Comics Characters in serious need of help...

[Cyclops]

Colossus.

He's back, and... uh... what has he done since then? Nothing, apparently. You'd think that there'd be a point to bringing Colossus back, but noooooo.

They wouldn't let him help in Endsong because... well, I haven't come up with a good reason yet.

Since beating the **** out of Ord, what has he contributed combat-wise in Astonishing? He's a big metal catapault, for Christ's sake. Throw Wolverine. Throw Kitty. Throw robots. Throw throw throw.

For once I want to see Colossus treated as he should be - one of Marvel's premiere powerhouses. Like on a Hulk/Thing/Thor level. He deserves it.

 

[chris moore]

Astonishing is all well and good, and the arcs have been impressive so far - albeit slow moving. But you're right - Colossus hasnt been dealt with at all. Other than wanting to sit outside the Jet after being cramped up for so long and having a 30 second conversation with Kitty in the locker room, nothing has happened with his return.

Colossus is being used in combat the same way as Beast. Hank does very lttle in the way of acrobatics or use his class ten strength at all (you know, his main freakin mutation!) - he just dives, snarling at every enemy and scratches em with his three fingered paws. Piotr just throws people - lame...

 

[FieryBalrog]

I miss the days when Scott could at least act like he wasn't a self indulgant sociopath :P (Just kidding, or am I?)

Iceman DEFINATELY needs a lot of work, as it stands, he's an absolutely useless character. I'd rather they actually make him have more control over his powers, and make him an interesting character, but it would seem Marvel likes mega-****** bitter Bobby, so thats what we're stuck with.

Angel needs to die :P Simple as that, the only member of the original 5 I can honestly say deserves it if worse comes to worse at this point.

Emma really needs to do something entirely else. This whole lovey dovey crap with Cyclops is useless, and to top it off, the "Hellfire" thing going on, you know won't last. Marvel won't turn Emma evil, she's their next Wolverine. Meaning she'll betray the HFC, because of her LOVE for Scott!... Lame. To think she used to be my favorite character. Damn you Marvel!

The list only goes on from here. Oh my Marvel, how you need to get your act together :P

yes, the power of love will triumph, I can feel it.

I wouldn't say shes the new Wolverine so much as the new Cable, and I hope she ends up the same way, although I like Cable quite a bit more.

 

[Spectre722]

3. Cannonball - hopefully his role in the coming X-Factor will give him some exposure. All throughout X-Treme X-Men, I never felt like the explored Sam enough.

dude cannonball has no role in the upcoming x-factor mini series. he's not in it. he's never been a part of any of the x-factor teams. where'd u get that idea?

 

[Kevin]

it's ongoing

 

[roach]

dude cannonball has no role in the upcoming x-factor mini series. he's not in it. he's never been a part of any of the x-factor teams. where'd u get that idea?

Cannonball will be returning to Uncanny after House of Meh

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

At this moment there are three X-Men that come to mind when I'm thinking about how cool they used to be and how completely lame they have become.

1. Bishop: This guy used to be a stone cold killer. He was mysterious, untrusting, and a complete badass. Nowadays he's a lameass "cop" who barely even uses his powers anymore and rolls over for Storm like dog.

2. Archangel: When he first debuted with the metal wings under Apocalypse's thrall he royally thrashed X-Factor. He had become more powerful than anybody could expect out of his character. He had become distant and cold. Then he lost the metal wings. Then he lost the blue. Then he got healing blood. Then he got with Paige. And now he doesn't do squat.

3. Iceman: This guy's an omega level mutant! OMEGA! He used to be the kickass jokester of the team. And then some idiot brought along secondary mutations. Now he's stuck in ice and he is a total dickwad characterwise.

I agree,many of the characters have gone down bad paths due to bad writers.I would have to add...

Wolverine-Ever since his so called "origin" came out,alot of his great history has been changed to suit it.Like some of the original Weapon X,and that name "Howlett" doesnt suit him

Professor X-I dont see him in a commanding role anymore,he IS the X-Men,i dont know where he is,it is like he is no longer important.

Beast-I dont like his appearence,and the signals that he is "gay" that is extremly bad writing,when Beast has been romantically involved with a few women.

Cable-Ever since Apocalypse is no more,Cable is out of place in my opnion.Added to the fact that he is cured of the techno-organic virus,i dont like where he is going,added to the fact that he doesnt have any leads.

Cyclops-People know already

Emma-People know already

As for Bishop,i agree,he isnt the tough killer he was.I picked up Issue 272,when Bishop was first introduced,a great character.But when the entire Fitzroy incident was over,i got the impression that he should have died,other than his past,i dont see anything of Bishop now.

 

[Crowley9]

Beast-I dont like his appearence,and the signals that he is "gay" that is extremly bad writing,when Beast has been romantically involved with a few women.

That is actually one of my favourite bits about Beast that have happened recently. Obviously he is not gay. First he threw that around to get back at Trish for mentioning their relationship and bestiality in the same sentence. Afterwards Hank just decided to play with people's heads claiming he was gay, thinking he'd exploit the 'discriminated minority' angle as far as he could. To me that seems to fit in pretty well with Henry's sense of humour.

 

[FieryBalrog]

I agree,many of the characters have gone down bad paths due to bad writers.I would have to add...

Wolverine-Ever since his so called "origin" came out,alot of his great history has been changed to suit it.Like some of the original Weapon X,and that name "Howlett" doesnt suit him

Professor X-I dont see him in a commanding role anymore,he IS the X-Men,i dont know where he is,it is like he is no longer important.

Beast-I dont like his appearence,and the signals that he is "gay" that is extremly bad writing,when Beast has been romantically involved with a few women.

Cable-Ever since Apocalypse is no more,Cable is out of place in my opnion.Added to the fact that he is cured of the techno-organic virus,i dont like where he is going,added to the fact that he doesnt have any leads.

Cyclops-People know already

Emma-People know already

As for Bishop,i agree,he isnt the tough killer he was.I picked up Issue 272,when Bishop was first introduced,a great character.But when the entire Fitzroy incident was over,i got the impression that he should have died,other than his past,i dont see anything of Bishop now.

The Beast thing was actually a joke, and pretty funny, but I agree with the rest.

particularly lame is how they cured Cable of the virus, then they immediately saddled him with a new problem... how convenient, eh.

 

[BrianWilly]

Dood, the Henry being gay thing was discounted as a prank -- as if it could have been anything else -- about two years ago.

 

[ghost113]

the charactersthat need help are Iceman, Gambit, Rogue, and cyclops.

 

[Langoth]

Apparently Apocalypse may be coming back soon, so Cable won't be as lame :P

 

[FieryBalrog]

Apparently Apocalypse may be coming back soon, so Cable won't be as lame :P

Apocalypse is lame, so I guess the total lameness will stay the same.

 

[chris moore]

What I dont get with the whole Cable thing at the moment (and please bear in mind I dont read it - just got the gist from cable profiles) is that not only has he just been saddled with a new 'keep his teke in check' problem, but he's essentially ripping off Magneto with his hovering city of peace and perfection where people can come to live in happiness away from the crap of the world. Are there no ramifications of this in the rest of MU? Does Cyke not think he should maybe involve himself slightly at this point? And why was it Cable joined the x-men when Cyke died and wore an homage costume to respect his lost father, but we havent even seen him around in a cameo or anything since his bloody mum died! He brings Rachel back from the end of time and never sees her again? His mum dies and he isnt even shown to mourn? His dad shacks up again and Logan goes nuts, Rachel goes nuts, and Cable doesnt even know about it?

 

[FieryBalrog]

What I dont get with the whole Cable thing at the moment (and please bear in mind I dont read it - just got the gist from cable profiles) is that not only has he just been saddled with a new 'keep his teke in check' problem, but he's essentially ripping off Magneto with his hovering city of peace and perfection where people can come to live in happiness away from the crap of the world. Are there no ramifications of this in the rest of MU? Does Cyke not think he should maybe involve himself slightly at this point? And why was it Cable joined the x-men when Cyke died and wore an homage costume to respect his lost father, but we havent even seen him around in a cameo or anything since his bloody mum died! He brings Rachel back from the end of time and never sees her again? His mum dies and he isnt even shown to mourn? His dad shacks up again and Logan goes nuts, Rachel goes nuts, and Cable doesnt even know about it?

The reason why is actually pretty simple: Marvel has a tacit agreement among editorial not to bring Cable near the regular X-books or any of their events. Rachel, apparently, is enough; and admittedly, Cable's backstory is ridiculously complicated, and this is just part of a larger policy to surreptitiously ignore all the super-complicated stuff from the late 80s and 90s (Madelyne Pryor, Revanche, Crimson Dawn, etc.) What makes it worse is that if youre going to even introduce Cable (son of Scott and Jean's clone) you bring up issues about Maddie, Sinister, Apoc, etc. Plus, his main X-men related mission is largely finished.

As a result, you'll basically see the main X-books and the characters acting as if Cable doesn't exist. In the Endsong spread of people connected to Jean, we have Rachel but no Cable, even though Cable's interacted with her a hell of a lot more, as you pointed out after Cyke "died" when they went after Apoc together. Claremont's Christmas special: no Cable. House of M: pretty much no interaction between Cable and the rest of the X-men.

He's being "quarantined" over in Cable & Deadpool.

 

[ghost113]

Apocalypse is sucky

 

[The Black Mask]

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[ghost113]

He was alot more cold-harded but he okay now even though he hasn't been in anything soon

 

[Kevin]

who needs help today?

 

[Snikt 6]

^Wow, looks like most of the same charactes posted above. My vote is for Colossus. Get him where he should be - one of the powerhouses of Marvel. He needs to get married to Kitty and well, start talking!

 

[Silvermoth]

Polaris. Come on! We need an origin story!

 

[javon]

^Snikt6, and Silvermoth, I agree.

actually I believe all the Xmen at the moment are in need of serious help

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[Snikt 6]

How about Professor X, that guy has been thrown around something feirce. Be nice if one storyline didnt start with something he did wrong.

 

[Mike059jig]

Magneto...he needs to get back to the basics.......

 

[Snikt 6]

^Yeah, but where do you start? He has been so jacked around the last few years.....they sure dont need another Joseph or Xorneto to take his place.....