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I have to say that the X Men franchise has been going on for decades. Maybe not as many as the Superman franchise has, but it still has quite a number to it.
One thing I am certain of is that the franchise seems to be subverting Status Quo Is God in recent years. Magneto and Professor Xavier seem to be fading into the background, with Cyclops and Wolverine taking their places. A lot of villains associated to the X-Men have been killed off and have actually stayed dead so far.
All this gives me the general impression that the franchise is trying to reinvent itself. Do you think that's what's going on here?
Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 29th 2023 at 10:02:23 AM
"The supermen fight and die and return in a meaningless shadowily because WE make them do it." - Sublime.
Surrounded by weirdoes
They probably got Cyclops to gamble with Death over that right in a billiards game.
Wake me up at your own risk.
The Mad Doctor
I can imagine the conversation going something like this
X-Man #God Knows: You're racist because mutants die five times more often than any other species in the universe.
Death: I'm not. *Looks at list of people who died recently* You're right. This might cause a PR scandal. Here's a door back to life.
Takat Empress
Cyclops: At least I'll meat Jean again. Stupid firebird killing me and Jean all the time.
Death: Actually she is alive again.
Cyclops: ...
Edited by Mizerous on Jul 9th 2018 at 5:24:36 AM
Mileena Madness
Mutant Heaven has revolving doors, but they really should let Wallflower out one of these days.
Takat Empress
Rogue and Gambit get new outfits.
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Hopefully Cebulski doesn't have anything against the New X-Men like Quesada and Alonso did.
Alonso didn't like the New X-Men?
The Mad Doctor
I'm surprised they haven't done a Necrosha II with all the mutants who died because of M-Pox.
Colossus is dead again. They really should just stop killing characters off, since it's obvious they will come back.
I don't know if he did not like them, but obviously he felt they couldn't carry a book. Despite the fact they, you know, did.
Takat Empress
I can't believe Colossus is fucking dead.
Edited by Mizerous on Jul 10th 2018 at 6:34:36 AM
Mileena Madness
The Head of the Hydra
Again.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Did he commit suicide out of grief only for the narrative to make it seem like heroic sacrifice again?
Are you talking about X-men gold 31? Are you sure he's dead? Because all the "days of future past" thing was just in Rachel's mind
Ultimate Secret Wars
So, all-new Wolverine has ended, and Laura is back at being X-23. Do they really needed to do this? Why not have 2 Wolverines around, Logan and Laura? Like with Miles Morales, there is very little risk of confusion.
Besides, was there an in-universe reason for the change? I did not notice any in the last All-New Wolverine issues, nor in the recent X-23 #1. Considering that it's her code as a lab experiment and living weapon, I would find it strange that she would casually go back to it.
That relation will need someone to break the ice.
Another question: Jimmy Hudson never met Wolverine in the Ultimate Marvel universe, because he was already dead, and neither in the Prime earth, because he had been already dead by the time he appeared in X-Men Blue, and only resurrected recently. But did he ever met Old Man Logan, who has been in the present day for some time?
Edited by GrigorII on Jul 16th 2018 at 7:25:19 AM
Ultimate Secret Wars
Takat Empress
X-Men Black with Magneto. What's next X-Men Silver? Emerald? Purple?
The Mad Doctor
Maybe Marvel should be considering a partnership with Nintendo to make X-Men games. We already have Pokemon names for these teams.
Well, they certainly have enough mutants for a mons game...
"Gotta catch 'em all" would take on a bit more sinister a tone.
X-Men X-Pert, my blog where I talk about X-Men comics.
Not to mention basically making them slaves and using them in cock fights.
Pokemons's actually pretty dark if you really think about it.
In all fairness, X-Men die and come back to life probably more often than the other teams. What do these people do in order to get that honor? Do they walk up to Mistress Death, pull the race card, and get a door back to living?
Edited by Dr.XXX on Jul 6th 2018 at 9:37:54 AM