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Uncanny X-Men (1963)
Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) #47
The X-Men in the mystery of the Maha Yogi!
21 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 7, 1968
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July 2, 2024
'The Warlock Wears Three Faces' Aug 1968
'I the Iceman'
Xavier dead the FBI seperate the heroes out across the country.
Bobby /Hank and their long suffering dates encounter evil hypnotist Maha Yogi..who turns out to be someone else.
Back up..Bobby looking all Silver Surfery....
'I the Iceman'
Xavier dead the FBI seperate the heroes out across the country.
Bobby /Hank and their long suffering dates encounter evil hypnotist Maha Yogi..who turns out to be someone else.
Back up..Bobby looking all Silver Surfery....
June 27, 2018
One-and-a-half. I can’t wait for two things: Chris Claremont and the end of the word ‘oriental.’ Okay art, but a terrible story—I thought having the X-Men split up (even if the reasoning for their split-up was poor) would allow for some character development, or something interesting, at least. Nope! The little ‘How Iceman’s Powers Work’ story at the end was okay, though.
January 14, 2025
Truly awful issue. At least with the last time Merlin featured there was a lot of creativity in the visuals, here there isn’t even that. His powers are nothing compared to his prior outing and he is pitched against Beast and Iceman… why? Why not Jean, the one X-Man that he has a proper connection with!?
The opening premise to him is actually good; he puts on a show where he then hypnotises the entire audience and essentially makes them sleeper agents, so at some point 8n the future he would have control of swathes of the populace. That could have been a cool major arc. But it is thwarted by… sounds? I think? Merlin tosses a gem he had glued to his forehead at Iceman, who uses a shield to ping the gem into a stage light and then Merlin is surrounded by crazy lights… and Iceman somehow knew this would happen… but Merlin’s own introduction to the X-Men had way weirder visuals going on than this, why is he so affected? And then it affects a speaker than Iceman holds out, for some reason, and this makes Merlin give up. He doesn’t run away, even, he just gives up…
There is also a brief fight with some violent hippies in this cafe that the two often visit with their girlfriends. To the point they are certainly regulars and would be recognised there, so why these guys think to fight Hank and Bobby is odd straight away.
The end is a short explanation of Iceman’s powers, though from his own narration. Unlike the one with Cyclops, I didn’t feel I learnt anything new about him or how his powers work.
The opening premise to him is actually good; he puts on a show where he then hypnotises the entire audience and essentially makes them sleeper agents, so at some point 8n the future he would have control of swathes of the populace. That could have been a cool major arc. But it is thwarted by… sounds? I think? Merlin tosses a gem he had glued to his forehead at Iceman, who uses a shield to ping the gem into a stage light and then Merlin is surrounded by crazy lights… and Iceman somehow knew this would happen… but Merlin’s own introduction to the X-Men had way weirder visuals going on than this, why is he so affected? And then it affects a speaker than Iceman holds out, for some reason, and this makes Merlin give up. He doesn’t run away, even, he just gives up…
There is also a brief fight with some violent hippies in this cafe that the two often visit with their girlfriends. To the point they are certainly regulars and would be recognised there, so why these guys think to fight Hank and Bobby is odd straight away.
The end is a short explanation of Iceman’s powers, though from his own narration. Unlike the one with Cyclops, I didn’t feel I learnt anything new about him or how his powers work.
January 30, 2025
Main Story (2/10) - The same boring thing but with less members
Good points: Don Heck and Frank Giacoia artwork.
Bad points: Everything else.
The only logical explanation for this nonsense is that Arnold Drake and Gary Friedrich forgot the delivery date and, in a hurry, the only thing that came to their minds was a pastiche of the most boring concepts already used in previous issues.
Instead of taking advantage of the X-men split up for character developments, they do the same boring things but with less members.
I'm sick and tired of the same idiotic Vera and Zelda double dates, where Ice Man and Beast always abandon them, return without excuse and Vera and Zelda upset a bit and suspect nothing.
And no matter how much this villain changes his name on every new issue, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
I also thought that hippies' discussions those years were more peaceful, but maybe they were also angry about the low quality of this series.
And finally, i pretty sure that the terrible music that defeated Warlock was reggaeton, because it produces the same effect on me.
Origin Story (2/10)
Basically, we have a lousy stand-up comedy starring Ice Man, launching bad jokes to explain how his powers operate.
Good points: Don Heck and Frank Giacoia artwork.
Bad points: Everything else.
The only logical explanation for this nonsense is that Arnold Drake and Gary Friedrich forgot the delivery date and, in a hurry, the only thing that came to their minds was a pastiche of the most boring concepts already used in previous issues.
Instead of taking advantage of the X-men split up for character developments, they do the same boring things but with less members.
I'm sick and tired of the same idiotic Vera and Zelda double dates, where Ice Man and Beast always abandon them, return without excuse and Vera and Zelda upset a bit and suspect nothing.
And no matter how much this villain changes his name on every new issue, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
I also thought that hippies' discussions those years were more peaceful, but maybe they were also angry about the low quality of this series.
And finally, i pretty sure that the terrible music that defeated Warlock was reggaeton, because it produces the same effect on me.
Origin Story (2/10)
Basically, we have a lousy stand-up comedy starring Ice Man, launching bad jokes to explain how his powers operate.
May 31, 2021
As soon as this one came across my radar I strapped in for the speed-read and, even with that, I got bored. They nerfed Merlin/The Warlock/Maha Yogi so hard just so Beast and Iceman stood a chance and literally no development (character, plot or otherwise) happened. The only good thing I can say about this is that I won't see The Warlock again for another 8 years (in publication time).
September 17, 2014
Very simple one, with only Iceman and Beast.
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