#spy x family mission 75

[thetreeshavenotongues]

Spy x Family Mission 75 Spoilers-ish (But mostly just a dissertation on Melinda Desmond) :

Alright, I’ve finally calmed down enough to have actual semi-coherent thoughts about Melinda. So here we go, this is gonna be a long one.

I’ve seen a few posts calling her terrible and that she’s a bad parent but I really, deeply believe that’s not the case at all. I don’t think she’s a character that Endo put there for us to hate. I think she’s a character that’s there to be pitied.

She is clearly a severely broken woman. We got a hint of it in her reveal with Yor, we saw glimpses of the duality -her saying she didn’t care about the punch or really anything in Damien’s life at the table with her friends, then asking in the car when she and Yor were alone if Damien and Anya were friends - and then she gave us that expression.

I think we were all supposed to have our own opinions about what that face meant at the time because it was just so hard to pin down (and we have no Anya to give us insight) but now that we know a little more about her, it’s starting to make more sense. It’s warped and fractured and a caricature of what a happy smile should be. I think it shows that she has two very distinct, opposing mind sets about her life and the lives of her family and because of that she’s a very conflicted and complicated woman.

The fact that she raced over to see Damien shows us that she loves her child. She ran to that boy with tears in her eyes and dropped to her knees to hug him, that was a mother who was distraught. No one expected her to do that. Damien himself definitely didn’t. Anya even likened her thoughts about her son to a Yuri level of obsessive compassionate. But the second Damien mentioned his father a switch flipped. She fractured.

Donovan seems like a very cut and dry asshole, I’m sure he has some different facets but they’re probably all just variations of shithead. He was pretty blatant with his ideas, beliefs and ideologies when we met him, (for now) he’s an easy character to understand. Melinda, on the other hand, seems to be the opposite. I’m sure we all have our theories on her background, she’s most likely from a wealthy family and whether her marriage to Donovan was an arranged one or they actually did at some point love each other (or some truly wild Third thing that probably is the case given this manga’s propensity for curveballs), it’s clear that at this point they’re not on good terms. It’s obvious that Melinda hates Donovan, I have a theory that Demetrius may be the root of that hatred.

I believe that after he was born and she witnessed Donovan’s indifference towards their child aside from indoctrinating him with his twisted views something in her shifted. Donovan probably even made sure her interactions with her first born would be limited as he was grooming him to be his heir. I’m going to guess that not only will we find out that Demetrius looks like Donovan but he will act like him too. My theory is that she wanted a second child, not Donovan, (especially since it seems like Damien is the only one of these rich kids with a sibling) Melinda wanted a child to teach to be good and to love and dote on since she saw that Demetrius was too far for her to ever actually reach. But I think that even that didn’t work out the way she wanted and it probably became evident to her pretty quickly that even though Damien as the second child would never get as much attention from Donovan as the first, she still wouldn’t be able to completely remove his influence from their shared child’s life. And every time that she saw him, her precious second attempt, search for approval from a man who she hates some of that hate transferred over to her feelings for Damien, (because to her, why would he love a man who clearly has no love for him when she’s right there showering him with it? Why does he care about that man’s approval when she’s right there giving him hers?) I think Damien’s desire to be loved by both parents, and her witnessing that she can’t change that slowly chipped away at her until she became this heavily fractured, incredibly wounded woman who probably had no healthy coping mechanism and it developed into this severe dissociation when it comes to her thoughts on her children.

It’s heavily implied that Damien and Demetrius have very different personalities and I’m assuming that as much as Damien looks like his mother, Demetrius will be a copy of his father as a way of showing us which parent they take after. Demetrius was his fathers project and Damien was his mother’s (failed) attempt at combatting that influence. And I think that’s why her thoughts about Damien that first time are so…let’s say enthusiastic (obsessive), and why when she hears him talk about his father - a man who couldn’t even be bothered to show up after his child was in a bus hijacking - we see her thoughts jumble. We get both sides, the incredible love and the bone deep loathing and unfortunately both are directed at this softest, sweetest of beans.

TLDR: she’s complicated and needs much therapy.

[cinnamon-guardian]

Okay so I was completely off the mark with this one, but I’m not even a little upset because we got two of my new favorite pages in the whole manga:

These two pages are worth more than any angsty theories of mine. I honestly couldn’t be happier to be off the mark, I love this resolution so much. I love Yor and Anya’s mother-daughter relationship so much, and this is one of their sweetest moments yet. Chapter 75 is so good.

SPOILERS FOR SPY X FAMILY CHAPTER 74:

The discussions around this chapter have been wonderful and gut-wrenching and absolutely on point, but not enough people have talked about Yor’s part in this story:

The way the chapter cold opens with one of the biggest fears a parent can have regarding their children. Yor doesn’t know where Anya is, and Eden, whom Yor trusted to keep her baby safe, has been lying to her and keeping her in the dark about what’s really going on.

And at the very end of the chapter, we get this:

A news broadcast is detailing the events as they really happened. We don’t really know if anyone in particular is watching the news broadcast, but imagine if that’s how Yor finds out the truth. Not from the school, but from hearing about it on the morning news.

Yor’s daughter was held hostage by the Red Circus, a group Yor all but exterminated all the way back in Extra Mission 2. And she didn’t know until it was already over.

We don’t get to see Yor’s reaction to everything that’s happening, but I 100% believe the first two pages of this chapter are set-up for Chapter 75, when Yor finally reaches Anya and knows what happened.

I’ve held the belief for a while now that this arc was going to be followed by a reprieve where the Forgers have a recovery period of sorts to come to terms with everything that’s happened.

I’m not sure if that applies anymore for Anya, since she actually handled the ending of this arc with nerves of steel, but now I’m dead certain that it will apply for Yor.

From her stance, her child nearly died in a hostage situation involving a group Yor had a run-in with before, and Eden tried to hide it from her. She’s going to be devastated and pissed.

The most obvious response for the future will be Yor becoming a bit of a helicopter mom. Anya was in a hostage situation at the ripe old age of six, so being protective is definitely warranted. Especially once Yor hears about how Anya was right in the center of it all and nearly got gunned down by the SSS. Yor might not let Anya out of her sight for a LONG time after that since she doesn’t know Anya had the situation under control.

I honestly wouldn’t even be surprised if Yor asked Loid to pull Anya out of Eden Academy and enroll her in another school after everything that went down, and with Loid being out of town while this was happening, he might not understand why and it might become a major point of contention between the two moving forward.

All of this is theorizing from the seat of my pants, though. What do you all think Yor’s reaction is gonna be?

[shiro-s2e2-erukinzu]

Anime only watchers and people who aren't caught up with the Manga, BEWARE... Cuz I'm about to discuss Spy X Family Mission 75... You have been warned...! 👌

[SPOILERS AHEAD FROM THIS POINT ON]

[Breathes in............. 😤]

(This gif perfectly describes how I feel after reading this chapter... So let's talk about it...!)

The chapter begins with Anya, Becky, Bill, and Damian each getting a Stella Star (as they should...! 😤):

And at first, I was like: "Is Endo really just gonna skip the direct aftermath of the hijacking...?" 🤔 But then, a few pages later, we get exactly that!! 😄

One by one, everyone's parents came to pick them up (we even got a small glimpse at Ewen's mom and Emile's dad...! 😁) And then, it was just Damian and Anya...

Which honestly hurt my heart a little seeing Anya looking into the distance like that... 😢

Then, we get one of (in my opinion) the most sweetest / wholesome moments between Anya and Damian...!! 💗😊💗

DAMIAN EVEN CALLED ANYA HIS FRIEND...!!! 💗😆💗😆💗(Which he retracted soon after...!! 😁)

But then, Damian says this...:

💔MY FREAKING HEART...!!!💔

WHY DO YOU THIS TO HIM ENDO!!? 😫

(I swear...!! If the Forgers don't take Damian in, me and rest of the fandom will gladly adopt this boy...!!! 😤)

After that, Yor finally showed up to get Anya, which led to THIS:

💔MY BABY GIRL!!!💔

She really tried to play it off like she wasn't scared... 😢 Oh, Anya...! 💔😭💔

Then, we got the first big surprise of the chapter...:

TWILIGHT ACTUALLY SHOWED UP...!!! 😲 (And I'm happy about it!! 😊)

But that wasn't the only surprise...:

Melinda Desmond actually showed up!! 👀

And because of Anya, we finally got to see her inner thoughts...:

OH MY GOD!! 😱 WHAT AN ENDING...!!! AND WHAT IS HER DEAL?!!

And that was Mission 75, and it blew me out of the water...!!! 😵 I've said it a bunch before, and I'll say it again... Endo can always find a way to surprise me and keep me guessing...!! 😊 AND I LOVE THAT!!! 😁👍

As for where things will go from hear, I couldn't tell ya...! 😅 But what I do know is that Anya knows something's not right with Melinda now, and I wonder what she's gonna do with that information...? 🤔 Only time will tell...!! (Also, I wonder if Twilight was informed about the situation or if he heard about it a different way... 🤔)

Anyway, I had a great time with chapter, and I hope that y'all did too...!! 😊 So until next time, I see you all in the next Mission...!! Take care everyone...!! 👋😁

[initaishappy]

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[shiro-s2e2-erukinzu]

Facts...!! I agree with this wholeheartedly! 😌

i’m shocked to see the disappointment surrounding twilight’s decision to stay in disguise rather than run to anya. like how are you not floored by how far he has come as not only a character but a father?

twilight abandoned his mission the second that he heard anya was in trouble. we know this because sylvia said in the beginning that he wouldn’t make it in time to help, so there was no point in sending him back (and, just to clarify, she was right!) but instead of agreeing with her call and carrying out the remainder of his task he ran to help his daughter AND brought backup. not because he wanted to save a group of kids, but because he wanted to save ANYA.

twilight rushed home only to find out he wasn’t needed. TWILIGHT, the top spy in WISE, was not integral to saving the day. can you imagine what that feels like for him? don’t you think he recognizes how that might make him look to wise? and then to see anya immediately jump into yor’s arms… well, he likely assumed he wasn’t needed there either. so he decided to make her favorite meal for dinner, because he grew up with no promise of food or shelter to make his emotional trauma a little easier. and, for the record, when anya heard his plan she immediately lit up! she wasn’t expecting a grand show of physical affection, she understood how much it meant for twilight to be there to look out for her in the first place!

a spy should never get attached, and here he is. caring so openly for his daughter that he did something he NEVER would have done prior to meeting anya. and btw, we didn’t get any insight into twilight’s emotions surrounding anya’s kidnapping. there’s no reason to believe that he wasnt as emotionally affected as yor just because he didn’t hug her the same way. yeah, i get that it might be a little disappointing to be 75 chapters into the manga and not have that one moment where everything clicks into place for him and he finally understands her role in his life. but it’s just not realistic to the progression of his character. twilight is a lonely, emotionally stunted man whose life has centered around violence since his childhood. you can’t expect him to outgrow that in the span of like six months with anya and yor.

[manga-screencaps]

Spy x Family

Mission 75

[ladyelizabethraven]

Spy X Family chapter 75 Thoughts:

When you thought that we're already winding down for end of a story arc, but Endo said, "Not yet."

I'm glad that Bill Watkins and Becky were also awarded with a Stella for their contributions! They're really now part of Team Anya.

My money is on that this is not the last time we'll ever encounter Billy Squire. Compared to the Doggy Crisis Arc or even the other Red Circus compatriots, it seems that Endo is putting on more focus on him by not only giving him a surname, but also giving him a back story as well as giving him a final shot in this chapter.

Hmmm.. So Becky still has a living mom but for some reason, we haven't even seen not a shadow of her in the past few chapters. I wonder if this has something to do as to why Mr. Blackbell is now the doting, overprotective man that he is right now? I hope we see a Blackbell arc soon.

I wonder though why Anya hadn't heard Twilight when the strike team were closing in? Is it because she's way too focused on Billy's thoughts?

Ahhh Damian, do you really have to say the trigger word ("friends")? Now Anya gets her mind back to her papa's mission and not as an authentic friend of yours!

But I'm seeing a glimmer of hope in Anya and Damian's friendship. But as long as they have their issues, we'll just have to read between the lines.

And Yor being Yor hahahaha! But it shows that Anya doesn't really have nerves of tungsten all the time. When she finally gets hold of her parents, she acts like a normal kid stuck in a nerve wracking situation. (And I think their whole interaction is wholesome).

Lol, looks like there won't be a Twilight-Wise fallout soon like some people have expected. They managed to take hold of Twilight and have him rushing to the scene disguised as one of the strike team. But it is at the cost of his stomach pains (maybe Twilight should see a doctor for that, because it ain't healthy anymore, right?)

And the partially unexpected main star of the show: Melinda Desmond.

My God, Melinda's reaction in the last few panels of the story deserves a whole article in itself.

She's now in the range of "crazy yandere" to "conflicted character". But by the way Endo drew that final scene makes me think that she falls on the crazy side.

This is the first time Anya has mind read Melinda Desmond... Any it just gave us more questions than answers regarding this whole debacle with the Desmonds.

Please let's just have a Yor-Melinda arc next!

I just hope the Forgers just adopt Damian at this time. The poor boy needs some wholesome parent figures at this point.

[idk-my-aesthetic]

Spy x family 75 spoilers ahead!

So to start I like everyone else loved this chapter. Anya and Yor reuniting, tsundere Damian and all the kids getting stars! Plus more insight into the fucked up desmond family

But what I wanna talk about the most is Twilight’s reaction

We didn’t get a proper reunion or see Twilight get visibly upset, which is a bit disappointing, but in all honesty even if I want to see that big emotional reaction from him being protective over Anya I just don’t think we’re at that point in the story yet

Like from a meta narrative perspective the moment where Twilight finally snaps and fully gives into and accepts the protective/parental feelings he has towards Anya is going to be a HUGE deal.

It’s been built up since basically moment 1 when Twilight says he gave up hope of ever having a family, and his whole character arc feels like a slow climb to that moment. Like when he saves Anya from the initial kidnapping, when he tries to send her off, during the interview when he punches the table, etc etc. he’s fighting between the two sides of himself- the stoic spy and the family man. Even ditching his mission to run to the bus is an example of this inner battle.

I do think we’re going to get a lot more small moments like this, seeing that protective side slowly taking over and him trying to push it down for the sake of the mission. We’re also probably going to get moments of him saving Anya or Yor secretly or in disguise like on the ship. (Or secretly as far as he knows considering Anya’s telepathy)

But eventually the big moment everyone wants where Twilight stands up for Anya (and possibly Yor) as himself will come eventually. It’s just not going to be for a while bc that moment is quiet literally the culmination of his character arc

I will also say that when this moment happens his won’t be protecting his family from random terrorists. I actually think it’ll probably be against WISE in some way

*also I think him being kinda casual about it makes sense in universe. I think all three of the Forgers have a bit of a skewed perspective on what’s normal when it comes to danger and trauma. All three of them had decently traumatizing childhoods.

But Twilight specifically having spent so much time as a spy and so little time with civilians- I don’t think he exactly knows what is a normal amount of danger or trauma for a child to go through. Despite how good he is at reading ppl and all that I think to him once Anya isn’t in physical danger anymore he mentally classifies her as okay. Like once he got her out of danger with the kidnappers he was just like “alright let’s go home”. So I think to him now that she’s no longer in physical danger she’s basically fine (especially bc Yor is there to help her through the initial crying and panic)

Anyway uhhh that went longer than expected sorry lol

[shiro-s2e2-erukinzu]

I agree with this too!! 😁

Honestly Twilights lack of reaction makes perfect sense to me. Much like how Anya kept her cool during the whole ordeal, Twilight is still in mission mode right now even though everythings over.

I bet you everything that happened (and almost could have happened) isnt going to really HIT him until hes back home with Anta and everything is over. Much like how Anya was perfectly fine, and then Yor asked her if she was ok and only then did she burst into tears.

I bet hes going to get home and play the role of Dad TM and then at some point Yors going to ask him if hes ok (maybe after Anyas in bed) and its going to hit him out of nowhere that, OH, hes very much NOT ok

[vixvaporub]

Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo – Mission 75

[liciatalks]

The woman introduced the suspect. "This man is a criminal ..... Officer Forger, it's your job to get him to admit what he's done."

"Okey dokey." Anya snapped off a stiff salute to the woman, then turned to face the suspect, her face suddenly cold and grim.

What the hell? thought Yuri.

Anya lowered herself into the chair, shaking her head with a world-weary sigh. She spoke in a soft murmur.

"You again, Jack? You just never learn, do you?"

Who the hell is Jack? wondered Yuri. And what, she just gets to make up the fact that he's a repeat offender?!

"Sure is cold out," Anya said wistfully. "Looks like winter's here."

Yuri furrowed his brow. Now she's writing in the season too?

SPY x FAMILY: FAMILY PORTRAIT ( MISSION 2, PG 73)

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"Don't you play the tough guy with me, John." Anya's voice was low and gritty-or at least, that's probably how she intended it to sound.

Yuri was screaming inside. His name was Jack! How could you forget that? You're the one who named him!

"You still have Margaret," Anya said. "What about her?"

Who the hell is Margaret?! .....

SPY x FAMILY: FAMILY PORTRAIT ( MISSION 2, PG 75)

[thetreeshavenotongues]

Also, thank god Damien is rich cuz that boy is going to need all of the therapy

Chapter 75 Spoilers-ish:

Guys. Guys. GUYS! Those last four pages!!!!!

I don’t even have a proper sentence. Just MELINDA!!!!! Like, just, fuck.

A goddamn rollercoaster in 4 pages and then last one is a Yor level kick to the throat. WHAT IS GOING ON?!?

Also, yay for the kids, Twilight’s a softie, Yor is a beast, Anya actually is a child, Damien’s an adorable little simp but seriously, MELINDA!!!!

Maybe I’ll have a coherent thought about this some day but today ain’t it. My head is spinning.

[just-seeing-everything]

Spy x family Chapter 75 spoilers below the cut

(kind of an analysis)

So it looks like Melinda does love Damian, but it's being prevented of taking care of him by some exterior force, probably Donovan huh

(I wonder if its something similar with Demetrius)

Important thing: Damian finally considers Anya a friend. Very important, although Anya almost put the car before the horses there.

I mean, he probably already did before, but he is too confusing for Anya.

Loid was there, of course. "He came flying," probably exploded the other mission just to see Anya

Yor came too, and Anya cried, and my heart goes 💔

Yes, she is a child. It's easy to forget this because of how utterly intelligent and understanding of the situation she can be, always turning the situation to benefit herself. But she's just a child, between 4-5, pulling out insane moves as a way of survival

I'm still processing how Melinda does love Damian (probably).

This is ending this arc, so it's hard to try to predict what is coming next. I wish we could see Yor and Melinda interacting more on the scene, or maybe in an aftermath (?)

Of course I want to see Loid immediately dismantling his mask and crying after getting home and cuddling Anya (but this is improbable). Just wish we could see him having a more emotional reaction (besides leaving his other missions and getting between a bunch of SSS agents)

Wish we could have a bonding moment between Yor and Loid

But we were blessed with bonding between Yor and Anya, which it's harder to occur than Loid and Anya

I think the manga is devolving nicely. If you look back, we can see the evolution of everybody's character and relationship, especially then, as a family

Twilight, although still extremely efficient, putting "spy work" to the side to care for Anya. Yor questioning her assassin work. Anya strengthening the bond she have with her friends and family.

They love each other, your honor

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Subtitle: “Working 70 Hour Weeks and Commuting Means Reading But Not Writing.”

I am trying for more accountability, but, when my idiotic work schedule gets even more idiotic, sometimes it’s just my judgmental calendar of doom that’s keeping me on track. Also my cat. He judges me - harshly.

Look on my missing leg, ye Mighty, and despair!

Ahem. Anyway. So many books:

Day 1: The Umbrella Academy vol 1: The Apocalypse Suite Day 2: CatStronauts: Mission Mars Day 3: Apannine War Diary Day 4: Alex + Ada vol 1 Day 5: Alex + Ada vol 2 Day 6: Visitations Day 7: Another Day of Life Day 8: Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller vol 1 Day 9: Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank Day 10: Scarlet Witch vol 1: Witches’ Road Day 11: Jessica Jones vol 1: Uncaged Day 12: Infidel Day 13: The Deep Blue Good-by Day 14: City of Illusions Day 15: Mockingbird vol 1: I Can Explain Day 16: Ms. Marvel vol 1: Best of the Best Day 17: X-Men Gold vol 1: Back to the Basics Day 18: Kaptara vol 1: Fear Not, Tiny Alien Day 19: Eclipse vol 1 Day 20: Defenders vol 1: Diamonds are Forever Day 21: Hellcat vol 1: Hooked on a Feline Day 22: Chosin Day 23: Elektra vol 1: Bloodlines Day 24: They’re Not Like Us Day 25: Multiple Man vol 1: It All Makes Sense in the End Day 26: Captain America: Sam Wilson: Not My Captain America Day 27: A Russian Journal Day 28: Iron Patriot vol 1: Unbreakable Day 29: Divinity Day 30: Jessica Jones: Alias vol 1 Day 31: Tales of Suspense: Hawkeye and the Winter Soldier Day 32: The Fuse vol 1: The Russian Shift Day 33: Jessica Jones: Alias vol 2 Day 34: Into the Tunnel Day 34: Jessica Jones: Alias vol 3 Day 35: A-Force vol 1 Day 36: Edge of the Spider-Verse Day 37: Descender vol 1 Day 38: Descender vol 2 Day 39: Black Panther: World of Wakanda Day 40: A Farewell to Arms Day 41: I’m Not Leaving Day 42: Green Arrow: Year One Day 43: Daniel’s Story Day 44: Aurora’s Motive Day 45: Jessica Jones vol 4 Day 46: Symmetry Day 47: Afar Day 48: Morning Glories vol 1

Day 49: One Way Ticket

           A math professor at a nearby university related her escape from WWII to England. Interesting not just for the political trials and hoops through which she had to jump to get herself and her family out of Europe, but also for the way that retelling, rather than primary recording, has influenced the main thrust of the story. Also: illustrated. Adorably.

Day 50: The life of Captain Marvel

            I’m not saying I hated this book – I’m just saying that I’m opposed to it on a cellular level.

Day 51: Captain Marvel vol 1: In Pursuit of Flight

            Did I need a mind-bleach of what I’d read the day before? Yes. Yes, I did.

Day 52: The Boy Who Reversed Himself             True story: William Sleator was my favorite author for about a year in middle school. I read every one of his books that our libraries had, and then I read them all again. Six or seven times each (to the shock of absolutely no one who knows me). This book has forever changed the way I consider catsup. And it wasn’t nearly as racist as I’d expected, flipping back through. Hooray?

Day 53: To Fight Alongside Friends

            My best friend roped me into doing an online werewolf game based in WWI. I role-played as Charlie May, the author of this diary, and refused to respond with anything but direct quotes from his book. If nothing else, I entertain myself.

Day 54: Operation: Broken Wings

Day 55: My War Diary

            This one is by Dov Yermiya and is about Lebanon from June 5 – July 1, 1982. I have about six books within easy reach called “My War Diary.” This could prove problematic later. (Also, despite writing about Waltz With Bashir in grad school and for my dissertation, I still don’t know enough about this conflict)

Day 56: Descender vol 3 Day 57: Morning Glories vol 2 Day 58: The Drowned and the Saved Day 59: Jessica Jones: Pulse

Day 60: Zlata’s Diary

            I read this when sitting in the jail on a Friday night. There’s nothing quite so jarring as reading a firsthand account of the absolute disruption of life (and childhood, in a lot of ways), while listening to drunk sorority girls sob on their phones to their mothers and then scream about their Uber.

Day 61: Captain Marvel vol 2: Down Day 62: Avengers: The Enemy Within Day 63: Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster, More Day 64: Captain Marvel: Stay Fly Day 65: Captain Marvel: Alis Volat Propiis Day 66: Carol Danvers vol 1: The Ms Marvel Years

Day 67: One Week in the Library

            Please give me more weeks, Image Comics. Please.

Day 68: The Troop

            Noel Clarke, I love you, but this feels like well-trod ground at this point.

Day 69: Bitch Planet

            I legitimately squealed, out loud, when Kelly Sue DeConnick was on screen during Captain Marvel. High pitched. And then, because I have no game, I whacked my BFF on the arm and whispered (er, “whispered”?) “THAT WAS KELLY SUE!!” No one else was impressed by my mad comic knowledge, but, eh.

Day 70: Jessica Jones vol 3: Return of the Purple Man

           Guess which superstar never read volume 2? That’s right - THIS superstar.

Day 71: Mr. & Mrs. X

            Basically, I love Gambit. I’m okay with Rogue, but I’ve lived in the Deep South for too long to be completely okay with the extremes of character. And I also don’t really like Deadpool. At all. Despite all of that, I still enjoyed this.

Day 72: Secret Avengers vol 1: Reverie

            Unlike this, which did NOT get better with age. Ooooof.

Day 73: Avengers AI vol 1: Human After All

Did I buy this simply for this picture of Vision holding a kitten? Yes. Do I regret that? No.

Day 74: Tet Day 75: Iron Fist: Rage Day 76: Zero vol 1: An Emergency Day 77: Faster than Light

Day 78: Descender vol 4: Orbital Mechanics

            I sent my BFF a copy of Descender because it’s gorgeous. Because she has even worse impulse control than me, she bought all of the other volumes and has already finished the series. I can’t even be mad.

Day 79: Lost Dossiers: Super Spy

            AKA: This would have made way more sense had I realized that this was a supplement to another work… which I don’t yet own. Womp womp womp. Maybe tomorrow I’ll read the From Hell companion, just for kicks.

Day 80: Carnet de Voyage Day 81: Hype Day 82: Dancer Day 83-85: Day 86: Wonderful World of Oz

Day 87: Port of Earth

            Know what I love about Zack Kaplan? He creates immersive worlds that aren’t just one thing – there’s not just one neat storyline wrapped up by the end of the trade, and there isn’t just one type of story at work.

Day 88: Material Day 89: Captain America: the 1940s Newspaper Strip Day 90: Peter Panzerfaust vol 1: The Great Escape Day 91: Cowl vol 1

Day 92: Ministry of Space

            That ending, though.

Day 93: X-Men Gold vol 2 Day 94: The Winter Soldier vol 1: The Longest Winter Day 95: The Winter Soldier vol 2: Broken Arrow

Day 96: Graphic Classics vol 22: African American Classics

            I yelped when I saw that Afua Richardson, Personal Hero, had worked on this. I have a panel from her illustration of Langston Hughes’ “Rivers” (done for NPR), and it is one of my very favorite things.

Day 97: New York: The Big City

Day 98: A Wexford Childhood

            You would think that a memoir covering 1915-1930 might touch on some rumbling of war. You’d be wrong. But, it was an interesting view of the changing world, nonetheless.

Day 99: Winter Soldier vol 3: Black Widow Hunt

            Brubaker, why must you hurt me so?

Day 100: X-Men Rarities

            There are few things that bring me such joy as the stiff pages of a 90s era Marvel trade – and, when those trades include comics with Chamber? I am so in. Now, someone explain to me how they always smell like cigarettes and wet dog, regardless of origin, and I’ll be all set.