Wolverine, the Annual #14 appearance is not a cameo as some sites credit it. Gambit is fully revealed as a character and has multiple panels interacting with both Storm and Cable. However, why I believe #266 should be credited as the first appearance for Gambit is because the storyline places that appearance first in MU chronology, regardless of what the real-world shipping dates were; the ongoing story simply makes no sense if read with the annual first. |
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Post by urrutiap on Sept 22, 2017 16:00:36 GMT -5
Technically issue 266 is the debut of Gambit fully. The annual doesnt count.
Anyways. Is issue 266 really worth reading BESIDES it having Gambit in it where he swoops in to save Storm?
the main story any good or just skim through it?
Gambit shows up again in issue 267 anyway
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Post by zilch on Sept 25, 2017 13:16:40 GMT -5
See also: New York World's Fair 1940 (#2) and Adventure Comics #40.
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Post by Dizzy D on Sept 27, 2017 5:47:33 GMT -5
Not very much. It had the annoying Ahmal Farouk* in it (under his ridiculous name of "the shadow king") and the artwork had a fill-in quality to it. On the other hand, the book was finally rebuilding itself in those days, after years of constant angst and agony and lack of supporting characters. In his first appearances, Gambit showed a lot of promise. * That guy was awesome in X-Men #117, but he really should have stayed dead. All his later appearances were disappointing. He was like a walking plot device, being able to do whatever was required by the story, and also being vanquished by whatever means the writer came up with at the appropriate time. Likewise, I hate the Shadow King, because he's always used as a vehicle to get X-Men fighting X-Men, but has no goals or personality to speak off. I did like his version on the Legion TV-show though, which is pretty impressive. As for the issue itself, I'm not sure how it works as a standalone as you're in the end of Claremont's run at that time and it's just part of a longer story. |
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