In article <2n683c$
...@elvin.EECS.Berkeley.EDU>, jot
...@elvin.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (TANG_JIONG) writes:
> In article <2n2798$
...@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>,
> Slash Maraud <ma
...@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> wrote:
>>>Could some kind soul e-mail me a list of descriptions of the
>>>original X-Men? I seem to have misplaced my copy of "Secret
>>>Origins of Superheroes". Thanks in advance.
>><Which originals?
>>The first five?>
>>--
>>MARAUD OUT>
>>MIMIC RULEZ! MIMIC RULEZ! MIMIC RULEZ! Y'know, I'm too old to spell like that.
>>I will walk with with my hands bound, I will walk with my face scarred,
>>I will walk with my shadow flag, into your Garden, Garden of Stone.
> First five:
> Cyclopse - you know, Scott Summers, 'ol fearless. The shy guy who becomes
> the leader.
> Marvel Girl - Jean Grey, the Marvel team's complimentary female member
> who can't do much (now that was before all the telepathic powers, Phoenix,
> Maddy, etc., when it was taxing for her to lift books with her telekinesis)
> Iceman - Bobby Drake, total rip-off of the Human Torch.
> Angel - Warren Worthington III, the happy-go-lucky playboy millionair with
> wings (who's destined to become the brooding Angel of Death *sheesh*)
> Beast - Hank McCoy, 'ol (non-blue) furball 'imself with the agility of an
> ape(?).
> *Notice all of them are white, and basically lame, no wonder the title
> was a failure for about a decade*
> Second team:
> Storm - Ororo, goddess of the elements. ("By the Bright Lady..." -- what
> bright lady?) [African]
> Wolverine - Logan, fan boy fav, original "Anti-hero with a mysterious
> background" ("I'm the best at what I do" -- big deal, I'm the best at
> what I do, slacking off, procrastinating, etc.) [Canadian]
> Colossus - Peter Rasputin, steel warrior with the heart of an artist.
> (Living steel?!? - contradictory within itself, isn't it?) [Russian]
> Nightcrawler - Kurt Wagner(? - sorry, don't remember his last name, since
> I haven't read any X-related titles in years), blue teleporter with a tail.
> ("Vas?"; "bamph" there it is, fire and brimstone) [German]
> Thunderbird - buffalo fighter who bit the dust. [American Indian]
> Sunfire - aragant channler of sun's energy [Japanese]
> can you tell I don't remember these two's names at all?
> *a very racially mixed group, more personality and a good writer to boot,
> it's starting to look good*
> Others:
> Longshot - fallen messaih from Mojo world, 6 foot 2, 80 pound worth of
> sex machine. [Alien]
> Dazzler - Allison Blair, disco queen turned super-hero. [white-American]
> Forge - the maker. [American Indian]
> Banshee - the screamer. [Scotish]
> Havok - Alex Summers, Cyclops' brother with the egg beater on his head.
> [white-American]
> Shadowcat - Kitty Pryde, with the phasing body. [Jew]
> Magik - Illyana Rasputin, Colossus's sister, 7 year-old demon sorceress.
> [Russian]
> Rogue - siphyoner of powers, thief of memories. [what is she, Aussie?]
> Gambid - Remee something, fan boy fav, thief of hearts. [Cajun]
> Psylocke - Elizabeth Murdock, English maiden turned Japanese assassin.
> ("... psy-knife, the focused totality of my psy powers") [British,
> Japanese, who knows]
> Jubilee - Jubilation Lee, rip-off of Boom-Boom. [Chinese-American]
> Bishop - future X-man, don't know much about him. [black]
> and of course
> *drum roll please*
> Magneto - Magnus, the benevalent dictator, master of magnetism. The original
> mutie-baddie. [Jew]
explains this.
