Fumanchu: Let’s get X-Men 166 out of the way first.

Peblee: Ahhh, Golgatha. . . .

Fumanchu: Let me start by saying that once again I am perplexed by the presence of Wolverine on the cover.

Peblee: Is this supposed to be one of those would-be Star Wars-ish covers? Is it one of those attempts?

Fumanchu: I think so. I also think that we have to face the fact that Star Wars and Wolverine sell comic books.

Peblee: We also need to face another fact: Gambit has bad hair.

Fumanchu: The third fact we must be facing is that on the cover, Rogue looks like she is going to top-off my coffee and call me “hun”. Oh, and Havoc stole Gambit’s mask, but happily not his hair.

Peblee: He didn’t steal his mask. Lots of people are wearing those. Havoc used to have those white, atom-symbol-shaped things coming off of his head. They probably got caught on everything, so he switched to a more comfy costume. Except, if you were going to wear a mask, wouldn’t you want it to cover your face, and not just your ears?

Fumanchu: This mask will keep everyone from recognizing your lobes.

Peblee: “Were his ears pierced, Johnson?!” “I don’t know, sir. He had one of those masks!”

Fumanchu: Wolverine's outfit is functional and stylish, and it even hides his face. But it doesn’t hide his extra abs. Do people really have muscle like that?

Peblee: So, about the comic, anything you want to say?

Fumanchu: I think it sucks. Let me read you my favorite line. I think Shakespear would be jealous of this one: Iceman: “Is this blood? It sure looks like blood” Rogue: “It must be.”

Peblee: What if it is just barbeque-sauce?

Fumanchu: From what I’m reading here, I get the impression it’s just motor-oil.

Peblee: Maybe Golgatha is just a brand of high-grade motor-oil?

Fumanchu: I don’t know, but I don’t think it’s blood.

Peblee: I don’t understand why everyone in this would-be mutant utopia is so heavily armed. And why do those guys just crash through the ceiling and start attacking the X-Men? It’s just silly.

Fumanchu: I have a better question: “What kind of fear could make a man rip out his own heart?”

Peblee: All that stuff happened, and at this massive compound the X-Men have only gone into one room.

Fumanchu: Seriously. This story is just too rushed. They open the door, and stuff happens, that’s it. They even have to have their conversations while they are fighting because everything is so rushed and confused. I think that they wanted to make this issue a little spooky…

Peblee: But there was no time for suspense. It’s like the problem with Majestic: potential + too little story + too much action = let down. In this one it is too much story + too much action. And, the action is completely random. It’s like they just threw in whatever came to mind over and over.

Fumanchu: Yeah. I really have no idea what’s going on.

Peblee: You know what this story is missing at the intro? . . . Gimli! “…and they call it a mine. A Mine!”

Fumanchu: “This is no mine. This is a tomb!”

Peblee: Okay, okay, okay…Let’s talk about Wolverine #24. . . . You didn’t read it did you, eggface?

Fumanchu: You said –

Peblee: Fumanchu is an eggface.

Fumanchu: Peblee is a stupid name. Now, can we talk about Megacity [909]? I want to say that the best thing about it is how pretty it is.

Peblee: WHAT?! Yeah…O man, what could be prettier than death, destruction, and sewn-up faced three-eyed psychotic man-killers existing in Apocalyptic, tangential continuums filled with killer-machines, demons, and zombies, all of which crave man-flesh?

Fumanchu: What I mean is it looks so amazing. The fight scenes are incredible. Then there is that scene where all the blades of that robot-thing go into Jaeminae’s ridiculously exposed leg. Now this is weird: All the guys go into battle with heavy armor, but poor Jaeminae and the other girl only get a one-piece boob-cover/loincloth.

Peblee: It should be said, poor them, but hooray for us. Except that Jerome has no boob cover, but needs one. I mean, he just needs a shirt.

Fumanchu: A Hawaiian-shirt would go well with those shorts.

Peblee: Any shirt would go well with those shorts!

Fumanchu: I want to say that this book looks amazing. The color is awesome, and what’s even cooler, at the end of the book they give you tips for coloring your own work, and they show you how they do some of the stuff they have done.

Peblee: It’s crazy that it looks painted….Hang-on, what is this “MU”? and why don’t we own it?

Fumanchu: I have MU, and while the story has not fully developed in the two issues they’ve put out, they are awesome looking books.

Peblee: I have to go.

Fumanchu: Why?

Peblee: I am going online to find DDP and buy MU.

Fumanchu: Okay, uh, see ya. … I’m going to cover MU when the new issue comes out.