tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post735094702424062168..comments2024-03-17T20:50:21.456-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Ye Olde Hyborean X-MenSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-13603915032866778342015-06-10T16:12:14.329-03:002015-06-10T16:12:14.329-03:00Well, I'm being a bit facetious there. It'...Well, I'm being a bit facetious there. It's a remote tie-in with what they're doing NOW with Secret Wars. It wasn't then.<br /><br />It's really a sequel to Marvel Team-Up story, which is an odd segue for Claremont to make, to be sure.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-10295489257274749442015-06-10T15:32:47.811-03:002015-06-10T15:32:47.811-03:00Wow. That solves a big mystery for me! I remember ...Wow. That solves a big mystery for me! I remember collecting X-men in the 80's and not understanding what this issue had to do with anything that came before or after. A Secret Wars tie in. Never put that together! Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-71512028254793009352015-06-10T15:15:08.438-03:002015-06-10T15:15:08.438-03:00Yes, that's a reading that's consistent wi...Yes, that's a reading that's consistent with what's on the page, though he is giving himself some extra trouble there.<br /><br />That's true about the Bands of Cyttorak! I'd forgotten (mostly because there aren't a lot of Dr. Strange book of late). An odd connection.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-58373543573009753272015-06-10T15:02:34.112-03:002015-06-10T15:02:34.112-03:00It's been a while since I read these issues, b...It's been a while since I read these issues, but my impression was that Spider-Man wasn't (necessarily) immune to Kulan Gath's spell, it's that Kulan Gath left Spider-Man "as is" as a way of getting revenge for the aforementioned Marvel Team-Up issue. (But I could be wrong about that.)<br /><br />The funny thing about the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak is that, other than the Juggernaut connection, it was also a spell in Doctor Strange's repertoire since well before this issue. (I'm not seeing when, exactly, the Crimson Bands were first mentioned specifically, but Cyttorak was first mentioned Strange Tales #124, September 1964, whereas Juggernaut first appeared in X-Men #12, July 1965.) Kinda neat that that connection has been around for so long...Green Luthorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808312988625889127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-30797224035367837142015-06-10T09:30:55.565-03:002015-06-10T09:30:55.565-03:00I kept going on the title for another 5 or 6 years...I kept going on the title for another 5 or 6 years, but I don't think we were necessarily in the slide quite yet. I think I'd call it 'round the time JRJR left the book and Silvestri came on? By Jim Lee, it was the pits.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-58367097502888946562015-06-10T09:26:06.068-03:002015-06-10T09:26:06.068-03:00I always enjoyed this story too. For me these iss...I always enjoyed this story too. For me these issues were a bright spot in the title's slide to mediocrity.<br /><br />- JasonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com