Comics Official UNCANNY X-MEN Discussion Thread

[OutcryX]

did he go back to sleep under the mansion or wherever he was found?

 

[Manic]

did he go back to sleep under the mansion or wherever he was found?

If we're lucky. It'd mean we'd never have to see him again, since the mansion site was paved over.

 

[OutcryX]

what were his powers again? other than sucking and being whack

 

[UraniaChang]

no, shes returning in Uncanny 522.

What? The universe is that small to go around in a circle even if you're only riding a bullet not super-charged spaceship?

This should be a What If.

 

[Manic]

Maybe she got intercepted by someone, and now she's getting a ride back to Earth.

 

[roach]

Phoenix tease number 6,097

 

[Specter313]

what were his powers again? other than sucking and being whack

Super strength, enhanced agility, invulnerability, night vision.

But only in the dark.



And yes, he has appeared since Young X-Men. He was among the many cameos in the Utopia crossover.

 

[OutcryX]

so uh...in the daylight he is....nothing special

 

[Manic]

He's still ugly in the daylight. Uglier, even. You can't see ugly in the dark.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Phoenix tease number 6,097

Seriously, it's like we get one every month now.

 

[Specter313]

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UNCANNY X-MEN #520


STORY BY Matt Fraction
ART BY Greg Land
COVER BY Terry Dodson
PUBLISHER: Marvel Comics
COVER PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE DATE: Wed, January 20th, 2010

“NATION X” There's a rogue Predator X stalking mutants beneath New York City and it's down to Wolverine and Fantomex to hunt it down. There's an island in the San Francisco Bay that the mutants call home and it's slowly sinking -- and only King Namor can save the day. And meanwhile, in San Francisco, a supermob is making life hard in Chinatown...somebody call the X-Men! Part 6

 

[Havok83]

Can we PLEASE move on from these damn Predator Xs? I didnt think we'd see it exist after the New X-men arc but they keep popping up now

 

[Manic]

I thought Betsy's psychic knife was only visible because it's a telepathic illusion created when she manifests it, assuming normal people within the comics can even see it at all (some psychic auras are only visible to us the readers). So since when could her psychic knife actually be used as a source of light?

 

[Havok83]

I thought Betsy's psychic knife was only visible because it's a telepathic illusion created when she manifests it, assuming normal people within the comics can even see it at all (some psychic auras are only visible to us the readers). So since when could her psychic knife actually be used as a source of light?

I dont know when that first manifested but she's used it as a light source in the past. One that comes to mind is Wolverine #125 back in the mid 90s

 

[ChaoticPsylocke]

i have to say, i quite enjoy the art. Land did really well this time

 

[EvilClareToo]

I'm confused...Is Betsy Euro-British or Asian these days? It's hard to tell-each artist seems to draw her one way or the other. In this preview, she looks like her purple haired English self from the pre-Kwannon days.

 

[Manic]

Betsy is still in Kwannon's body. Greg Land just doesn't know how to draw Asian women sometimes.

 

[Specter313]

Nope, she's Asian and will likely be Asian from now on. Her British body was recently fully destroyed in her current limited series, so there's likely no going back. Land probably just isn't using Asian pictures as his "inspiration".

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Can we PLEASE move on from these damn Predator Xs? I didnt think we'd see it exist after the New X-men arc but they keep popping up now

Agreed. I also love how 3-4 man squads are killing them now when it took every mutant EVER to get rid of the first one.

 

[Manic]

Predator X has been Doomsdayed. Remember when Superman died killing Doomsday the first time? Since then, we've seen Batman kill Doomsday clones with nothing but a sword.

 

[Havok83]

I'm confused...Is Betsy Euro-British or Asian these days? It's hard to tell-each artist seems to draw her one way or the other. In this preview, she looks like her purple haired English self from the pre-Kwannon days.

Psylocke is not supposed to look strictly Asian or British. She is BOTH races. When Sprial messed with her body back in the 90s, she mixxed Kwannon and Revanche's DNA and they are supposed too look very similiar. She's supposed to look interacial.

 

[EvilClareToo]

Psylocke is not supposed to look strictly Asian or British. She is BOTH races. When Sprial messed with her body back in the 90s, she mixxed Kwannon and Revanche's DNA and they are supposed too look very similiar. She's supposed to look interacial.

Oh, thanks! That must of happened in my X-Men hiatus in the late 90's. That explains the weird versions of her lately. I had gotten used to her Jim Lee Asian self. Well, then. As you were.

 

[Havok83]

Oh, thanks! That must of happened in my X-Men hiatus in the late 90's. That explains the weird versions of her lately. I had gotten used to her Jim Lee Asian self. Well, then. As you were.

Haha well when Jim Lee first updated her look in the early 90s, she was supposed to look Asian. Then in the mid 90s, Nicieza retconned that whole backstory, added Kwannon and we found out about the DNA of the 2 women being mixxed. When Kubert drew them both, the British body also looked slightly Asian. The differentiating factors were the skin color and hair. Since then, she's looked slightly different under different artists, but still recognizable. I think aside from her hair being a bit too light, the rendition of her in her current mini series is a good representation of how she should look. Tolibao is doing a good job at drawing her asian but, slightly looking caucasian as well

 

[Manic]

Betsy's body swap is too confusing sometimes. If there's a member of the X-Men who needs an Origins issue, it's her.

 

[Havok83]

Betsy's body swap is too confusing sometimes. If there's a member of the X-Men who needs an Origins issue, it's her.

Where would they start? Marvel often times tends to forget that she was an established character with a history before she joined the X-men. I was surpised to see that part briefly acknowledged in her current mini