Art by Ron Garney and Mark Morales Name: Sammy Paré Code Names: Squid-Boy First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #410 (Oct ’02) Powers: Generic Aquatic Powers Teams Affiliation: X-Men About In the 2010 Christmas episode of the show Community, Abed Nadir (the website TVTropes given human form) gets asked by his friend why he is excited to do something that he should otherwise hate….
Art by Skottie Young Name: Warlock Code Names: Warlock First Appearance: New Mutants #18(Aug ’84) Powers: Love, Shapeshifting Teams Affiliation: New Mutants, Excalibur, X-Factor About A parent’s biggest fear, and secret hope, is obsolescence. I want my son to get to a point where he can thrive without me but I am terrified of him getting there. He…
Name: Anna Marie Code Names: Rogue First Appearance: Avengers Annual #10 (Oct ’81) Powers: Absorbs people’s powers and memories. Teams Affiliation: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, X-Men, Avengers About Teenagers are chameleons. They find a way to blend into their environments, to adapt to their surroundings, to absorb the influences all around them. One of my biggest worries as a…
Art by John Byrne, Terry Austin, and Glynis Wein Name: Unknown Code Names: Arcade First Appearance: Marvel Team-Up #66 (Feb ’78) Powers: None Teams Affiliation: None Say what you will about the Comics Code Authority, and there are plenty of negative things to be said, but it allowed the genre trappings of superhero comics to evolve in a unique way….
Art by Diogenes Neves, Edgar Tadeo, and John Rauch Name: Douglas Ramsey Code Names: Cypher First Appearance: New Mutants #13 (Mar ’84) Powers: Understands all language Teams Affiliation: New Mutants, X-Factor About The intrinsic nature of superhero comic books requires action. It is great character development when the Avengers sit around the dining room table and talk about their feelings,…
Art by I don’t know and I despretly want to credit them Name: Quintavius Quirinius Quire Code Names: Kid Omega First Appearance: New X-Men #134 (Jan ’03) Powers: Telepathy Teams Affiliation: Omega Gang, X-Men, Hellfire Club About As much as I hate to admit it, I am not a great person. I am angry, arrogant, entitled, and unkind. I have good…
Name: Jubilation Lee Code Names: Jubilee, Wondra First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #244 (May ’89) Powers: Creates fireworks, is a vampire Teams Affiliation: X-Men, X-Corps, Generation X, New Warriors About One of the useful tools a writer has to introduce readers to a new world is the audience surrogate. This is a character that is new to the environment, say the…
Art by Nick Bradshaw and Ian Herring Name: Iara Dos Santos Code Names: Shark-Girl First Appearance: Wolverine & the X-Men #20 (Jan ’13) Powers: She is like a werewolf but, you know, a shark Teams Affiliation: X-Men About The “mutant metaphor” is malleable and ever changing. From the red scare to civil rights it has always been used to…
Art by Bill Sienkiewicz Name: Dani Moonstar Code Names: Psyche, Mirage First Appearance: Marvel Graphic Novel #4: New Mutants (Nov ’82) Powers: Creates psychic manifestations, connection to animals Teams Affiliation: New Mutants, SHIELD, X-Force, X-Men, Defenders About The biggest benefit of the shared continuity of superhero comics is the ability to mash together elements that would feel ridiculous otherwise. The…
Name: Jason Wyngarde Code Names: Mastermind First Appearance: X-Men #4 (March ’64) Powers: Illusions Teams Affiliation: The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Factor Three, The Hellfire Club About Life is a perception of your own reality. You interpret what you see and define your entire existence around it. You become your own person because of how you analyze each choice, each action…
Art by Ryan Sook and Jose Villarrubia Name: Theresa Cassidy Code Names: Siryn, Banshee, the Morrigan First Appearance: Spider-Woman #37 (April ’81) Powers: Sonic Scream, Persuasion Teams Affiliation: Fallen Angels, X-Force X-Corps, X-Factor Investigations About One of the biggest things the DC Universe has to differentiate itself from Marvel is the sense of legacy. The most famous Green Lantern isn’t the…
Art by Todd Nauck Name: Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix Code Names: M, Penance First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #316 (Sep ’94) Powers: Strength, Flight, Telepathy Teams Affiliation: Generation X, X-Corps, X-Factor Investigations, X-Men About Perfection, the condition, state, or quality of being as free as possible from all flaws or defects. For many people, life is a pursuit…
Art by James Calafiore Name: Clarice Ferguson Code Names: Blink First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #317 (Oct ’94) Powers: Can teleport objects Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Exiles About It is darn near impossible to predict what will be popular. Sure I could tell you that a female clone of Wolverine would probably have some fans but why would people…
Art by the Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Team Name: Elizabeth Braddock Code Names: Psylocke, Captain Britain First Appearance: Captain Britain #8 (1978) Powers: Telepathy, Telekinesis, the ability to teleport though shadows on occasion Teams Affiliation: STRIKE, RCX, X-Men, Exiles, X-Force About The X-Men have always been closely related to the adolescent experience and few things are more crucial to…
Art by Marc Silvestri and Josef Rubinstein Name: Sally Blevins Code Names: Skids First Appearance: X-Factor #7 (Aug 1986) Powers: Personal Force Field Teams Affiliation: Morlocks, X-Terminators, New Mutants, Mutant Liberation Front, Acolytes, SHIELD About Community is one of the most important things in a person’s life, and I am not talking about the Dan Harmon show. That sense of belonging,…