Captain Britain & Mi-13 #14

[trueredorion.insanejournal.com]

4 pages from the penultimate issue of Captain Britain & Mi-13 by Paul Cornell and Leonard Kirk.

That whole Dracula victorious thing from last issue? Drac was actually stuck in Dr. Plotka's Dream Corridor. These scans are from the end of the issue after Dracula has suffered some losses including the death of Captain Fate, his control over the vampires weakening and the reveal that Spitfire wasn't under his control. And then he gets a call from Doom:

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[unknownscribler.insanejournal.com]

I went into this at length at Paul O'Brien's "If Destroyed, Still True" blog, but I really dislike Cornell's handling of Meggan. Quite apart from ignoring her development during Ellis' run -- and we'll just leave aside the point that given how House of M ended Meg really should have shown up in Exiles long before this, instead of suddenly and conveniently being in Hell -- it feels like Cornel's trying to beat a square peg into a round hole in much the same way as what was done to Emma Frost because Piotr wasn't there to be the indestructable member of the team.

[jlbarnett.insanejournal.com]

she wasn't suddenly and convieniently. In an earlier issue she was pulled out from between the cracks in reality due to that dream corridor thing, but Brian just assumed she was an illusion. when the thing was shut down she just ended up sort of crashing there.

The thing was caused by a demon so I suppose it's not that impossible that it'd have a connection to hell.

I'm honestly not a big fan of Ellis but I do recall by the end of Excalibur, even if she had gained confidence and control, she still shapeshifted involuntarily. Like when her wedding dress was being made she gave them nightmares because her measurements kept changing.

I'm just afraid the way Cornell's writing her that she won't have any shifting power left, that she's basically locked herself down.

[unknownscribler.insanejournal.com]

Yes, she was. She should never have been in Hell -- and Plotka's corridor is simply a suburb there in as I recall -- in the first place. Making the erroneous assumption the Marvel cares about its continuity at all, she should have been found somewhere in the Crystal Palace of the Exiles.

And don't talk about the end of Excalibur vol 1 -- editorially mandated cruelty that it was -- and the glories of Ellis' run in the same breath. It' slike comparing apples and sour oranges in terms of both story and art (though at least it did resolve poor old Feron's long dangling plot thread)

[jlbarnett.insanejournal.com]

I saw the issue she disappeared in. She was stuck somewhere between the dimesnions but not in the Crystal Palace

[unknownscribler.insanejournal.com]

I'm just afraid the way Cornell's writing her that she won't have any shifting power left, that she's basically locked herself down.

Also, she's wearing shoes! Meggan very specifically does not wear shoes of any kind as it messes with her powers.

[jlbarnett.insanejournal.com]

well, she was in hell and trying to get a connection to the place did hurt her. Maybe it's to prevent that.

[okkult3000.insanejournal.com]

I'm going to be perfectly honest: I don't remember a single thing Meggan said or did during Ellis's run. I have a vague recollection of her punching someone, but that's about it.

[jlbarnett.insanejournal.com]

I remember her shutting down a fire by telling it to go away and Kitty commenting on how she really loved her powers.

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

Meggan during Ellis run was actually very nicely handled. It expanded on her elemental powers, including the realisation that someone who can, on top of all the standard elemental powers over fire, air and water etc, control electricity compltely just by ASKING it do things, can essentially disable any electronic system going.

Also the fact that she LOVED her powers, Kitty comments that she's never seen anyone enjoy using their powers more than Meggan does.

And the punching scene is brilliant, to the extent I can still recall the phrasing from memory;

"Captain Britain and Meggan are Excalibur's strongest members; Being hit by either of them is akin to having a fridge freezer dropped on your head. Being hit by both at the same time is like being punched in the face by God"