There were many would-be 3rd Summers' brothers until Vulcan was created and declared the winner of that dead-end sweepstakes
Personally, I always found Gambit to be my favorite editorial choice.
but much like every single other story idea anyone has ever had for Gambit, it ultimately went nowhere and the character has been pretty much exactly the same shallow one note for his almost 2 decades of existence.
I just liked it because Gambit is some kind of bizarro Wolverine. Every writer has this urge to throw some new and "Never Before Seen" storyline into Wolverine's backstory until it became this huge and unwieldy mess. But with Gambit the idea seemed to be to throw him into everyone else's backstory. The idea of making Cyclops secretly related to Gambit just tickled my funnybone every time it was mentioned.
There were many would-be 3rd Summers' brothers until Vulcan was created and declared the winner of that dead-end sweepstakes
Personally, I always found Gambit to be my favorite editorial choice.
but much like every single other story idea anyone has ever had for Gambit, it ultimately went nowhere and the character has been pretty much exactly the same shallow one note for his almost 2 decades of existence.
I just liked it because Gambit is some kind of bizarro Wolverine. Every writer has this urge to throw some new and "Never Before Seen" storyline into Wolverine's backstory until it became this huge and unwieldy mess. But with Gambit the idea seemed to be to throw him into everyone else's backstory. The idea of making Cyclops secretly related to Gambit just tickled my funnybone every time it was mentioned.
Every time I see gambit, I'm amazed that his design has changed so little from when he was first created. That is, it's still silly and 90's as hell.
I have to admit though, that I have begun to tolerate Gambit.
Mike Carey seems to actually want to do something interesting with him, and he managed to make me not hate him in his appearences during Messiah Complex and in X-Men: Legacy
Of course it will probably end up going nowhere and then I will just hate Gambit that much more
I think that comic cover best sums up the mid-90's.
I looked at this and thought "I bet this motherfucker bleeds mountain dew and shits snowboards" and then I find out his power has to do with ELECTROLYTES . . . god loves me.
RE: Gambit et al . . . why does EVERYONE in the marvel universe who is of some nationality have a strong version of that nationality's accent? Can't ANYONE in the marvel universe ever go, "Yeah I'm from Ireland but you can barely tell because I'm not daffy as fuck" or "Why yes, I do happen to be from Louisianna, but sometime during my long wandering adulthood I have figured out the only place you can actually get away with calling someone ma patite, ma cherie, or ma amie are the French Quarter and bad novels?"
Hey, I actually have that issue of Doom Patrol with the Codpiece guy in it.
That whole part of the series was kind of fucked up. It's like the writers who got it after "Crawling Through the Wreckage" ended said, "Hey, that last series was pretty weird. Let's all snort Bar Keeper's Friend and do the craziest shit we can think of and just kind of drop the DP in the middle. Oh, and let's keep switching artists so that by the end, the art is so bad, it looks like a Downs Syndrome child is drawing it by jamming a magic marker up their ass."
Adam is a Shi'ar/human hybrid, and as such possesses the traits and abilities of both species. His strength is slightly superhuman, and his stamina and endurance is many times that of a normal human. Adam's speed and reflexes are far superior to both human and Shi'ar. As he is also half Shi-ar, who are evolved from giant birds of prey, he also possesses superhuman senses, agility, flexibility, dexterity, coordination, and balance which are standard to that alien race.
In addition to being a hybrid, Adam is also a mutant who possesses the X-gene, due to his half-human heritage, and has the power to "flash fry" an enemy. He can cause the electrolytes present in oxygenated blood to ignite, causing the person to burn from the inside out. Any person with an open cut becomes a target for him. To this end he carries Shi'ar blades, known as Thet’je blades, to cut his enemies and thus oxygenate their blood. Adam uses a trigger word of "Burn" to activate this power and his eyes glow red.
So at some point in the near future all the bad fanfic writers of the world get sent back in time and write comics in the mid 90s.
With this knowledge things make a lot more sense now.
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speaking of stupid shit from 90's comics, here's something I found in some DC book I can't recall the name of now. I find it to be unfailingly hilarious, every time I see it.
I started reading comics in the 90s. I only read GI Joe and GI Joe Special Missions, and the odd issue of whatever else came in those three packs some store (Rite-Aid?) used to do some times. I enjoyed the back issues much more than the current issues. Somewhere around issue 110 or so the comic just became a really obvious commercial for the toys, and then around 120 it got all ninja-crazy and neon and even more terrible.
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RE: Gambit et al . . . why does EVERYONE in the marvel universe who is of some nationality have a strong version of that nationality's accent? Can't ANYONE in the marvel universe ever go, "Yeah I'm from Ireland but you can barely tell because I'm not daffy as fuck" or "Why yes, I do happen to be from Louisianna, but sometime during my long wandering adulthood I have figured out the only place you can actually get away with calling someone ma patite, ma cherie, or ma amie are the French Quarter and bad novels?"
I like that Siryn is a hell of a lot less "Oirish" than she used to be. Makes sense too, since a) Noone talks like that outside bad American movies and/or Star Trek episodes about the Irish and b) even in sliding comic time, she's been living in the 'States for years.
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RE: Gambit et al . . . why does EVERYONE in the marvel universe who is of some nationality have a strong version of that nationality's accent? Can't ANYONE in the marvel universe ever go, "Yeah I'm from Ireland but you can barely tell because I'm not daffy as fuck" or "Why yes, I do happen to be from Louisianna, but sometime during my long wandering adulthood I have figured out the only place you can actually get away with calling someone ma patite, ma cherie, or ma amie are the French Quarter and bad novels?"
I like that Siryn is a hell of a lot less "Oirish" than she used to be. Makes sense too, since a) Noone talks like that outside bad American movies and/or Star Trek episodes about the Irish and b) even in sliding comic time, she's been living in the 'States for years.
that won't last. another writer will come along and say "She's Irish! I know how to write Irish!".
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RE: Gambit et al . . . why does EVERYONE in the marvel universe who is of some nationality have a strong version of that nationality's accent? Can't ANYONE in the marvel universe ever go, "Yeah I'm from Ireland but you can barely tell because I'm not daffy as fuck" or "Why yes, I do happen to be from Louisianna, but sometime during my long wandering adulthood I have figured out the only place you can actually get away with calling someone ma patite, ma cherie, or ma amie are the French Quarter and bad novels?"
I like that Siryn is a hell of a lot less "Oirish" than she used to be. Makes sense too, since a) Noone talks like that outside bad American movies and/or Star Trek episodes about the Irish and b) even in sliding comic time, she's been living in the 'States for years.
that won't last. another writer will come along and say "She's Irish! I know how to write Irish!".
RE: Gambit et al . . . why does EVERYONE in the marvel universe who is of some nationality have a strong version of that nationality's accent? Can't ANYONE in the marvel universe ever go, "Yeah I'm from Ireland but you can barely tell because I'm not daffy as fuck" or "Why yes, I do happen to be from Louisianna, but sometime during my long wandering adulthood I have figured out the only place you can actually get away with calling someone ma patite, ma cherie, or ma amie are the French Quarter and bad novels?"
I like that Siryn is a hell of a lot less "Oirish" than she used to be. Makes sense too, since a) Noone talks like that outside bad American movies and/or Star Trek episodes about the Irish and b) even in sliding comic time, she's been living in the 'States for years.
that won't last. another writer will come along and say "She's Irish! I know how to write Irish!".
Shameful thing is it will probably be Garth Ennis that does this
RE: Gambit et al . . . why does EVERYONE in the marvel universe who is of some nationality have a strong version of that nationality's accent? Can't ANYONE in the marvel universe ever go, "Yeah I'm from Ireland but you can barely tell because I'm not daffy as fuck" or "Why yes, I do happen to be from Louisianna, but sometime during my long wandering adulthood I have figured out the only place you can actually get away with calling someone ma patite, ma cherie, or ma amie are the French Quarter and bad novels?"
I like that Siryn is a hell of a lot less "Oirish" than she used to be. Makes sense too, since a) Noone talks like that outside bad American movies and/or Star Trek episodes about the Irish and b) even in sliding comic time, she's been living in the 'States for years.
that won't last. another writer will come along and say "She's Irish! I know how to write Irish!".
Shameful thing is it will probably be Garth Ennis that does this
To be fair, Ennis actually talks like he stepped outside of a bad American movie.
And he will never write the X-Men, unless they go hang out with the Punisher. And get face punched
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So does radioactive man have any superpower besides getting super-cancer?
So does radioactive man have any superpower besides getting super-cancer?
If you're talking about the Marvel Comics Radioactive Man, he's a big burly Chinese guy who is also a brilliant scientist and he has the ability to create all kinds of radiation.
EDIT: Ah, the Simpsons one. I didn't know because the image wouldn't load for me but now it does.
Well I guess he has a lightning bolt stuck in his head.
RE: Gambit et al . . . why does EVERYONE in the marvel universe who is of some nationality have a strong version of that nationality's accent? Can't ANYONE in the marvel universe ever go, "Yeah I'm from Ireland but you can barely tell because I'm not daffy as fuck" or "Why yes, I do happen to be from Louisianna, but sometime during my long wandering adulthood I have figured out the only place you can actually get away with calling someone ma patite, ma cherie, or ma amie are the French Quarter and bad novels?"
In all likelihood it's done to establish multinationalism and give Marvel universe a sense of scope that goes beyond America, but comics being comics the way they were back then, the only way they could do it was to overdo it
I stopped reading superhero comics in the 90s, although back then I read Marvel exclusively. Around 96, I think, full of Liefeld and faux-anime art, I had enough. I didn't get back into superhero comics until 10 or so years later, about 2 years ago.
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speaking of stupid shit from 90's comics, here's something I found in some DC book I can't recall the name of now. I find it to be unfailingly hilarious, every time I see it.
Adam is a Shi'ar/human hybrid, and as such possesses the traits and abilities of both species. His strength is slightly superhuman, and his stamina and endurance is many times that of a normal human. Adam's speed and reflexes are far superior to both human and Shi'ar. As he is also half Shi-ar, who are evolved from giant birds of prey, he also possesses superhuman senses, agility, flexibility, dexterity, coordination, and balance which are standard to that alien race.
In addition to being a hybrid, Adam is also a mutant who possesses the X-gene, due to his half-human heritage, and has the power to "flash fry" an enemy. He can cause the electrolytes present in oxygenated blood to ignite, causing the person to burn from the inside out. Any person with an open cut becomes a target for him. To this end he carries Shi'ar blades, known as Thet’je blades, to cut his enemies and thus oxygenate their blood. Adam uses a trigger word of "Burn" to activate this power and his eyes glow red.
God help you if you drank gatoride before you fight Adam X
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Every time I see gambit, I'm amazed that his design has changed so little from when he was first created. That is, it's still silly and 90's as hell.
Mike Carey seems to actually want to do something interesting with him, and he managed to make me not hate him in his appearences during Messiah Complex and in X-Men: Legacy
Of course it will probably end up going nowhere and then I will just hate Gambit that much more
I looked at this and thought "I bet this motherfucker bleeds mountain dew and shits snowboards" and then I find out his power has to do with ELECTROLYTES . . . god loves me.
RE: Gambit et al . . . why does EVERYONE in the marvel universe who is of some nationality have a strong version of that nationality's accent? Can't ANYONE in the marvel universe ever go, "Yeah I'm from Ireland but you can barely tell because I'm not daffy as fuck" or "Why yes, I do happen to be from Louisianna, but sometime during my long wandering adulthood I have figured out the only place you can actually get away with calling someone ma patite, ma cherie, or ma amie are the French Quarter and bad novels?"
I host a podcast about movies.
That whole part of the series was kind of fucked up. It's like the writers who got it after "Crawling Through the Wreckage" ended said, "Hey, that last series was pretty weird. Let's all snort Bar Keeper's Friend and do the craziest shit we can think of and just kind of drop the DP in the middle. Oh, and let's keep switching artists so that by the end, the art is so bad, it looks like a Downs Syndrome child is drawing it by jamming a magic marker up their ass."
So at some point in the near future all the bad fanfic writers of the world get sent back in time and write comics in the mid 90s.
With this knowledge things make a lot more sense now.
I think it was in a Nightwing annual, or something to that effect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobra_(comics)
it was a crazy interlude in a regular comic, just a team of hot babes doing something, all shots centered on their asses
my cousin had this
skeleton glows in the dark
google image search didn't come up with any comics
still a pretty good selection of pictures though
I like that Siryn is a hell of a lot less "Oirish" than she used to be. Makes sense too, since a) Noone talks like that outside bad American movies and/or Star Trek episodes about the Irish and b) even in sliding comic time, she's been living in the 'States for years.
that won't last. another writer will come along and say "She's Irish! I know how to write Irish!".
Siryn should really have 20 kids by now
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Shameful thing is it will probably be Garth Ennis that does this
I host a podcast about movies.
To be fair, Ennis actually talks like he stepped outside of a bad American movie.
And he will never write the X-Men, unless they go hang out with the Punisher. And get face punched
He has an austrian accent that's hard to understand.
If you're talking about the Marvel Comics Radioactive Man, he's a big burly Chinese guy who is also a brilliant scientist and he has the ability to create all kinds of radiation.
EDIT: Ah, the Simpsons one. I didn't know because the image wouldn't load for me but now it does.
Well I guess he has a lightning bolt stuck in his head.
Some way or another he has stopped the sun from exploding more than once.
In all likelihood it's done to establish multinationalism and give Marvel universe a sense of scope that goes beyond America, but comics being comics the way they were back then, the only way they could do it was to overdo it
Why the hell is Serpentor in DC?
God help you if you drank gatoride before you fight Adam X
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