Best X-Men Roster

[TheCorpulent1]

I don't even remember those too well. I was getting out of X-Men stuff back then.

 

[PhotoJones]

There was a story with Gambit and Bishop (and Dark Beast) stopping a runaway train. They also teamed up to track Marko when he came looking for help from Onslaught.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That sounds cool. Is there an Onslaught trade? That's another one like Maximum Carnage that I read most of, but could never quite put all the pieces together for because I missed a few issues.

 

[PhotoJones]

I don't know. There probably is, but I don't know if the stories I'm think of would be included. I think the train story was in this one:

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Man, old-school Bishop is so funny now. Looks like he had a really long jheri curl.

 

[PhotoJones]

Yeah. The present day Bishop in the story rocks the buzz cut.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That was before he wound up where every black superhero winds up at some point: Baldsville, USA.

 

[PhotoJones]

He was never bald, was he? I thought he always had some on the top. Short, but still there.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Nope, he was bald in District X and I think he's continued with the baldness to this day.

 

[PhotoJones]

Huh. I thought he had the standard comic book black guy fade.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

No, he has the even-more-standard comic book black guy baldness.

 

[PhotoJones]

At least there's Sam. He's still got some hair.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

But for how long?

Actually, I think Sam's safe. The way his mask is cut, it just wouldn't look good with a bald dome poking up out the top.

 

[PhotoJones]

True. Luke should grow his hair back out, too. Bendis would never hear of it, but I'd be all for a return to at least the mini-fro.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That would be true hotness. Someone other than Hypno Hustler's gotta stand up and embrace the afro.

 

[PhotoJones]

I don't think I've ever seen a Skrull with an afro. Luke should be the first one.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Skrulls don't have hair, but they love widow's peaks. That's why they all wear those pointed skullcaps. Theirs is a life of torment.

 

[PhotoJones]

As mine soon shall be.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Because you can't grow a widow's peak?

 

[PhotoJones]

Because soon, I will begin to lose my hair. And soon after that, I will have none and be forced to wear a widow's peak cap.

 

[Doc Destruction]

Like this?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Ooh, shiny. Now the Skrulls are going to be twice as jealous.

 

[PhotoJones]

If you say so. I don't want to lose my locks, though.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Thankfully, I'm pretty sure I'll never lose my hair.

 

[PhotoJones]

Why, is it already gone?