There are a lot of models for how to assemble an ensemble cast. Some of it is going to be dictated by the showâs concept and setting – Star Trek modeled its cast after the functions of a ship at sea (or space as the case may be): A captain, first officer, helm, security, medical,…
In our modern 2017 world, one question haunts all. âDo you vape bro?â Today I intend to answer this for the X-Men. Please note that my answers are definitive based on my experience as both a self-proclaimed X-Pert and a 2016 Reddit /r/comicbooks â/r/comicbooks Awardâ nominee (of which I was robbed). Professor X – He…
Art by Frank Quitely Name: Sooraya Qadir Code Names: Dust First Appearance: New X-Men #133 (Dec â02) Powers: Turns into living sand Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Hellions About On Friday May 26th, 2017 on a train in Portland, two teenage girls, one of whom was wearing a hijab, were accosted by a man yelling at them to âgo back…
Art by Chris Bachalo Name: Robert Drake Code Names: Iceman First Appearance: X-Men #1 (Oct ’63) Powers: Ice manipulation Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Champions, Defenders, X-Factor About My first draft of this article had a pretentious quote from Watchmen (the Pagliacci joke) because I wanted to talk about how much Iceman avoided his real internal problems by being a clown….
Art by Jim Cheung and Laura Martin Name: Hope Summers Code Names: Hope First Appearance: X-Men #205 (Jan 08) Powers: Power mimicry Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Lights, X-Force About Douglas Adams once wrote, “It’s one thing to think that you’re the center of the universe â it’s another thing entirely to have this confirmed by an ancient prophecy.” Thatâs the cornerstone…
Art by Clay Henry, Mark Morales, and Christina Strain Name: Several Code Names: Several First Appearance: X-Men #188 (Jan â08) Powers: Several Teams Affiliation: The Children of the Vault About The first thing Marc Guggenheim did in X-Men Gold was to lay out an argument for the fear of mutants. Unlike the Avengers, or the Fantastic Four, or…
Stop me if youâve heard this one before. After a huge shift in the status quo, the X-Books relaunch with a flagship title written by a famous creator from genre television. Itâs pitched as a back to basics premise where the X-Men are focused on heroes again. All of this is viewed through the eyes of…
Art by Alan Davis Name: Kurt Wagner Code Names: Nightcrawler First Appearance: Giant Sized X-Men #1 (Oct â75) Powers: Teleportation, prehensile tail, being a great acrobat Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Excalibur About If there is one thing the X-Men stand for, it is equality. They believe in the dream of a world where people arenât judged by the color…
Art by Andrea Sorrentino and Marcelo Maiolo Name: Logan Code Names: Wolverine First Appearance: Fantastic Four #558 (but only on a technicality and has unofficially been retconned out of continuity) Powers: Healing factor, enhanced senses, adamantium coated claws in hands and feet Teams Affiliation: X-Men About The beauty of alternate realities in comic books is their ability to show…
Art by Ariela Kristantina and Sonia Oback Name: Laura Kinney Code Names: X-23, Wolverine First Appearance: X-Men: Evolution Season 3 Episode 11 Powers: Healing factor, enhanced senses, adamantium coated claws in hands and feet Teams Affiliation: X-Men, X-Force, Avengers Academy About In 1943, the writers of the Batman movie serials introduced The Batâs Cave, a secret underground lair for the…
Portrayed in Logan by Stephan Merchant Name: Unknown Code Names: Caliban First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #148 (Aug â81) Powers: Can sense other mutants, forces others to feel fear Teams Affiliation: Morlocks, X-Factor, X-Force About If there was one thing Chris Claremont loved, it was dropping references as often as he could. Legion was inspired by a passage in the…
Art by Paul Davidson Name: David Haller Code Names: Legion First Appearance: New Mutants #25 (Mar â85) Powers: A different power for every personality Teams Affiliation: X-Men About People thrive for control. The unknown is a dark expanse and anything we can to shine a light on it matters. It makes us feel safe because we want to be the…
Art by Marko Djurdjevic Name: Nathan Christopher Charles Dayspring Askaniâson Summers Code Names: Cable, Soldier X First Appearance: New Mutants #86 (Feb â90) Powers: Telepathy, Telekenisis, A Big Gun Teams Affiliation: New Mutants, X-Force, Six Pack, X-Men, Avengers About Continuity is one of the trickiest things in shared-universe superhero comics. In the hands of a good writer, the…
Art by Ron Garney and Mark Morales Name: Sammy ParĂ© Code Names: Squid-Boy First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #410 (Oct â02) 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 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…