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I love that someone who did something as major as crippling Prof X is such an obscure forgettable nobody.
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Pretty sure a bunch of guys have been responsible for crippling Professor X. It was the Shadow King at one point, wasn't it? He's a much better bad guy. Still, Silver Age X-Men had weird villains. Does anyone remember Grotesk or Factor Three and the Mutant Master?
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I remember Lucifer having a big build up in the comics and then the reveal was a guy who looked and felt like a quick sketch of Magneto, a character debuting eight issues earlier. I also remember Grotesk because he was the guy who killed Professor X the first time.
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Ghostlight posted:I remember Lucifer having a big build up in the comics and then the reveal was a guy who looked and felt like a quick sketch of Magneto, Yeah my first thought was that the guy looks like someone trying (and failing) to draw Magneto from memory.
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"Rendered Xavier a cripple" is some really awkward phrasing. Anyway, off the top of my head, Xavier has been crippled by: Lucifer Shadow King Stryfe/Apocalypse* Magneto** *He was able to walk briefly as a result of being infected by Stryfe with a TO virus which Apocalypse cured. He used his time to rollerblade with Jubilee **Magneto "fixed" him as Xorn by dumping a bunch of nanosentinels in his body. He then removed them after revealing he was Magneto*** all along! ***Actually he was Xorn**** pretending to be Magneto to be Xorn***** ****The evil Xorn *****The evil Xorn's good brother Xorn
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Endless Mike posted:*He was able to walk briefly as a result of being infected by Stryfe with a TO virus which Apocalypse cured. He used his time to rollerblade with Jubilee Wouldn't we all.
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At one point around the start of New Mutants he was taken over by a Brood, killed and then the Starjammers built him a new body and then he could walk for awhile but would randomly fall over screaming in pain. I forget what put him back him in the chair that time.
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Apr 4, 2017 03:26
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Remember how in early X-Men, Professor X was (like everyone else in the cast possibly including Bobby) secretly in love with Jean Grey and had all this internal angst over, "How could she ever love... a cripple?!" Strange times.
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Kalli posted:At one point around the start of New Mutants he was taken over by a Brood, killed and then the Starjammers built him a new body and then he could walk for awhile but would randomly fall over screaming in pain. Wheat Loaf posted:Remember how in early X-Men, Professor X was (like everyone else in the cast possibly including Bobby) secretly in love with Jean Grey and had all this internal angst over, "How could she ever love... a cripple?!" Strange times.
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The one Ultimate X-Men panel I remember is Ultimate Sinister introducing Xavier to his greatest foe of all. "Stairs."
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Wheat Loaf posted:Remember how in early X-Men, Professor X was (like everyone else in the cast possibly including Bobby) secretly in love with Jean Grey and had all this internal angst over, "How could she ever love... a cripple?!" Strange times. That was like, one thought bubble in one issue.
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Lurdiak posted:That was like, one thought bubble in one issue. But wasn't it one of the first issues?
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They also brought it up years later in the build up to Onslaught in the 90's, where Onslaught takes Jean Grey through a trip on the Astral Plane including Xavier's mind and points out how Xavier had a creepy crush on her.
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Endless Mike posted:I think this is some common Marvel angst since Donald Blake did the same thing with Jane Foster. Because, really, how could any woman love a man who has to use a walking stick?
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Iron Man had his bum ticker that he thought kept him from having relationships. Betty Brant ditched Peter Parker because his job was too dangerous. Early Marvel superheroes did not spring up out of nowhere. Their family tree includes the Romance comics, Twilight Zone-esque morality play comics, and monster and war comics that directly preceded them. Lobok fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Apr 4, 2017 |
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Day 45: Foxfire Foxfire is both a Squadron Supreme villain turned ally and what my 60 year old uncle calls his web browser when he calls me to fix his computer. Not really much effort went into her design. I do find the differently sized boots an odd design choice though.  
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If she was a Squadron Supreme character, was she an analogue for anyone from DC?
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hup posted:If she was a Squadron Supreme character, was she an analogue for anyone from DC? Nah, I don't think so; the Squadron Supreme miniseries introduced several characters who didn't map directly on to DC characters, like Haywire and Quagmire and Lamprey and such; Foxfire, as one of the villains who get brainwashed and later join the Squadron, was one of these. I suppose it's possible that there's someone she's 'inspired by' but just because Gruenwald was working with a Squadron Supreme that was very clearly the JLA with the serial numbers scratched off, he didn't seem to feel like he had to fit all his characters into that mold.
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When looking straight on her haircut is two mirrored F's like on her jacket.
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Lamprey is Parasite.
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"Tattoo of fox heads on each breast" like where did they fit this detail in?
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The touch of one boot heals...the other...destroys!
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hup posted:If she was a Squadron Supreme character, was she an analogue for anyone from DC? Vixen, from Justice League Detroit.
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I wouldn't really consider "fox based name and is also a black lady" an analogue, but then I didn't create Wundarr the Aquarian.
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There's really a fine line between standard 'scantily clad super-heroine costume' and 'forgot to wear pants today'...
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team overhead smash posted:They also brought it up years later in the build up to Onslaught in the 90's, where Onslaught takes Jean Grey through a trip on the Astral Plane including Xavier's mind and points out how Xavier had a creepy crush on her. I remember that Jean's reaction to it was "That's it? Who cares?!"
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yeah, if you are a pretty lady who can read minds that would sound positively quaint.
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Day 46: Machete This dude's got knives everywhere. I'm not even sure how you reach a couple of those on the back. Also insert Danny Trejo joke here.  
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Machete has a special place in my heart as a D-lister because he's died and come back with zero explanation a bunch of times, and there have been at least 2 or 3 of them, but most writers never bother saying which Machete they're using when he shows up as part of the Batroc Brigade. His history is a confusing loving mess and he's just forgettable enough that no one cares.
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Does Machete actually have extensive knowledge of guerilla tactics or is that just a padded resume way of saying he likes surprise attacks.
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Yo, where is San Diablo and why haven't I heard of it before?
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 Appears to be the south-western part of Alto Rio Negro in Brazil.
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Ghostlight posted:
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Lobok posted:Does Machete actually have extensive knowledge of guerilla tactics or is that just a padded resume way of saying he likes surprise attacks. If guerilla tactics means throwing knives at people from off-panel and missing, he's the master of that.
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HitTheTargets posted:Yo, where is San Diablo and why haven't I heard of it before? Wheat Loaf posted:Remember how in early X-Men, Professor X was (like everyone else in the cast possibly including Bobby) secretly in love with Jean Grey and had all this internal angst over, "How could she ever love... a cripple?!" Strange times.  He proposed to Lori Lemaris, who as far as he knew was paralyzed, even if it later turned out she was a mermaid in a wheelchair.
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Fearless_Decoy posted:I love how they just cram in fictional countries whenever the plot needs one. Marvel's map of Eastern Europe probably looks like someone spilled confetti on a real map. The Holy Roman Empire never ended in the Marvel Universe, micro states for everyone.
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That's only 12 knives unless he's got some hidden in his gloves. He needs some bandoleers.
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Also I like how his flak jacket and boots are special but the rest, including them gaudy yellow Elfin Gloves +1, are "conventional military surplus."
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Batroc's Brigade  
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Day 47: The Power Broker The man who could be the inspiration for a lot of really bad artist's careers. The Power Broker is a dude that that seems like a '90s wet dream but he's way older than that. Not to be confused with new version who's a bit more professional looking for a CEO. It says he's presumed single, but honestly who could resist this mountain of a man?  
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