Comics Official X-FACTOR Discussion Thread

[JewishHobbit]

No. And I don't really see the complaint here. Rictor has always been a heterosexual male until hinted at late in the X-Force series. And in this X-Factor series he's obviously bi-sexual. I imagine Shatterstar could be the same, as there's a little precidence to it in the original X-Force series. To have a complete absense of hetero would be to ignore a portion of their characters (I'd say Rictor moreso than Shatterstar, but nonetheless).

To demand complete homosexuality (for lack of better phrases) would be asking for more than the characters are.

 

[bryanss3]

Also bisexuality is something very unexplored in all forms of entertainments.

 

[Generation Lee]

Forgive my ignorance here as I never read the characters during the 90's but isn't Shatterstar not sure how to "act human" in terms of emotions etc, could PAD being joking that he's learned this from TV that you kiss everyone you see and because he learned it from TV its a full on snog?

PAD has stated Rictor is bi and I agree with the above post but I just think the Shatterstar kissing women the way he does is a joke. I have a feeling its PAD messing about. So I'm unsure if Star is bi.

 

[Manic]

I think Shatterstar, being a wacky artificial life form instead of a real human, started off without any sexual preference and had to develop one with time. It looks like after Rictor taught him how to love (*porn music riff*), he further developed his sexuality to include women as well as men. I'm guessing, of course.

 

[Havok83]

Shatterstar was originally asexual. He didnt necesarily love men or women....it was all foreign to him.

 

[squeekness]

Well, he's been out in the world a while since then. He'z a playah now.

 

[RockSP]

I don't know how I feel about Darwin being dark, though. Sure he's Blaxican, but he's pretty much supposed to be albino.

Well he was more grey-ish when he first showed up. Then they went the albino route for whatever reason.

 

[Specter313]

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X-FACTOR #200


STORY BY Peter David
ART BY Bing Cansino
COVER BY Esad RIbic
PUBLISHER: Marvel Comics
COVER PRICE: $4.99
RELEASE DATE: Wed, December 16th, 2009

"THE INVISIBLE GIRL HAS VANISHED" X-Factor has relocated back to New York, and their first client is a keeper: Franklin Richards, whose mom has disappeared and who figures that the premiere detective agency in the Marvel Universe has the best chance of finding her. Except Reed Richards doesn't seem especially cooperative in helping them locate his missing wife. What is he hiding, and does it have anything to do with the coming Darkness? Meanwhile, Val Cooper has some bad news for Monet: Her ambassador father has been taken prisoner by terrorists, and she has less than 24 hours to find him before he winds up getting his head cut off on video.

 

[JewishHobbit]

The price tag and the screwy ages of Franklin and Valeria are really turning me off on this.

 

[squeekness]

I dunno, the book has been consistantly good for me so far. Better than boring ole Uncanny any day.

 

[Havok83]

I dunno, the book has been consistantly good for me so far. Better than boring ole Uncanny any day.

I think most books are better than UXM

 

[Mad Ones]

I just started reading this. I read The Longest Night TPB last night, and really liked it. The roster now is... crazy and interesting. I'll pick up #200, because it seems like a good starting point, and I'll fill myself in eventually.

 

[TwilightPro101]

Extremely looking forward to the new direction, that PAD has in mind for the Factor team.

 

[bryanss3]

Is it just me or did PAD just realize F4 are usually segregated from the rest of the Marvel U in their own book? I think he wants to write them if writes any other Marvel books.

The price tag and the screwy ages of Franklin and Valeria are really turning me off on this.

Yeah cause PAD screwed up their ages not Marvel

 

[JewishHobbit]

I don't read FF either, but last I checked you could at least tell Franklin was older. And Franklin's inability to age is part of what turns me off of the FF book.

 

[bryanss3]

welcome to comics

 

[Manic]

Ironically, Franklin's birthday is coming up in the next issue of FF. God only knows how old he's turning (again), because it hasn't been said outright.

 

[TwilightPro101]

Ouch on the price hike for the 200th issue. Makes me glad that I stick to trades.

 

[squeekness]

I didn't even notice the price difference, I just ordered it blind. Makes me wonder now if it's going to have boring ole reprint crap in it too.

 

[Manic]

I hope it's at least double-sized.

 

[bryanss3]

My guess is it's gonna be a 40 page story and a reprint

 

[Darthphere]

Yeah, there's a reprint.

 

[SouLeSS]

Wait, Darwin is black now?

Last I saw him he was all albino and goofy looking

 

[OutcryX]

Darwin's ethnicity is African American and Mexican American...however he was Albino..i think, in Deadly Genesis he was more a grayish color and i thought that was due to his mutation

 

[Manic]

Hmm. I want to make a Monet joke, but I feel like I've beaten that dead horse to a pulp...



Okay, I got one.


Darwin comes from the Shilo Norman School For Frequently Shifting Skin Colors.