Northstar! Special Returning Character!

[colonel_green.insanejournal.com]

Four scans from Uncanny X-Men #508, featuring surprisingly tolerable art from Greg Land.

In our first scene, we drop in on Jean-Paul Beaubier/Northstar, currently living it up as a sports superstar

If anyone's temperament says "Chief Operating Officer", it's Aurora.



So, is Aurora coming too?

Anyway, elsewhere, Red Queen and co. have stolen Kwannon's body, and it turns out they've also got Psylocke (apparently now back from the Exiles):




There are two different interpretations of this scene in circulation:  the first, that they reanimated Kwannon's body (which used to be Psylocke's) and transferred Psylocke's mind into it, or they reanimated Kwannons body and used Psylocke's lifeforce to resurrect Kwannon (thus, by implication, killing Psylocke).

Regardless, doubtless Psylocke will be alive by arc's end, and in her standard Asian body, since that's the one they make all the action figures of (and all adaptations of the character use).

From the first preview that I saw of Land's art, I thought "that looks surprisingly tolerable for Greg Land"; and, having read the whole issue, that still holds. He's still a bad artist and lazy thief to boot, but he didn't ruin the issue; I'm still using the "thief: greg land" tag, though.

Comments

[mullon.insanejournal.com]

I find it hard to believe that they had to go to Canada to find a new guy, which makes me thinks it really is just becuase he's gay.

[colonel_green.insanejournal.com]

Well, there aren't a huge number of mutants left.

Of course, Surge and Cannonball are both really fast (though Cannonball is a less surgical way), so, again, maybe it is a PR thing.

[long_silence.insanejournal.com]

Fraction has probably never even heard of Surge.

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

How many other superspeed flying mutants are there?

Of course, the problem is they've NEVER had a flying speedster on their teams before.

Quicksilver's only X-team membership was the Government funded X-factor and he can't fly, whereas Cannonball can fly fast but hasn't got superspeed otherwise.

[colonel_green.insanejournal.com]

None apart from Northstar himself, back in the Austen *shudder* period.

[dorksidefiker.insanejournal.com]

I disbelieve the illusion. There was no such thing. It's all a lie.

[suzene.insanejournal.com]

As bad as Northstar was written in Austen's run, I kinda allow for it because I thought he was awesomesauce as a teacher in the Weir/DeFilippes New Mutants run.

[dorksidefiker.insanejournal.com]

Very true. But my personal retcon allows for him to be there without the awfulness of Chuck "His name was Espinosa!" Austen.

[scottyquick.insanejournal.com]

But without Austen we don't get delicious Bobby/JP. A conundrum.

[timemonkey.insanejournal.com]

Exactly! All glory to the JP/Bobby!

[scottyquick.insanejournal.com]

Swear to God, every time I read them I'm shocked that he doesn't end it with them hooking up. I mean, they're so perfect for each other!

[timemonkey.insanejournal.com]

I like to believe they do hook up, just not where we can see them. It's not like either of them would have trouble sneaking in and out of places.

[timemonkey.insanejournal.com]

Apparelty they want a speedster. The only real mutant speedsters around are Northstar, Quicksilver and Speed. One's a kid, one's got a tendency to go crazy and/or evil at any given time and then there's Northstar who they know and has the widest power range o the three of them.

Sure, other mutants can go fast but that's not really what they do, just a side effect. None of the others have super fast reflexes, they can just go fast in a line.

Hell, who wouldn't want Northstar on their team?