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X-Cutionar's Song is an X-Men/X-Force crossover that happens to have some X-Factor members in it. It's probably a fun read if you were following that era of those two books, but I read it while working through Claremont and so didn't care much for it.
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I think it’s that nobody from the team appears on either of those covers.
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Aug 16, 2022 06:06
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I think the bigger problem is that it doesn't contain an appearance from 1993 Uncanny Annual breakout star X-Cutioner (unless it does, I didn't research this joke very thoroughly)
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Aug 16, 2022 12:08
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:I think the bigger problem is that it doesn't contain an appearance from 1993 Uncanny Annual breakout star X-Cutioner No, you're quite right. It's all about Stryfe. It irritated me too as a youth.
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Aug 16, 2022 12:58
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X-Cutioner's Song was published in the summer/autumn of 1992, and the character of X-Cutioner came along a year later. So I assume the title of the crossover inspired someone in the X-Office to create the character when the "introduce a new character in every annual so we can pack in a rookie card" edict came down.
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Aug 16, 2022 13:06
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What do we think X-Cutioner's karaoke song is? Do we think he can do "Psycho Killer"?
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Aug 16, 2022 13:10
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X Gon' Give It To Ya
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Aug 16, 2022 13:20
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Bizarrely it's Bohemian Rhapsody, including the harmonies
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Aug 16, 2022 13:34
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X-Cutioner's Song was my first big crossover, so 10-11 year old me took it very seriously. Re-reading it a couple years ago, my main thought was, "This is pretty dumb." Although I still love Kamikaze's death in X-Factor 85.
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Aug 16, 2022 13:52
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:I think the bigger problem is that it doesn't contain an appearance from 1993 Uncanny Annual breakout star X-Cutioner Carl the X-Cutioner is an all time classic, but the real star of the ‘93 annuals was Bantam over in Captain America.
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Aug 16, 2022 16:15
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DC and Marvel both used their 1993 annuals to introduce a bunch of great new characters. To this day we enjoy the adventures of Jamm, Prism and Annex. X-Cutioners Song is a pretty average crossover but I there seems to be a huge amount of nostalgia for it amongst people in there late 30s/early 40s. I think it’s because it’s the first x-crossover after the 1991 overhaul.
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Aug 16, 2022 17:33
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CopywrightMMXI posted:DC and Marvel both used their 1993 annuals to introduce a bunch of great new characters. To this day we enjoy the adventures of Jamm, Prism and Annex. The mystery about the X-Traitor that was introduced by Bishop was in high swing at that time. It fed a lot off that and Cable's popularity and mystery in general. And it jumpstarted the whole Legacy Virus plot.
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Aug 16, 2022 17:41
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Y'all are missing the most important part of X-Cutioner's Song: the epilogue issue of Uncanny where Jubilee takes Prof X rollerblading
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Aug 16, 2022 17:51
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Endless Mike posted:Y'all are missing the most important part of X-Cutioner's Song: the epilogue issue of Uncanny where Jubilee takes Prof X rollerblading Wasn't it called something extremely dramatic like SONG'S END?
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Aug 16, 2022 18:20
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:I think the bigger problem is that it doesn't contain an appearance from 1993 Uncanny Annual breakout star X-Cutioner For some reason I really love this design. Probably doesn't hurt that that piece is by Jason Pearson.
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Aug 16, 2022 23:28
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That "some reason" is because the design bangs! I've talked about the art in that issue in BSS before, it's great.
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Aug 17, 2022 01:55
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Pretty sure I had a toy of X-Cutioner as a kid even though I'd never read a book with him in it at the time. The only reason I had it was because it looked cool. I think it had a removable mask.
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Aug 17, 2022 02:34
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Rhyno posted:For some reason I really love this design. Probably doesn't hurt that that piece is by Jason Pearson. That entire annual is beautiful. I imagine that design might be a disaster in the wrong hands but fortunately I mostly associate with that one Pearson annual and a few gorgeous Steve Skroce issues of the late 90s Nicieza Gambit solo. I did recently(ish) reread X-Cutioner's Song as part of my ill-advised reread of every x-book, and you know, in the context of the time it reads pretty well. The immediate post-Claremont period is rough, and XCS feels like the office, gutted even further by the Image exodus, trying to just demonstrate that they can tell a story. And they do, with the kinds of Claremontian melodrama and intrigue and character beats that had been lacking since X-Men #3. It's not a great story and it's certainly not a tidy story but it's a story that actually tries to engage with something in the reader and in 1993 that is a refreshing thing.
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Aug 17, 2022 02:54
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:I think the bigger problem is that it doesn't contain an appearance from 1993 Uncanny Annual breakout star X-Cutioner There is something very Cerebus about this pose. The mask makes the nose look long, the leg looks very cylindrical.
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Aug 17, 2022 03:24
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StumblyWumbly posted:There is something very Cerebus about this pose. The mask makes the nose look long, the leg looks very cylindrical. I THOUGHT THE SAME drat THING!!! The mask makes him look like an angry bird, i love it.
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Aug 17, 2022 06:16
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Thank you for your replies. I'm glad it's only 13 issues, after Secret Wars II 40 odd issue run I don't think I can take a crossover that big again, just so much of nothing happens.
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Aug 17, 2022 11:47
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bessantj posted:Thank you for your replies. I'm glad it's only 13 issues, after Secret Wars II 40 odd issue run I don't think I can take a crossover that big again, just so much of nothing happens. I have very bad news for you about every crossover of the 21st century.
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Aug 17, 2022 12:10
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Senior Woodchuck posted:I have very bad news for you about every crossover of the 21st century. I've started reading DC crossovers with my friends and we excited/scared about our future!
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Aug 17, 2022 12:20
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Is X-Cutioner still around, technically speaking? (I like to think if Vulpes had his druthers we'd see X-Cutioner versus Bats the Ghost Dog and God bless him for it.)
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Aug 17, 2022 14:04
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Dawgstar posted:Is X-Cutioner still around, technically speaking? He was in Marauders a year or two ago but it might have been a different guy with the same name/costume.
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Aug 17, 2022 18:11
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How Wonderful! posted:He was in Marauders a year or two ago but it might have been a different guy with the same name/costume. He was? I have no memory of that and Marauders was my favorite of the first batch of Krakoa era comics.
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Aug 17, 2022 19:35
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Skwirl posted:He was? I have no memory of that and Marauders was my favorite of the first batch of Krakoa era comics. Yeah he's in #5 and #6. It's the little arc where he's teamed up with the Hatemonger and Donald Pierce is wearing this horrible suit-jacket with transparent sleeves.
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Aug 17, 2022 19:50
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:That "some reason" is because the design bangs! I've talked about the art in that issue in BSS before, it's great. I may have missed it, I was absent for several months and only sort of recently returned to posting.
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Aug 17, 2022 22:06
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Senior Woodchuck posted:I have very bad news for you about every crossover of the 21st century. I think I saw some crossover called King in Black (could be wrong) had 60-odd issues so I'm not looking forward to it but that's very much a future me's problem.
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Aug 17, 2022 22:37
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A lot of crossovers have time in issues you absolutely don't need to read if you're just reading the crossover.
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Aug 17, 2022 22:44
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Rhyno posted:I may have missed it, I was absent for several months and only sort of recently returned to posting. Oh no, I only mentioned it because I realized I was about to retread the same ground from a year or so all over again.
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Aug 18, 2022 00:34
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You know how DC (and Marvel and Image) often issue $1 reprints of key issues? I've never paid any attention to those, since I figure they are aimed at newer readers, and I try to avoid buying single issues anyway. But especially with the new Sandman show out, does anyone know if they ever released a cheap reprint of Sandman #8, "The Sound of Her Wings" (the story that introduces Death)? I have decided to sell my Sandman TPBs, but I'd kind of like to own a copy, and even my wife has expressed interest in reading that story (and only that story).
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Aug 18, 2022 16:37
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:You know how DC (and Marvel and Image) often issue $1 reprints of key issues? I've never paid any attention to those, since I figure they are aimed at newer readers, and I try to avoid buying single issues anyway. But especially with the new Sandman show out, does anyone know if they ever released a cheap reprint of Sandman #8, "The Sound of Her Wings" (the story that introduces Death)? Looks like there was an "Essential Vertigo" release in 1997 you can get pretty cheap.
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Aug 18, 2022 18:44
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Endless Mike posted:Looks like there was an "Essential Vertigo" release in 1997 you can get pretty cheap. Thank you! That's just what I want.
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Aug 19, 2022 05:26
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Dunno if there's a better thread to ask this, but here goes: I own the first two volumes of Absolute Sandman and would love to buy 3 and 4, but presumably thanks to the Netflix series they are listed as out of print in every place that I checked. How often do these get reprints? If it's going to take years I guess I need to buy the non-absolute collected books that are fortunately much cheaper, but I would love to have everything in same format.
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Aug 27, 2022 17:07
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There's no set schedule for Absolute editions coming back in print but DC are loving idiots if they aren't printing more right this minute. Sandman has been something that always sells well even before the Netflix series.
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Aug 27, 2022 19:27
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IIRC they're doing some new omnibuses for Sandman right now so might be a bit before the redo Absolutes
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Aug 27, 2022 21:04
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they've been out of print for awhile, too. Amazon had new in stock a little before Christmas, as i recall, but shortly after that they were resellers only so I went with individual trades. easier to carry around, at least
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Aug 27, 2022 21:30
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A bit late to the discussion: the Sandman deluxe editions (which have a really ugly printed-on Audible 'sticker' on the cover  ) are the only hardcover releases of the core The Sandman comics that are currently in print. The leatherbound omnibuses got new print runs not too long ago, but it seems like those are OoP now too. I fear that if you're looking to complete your Absolute collection of The Sandman you're going to be waiting for a long time.
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JordanKai posted:A bit late to the discussion: the Sandman deluxe editions (which have a really ugly printed-on Audible 'sticker' on the cover DC has a weird habit of letting their classics run out of print. Sure, you can get whatever Batman story from five years ago you want but you can’t get the physical version of New Teen Titans volume 1, an absolute classic
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