What If #24: Wolverine was Lord of the Vampires

[lordultimus]

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[zylly]

I liked this one a lot when I read it when I was younger, now I really wonder about the premise. Even with super-powers and added vampiric abilities, the overall success rate of the Undeaddy X-Men seems high (and where was Warlock when they took out the New Mutants? Or was he not around yet?)

And then there's the Vision on the list of "true dead." He's a solar-powered android with intangibility. He should practically be the most dangerous weapon on Earth against vampires. They must have taken him completely by surprise.

[zylly]

That said, Castle wearing the Cloak of Levitation is an amazing visual.

[every_spiegel]

Yep, he looks strangely (oops) hot.

[deh_tommy]

I'm surprised by how well the pairing of Doctor Strange and the Punisher works together, first in Original Sin, then again in Secret Wars and now here.

[q99]

The surprise factor should work wonders at first- Nightcrawler caught Magneto off guard, and once they have Magneto, well, the heavy hitter ratio begins to shift and taking on the likes of Vision isn't too hard. Kitty's really good for ambushes too.


Also strikes me that 'Curse of the Mutant' has the vampires trying a similar plot. Get the mutants, and a whole lot of vampmutants is a really hard force to stop.

[zylly]

The surprise factor is a fair point, I'll give you that one.

Wasn't that how it goes down in Marvel Zombies?

[7dialsmystery]

Infect the superpowered people first & the whole world is undead within a couple of days.

Re: Wasn't that how it goes down in Marvel Zombies?

[q99]

Yea. MZs spread faster than vampires, so this one would take a lot longer, though flipside the vampires are smarter so the turned scientists will still do science.

[icon_uk]

This story is based off X-Men 159 from July 82.

The five founding New Mutants had already appeared in their debut Graphic Novel, but wouldn't get their own series until March 83 and warlock wouldn't join until November 84.

Magneto being on side would probably be of help against Vision.

[zylly]

Thanks. Wasn't quite certain of the timing.

[burkeonthesly]

Frog Man. It was important to Logan that Frog Man stay dead.

On the subject of people who should have been the most dangerous weapons against vampires, the cover features Jean Grey in full Phoenix costume--the cosmic bird of fire and life taken down by some undead meatsack? Surely not!

[zylly]

That's the Fabulous Frong Man to you.

[burkeonthesly]

Oh, of course. How could I have gotten it so wrong?