Uncanny X-Force #17 - Dark Angel Saga preview

[sherkahn]

Archangel moves to the endgame. ComicbookResources has the worldess preview of issue #17.

And we get an answer to a nagging question from way back in the 90's.





Wow, most of the art looks pretty, except for Psylocke not looking Japanese anymore.

Comments

[darkknightjrk]

So what's the nagging question?

[rainspirit]

Wow, Archangel's far scarier than Apocalypse ever was. That's some doing.

[shadowpsykie]

yep i always thought elemental mutants had the potential to be omega levels. thier powers are ... umm elemental, and primal.

that said... ummm did Apcocangel turn them into his new horse men?

[sherkahn]

Besides what we've seen from his ability to teleport, rebuild is body from fluids and advanced uses of his ice powers, why is Bobby considered Omega Level, when it looked like he was an Alpha+?

He can make ice drones of himself
He can make giant versions of himself
Actual ice beams emit from his eyes.

[omgwtflolbbqbye]

I like Giant-Bobby's "Really?" expression at Logan trying to slash his neck.

[icon_uk]

That's Psylocke? It looks more like Deathbird.

[sherkahn]

It's her old Lady Mandarin outfit.. or a version of it.

[shadowpsykie]

he can teleport? i am guessing traveling through water...?

[akodo_rokku]

The design's calling back to her short-lived "Lady Mandarin" outfit.
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/psylocke-bigcostume4.jpg

[brooms]

this art is so, so pretty.

[sherkahn]

Yup. When Emma was in control of his body, in her first fight against the X-men she escaped into a river and covered it in ice to stop them from following. Seconds later he/she emerged many miles away from the water, reforming herself/himself...let's just call them Frost and also healing all wounds from the fight.

[akodo_rokku]

This is AoA Bobby, who it looks like Dark Beast brought over.

[shadowpsykie]

heh, cool.

yeahi remember Emma possesing bobby.

the way i thought was that Bobby rarely ever felt the need to be a "powerhouse" so he never really used his powers to thier fullest extent. it would be nice to see Him, cut loose again.

[sherkahn]

Right now he has every thing going according to plan.

He's cool, calm and collected and still menacing. He's Gus Fring with lethal wings.

[sherkahn]

Logan, you smart mo fo.

The only person who can shut down Genocide (Holocaust) IS Bobby, and you're baiting him towards a confrontation.

[auggie18]

Okay, awesome. Cool art and Bobby being allowed to be a badass for once. I'm digging it.

[glimmung]

I just finished watching season 3 of Breaking Bad. If only more villains were as quietly menacing as Gus.

[dr_archeville]

I think they've even gone so far as to say that when he makes ice, he's not just freezing whatever ambient water vapor there is, he's actually creating it eh nihilo. (Though my personal theory is that, since Loki's amped up his powers before, he's summoning the ice it from Niflheim.)

[mastiff]

I totally support their decision to cast Patrick Stewart as Archangel in the first panel.

[sherkahn]

Oh GOD are you in for a revelation.

Season 4 made Gus the most captivating person to see on screen this year, just because you knew the white the quiet, proper man with meticulous habits could UNLEASH in a split second.

[sherkahn]

Half Measures. The Ending.

"Run."

[starwolf_oakley]

I remember that too, though I never quite got how Emma knew how to do those things if Bobby couldn't.

Of course, in Age of Apocalypse, Iceman was more "sentient ice" than "Bobby Drake." IIRC, Scott Lobdell said getting broken and reforming so many times skewed Bobby's perspective on things.

[shadowpsykie]

that makes sense. i mean its been established that reforming takes a HUGE amount of effort on Bobby's part. having to constantly do that probably has some effect on one's self identity.

[shadowpsykie]

you what would be interesting? if seeing how powerful THIS Bobby was, is the real reason Wolverine wanted him on his side...

[shadowpsykie]

damn you... i can't un see that.

[drmcninja]

I'm betting on this being post-schism chronologically. If Archangel is going to stay like this (which he should, this is a really interesting new direction for him), and Betsy is going to stay Death, it means this can't happen before it. Or esle she wouldn't be there to pick her side.

[shadowpsykie]

i think this is pre-schism. what makes you think Betsy is going to stay Death? I think Archangel is goin to fight it but still have "death/Apocalypse" inside him (that sounds dirty...) and is going to exile himself.

[drmcninja]

That whole comment is based on me assuming/hoping things that that happens and he stays Apocalypse and Betsy stays death.

[shadowpsykie]

ah. yeah i don't see that happening. Angel might stay Apocalypse, or return to Archangel and go into exile, but i don't see Betsy staying Death.

[schala_kid]

There was also a Thor issue during Walt Simonson's run were Loki kidnaps Bobby and uses his powers to power up the Frost Giants and make them big.

But yeah I agree Bobby is insanely powerful, he just doesn't realize his full potential.

[notactuallyauser]

Certainly he's being used as the fresh water supply for Utopia, and I really doubt that's from dehumidifying the atmosphere around it. Thinking about it, collecting it and freezing it without dumping the waste heat anywhere would be immensely impressive in itself. Certainly an X-Gene can either lets you break the laws of thermodynamics or tap into some other dimension as a power source.

[webbgirl]

I am NOT going to start reading X-books again. I am NOT going to start reading X-books again.

[cainofdreaming]

I thought he looked more like Brent Spiner. It's the nose, I guess.

[sir_mikael]

Your icon seems to be urging you to come back.

[biod]

Fuck Yeah, Iceman!
I know this version is not(?) the one we know, but between this and post-schism it's wonderful to see the character being freed from all the dust he's been gathering.