New Avengers #16

[history79]

Comments

[astrakhan42]

Holy cow, a mention of Cannonball's brother Icarus! It's possible that Ewing was having Cannonball freak out about his son and got the name wrong (his name is Josiah), but Ewing is enough of a continuity nerd to put in that little shout out to Joshua "Jay" Guthrie.

[sarahnewlin]

Her former screaming mimi persona huh? I miss the time she went undercover or whatever and looked more....Woodstock-y. You know, the bandana on the top, the leather vest, the necklaces, the shades...

[beyondthefringe]

Y'know what I love?
Screaming Mimi debuted in August,1979.
She became Songbird in January, 1997. That's 17 1/2 years.
As of September 2016, that means she's been a hero for 19 1/2 years or so. Maybe 18 if you want to throw the first year or so of Thunderbolts into a "still a villain" or "grey area" category.

She's grown from a gimmick supervillain into a full-fledged hero and Avenger, and has now spent -longer- as a good guy than as a bad guy.

I love it when stuff like this happens. :)

[burkeonthesly]

Agreed. Songbird's arc in Thunderbolts was one of the highlights of the series for me, and to see where it's brought her feels pretty rewarding.

[tigerkaya]

Go Melissa go, oh Cannonball its you, get lost stick to being an X-men. Angar was better off fridged.

[thehood]

He works fine here though.

[beyondthefringe]

Angar has one of the best worst designs ever. I love how he can rock that look. :)

[bruinsfan]

I've had a special place in my heart for Angar ever since those old John Byrne Iron Fist stories. A place with shag carpeting and lava lamps.

[tigerkaya]

No arguments on design my favorites in bad and good include the original Green Lantantern and Hawkeye's classic outfit.

I just find angar's only real significant role was to be fridged to give Melissa angst same for Eggman staying.

[halloweenjack]

He reminds me of the kind of guy who would hang around high schools in the seventies and sell the kids ditch weed, the kind with a van that may or may not have an airbrush painting on the side but almost always had a bumper sticker that said "If the van's a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'" or "Ass, gas, or grass--nobody rides for free".

[tigerkaya]

How so? My belief is that X-men and Avengers should remain bitter enemies. They have zero connection.

[onsokumaru]

I want every X-Men I like to be far, far away from the X-Men books, since only the "All Old" and the "Not New, Not Different" are allowed to be relevant.
As long as he is in New/USAvengers, Sam is safe from being killed in the next mutant purge.

[tigerkaya]

Jeez that bad? At this point hex-men are better off going Earth 2 style reboot away from the Main Marvel U. No Inhumans and no crossover events.