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X-Men Origins: Iceman #1 |
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There are also the other X-Men Origins comics but I doubt you'll get them. I still you would get them at the same time though.
Posted by: pst1993 | November 6, 2012 8:52 PM
Bobby learning how to make ice slides before joining the X-Men really doesn't work- in the early issues of X-Men, he didn't use his ice slides.
Posted by: Michael | November 6, 2012 10:45 PM
@pst1993, as i mentioned i only picked this up because i was interested in the writer. Normally when buying comics in real-time i avoid stuff like this because the potential to be annoyed by (often unintentional) retcons is greater than any enjoyment factor. Now, if i come across the rest of the issues in the 25 cent bins i'll probably feel obligated to pick them up...
Posted by: fnord12 | November 7, 2012 9:40 AM
This issue was part of the 2nd series of these comics. The first one came out in 2008. They did a Wolverine one in the first season because a Wolverine movie was coming out the year after. They also did Avengers Origins because of The Avengers movie next year. So, since another X-men movie is coming, expect to see more of these comics.
Posted by: pst1993 | November 7, 2012 10:20 AM
The comparison of the two versions of the story is striking. The art from the 68 issue is more dynamic, even if the dialogue in the new one is better, but its just a cash in, like oyu I find the unnecessary inconsistencies frustrating.
Posted by: Damiano | November 7, 2012 3:29 PM
"The irony with both the back-ups and this Origins series/event/whatever is that one of the best things about mutants from Stan Lee's point of view was that he didn't have to think up origin stories for all the characters."
I think Lee meant he didn't want to have to keep coming up with origins for the powers. All mutant origins are easy enough to write, you just show someone one day manifesting powers and how it turns his world upside-down. I'm sure Lee wouldn't have minded writing those, as they pretty much write themselves.
Posted by: Paul | January 16, 2013 12:03 PM
The Jean Grey one is interesting because it probably takes place during the rest of the X-Men's "appearance" in Journey Into Mystery #109.
Posted by: Jay Demetrick | September 1, 2013 1:21 AM
I'm a little surprised you didn't cover all of these appearances from the 1968 X-Men in this stretch. I first stumbled across them in Marvel Saga (I'm pretty certain one issue of Marvel Saga ended with Bobby freezing Rocky). I rather enjoyed all those issues and finding out how they came to the school and Marvel Saga did a nice job of putting them all in order.
One thing about the 68 version though - Bobby looks way too old, especially since there still has to be some time built in to get Warren and then Hank before X-Men #1.
Posted by: Erik Beck | December 4, 2014 8:19 PM
I really ought to put the origin back-ups here, but i haven't wanted to cut up those comics. I do have them covered as bonus features on the entries beginning with X-Men #38 but yeah, they should be separated and placed in this era. Basically right now i'm cheating and treating them as flashbacks.
Posted by: fnord12 | December 5, 2014 7:51 AM
One thing that's weird here is that Bobby's parents are presented as totally supportive of him. Yet in later appearances (especially in the 90s) Bobby's father is depicted as a total bigot, to the point where dealing with familial prejudice was a running subplot for Iceman. This is made all the more odd since THIS story was written after many of those ones.
Posted by: Jon Dubya | January 8, 2015 7:57 PM
Now I'm curious when Bobby's family found out again in the chronology. I remember hearing about the mindwipe and I thought Xavier erased his parent's memory of Bobby completely! Glad it wasn't that bad, though I think Xavier wasn't thinking of Bobby and his parents here, but rather security concerns. Perhaps the mental rewrite inadvertantly is why Bobby's father became twisted.
Posted by: Lamashtar | November 11, 2016 9:08 PM