scans_daily: Wolverine and the X-men #5 preview

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@ 2012-02-02 10:38 am UTC

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char: kid omega/quentin quire, char: oya/idie okonkwo, creator: jason aaron, creator: nick bradshaw, group: x-men, title: wolverine and the x-men

Wolverine and the X-men #5 preview

ComicBookResources has the preview of issue #5 as the class goes on a field trip.

I was just at the Great Barrier Reef in December, with vivid memories of being at the water with so much beauty.
This brought it all back, and then some!

This is so much fun... :)

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	no subject darkknightjrk 2012-02-02 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	Oh my GOD this is amazing. Literally, just about every line of dialogue makes me laugh and my heart warm. XD "Alien-boy-whose-name-I-don't-remember! Please stop punching the DNA!" (Reply to this)

	no subject crabby_lioness 2012-02-02 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	There is nothing wrong with this title. Everything is beautiful and fun, and nothing hurts. (The long-time X-Fan in me wants to start a betting pool on how long that will last.) (Reply to this)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-02-02 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	Ummm.... Kid Gladiator isn't Shi'ar, he's Strontian. And nowadays I can't watch "mini people inside a human body" scenarios without this coming to mind. :) (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject crabby_lioness 2012-02-02 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	I can see where that would cause neural scarring. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject thanekos 2012-02-02 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	" Yes, children, THIS is what gets Sinister hard. " (Reply to this)

	no subject freezer 2012-02-02 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	"I didn't know something so evil could be so... beautiful." WILL SOMEONE GET THAT GIRL A THERAPIST?!? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

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batman
2012-02-02 09:51 pm UTC (link)

Her and the rest of her class. While Idie's self-loathing is psychologically damaging, she's actually not the worst in her class as there's minimal risk of immediate self-harm.

But I think that Aaron's written himself into a corner on this one; either he acknowledges Idie and then has to acknowledge that there are other characters who are actually more acutely at risk ... or he has to keep playing Idie's psychological damage for laughs.

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	no subject icon_uk 2012-02-02 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	Given her powers are manifesting extremes of temperature I don't think it's SELF harm I'd be worried about. I see Idie's issues as being a more extreme version of Rahne Sinclair's early issues, complete self-loathing about being a mutant and convinced she's intrinsically evil. . (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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batman
2012-02-02 11:47 pm UTC (link)

I do; it doesn't seem in character for Idie to hurt her classmates, but she manifests self-hatred every time she talks. Her issues are internally directed rather than externally and she's the type to implode rather than explode. She's not really the type to externalise her issues?

But yes, Idie has deep self-hatred issues, more so than the average mutant (though the more recent generations of mutants all have some degree of self-hatred). The thing is, some of her classmates are more acutely at risk, and it seems pretty consistent that they don't help her as they aren't helping these students either.

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	no subject dr_archeville 2012-02-02 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	That is gorgeous! Does it say whose genes they're in? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject crabby_lioness 2012-02-02 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	I think it's Toad's. They better be careful, as his genes are more mutable than most. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject sir_mikael 2012-02-03 12:44 pm UTC (link)
	Lol yep, Toad really has been all over the place powers/looks-wise. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject omgwtflolbbqbye 2012-02-02 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	So Beast is the Marvelverse's Ms. Frizzle? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-02-02 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	Or Mr Ray, from Finding Nemo (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject his_spiffynesss 2012-02-02 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	Definitely Ms. Frizzle. He needs to be doing some equivalent classes for the Avengers Academy and the Future Foundation kids. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject grazzt 2012-02-05 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	I guess that means Rockslide is Carlos. Anyone else think they can cast the rest of the kids? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject pyrotwilight 2012-02-02 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	Quentin: Okkkk, I'm an Omega Level Mutant and that girl scares me.... I'm never quite sure how to feel about Idie. That poor poor girl. Still her and little Brood are adorable together. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject crabby_lioness 2012-02-04 05:05 am UTC (link)
	Quentin's run up against a cultural difference. That's what a proper Nigerian girl is supposed to tell a potential beau. I'm thinking of using it as an example in my ongoing talks with my children about birth control. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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krait
2012-02-02 08:12 pm UTC (link)

... The X-gene (or possibly its chromosome) is free-floating in the bloodstream? Or maybe the lungs? (Seriously, where are they? I see what looks like RBCs flowing along... but there's a sealed blood vessel passing through it, so they can't be in an artery...)

The biology grad in me is cringing and whimpering "that is not how DNA works". More than usual, even. That's just... painful.

(In theory I like the X-Men; but sometimes when I'm low on suspension-of-disbelief pills my inner genetics geek breaks out and starts flailing in shame.)

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	no subject deepspaceartist 2012-02-02 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	I know, right? The rest of the page is cute and funny and all, but I see the 'x-gene' and everything else is overridden by just how wrong it is. Heck, looking at the spread, I don't see anything that works the way it's presented. Aaron and Bradshaw are good at comics, but apparently they failed high school science hard. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-02-02 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps he's implying that this sort of non-standard biology surrounding them is the end result of the x-gene? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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sir_mikael
2012-02-03 12:49 pm UTC (link)

Some things expressed in the comics have pointed towards mutants having more differences than the genetic part or however their powers manifest.
I know Beast has made comments that mutants are more durable/heal faster than humans and of course Cerebro/Cerebra work on the basis that mutant brainwaves differ from human ones.

Also Celestials messed with Earth's evolution and introduced the potential for X-genes so who knows how Comic Book Biology works. Comic Book Science in general is pretty wacky.

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	no subject fifthie 2012-02-02 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	I'm still getting wicked cognitive dissonance between oldquire and newquire but everything this new guy does is just fantastic. Graffitiing the blood vessels! Oh, you. (Reply to this)

	no subject silverzeo 2012-02-02 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	Huh... how come when the Xaiver School became public, the kids there didn't had that much awesome stuff as the Jean school? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 8 comments) (Show 8 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-02-02 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	Budget constraints? And, in fairness, we have yet to see if this approach is worth the extra time and money involved. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 7 comments) (Show 7 comments)

	no subject sherkahn 2012-02-03 01:24 am UTC (link)
	No, Logan has to deal with financial issues as well. But having Warren strip for money might pay some bills... (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-02-03 01:30 am UTC (link)
	Yes, Logan has to deal with financial issues but appears to have had a massive start up fund which Xavier never did (not on THAT scale) and now maintains a much larger and more complicated facility than Xavier did. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	no subject suzene 2012-02-03 10:37 am UTC (link)
	You'd think Bobby, superhero CPA, might have mentioned at some point "Yeah...so one good brawl, and this place is financially screwed. Contingency plan?" before the doors even opened. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-02-03 10:45 am UTC (link)
	Logan worried about it beforehand (noting that the opening had more or less wiped out his funds) and though a little late, Bobby DID bring it up (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject wizardru 2012-02-03 12:37 pm UTC (link)
	If memory serves, was Professor Xaiver already wealthy when he started the school? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject sir_mikael 2012-02-03 12:50 pm UTC (link)
	Yep. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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icon_uk
2012-02-03 12:58 pm UTC (link)

Yes, but consider that when he opened the school there were five pretty well behaved students and one (existing) building that he already owned the freehold on. The Danger Room was complicated but mechanical, and Cerebro was a lot smaller. Most of his students were well behaved and rarely if ever destructive/ (All New X-Men, New Mutants, etc) When he upgraded to Shi'ar tech (Which he was given rather than purchased) a lot of tech became self-maintaining.

Logan has got a couple of dozen kids, some of whom are outright violent, and a HUGE high tech complex.

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