At first i was surprised to find that i would be reading a comic book and having to write a blog entry on it. I had felt that it would not have enough information write a good entry, however after completing the comic i had found that it actually had a lot of good information to write about.
The comic starts out telling the reader about this motionless character who is sitting alone in a room, and then later informing us of a certain institution which turns out to actually be a school for "mutants", who are people with extraordinary powers. As the comic continues we are introduced the different characters who are involved in this comic. we meet Angel,Cyclops, Beast, and Iceman, who all have individual powers of their own which we learn about as the comic continues, and are all members of the superhero team the X-Men. later on we see these characters training with there master, Professor Xavier.
As the X-men are training we see all of the amazing abilities that each of these characters have. I think that by showing these characters with all of these special powers it makes the reader more envious, and makes him almost happy to see the characters, and feels inspired by them that maybe the reader himself can also help do some good in the world that they live in. As the comic goes on we are introduced to another character who later joins the X-men, her name is Jean Grey. later Jean is given her codename, "Marvel Girl".
Later on we are introduced to the villain in this comic, whose name is Magneto who has control over all kinds of magnetic fields, and anything that is related to magnets. The reason that a villain is put into this comic is to instill fear in the reader and make him feel afraid. It also helps the reader get more excited as to what will happen to the main characters, who in this case are the good guys. After learning more about Magneto we see that he has taken over control over the military base and is threatening the world. after finding out about this news the X-men finally get to take action and do what they had been training for and that is to protect the humans. What follows after this in my opinion is the climax of the comic, and the most exciting part for the reader to read about. The reader does not know what to expect, and doesn't know who overall who is going to win the battle between good and evil.
The next scene begins with angel explaining to the military who the X-Men they are, and that they are here to help. After getting permission from the military to help, the X-men do what they did best and began to fight evil. After getting through magneto's protective barrier, and fighting off the missiles that he had fired at them earlier, they had ended up fending him off. However Magneto was able up escape, but the humans are left safe and the day was still saved thanks to the X-men. I think that the reason that this episode ended with the bad guy escaping was a very good decision. I feel that by having an ending like this it makes the reader get a sense of anxiousness as to what will happen next episode, and will make the reader want to buy another issue of this comic book. I also found that many movies these days will have a similar ending, were it is uncertain just what happened to the bad guy, this is because it makes the reader either want to see the movie again or maybe see the movies sequel. However in either case it will keep the movie and/or comic book on the readers mind, and that is what good authors do with their books. I also feel that this technique is used in most urban legends, due to the fact that it makes the reader remember the story, and keeps it on his mind so he wont forget, and will probably end up telling other people about it as well.
some definitions that the reader may need to know for this story is the definition of a mutant- which is a person who has super/extra ordinary powers or mysterious abilities. the reader should also know what each mutant in the story can do and that is that angel- has wings and can fly. marvel girl- she has the ability of telekenesis. the beast- a large mutant who is very large and big and has ultra super strength. magneto- he is the villain in the comic and he has super magnetic powers can can control all magnetic things. cyclops- a mutant who can shoot beans out from his visor over his eyes. professor x- he is the professor who founded and helped trained the x-men and he himself can read peoples minds. iceman- he is a mutant who has special ice powers and can create and control ice to do whatever he pleases.
Question- why do you think that they ended this issue of the comic with the villain escaping and getting away?
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I accidentally wrote about this under "why we crave horror.." I don't know how it got to that but it did. I don't crave horror, so I don't know why someone would.
This was a very well written blog. I like the fact that you didn't expect to be working on a comic book but realized the significance of the comic book on a large scale.
It is the typical superhero comic book ending. By letting the bad guy get away it sets them up as a major villain. In this example Magneto is the super villain of this series, he pops up time and time again to harass the X-men. Almost every superhero has this type of villain, for Batman it was the Joker, for Superman it was Luther. While most other villains only show up once or twice, these ones endure. They give the story a bit more depth,as they show up time a Lex nd time again the reader grows to know them as well as the heroes.
I think the comic was ended in this way to leave the reader with wonder, allowing them to guess how it could have ended. This is a classic example of the "to be continued" prompt at the end of a television show, or the unanswered questions of the movie. Readers are left wanting more, but with comic book heroes, the villain is never really dead or captured.
I think the reason why the bady guy gets away is because it allowed for the story to continue. If the bad guy would have been beaten, then the X-Men story could not continue unless a new bad guy would be introduced over and over. Who wants that?
Steve
The reason that the creator made the ending of the issue have the villain escaping to build suspense and prolong the series.If they were to have him be caught by the good guys then the series would end and they would not be able to produce more of it and make money.
Bahram Kaminas
I think that this issue ended with the bad guy getting away to create suspense and a cliff hanger..and this would cause the people who liked this first comic to go out and buy the second one and continue to follow the story line until the end where the problem is hopefully solved.
The reason for this type of ending, like Rossum10 said, is so that the story can be continued in another issue of the comic book series. Also, it creates suspense, which leaves the readers craving to find out what happens next, causing readers to go out and buy the next part of the series. By letting the villain escape it also gives the reader the hint that that villain is the ultimate/main villain in the series.
I think that the reason why they let the villain escape is because it's more realistic. It's not typical that the villain escapes, so it makes the comic book story more interesting. It also makes the villain an important part of the story.
-Cindy U.
From a consumer’s point of view, it all comes back to making money. The villain escapes at the end of the issue. This means that the villain will be back in the next issue. It creates suspense which leads the reader to purchase the next issue that comes out.
It's very common for writers of books and directors of films to leave off with unanswered. In cases like this I think it's because it helps the audience to become anxious and very excited of the next series to come. The audience continue to gossip about whats going to be shown or written next. With this sense comes great expectation! I love when movies or books end with unanswered questions. Since it's a comic book I think it's a given to leave off with these types of endings because actions figures also portrayed as heroes will always have a conflicting course that will challenge them.
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