These Aren't The X-Men You Know...But They Are A Force To Be Reckoned With

It felt like the B lister new mutants team...Strong guy is a fan favourite but without a real lead character, not sure if this comic run will run. Don't get me wrong, I like most of them but the star power is no there.

On 11/10/2021 at 9:14 AM, Chunkylover said:

For those who have read the X-Men from Claremont's first run to today, do they still read contiguously?

It all depends on how you look at it, I suppose. For the most part the history of the characters are the same and they are acknowledged. Guido was still the ruler of hell (though I think he got his soul back), Marrow still went through her chrysalis period, but now she's back to her old self. Characters like Cannonball and Sunspot mostly unrecognizable from the 90's, mostly overly altered by bad writing and uncreative, unoriginal "creators" meddling, but their histories remain intact. Tempo was more or less background noise back then and Armor is fairly new so it was before her time and they never really developed her to begin with, so Marvel has plenty of room to screw both of them up. Banshee and Forge are old reliables who should bring a lot of experience and knowledge from their X-Men days (though it seems Forge got a power upgrade I'm unaware of), but I expect these should be pretty much the same characters, but having gone through a lot of ridiculous BS storylines and arcs and talentless "creative teams" and unexpected exiles between now and then.

Im still hoping those Sunspot & Cannonball looks get made just for my Avengers team

For those who have read the X-Men from Claremont's first run to today, do they still read contiguously? When I read in the 90's, they still seemed to be part of the same continuity. I know there have been a billion reboots since the 90's, and especially in light of the HOX/POX reboot, if one picked up an X-Men book from the 80's, 90's, 00's, 10's, and today would they feel like the same characters?

Some of those costumes are unattractive, but I know artists have to change things up from time to time. It makes it more significant when vintage looks are still being used, like Forge, Banshee, and Marrow. It's hard to make something fresh and timeless.

On 11/10/2021 at 8:35 AM, Benn said:

I also have high hopes for this one. Its great to see Armor and Tempo getting a bit of spotlight for once. I know a lot of people were bored with Tini Howards Excalibur, but I mostly really enjoyed it, so well see. Armor, especially, has suffered from really, really bad characterization every time shes been utilized in the last few years, so I hope they turn that around with her here.

How so?

I also have high hopes for this one. Its great to see Armor and Tempo getting a bit of spotlight for once. I know a lot of people were bored with Tini Howards Excalibur, but I mostly really enjoyed it, so well see. Armor, especially, has suffered from really, really bad characterization every time shes been utilized in the last few years, so I hope they turn that around with her here.

I like a lot of these characters. Many of them had a lot of potential and a bit of fanfare (Strong Guy, Boom-Boom, Marrow) at one time but were ruined by bad writers and some of them were cool ideas that never really got fleshed out (Armor, Tempo) and some of them are just victims of having their powers and back stories tinkered with and changed so many times that they just got too confusing for writers to want to use anymore (Sunspot, Cannonball), and some are older, respectable characters that were always just identified as supporting characters (Forge, Banshee). Not gonna knock it just yet. I'd be much more likely to pick this one up rather than some of the old, tired, reused drivel Marvels been pushing lately. I have high hopes for this one but, lets never sleep on Marvels ability to ruin a good idea with Marvel idealism.

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