Marvel just released this teaser image for a new X-Men event arriving in May 2011. X-Men: First to Last begins in Giant Size X-Men #1 and continues in X-Men #11.
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My vote is for the original 5.
Realistically? “Present day” would have it. They’d also be really pissed off at seeing themselves as their young, idealistic versions that thought that Charles Xavier would be the savior of mutantkind rather than a manipulative control freak. Now Wolverine against the old non-furry Hank McCoy? That might be interesting until the claws pop.
The other thing is you’d have two Cyclops’ and Logan fighting over Jean Grey.
Wolverine is overrated. Hank McCoy could win if the writer wasn’t swooning over Logan’s “manliness”.
Wolverine is overrated. Hank McCoy could win if the writer wasn’t swooning over Logan’s “manliness”.
Yep. Of course, for every book that tries that and gets cancelled, there are two successful books with him in it, so they go where the sales go.
So if you sell more books than your opponent; you can beat them in a fight? Is that how Batman beats Superman in a fight too? Does that mean Spider-Man can destroy Superman in a fight?
All I’m saying is that if Marvel writers got together and gave a male character the same attention, he’d be big too. Also, Hank McCoy doesn’t need a secondary mutation to bounce off Wolverine’s head and win.
o if you sell more books than your opponent; you can beat them in a fight? Is that how Batman beats Superman in a fight too? Does that mean Spider-Man can destroy Superman in a fight?
Obviously not my point. They use Wolverine because people buy Wolverine, and in some cases, I think we have to accept that Marvel will stick him in things to support other characters from a fiduciary standpoint.
All I’m saying is that if Marvel writers got together and gave a male character the same attention, he’d be big too. Also, Hank McCoy doesn’t need a secondary mutation to bounce off Wolverine’s head and win.
The Wolverine bandwagon has been running for over a quarter-century now. If it were that easy to replicate his success, we’d see a lot more uber-characters around…
Not only sales but also there is the fact that both Wolverine and Cylcops have become the nexus (not the rookie WWE guys…) of the mutant-based storylines as well as Logan’s now lenghty association with the Avengers. That teaser is the first time in awhile I’ve even seen Charles Xavier on the cover of an “X” title since Cyclops basically told him to stick it. Now, the excess of solo title exposure is another thing, as Matthew alluded to.
Let’s face it, the character of Logan does have a lot of traits that lend itself to be continually interesting (when written right) and appealing to a lot of comic readers and not just “manliness” (which is not necessarily a bad thing). Being short statured and unable to “turn loose” his full ability draws a lot of “underdog” (Lord, that live-action movie sucked) empathy. He’s a cowboy, samurai, ninja, sensei, solider, renegade and philosopher all rolled into one very mean ball with claws. He’s noble but flawed, driven but realistic, a loner but yearning to belong. The character just lends itself well to crafting stories. Plus, as Matthew said, he still sells.