Great Moments in Comics History: Uncanny X-Men #168

42 Posted on Jun 19, 2009 in articles by Conor Kilpatrick |



Once you go blue, three fingered mutant, you never go back.

Thanks to Jesse for the submission!

Comments

Nice strategic placement of that "'bamf' doll."  At least, I THINK that's the 'bamf' doll, and Nightcrawler's not using some kind of strange euphemism.

Posted by JeffR on 06/19/09 at 09:15 AM

Now we know were Andy Samberg got the idea for "Dick in a Box".  I guess Bill Hader and Seth Meyers aren't the only comic fans on SNL.

Posted by stuclach on 06/19/09 at 09:20 AM

"Bamf goes the dynamite."

Sorry for the double post.  JeffR's post made that pop into my head.

Posted by stuclach on 06/19/09 at 09:21 AM

I do wish for a renaissance for Nightcrawler. He really was just that cool and he certainly wouldn't be moping around because Pixie teleports further than him.

Posted by Jaredan on 06/19/09 at 09:24 AM

Look also at the symbolic placement of the bottle of champagne... Paul Smith was a genius...

Posted by odino1 on 06/19/09 at 09:36 AM

Wait, wait.  That's his TAIL, right?

... Ok.  I  apologize for that.  I took it someplace weird.

Posted by JeffR on 06/19/09 at 09:48 AM

I also like how his tail is holding his champagne glass freeing up his 3 fingered hands.........

Posted by Jesse1125 on 06/19/09 at 09:51 AM

now THIS is what double page spreads are for!

Posted by comicBOOKchris on 06/19/09 at 10:11 AM

Time for a mashup of Nightcrawler and Goth Ron.

Posted by s1lentslayer on 06/19/09 at 10:12 AM

The "Yum!" from off panel is just perfect.

Posted by WonderAli on 06/19/09 at 10:51 AM

im guessing this is before the vow of celibiecy?

Posted by mikeandzod21 on 06/19/09 at 10:59 AM

They say the scent of sulfur and brimstone is an aphrodisiac.  

Posted by PaulMontgomery on 06/19/09 at 11:03 AM

Product placement in the early years of comics.

If this is Claremont, then I'm not surprised

Posted by TheNextChampion on 06/19/09 at 11:07 AM

You know that there is some kind of "Furries" joke in here, but Nightcrawler was always a favorite character so I'm going to abstain from it.

Posted by mongo on 06/19/09 at 12:00 PM

I am completely speechless.  Best one of these yet.

Posted by drakedangerz on 06/19/09 at 12:03 PM

Blue balls take on a whole new meaning here........:o

Posted by cromulent on 06/19/09 at 12:30 PM

Now, reread the panel and have Curt talk with a German accent......Does the scene get that much better??

Posted by MrNoahBdy on 06/19/09 at 01:38 PM

Nightcrawlwer: Mutant Gigolo 

Posted by PraxJarvin on 06/19/09 at 01:44 PM

Wow.    that is terrifying.

Posted by Gabe on 06/19/09 at 01:47 PM

Someone seeing a member of the opposite sex and exclaiming "Yum!" definitely belongs on the list of Claremontisms, if anyone is curating such a list. It goes right between "Your choice, your funeral" and "I'm nigh invulnerable."

"Nigh."

Posted by Jimski on 06/19/09 at 02:33 PM

"Bamf" is a horrible name for his penis.  Why not "Big Blue" or "The Fourth Finger" instead?

Posted by Neb on 06/19/09 at 03:10 PM

@Neb - My wife, girlfriend, and I refer to mine as "The Rawhide Kid".  Don't tell DC.

Posted by stuclach on 06/19/09 at 03:17 PM

So who said "Yum!" offpanel? Was it Kitty? Rogue? Professor X???

Though Prof X would have said something like, "Oh Kurt, you've read my mind."

Posted by cromulent on 06/19/09 at 03:25 PM

@cromulent - Based on the placement, size, and style of the Christmas present, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it was either Andy Samberg or Justin Timberlake.  Kurt really, really doesn't need to open that box.

Posted by stuclach on 06/19/09 at 03:39 PM

So...is the BAMF doll getting in on this action too?  Maybe it was a prototype of those lifelike sex dolls that are all the rage now.

Posted by drakedangerz on 06/19/09 at 03:59 PM

@drakedangerz - I suspect it's like the teddy bear nanny cam.

He really doesn't know when to give up does he? He's on the couch, and he states that she sleeps each night with the doll instead, and he has to wait  for christmas to loosen her up with some booze... She didn't even open his present! 

Posted by chlop on 06/19/09 at 04:19 PM

I think these "Great Moments in Comics History" are only here to show how dirty and filthy we really are :\

Posted by cromulent on 06/19/09 at 10:36 PM

The saddiest thing in the world is the fact that I remember this, but never thought of it in this way....until now.  Thanks for the context....thanks a lot.

Posted by Chuckenigma on 06/19/09 at 10:53 PM

@cromulent: Pretty sure the "yum" comment is Amanda Sefton.

@Jaredan: Yes.

Posted by Diabhol on 06/19/09 at 11:14 PM

@Jimski: "No quarter is asked, AND NONE IS GIVEN!"

"Them's the breaks!"

"_____ is NO MORE! NOW, there is only _____!"

Posted by kenkneisel on 06/20/09 at 01:23 AM

Wow I need a shower now

Posted by voodoomama on 06/20/09 at 02:52 AM

My wife has something similar in her bedstand, but hers glows in the dark, requires a car battery, and takes 3 people to lift it. Needless to say it's less sexy than a BAMF.

Posted by RMC on 06/20/09 at 08:15 AM

I'll never be able to look at Nightcrawler the same way ever again.

Posted by Kory on 06/20/09 at 08:17 AM

I miss Womanising and Swashbuckling Nightcrawler. We haven't really had him around since Excalibur ended.

Religious semi-priest Nightcrawler is just so dull. And kinda out of character.

Posted by theswordisdrawn on 06/20/09 at 01:16 PM

so after this issue the X-men had to hire a HR person to discuss proper conduct in the workplace, many powerpoint presentations were made

Posted by edward on 06/20/09 at 06:30 PM

i want a nightcrawler plushie does that make me wierd

Posted by purplex on 06/20/09 at 07:45 PM

When I read this issue as a child, I never thought for a second that Nightcrawler had his cock out.  Thanks for ruining a precious childhood memory.

Posted by ultimatehoratio on 06/20/09 at 09:42 PM

that thing holding his drink? its not his tail

Posted by mikeandzod21 on 06/20/09 at 11:19 PM

@mikeandzod21 - Dropping it was my best decision. I left after the "I'll fuck you like a ninja turtle" line.

Posted by chlop on 06/21/09 at 08:14 AM

yikes!

Posted by DenverDave on 06/21/09 at 08:33 PM

Bamf indeed.

Posted by Jurassicalien on 06/22/09 at 11:44 PM

o.o..... chlop ... i want to read that back issue...

Posted by Mangaman on 08/23/09 at 06:08 AM

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