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Variant cover to Astonishing X-Men #4
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mightynine
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This needs a spoiler tag in the subject, FYI.
FortNinety
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Bowser said:
Since I stopped reading X-Men a few years ago, I didn't know they died. Was it due to some virus or something?
FortNinety said:
Nope, that was
her original body counter part. Betsy was merged/split via The Hand and Spiral's magics with an assassin by the name of Kwannon...each person was now a mix of the 2. The Betsy that was still with the X-Men had the asian body, and Kwannon had the original British body. Both were skilled in the martial arts and had telepathy. Betsy manifested a psychic knife, while Kwannon manifested a psychic katana. Anywho, Kwannon was diagnoised with the Legacy Virus, and soon died, returning Psylocke's full telepathic power. Of course this whole crap only happened because the writer missed one issue in his collection, an issue where Claremont already explained the body switch thing...gotta love the editorial incompetence that was the 90s. Anywho, soon Psylocke was gutted to death by Sabertooth, ressurected via some Crimson Dawn mystical mumbo jumbo, had a tattoo over her eye(right eye i think), had the ability to teleport through shadows, got tricked by the Shadow King and ended up causing a shockwave across the astral plane, disabling telepathy, then trapped the Shadow king but had to constantly use her powers to keep him in check, so no telepathy for Betsy. Then we have Revolution, which takes place after a 6-month gap. In that 6 month gap, Jean helps Betsy and they have a still unexplained power switch...Jean gives Betsy her telekinesis, while adding Betsy's telepathic power to hers. Betsy can now manifest a telekinetic katana...and while she's great at smashing things, she isn't great at fine motor control, such as picking up a dime.
Psylocke died in X-treme X-Men issue 2 by the hands of Vargas...stabbed and killed...very shitty(as in lame) death. Many fans await her return...her spirit form had a conversation with Bishop while he was in Dreamtime, and when she was saying goodbye, some figure from behind her snatched her through some sort of portal...so that's the opening for her return at some point.
Psylocke died in X-treme X-Men issue 2 by the hands of Vargas...stabbed and killed...very shitty(as in lame) death. Many fans await her return...her spirit form had a conversation with Bishop while he was in Dreamtime, and when she was saying goodbye, some figure from behind her snatched her through some sort of portal...so that's the opening for her return at some point.
Spike Spiegel
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Now how in the hell are they going to explain that? He was cremated, for cryin' out loud.
The cover doesn't mean he has to come back to life. If you remember the end of issue 3, Beast just said "some things should stay buried". They could just be using his...ashes? Okay, I don't know. If he IS back then it's the worst resurrection since...Alien Resurrection. Now, Jean, I can understand.
Semjaza Azazel
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I was hoping to pick it up today, but in typical fashion my comic shop made up a price for it before anyone was even able to buy it. I'm not paying $14.99 for an issue not even a day old yet. Bastards.
Doc Savage
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I am glad they brought him back. He shouln't of died in the first place. There are tons of other shitty x-men to knock off.
Doc Holliday
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question:
How many xmen books are there these days...last time I read xmen there were 2.. Uncanny and X-Men.
How many xmen books are there these days...last time I read xmen there were 2.. Uncanny and X-Men.
Spike Spiegel
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X-Men and X-Men -related comics being published as of November 2004:Doc Holliday said:
Astonishing X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men
Ultimate X-Men
Excalibur
Wolverine
Gambit
Nightcrawler
Rogue
Mystique
New X-Men
Sabretooth
Exiles
Starjammers
Cable/Deadpool
X-Force
Emma Frost
Jubilee
District X
Madrox
NYX
X-Men: The End
Alpha Flight
So... 23.
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
geez thats a lot, any alternate universe books or are they all legit?
Spike Spiegel
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Uhhh... Let's see if I can break those down into groups...Doc Holliday said:
Core "616" X-Men Titles:
Astonishing X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men
Solo "616" X-Men Titles:
Wolverine
Gambit
Nightcrawler
Rogue
Mystique
Sabretooth
Cable/Deadpool
Emma Frost
Jubilee
District X (Bishop)
Madrox
Peripheral "616" X-Men Titles:
Excalibur
New X-Men
X-Force
NYX
Alpha Flight
X-Men Unlimited
Mini Series:
X-Men: The End
Wolverine: The End
Alternate Universe X-Men Titles:
Ultimate X-Men
Exiles
???:
Starjammers
I think that's about right. I also added a couple of titles, so they're up to 25.
New X-Men is considered a "core" title I believe, hence the name change from New Mutants.
And bringing back
is totally worthless.
And bringing back
Colossus
He's been nothing but "dumb strong guy" window dressing for the better part of two decades... seriously the only intersting things he's been involved with since the early 1980s glory days were defecting to the Acolytes (which was more conceptually interesting than the story played out) and beating up Pete Wisdom out of mindless jealousy. Pitor should've stayed dead, Kitty's better off without him. If anyone should be brought back it's Ilyanna, at least she's a mean little bitch and has links to something offering a halfway plausable return.
distantmantra
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nomoment said:
How did Whedon pull it off? I don't read comics anymore, but as an X-men fan during my elementary/junior high days (1988-1995), I'd love to know.
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