Age of X: Alpha Appearances

[Phil]

http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=2858&page=7
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=2858&page=8

Doesn't look much like his current look, but more like him than Nemesis.

[Flightpath07]

Who is the woman supposed to be? Looks like they are together.

[-K-M-]

Who is the woman supposed to be? Looks like they are together.

Dr.Roa who is on the Science Team with Jeffries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavita_Rao

On that note, it is most likely him. Age of X every one changes their costumes. Is this issue out yet?

[Mokole]

Odd, given she's not a mutant and blah blah blah

[-K-M-]

She has a lot of history with mutants though.

[Phil]

Well, lettered previews are up & it's not;

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/marvel-previews-deadpool-ultimate-126-110120.html

[cmdrkoenig67]

Wait...What?! Another alternate reality X-Men story? Seriously?!

Ugh! Why Marvel...WHY!

Dana

[suzene]

Wait...What?! Another alternate reality X-Men story? Seriously?!

Ugh! Why Marvel...WHY!

Events sell? They needed something to do for two months before Wells' replacement on New Mutants showed up? I'll probably pick this up just because Chamber's a player and back in his classic look, but it'll be in trade. Maybe second-hand trade.

[Phil]

I generally trust Carey's writing, and at least they've kept it to just two books and not made it a massive 'mini-series with tie-in books that you must read to understand the story' event.

I really enjoyed the AofA and if this is thematic in style I'll probably enjoy it.

[Flightpath07]

I generally trust Carey's writing, and at least they've kept it to just two books and not made it a massive 'mini-series with tie-in books that you must read to understand the story' event.

I really enjoyed the AofA and if this is thematic in style I'll probably enjoy it.

I'm sorry...am i wrong here? I thought it was a two or three month story, being told across five or six series. At least, that is what I remember hearing.

The whole thing is called "Age of X", and, yes, it is being told in 5 different series over four months.

So...it is a mini-event, with tie-in books. Cross-series event?

[suzene]

The only series that are being taken over for the story are XM:L and New Mutants for the main story, which is what I think Phil is referring to. There are one-shots and satellite books associated with the event, but they're trade-padding...oh, excuse me...icing.

[Flightpath07]

trade-padding

Flightpath's Dictionary says; Trade-padding - the carrot, followed swiftly by the stick. and really, who likes carrots, anyways?

[Le Messor]

Horses love 'em.

Of course, if you're a dog, the carrot's the threat and the stick's the promise.

[Phil]

Yeah, barring the Alpha Opening Oneshot it's just in Legacy and New Mutants for 3 months, rather than Uncanny, Legacy, New Mutants & X-Force ala Second Coming.

There's the Age of X:Universe 2 parter too but that's essentially just an anthology about the non-X characters set in the past, so isn't essential reading.

[rplass]

I didn't see any Alpha Flight mutants in this issue, which came out today. There were so many characters, I could have missed it, but I have a fairly sharp eye for these things.

Love,
rplass

[suzene]

I didn't see any Alpha Flight mutants in this issue, which came out today. There were so many characters, I could have missed it, but I have a fairly sharp eye for these things.

Love,
rplass

This is sounding more and more like a "wait for the trade".

[Phil]

I didn't see any either Rob.
Not too impressed with it on the whole at all, to be fair.
Hoping the actual storyline is better.

[Le Messor]

This is sounding more and more like a "wait for the trade".

For me, based on Phil's comment so far and general interest, I think it's a "wait for the trade.
Then don't buy it."

... so far.

- Le Messor
Calvin: I feel bad that I called Susie names and hurt her feelings. I'm sorry I did it.
Hobbes: Maybe you should apologize to her
Calvin: I keep hoping there's a less obvious solution.

[suzene]

For me, based on Phil's comment so far and general interest, I think it's a "wait for the trade.
Then don't buy it."

... so far.

I hear ya, but my love for Chamber actually rivals my love for Northstar some days, so if he gets to do anything remotely cool or interesting, I'll probably wind up picking this up. That and Carey still has miles of goodwill with me for undoing Millar's nonsense re: Northstar.

[Le Messor]

I hear ya, but my love for Chamber actually rivals my love for Northstar some days, so if he gets to do anything remotely cool or interesting, I'll probably wind up picking this up. That and Carey still has miles of goodwill with me for undoing Millar's nonsense re: Northstar.

Yeah, love for 'my' characters (Alphans, of course) is why I'm reading Uncanny these days.

Actually, I'm a sucker for alternate realities, so Age Of X is vaguely interesting to me.

Millar wrote Northstar? (Outside of Ultimate?) Ewww...
Everything he touches turns to sleaze.

- Le Messor
"I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages."
~ Mauldin

[suzene]

Millar wrote Northstar? (Outside of Ultimate?) Ewww...
Everything he touches turns to sleaze.

Millar was the one who had Wolverine kill Northstar, then abandon him to SHIELD once he was rezzed without ever even giving the mansion telepaths a crack at undoing the damage.

[Le Messor]

Millar was the one who had Wolverine kill Northstar, then abandon him to SHIELD once he was rezzed without ever even giving the mansion telepaths a crack at undoing the damage.

Oh, yeah, that.
Memory eras-- error! error! You've read it, you can't un-read it!

[Phil]

http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=2979&page=20

[Flightpath07]

Link seems to be failing somehow.

[rplass]

Link's good for me. Weird appearance, glad it's Alt-Universe... never like that "talk with machine" stuff. Also, that's not what "index of refraction" means, but get the gist.

AND HOLY BALONEY IT....



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It's the Box Armor!?!?!1!111one! Now I'm wishing it weren't Alt-Universe! I wish they'd put him in it in Uncanny - or the new AF! Or his own series.

Love,
rplass

[Phil]

I honestly thought your spoilers were going to be cleavage related :P

[Phil]

Link seems to be failing somehow.

It works for me in Firefox & Chrome, but fails in IE.

[Flightpath07]

Yup, its an Explorer failure, definitely. Bummed.

[-K-M-]

Here try this:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=7840&disp=table

Jeffries love for machines has gone creepy

[Mokole]

That doesn't look like his AoA Box but his usual metal Box. I hope he comes back to join AF real soon!

[Flightpath07]

Thanx King Mungi!
Wow, that is SWEEEET! Seein' the Box armour, I got tingles. Still prefer the original Box though, with Bochs.

[bigbloo]

Oh, wow! I hadn't realized how much I missed the Box armor until I saw this! Is there any reason why Jeffries doesn't armor up anymore? Did something happen in Weapon X?

[Le Messor]

Oh, wow! I hadn't realized how much I missed the Box armor until I saw this! Is there any reason why Jeffries doesn't armor up anymore? Did something happen in Weapon X?

The usual. Went mad.

[Flightpath07]

Did something happen in Weapon X?

Absolutely nothing. Jeffries sat around, read a newspaper, had a brain embolism, put on a white-sequined jumpsuit and a cape and got fat and sang love songs to gorgeous young women, read another newspaper, burped the pledge of allegiance, went to bed. Absolutely nothing happened; the usual.

Nothing to see here; move along.

[rplass]

Oh, wow! I hadn't realized how much I missed the Box armor until I saw this! Is there any reason why Jeffries doesn't armor up anymore? Did something happen in Weapon X?

He was brainwashed in Weapon X. We don't know all of the details but he appears to have been pretty much brain - soaked for a while. He showed up again in Uncnany X-Men #505 years later, seemingly distracted, often highly focused, occasionally brilliant - but it's a jumble of the writers and their whims at this point. We haven't seen the armor for a long time.

Love,
rplass

[Phil]

Did we not see the armor, or variations of it, in Nation X #3?

[-K-M-]

Did we not see the armor, or variations of it, in Nation X #3?

We did, and we also saw it in Marvel Comics Origins: X-Men as there was a panel of Jeffries working on it.

[Phil]

Yeah, but the Origins: X-Men was a flashback to his AF days as his hair wasn't greying.

[-K-M-]

Yeah, but the Origins: X-Men was a flashback to his AF days as his hair wasn't greying.

I know, I'm just saying we have seen it recently.

[Flightpath07]

Actually, we only saw drawn pictures of it. Not the actual armour.

[-K-M-]

Actually, we only saw drawn pictures of it. Not the actual armour.

Origins of Marvel Comics - X-Men
http://alphaflightcollector.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/originsofmarvelcomicsxmen1madb.jpg?w=450&h=310*
*Image from Rplass' site

Nation X #3
1. http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/A_Flight2/nx_03_023copy.jpg
2. http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/A_Flight2/nx_03_025copy.jpg

[rplass]

Those images of the armor in Nation X #3 were ghost images, haunting reminders of his destructive past as a brainwashed agent of Weapon X. I never took those images to indicate there was actual armor in the workshop with him, but rather a memory of the armor instead.

[-K-M-]

Could have been, can't say for certain but I could see it really being physically there as well.

[MistressMerr]

Those images of the armor in Nation X #3 were ghost images, haunting reminders of his destructive past as a brainwashed agent of Weapon X. I never took those images to indicate there was actual armor in the workshop with him, but rather a memory of the armor instead.
Really? I never read that into it at all. Huh.

[Phil]

Origins of Marvel Comics - X-Men
http://alphaflightcollector.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/originsofmarvelcomicsxmen1madb.jpg?w=450&h=310*
*Image from Rplass' site

Nation X #3
1. http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/A_Flight2/nx_03_023copy.jpg
2. http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/A_Flight2/nx_03_025copy.jpg

I think you've misunderstood FP's sense of humor. Either that or I've misunderstood his sense of humour.

[Flightpath07]

Phil, I misunderstand my own humour. I think I should have been born British; is British Columbian close?

[Phil]

If it means I get to come visit for the holidays it works for me!

[-K-M-]

I think you've misunderstood FP's sense of humor. Either that or I've misunderstood his sense of humour.

Yeah I figured it was a joke, but I still wanted to post the scans

[Flightpath07]

If it means I get to come visit for the holidays it works for me!

I'll book you in for February 30th, okay?

[Le Messor]

I'll book you in for February 30th, okay?

Is that on a Wednesday, a Thursday, or a Lokiday next year?

[Phil]

I'll book you in for February 30th, okay?

Damn, I'm busy that day. I'm having tea with the Queen & the remaining Beatles.

Can we make it the 31st?

[Flightpath07]

lol

[Mokole]

I was thinking the eleventeenth was good, but then something came up... in Pensyltucky.

[-K-M-]

Age of X: Northstar appears...he is ordered to get Dr.Rao and he takes out Kitty Pryde. He has some sort of energy ropes attached to his wrists




SPOILER -highlight text below to reveal




In this timeline Aurora is murdered.



END SPOILER

[suzene]

*facepalm*

At least tell me he's not mind-controlled again?

[-K-M-]

Nope he is one of the good guys, and he is on a strikeforce team with Angel, Gambit, Vertigo oh and of course...Dazzler. They knocked out Kitty as they thought she was the enemy.

[suzene]

Good deal. Odds of me picking up this trade are looking better and better.

[-K-M-]

Not sure whats the deal with the energy ropes around his wrists, but hopefully they answer that.

[rplass]

I think they are just superspeed contrails so you get an unconventional effect of motion. I dont see them as being actual objects attached to his wrists.

[Le Messor]

I smell a conspiracy!

No, wait, the rat's burning...

[-K-M-]

If anyone was curious I asked someone to get me a scan of the page in question

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f188/A_Flight5/northstar.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f188/A_Flight5/northstar.jpg

[suzene]

Hard to tell just what the new power effects are from the art, but looks like JP doesn't have to actually touch someone to take them down -- seems like just being in his wake did it.

[rplass]

Kind of like this:

http://alphaflightcollector.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/uxm511c.jpg?w=450&h=186

and this

http://alphaflightcollector.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/uxm511d.jpg?w=450&h=187

(from UXM #511 (http://alphaflightcollector.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/northstar-does-uh-something-in-uncanny-x-men-511/))

Love,
rplass

[cmdrkoenig67]

About Northstar: Those look like light/glow trails to me. It appears that he has some sort of lights on his wrist bands...it's kind of an odd accessory (especially red). His eyes also appear to be red, what's that all about?

Dana

[-K-M-]

His eyes also appear to be red, what's that all about?

Dana

Unknown as this time, guess we will have to wait and see.

[suzene]

Gah! The Land art! It burns!

[Flightpath07]

Not too sure about those being light trails. In the panel where he is standing still, wouldn't they then NOT be there?

Personally, i think his friendship bracelets are just too long...

[Le Messor]

Not too sure about those being light trails. In the panel where he is standing still, wouldn't they then NOT be there?

That's what I was gonna say.

- Le Messor
"I just know I'm a better manager when I have Joe DiMaggio in center field."
~ Casey Stengel

[Flightpath07]

That's what I was gonna say.

I knew that.

[Le Messor]

I knew that.

I didn't.

[rplass]

Jeffries shows up in X-Men Legacy #246 too! I flipped through a copy at the LCS quickly but didn't have time to read it and then the salesgirl asked for it back because it was actually from someone's weekly pull. All I saw was him in his lab and Gen. Magneto talking to him. Anyone have more details?

Love,
rplass

MODS: Perhaps a new Official Age of X thread could be made combining this one with the one for X-Men Legacy 245?

[Phil]

Done & Done.
And I mean Done.

[Phil]

If anyone still hasn't seen the issue in hand, the page is explained over at CBR (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=31463).

[cmdrkoenig67]

Not too sure about those being light trails. In the panel where he is standing still, wouldn't they then NOT be there?

Personally, i think his friendship bracelets are just too long...

Not if he was moving his arms.

Dana

[Le Messor]

Not if he was moving his arms.
Dana

I agree with Flightpath - they just don't make sense as speed lines.
Why are they constant?
Why would he be standing still and yet moving his arms fast enough to make speed lines?
In public, I mean.

They really look to me like they're something that's tied to his wrists.

- Le Messor
"I refuse to participate in the recession"

[cmdrkoenig67]

I agree with Flightpath - they just don't make sense as speed lines.
Why are they constant?
Why would he be standing still and yet moving his arms fast enough to make speed lines?
In public, I mean.

They really look to me like they're something that's tied to his wrists.

- Le Messor
"I refuse to participate in the recession"

Not if he's directing planes. :p

[Le Messor]

Not if he's directing planes. :p

Of course!

[Flightpath07]

Not if he's directing planes. :p

As long as he isn't directing Cats.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Yeah...Cats would love those light string-things...LOL.

[Le Messor]

As long as Northstar has a higher level than an ordinary commoner, he should be okay.

I'd love to see that in a comic. S'rously. A character taking the time out (with stringy things like that) to play with cats... it'd just be a cool moment.

- Le Messor
"I remember back when a “mouse” had four legs, “PostScript” was what came at the end of a letter, and “Unix” was a term for someone who’d had his works cut out for him."
~ Brad Kozak

[kozzi24]

My off-the-cuff guess: Northstar controls more light as he is no longer sharing his power with his sister who is dead. His body may need to shed excess power.

[Phil]

Hmm... ComicVine lists Age of X:Universe as having Madison & Lionel Jeffries appearing (http://www.comicvine.com/age-of-x-universe-chapter-1/37-267087/)... I didn't notice them when I skimmed through #1, but being written by Mr X-Club Oneshot himself, Si Spurrier it'd make sense.

Anyone else notice them?

EDIT:

It is indeed the brothers Jeffries!
On page 6 (of actual artwork) there's a flashback panel of them taking down Iron Man!

[Phil]

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd confirmed by Si Spurrier himself! (http://twitter.com/#!/sispurrier/status/53943592846237696)


They certainly do! An impressive observation -- most people have missed IDing the Jeffries bros altogether. :)

[Le Messor]

Cool. And cooler that they used the much-neglected (and also, dead) Lionel.

Hey, did House of M: Masters of Evil #4 ever come out at all? I'm pretty sure he wasn't going to be in it, but still, I bought the first three for him, I'd like the last issue.

- Le Messor
"I think I'm sobering up. It's horrible... I wish I was dead."
~ Spike

[Phil]

Hey, did House of M: Masters of Evil #4 ever come out at all? I'm pretty sure he wasn't going to be in it, but still, I bought the first three for him, I'd like the last issue.


Yah, but the Brothers Jeffries are only in #3.
However Sasquatch & Diamond Lil are in #4 :D

[Le Messor]

However Sasquatch & Diamond Lil are in #4 :D

Well, I was hunting it just to finish the mini-, but now there's another reason!

Agh, how do I find it?
Oh, well, I'll figure something out.
...
...
We're gonna need a lot of gnomes.

- Le Messor
Cordelia: I think it's great to do that before you go out and fail in the real world. That way you're not falling back on something. You're falling... well, forward.

Xander: And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?

[-K-M-]

Yeah I read it and had no clue it was the jeffries brothers till I took a much closer look. Makes sense as they brought back several "dead" mutants from the main 616 universe.

[Phil]

Preview of Box in Legacy #247 (http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=8297&pg=8):

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[rplass]

Looks as if Box ought to be in the lower left panel as well. Who is Basilisk talking to? I think they left him out! He should be direct left from Basilisk's left shoulder.

And that's definitely Northstar on page 3 of the preview:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=8297&pg=3

2nd panel down, far right - you can see the red wrist thingies


Love,
rplass

[Flightpath07]

Looks as if Box ought to be in the lower left panel as well. Who is Basilisk talking to? I think they left him out! He should be direct left from Basilisk's left shoulder.

Looks like a couple of the people in the last panel, aren't in the 2nd-last panel, even though they should be. Makes me think that 2nd-last panel has the two conversationalists only in it, because they have turned and therefore screwed up the reader's view, so Box would be just off-panel. That's my best explanation; years too late for the coveted no-prize, eh?

[cmdrkoenig67]

The art isn't terribly good IMHO.

Dana

[Phil]

Not many appearances other than the ones in the preview pages, I'm afraid.
But at least 'Box' gets some lines :D

[Phil]

Northstar in New Mutants #24: (http://marvel.com/images/gallery/story/15696/images_from_age_of_x_assessment_chapter_5)

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[Le Messor]

Hm... I hope his appearance is more than just that bit?

- LM
"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury."
~ Groucho Marx

[suzene]

Mike Carey can usually do no wrong in my book (I am currently brain deep in the Felix Castor novels and loving every second of it), but the rave bracelets just look sillier and sillier every time I see them.

[Phil]

To be fair, if he's not being used in the actual story at all it could well be that it wasn't Carey's doing, merely whichever artist redesigned him.

[Le Messor]

If you look closely at the things on Northstar's wrists, you can see the knots, leading more to 'he's wearing string' for me... though the 'knots' could be the jewels that cause the light streams.

- LM
"I was so surprised when I was born that I could not talk for a year and a half."

[rplass]

This is a strange question, a bit off-topic so moderators feel free to boot to another thread...

Does your copy of X-Men Legacy #247 have a solicit on the last page of the book for New Mutants #24 with the cover for X-Men Legacy #247 or New Mutants #24? Both my copy and the variant copy I have both show the cover for X-Men Legacy #247 in the place where it should have the cover for New Mutants #24. Seems like a misprint to me.

Love,
rplass

[Phil]

Yup, & all the copies I've seen are the same.

[Phil]

Hm... I hope his appearance is more than just that bit?

Northstar appears in a few more panels in regular continuity/timeline/universe/whatever as it all aligns at the end, in his standard costume.
One panel he looks to be talking to Wolverine.

No Box that I can see.

I can't see either in Age of X:Universe #2 either, but could be wrong.

All in all, a fair showing of the two in the series so far. A few lines, mention of Aurora (that fits in with her not being on Utopia) and use of the Box armour.

[Le Messor]

Northstar appears in a few more panels in regular continuity/timeline/universe/whatever as it all aligns at the end, in his standard costume.

Is that in New Mutants 24?

I've got some of his Age of X appearance; definitely more than that. I'm hypnotised by your avatar... watch the bouncing Puck...

[Flightpath07]

I'm hypnotised by your avatar

Then I guess Phil's plan is working.

[Le Messor]

All hail hypnotoad!

[Phil]

X-Men Legacy #248 - The Age of X epilogue issue;

http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=8560&pg=4

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Is that Jeffries on the right hand side, or has Namor suddenly developed designed stubble?

[rplass]

I'm going to guess Namor - partially because of his proximity to the "Power" end of the table with Cyclops and Emma as opposed to the "Brainy" end with Rao and Nemesis, and partially because of the high, open collared blue shirt which we've seen Namor in before but never Jeffries.

[bigbloo]

[QUOTE=Le Messor;78839]If you look closely at the things on Northstar's wrists, you can see the knots, leading more to 'he's wearing string' for me... though the 'knots' could be the jewels that cause the light streams.

My guess is they are some sort of energy band/whip that causes damage when you brush up against them. Would be pretty cool in battle IMO.

[Phil]

Jeffries appears in one panel with a line in X-Men Legacy #248 "It was misery and horror from start to finish. Rip it out of me." in regards to Frost/ The Cuckoos wiping the memories of Age of X from everyone.

[rplass]

I've changed my mind about the mystery character being Jeffries. Here is a re-creation of the character with some minor coloring changes. Read all about it here. (http://alphaflightcollector.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/jeffries-and-maybe-jeffries-in-x-men-legacy-248/)
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Click to enlarge

[-K-M-]

haha that's great, well done

[Le Messor]

I've changed my mind about the mystery character being Jeffries.

You've convinced me it's him.

- Le Messor
"Life is an endurance test, so why be ashamed of your age?"
~ P.K. Shaw

[Phil]

Yeah, my thought was that if you halved the table from Frost's right shoulder to Nemesis' right shoulder then that'd be the power balance and Madison would be on the science team side.
His behing that far to the left is artistic licence as to not have him obscured by Frost and while you could have Madison moved up a bit, having Angel where he is as a standing central focal point works with the page dynamics and the symmetry.

[rplass]

Yeah, I wonder why that scene weren't drawn from a higher perspective. If you want to show everyone at a table, you look down on them from above the plane of the table. You don't have to look straight down on them from a point in the ceiling, but just above the table is enough to see over the characters in the foreground. If the perspective were about a foot above Emma's shoulder instead of square behind her back, he could have put Jeffries right next to Dr. Rao AND fit Namor next to Emma.

[Le Messor]

Yeah, I wonder why that scene weren't drawn from a higher perspective.

You make good points... I know that sometimes, as an artist, I just assume a straight-ahead, eye-level persepective. It's hard to get over that 'hump' of realising I need to / can change perspective.

- Le Messor
"I’d love to, but I’m having all my plants neutered."

[rplass]

X-Men Legacy #250, out today, so some spoiler space.



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Eh, not big news but thanks for scrolling down. Northstar appears in one panel in flashback to the scene in New Mutants #24 (http://alphaflightcollector.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/northstar-in-new-mutants-24-age-of-x-chapter-6/) where he's kneeling down and holding his head. That's all, but it's a pretty good issue so go buy it!

[Phil]

Ugh... $4.99 for one panel.... I still bought it though :(

I'm fed up of paying $2 for reprints I don't care about though!!! I can get the back issue for that!

[Le Messor]

Ugh... $4.99 for one panel.... I still bought it though :(

I'm fed up of paying $2 for reprints I don't care about though!!! I can get the back issue for that!

I'm probably fired for saying this, but I won't pick it up.
I'm getting pretty tired of buying comics I don't enjoy for single-panel appearances.

- Le Messor
"If a cluttered desk is an indication of a cluttered mind, what is indicated by an empty desk?"
~ anonymous

[rplass]

Come on guys! Beef it up! Now that we've got a new series, you're getting soft?!??! Toughen up a little!

No more complaining! If baby rplass whined like that I'd send her to her room! Well, her room is full of kids comic books so maybe that's not such a good example but hey, quit yer whining!!!

[Phil]

It's the reprint I'm complaining about.
There should be a standard $2.99 version and then a $4.99 version + reprint. Or a $3.99 + voucher for digital reprint download or something.

But then again beer should be free and there should be world peace.

[DelBubs]

I tend to just buy the stories Alpha feature prominently in. Northstar and Jeffires being affiliated to the X-Men presents to many appearences to get every one. Periodically I pick up the British Marvel 'Essential X-Men' which reprints three X Title issues for £2.95. Get a few minor appearences in that.

[Phil]

Is that Box's foot in one of the panel's too?

[rplass]

Is that Box's foot in one of the panel's too?

OMG you are my twin! I was thinking the same thing, but you just can't tell who some of the feet belong to. In any case, it's the tiniest foot appearance ever.

[Le Messor]

Come on guys! Beef it up!

... but I'm vegetarian!

Okay, with this whole new 'reset the numbering' announcement about Uncanny, I think I'll just drop the title altogether (again).
It's just one cynical, annoying as, cheap marketing ploy too many.
I haven't been enjoying it, and buying issue after issue because there's two panels with an ex-Alphan in them just isn't worth my time / money / timey.

(Am I sent to my bedroom now? Because my comics are in a different room... :( )

- Le Messor
"I’d love to, but I’m having my baby shoes bronzed."

[bigbloo]

I tend to just buy the stories Alpha feature prominently in. Northstar and Jeffires being affiliated to the X-Men presents to many appearences to get every one. Periodically I pick up the British Marvel 'Essential X-Men' which reprints three X Title issues for £2.95. Get a few minor appearences in that.

Ditto. Except for the Essential X-men part. I wait for the cameo stuff to get to the bargain bin. And they all do, eventually. (cue ominous laughter)

[Phil]

For anyone interested in the HC (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/07/19/mini-glitch-age-of-x-hardcover-on-amazon-com/)

[suzene]

Phew. I wonder who at Diamond is going to catch it this time.

[suzene]

Also, Amazon's shipping policy is the work of the devil. I always wind up spending more than I meant to just to hit the free shipping mark.

[rplass]

The mystery of the Northstar contrails explained: I asked Clay Mann directly about this today at NYCC. He explained that when he designed the costumes for Age of X, he took elements from other things - and for Northstar it was Tron. The red streaks are the persistent trails left behind just like the light cycles. Mystery solved!

Then he mentioned there was a gaggle of 10 cosplayers all in Age Of X costumes who had stopped by his booth and there was an Age of X Northstar with neon lights attached to his wrists. I didn't see it but boy I bet that looked great!

EDIT: I found the gaggle. Here's a blog post showing all the players (http://sosuperduper.com/blog/2014/10/12/x-cosplay-by-a-gaggle-of-awesome-gays/) and here's Age of X Northstar:

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and you can see the wrist contrails better here:

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Awesome! I didn't see the guy personally but wow that's pretty neato.