Comics Official X-FACTOR Discussion Thread

[OutcryX]

heh...was thinking he picked up the color that Sammy Sosa lost

 

[Manic]

I question if that's really Sammy Sosa. I think he might be an imperfect clone.

 

[bryanss3]

I really didn't like this issue. Again we have 3 story plots running at the same time and intertwining a bit, yeah that's cool to do when the stories are interesting, these stories aren't pulling me in. There's a backup story after the main story about Siryn at saying goodbye to Banshee, and for anyone wondering what the reprint is it's Madrox #1. I thought the art was good over all. It's not a great issue #200 it doesn't really invite new readers in, but it brings X-Factor back into the MU too bad he writes the FF like poop.

 

[squeekness]

I liked it all well enough. I was happy for the first time ever to see reprint material that I didn't already have. Now I want to pick up that Madrox mini, the number one was wonderful.

 

[Mad Ones]

I liked the issue too, particularly the Gladiator references, and the baseball banter. The Siryn story was emotional and nice, and I never read the Madrox mini series, so I was happy they included it. I thought it was worth my money.

 

[bryanss3]

I'm getting sick of the little bits of banter between every single character for every single thing that happens, it's not subtle its in your face and near Bendis like proportions of useless dialog. Hopefully the next issue will be better but yeah the Siryn story was great. But I didn't like her parts in the main story, her DP scene seemed pretty random and then to not actually have him seen on panel I bet he shows up on the cover in a few issues for a sales boost. Though I don't really like this issue I'll say it's still in the top 10 of the 30+ comics I picked up today. Maybe I was just expecting more from this. It's by no means bad just not good to me like it usually is.

 

[Specter313]

X-FACTOR #203
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by VALENTINE DE LANDRO
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
Deep into unknown jungles go Monet and Guido, a.k.a. Strong Guy, a two-person rescue team in a desperate gambit to free Monet's father from the hands of terrorists. And what exactly do the terrorists want? They want Monet, as it turns out. And you'll never guess who's behind it all.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

 

[ChaoticPsylocke]

awesome. and Monet is really dark now!

 

[Havok83]

awesome. and Monet is really dark now!

Yep and she got a great new costume to go along with it. Not sure I like the gloves though

 

[Lil Kis]

I have a question about issue 8 way back in the beginning of the issue. Well in that issue Siryn uses her voice powers to manipulate Spider Man to finding out about M-day but in issue 1 or 2 they say that Siryn can't use that power on mutants only humans....so how did this happen and why?

I rereading all my issue of X-factor before I read issue 200.

Also why did they chnage issue 51 to 200? What and why was the reason for that? Thanks in advance

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I'm kinda sad that Shatterstar had to rescue Guido from Ben last issue. Taking punches and barbells to the face is what Guido does best.

 

[Havok83]

I have a question about issue 8 way back in the beginning of the issue. Well in that issue Siryn uses her voice powers to manipulate Spider Man to finding out about M-day but in issue 1 or 2 they say that Siryn can't use that power on mutants only humans....so how did this happen and why?

I rereading all my issue of X-factor before I read issue 200.

Also why did they chnage issue 51 to 200? What and why was the reason for that? Thanks in advance

Spiderman's not a mutant

As for the number change...sales. Sales tend to go up with Anniversary issues and 200 is a milestone. When Marvel reboots its titles to #1, it tends to start back at the original numbering for anniversay issues for most titles.

 

[Manic]

Upping issue numbers into the hundreds is the new #1 reboot. Thor's current series restarted its numbering at #1, then jumped to #600 after the first dozen issues. Incredible Hulk? Suddenly brought back at #600. I've heard a rumor that over at DC, Wonder Woman's title is about to do something similar.

Frankly, I'm waiting for one of the Avengers titles to do it. Or a comic simply titled The Avengers will get relaunched at something-hundred.

 

[bryanss3]

Upping issue numbers into the hundreds is the new #1 reboot. Thor's current series restarted its numbering at #1, then jumped to #600 after the first dozen issues. Incredible Hulk? Suddenly brought back at #600. I've heard a rumor that over at DC, Wonder Woman's title is about to do something similar.

Frankly, I'm waiting for one of the Avengers titles to do it. Or a comic simply titled The Avengers will get relaunched at something-hundred.

They'll probably launch Avengers and then some how use New/Mighty's numbers to get it to whatever hundred they want it to be in time for the Avengers movie. as for Wonder Woman in the DC nation thing in the back of DC books, they put the question out saying "when Wonder Woman gets to issue #45 it'll be the 600th issue do you want us to go to the original numbering?"600+ postcards later it's happening. here's the Newsarama article about the WW renumbering

 

[Lil Kis]

why is Rictor bi-sexual!? He doesn't act like a gay person at all! He acts like a masculine guy and there is no hints to him being gay. Same for Shatterstar too. David shoulda gave us hints throughout the series before the big reveal.

 

[Manic]

why is Rictor bi-sexual!? He doesn't act like a gay person at all! He acts like a masculine guy and there is no hints to him being gay. Same for Shatterstar too. David shoulda gave us hints throughout the series before the big reveal.

Have... have you ever met a gay or bisexual person before? They aren't really preprogrammed to act a certain way. There are a lot of gay dudes out there who act masculine.

As for hints, Rictor did mention some guy-on-guy action in a past issue.

 

[RockSP]

As for hints, Rictor did mention some guy-on-guy action in a past issue.

In a past issue of this series?

 

[Manic]

In a past issue of this series?

Yep. It was right after Jamie slept with both Monet and Terry. He met Ric at a bar/restaurant, and the two talked about who's better in bed. Jamie brought up that Ric was spending an awful lot of time with Quicksilver at the time, and Rictor joked "It's not like I'm sleeping with him." Ric said that wasn't true when Jamie overreacted to the joke, but then added something about how the guy-guy thing has happened, though.

 

[RockSP]

Oh yeah.

 

[Specter313]

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NATION X: X-FACTOR #1


STORY BY Peter David
ART BY Valentine De Landro
COVER BY Christian Macneven
PUBLISHER: Marvel Comics
COVER PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE DATE: Wed, January 6th, 2010

Utopia. The sanctuary for mutants to escape a world that wants them extinct. So is it the ideal home for X-Factor? That's what Cyclops believes when he invites the world's only mutant detective agency to relocate to their floating island retreat and take up residence there. But will Madrox and his team believe that it's the best place for them? What old faces will pop up, and what old acquaintances will be renewed? And will there even be a Utopia left when the mysterious Crone shows up and threatens to bring the entire place crashing down into the Pacific?

 

[ChaoticPsylocke]

yay im excited to see how everyone reacts to xfactor

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Jamie's gonna decline most likely. X-Factor's too cool for Utopia

 

[squeekness]

LOL, on Logan losing his money.

 

[Mad Ones]

I don't blame Jamie for not going to Scott Summer's nation of sitting ducks. I like X-factor much better with loose connections to the X-men, and I don't think that's going to change.

 

[RockSP]

Of course they won't stay on Utopia. Kinda hard to be a detective agency that way...