tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166204050275914735.post8936065635315292464..comments2023-06-22T16:19:58.951+01:00Comments on No Longer the Borderline Press Blog: My Monthly Curse (Part Eight)Phil Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12680058800847509275noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166204050275914735.post-3041358897339630082011-05-05T00:21:21.234+01:002011-05-05T00:21:21.234+01:00Ah yes, the Inferno issues, which make no sense at...Ah yes, the Inferno issues, which make no sense at all as stand alone issues in a story arc that struggled to make a lot of sense in general and seemed to throw Claremont into a frenzy of red herrings.<br />That was the age when all X-Men fans began to wonder if anything would ever be resolved. I think it was around this time when I started to grow disenchanted with the X books; I'd filled in all the gaps from when I first read it and I expected some ... well, continuity, but it was so convoluted and continues to grow even murkier that I started to enjoy other books a lot more.Phil Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12680058800847509275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166204050275914735.post-88715304995996213942011-05-03T20:17:30.554+01:002011-05-03T20:17:30.554+01:00I remember one of the first comics I got from Fant...I remember one of the first comics I got from Fantasy World in Hanley. It was X-Men 240. I remembered being reasonably intrigued by these characters in Secret Wars (I bought the UK reprints), and thought I'd try their title. Couldn't understand a thing. I was 12 then. Now I'm 35 and still doubt whether X-Men 240 would make any sense to me even now.<br /><br />Impenetrable subplots, wanky long term fan-pleasing, ego-massaging of the creators, murky and badly structured art. Yes, I think ALL superhero comics have now become X-Men from 1988.Lizard Seerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07497330695288945161noreply@blogger.com