Azazel

[sigmund_droid]

Well just came back from watching X-men:first class (yeah I'm late to the party, needed someone to see it with!) and I have to say I loved the story, acting, and CG. I know alot of people were angry because of the big changes they made lore-wise but I thought there was alot of stuff that would be decent enough to add to canon.



As you may know from my previous posts I am a massive fan of the teleportation superpower. Azazel in first class was probably the best usage of combat teleportation I've seen in a film.

So with that let's take a look at the Fuzzy Elf's father, the demonic Azazel!



From Uncanny X #433




The revelation!




A nice collection of all of Azazel's offspring (minus Angel, Mystique, that archeleogist and Logan of course!)




From a later ish, we see the loving relationship between father and son. (Lothario means "woman seducer")

Till next time X-fans!

Comments

[lilacsigil]

I did enjoy Azazel in the movies, and I hope some of that comes over to his rather flat comicsverse characterisation (though I still wish they'd gone with Destiny and Mystique as Kurt's parents!) Also, your first scan, the one above the cut, is stretched vertically.

[squirle]

Did movie-Azazel have any characterization? To me he was just a background goon with a neat super power. I don't think turning the comic version of him into that would make him a very engaging character, although it would still be a step up from what we saw in the Draco!

I'd rather just see this ignored for the rest of eternity, or ret-conned (but if it's ret-conned, it should be done in a panel or two, I wouldn't want to waste more space on undoing Chuck Austin stuff most people have forgotten about anyway :P)

[blake_reitz]

He had almost no lines, but I thought the actor did a good job with him anyway. Especially how, after killing the Russian boat crew, he can be seen wearing a navel officer's hat.

[kusonaga]

Agreed. Let's just forget Azazel ever existed.

[sigmund_droid]

Sorry about the first scan above the post being warped, it has to be so to fit community guidelines.

I wouldn't mind having Azazel as he was in the movie, sometimes backstory just ruins villains :p