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From: joak@ocf.berkeley.edu (Jonathan A. Kung)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.xbooks
Subject: Re: What is Wolverine's mutant power?
Date: 16 Dec 1992 06:26:35 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
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Summary: Digging up old bones -- Wolverine's bones, that is, heh heh

aj005b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Hulk get encephalic!) writes:
>	Wolvie and Sabretooth both have animalistic natures.  They are very
>carnal with the enhanced senses of wild animals and the limited ability to 
>empathically communicate with the more wild species.  Their healing factors
>are a side affect of their powers, which is a superhuman nature that 
>expresses itself in an animalistic way.

So I guess this explains why Wolvie's hair grows back so quickly...
Gotta keep that little noggin of his warm, so the body spits out those
follicles...!  :)


>	It is not true that mutants have one power or that no two mutants
>are alike.  Wild Child, Wolverine, and Sabretooth all have different genes
>but the same abilities.  Besides, I dare anyone to count all the mutants
>who can teleport!

Ah, but I meant precisely the same powers (barring Multiple Man, of
course), not the general outcome of the various expressions of those
powers.  I suppose this comes from that gene-thing.

Mutants who can teleport (as their natural power):
 Nightcrawler (first one that comes to mind)
 Magik (but not for a few years yet, but we ARE dealing with Marvel!)
 Vanisher (mutant?)
 Cloak (eh...)
?Zero (mutant or machine?)
 Gateway (or is that only for others?)
 the Incredible Horny Girls' Locker Room Bandit (...)
What, is that all?  I must be missing some...
Oh yes.  I forgot to mention Jubilee (see the X-Men Animated Series :) )


>With Wolverine especially, the writers tend to
>over-specify some powers.  I believe that Wolverine now has a better sense
>of smell than Daredevil.  What next, better healing that MadCap!

Indeed.  Why, I even heard he speaks better Japanese than Godzilla!

-Jon Kung, why the little dash?  I dunno!
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From: jdelisle@udel.edu (J. G. Delisle)
Subject: Wolverine
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Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:16:00 GMT

	When his blood hit the gem, I was under the impression that he had
"bonded" with it, and that it made him whole, _magically_. Likewise, he
was omnipotent then (or did he only think he was, as part of the test?), so
that explains the claws.

	And everyone knows what his power is: TO INCREASE SALES! Why else
would he be a guest-star so often?

	Joe

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From: tgt33358@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Thanatos)
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Subject: X-Factor Credits
Date: 20 Dec 92 18:14:24 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

Umm...quick question...who writes the "silly headers" in the credits box?

I have to know, since the ones in XFactor were a bit...risque...


Bob Harris...Doctor of Urology?

Tom DeFalco...Doctor of Proctology?


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From: jdelisle@udel.edu (J. G. Delisle)
Subject: question
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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 01:28:00 GMT

	Does anyone know if the X-Babies have seen print anytime after thier
Excalbur "Mojo Mayhem" appearance? 

	Thanks muchly,
	Joe Delisle

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From: cbuteau@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Christopher W Buteau)
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Subject: Re: Mutant Crossovers
Date: 15 Dec 92 16:20:53 GMT
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In article <1992Dec15.070223.22054@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Elmore) writes:
>
>What else? Well, you refer to Storm fighting Colossus for control of the X-Men
>(which was merely a plot device to get Scott cut loose for the then-new
>X-FACTOR series) but it was a one-time glitch. You call Madelyne Pryor
>"Madelyne Pryde" by accident, somewhere around the same time you
>mistakenly refer to her as a demon queen. She was _not_ a demon queen; she
>merely made a deal with Nastirh (I ain't worrying about where the
>apostrophes go...) to get her life back. It ended up with her becoming
>slightly insane and allying with the demons to get her son back (to kill
>him? Why?) I think all the demons did was activate her latent mutant
>powers (she _was_ a clone of Jean Grey, after all)

Small correction here Madelyne Pryor did have power in fact so much that 
she frightened Mr. Sinister.  It was from the Phoenix Force.  N'astirh knew
this and tried to manipulate her and Illyanna Rasputin so that he could
inhabit Earth.  This was the base plot ofInferno.
	How Madelyne got the phoenix force is a story that is slowly
told over the pages of Inferno.  What happened was when the Phoenix killed
itself (on the moon, remember??) , it returned to awake Jean Grey.  But it
returned to Jean with all the memories of all it had done.  Jean rejected it,
and because of this she did not come out of stasis until she was found later.
The Phoenix looking for a host found the template Madelyne Pryor 
(Sinister's creation he was into cloning) which had
not been conscious before.  Upon awakening Madelyne shouted 'Scott' the same
word the phoenix had shouted on the moon before committing suicide.  The 
essence of the phoenix was accepted by Jean Grey in the tail end of Inferno.
So whatever is left of the phoenix and Madelyne Pryor is now a part of
Jean Grey.

God I miss Claremont

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From: j_fitzge@oz.plymouth.edu (Jesse L. Fitzgerald)
Subject: Re: Stupidest Mutant Power -- top this if you can!
Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, NH.
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 14:12:19 GMT

	How about a Mutant Power that allows one to see through windows.

						Hey, at least I tried!
							Jesse Fitzgerald


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From: jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Elmore)
Subject: Re: Rogue & Gambit (in X-Men #297)
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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 03:05:39 GMT

In article <85154@ut-emx.uucp> chrismg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (christian gadeken) writes:
>Quite a few people have referred to the bit in U_Xmen 239 where
>Rogue apparently deliberately touches psylocke's bare shoulder,
>saying this might imply Rogue has control of her powers.  My
>interpretation is almost diametrically opposite, since:
>
>	1.Rogue and Betsy just finished a "training session"
>	2.Rogue(actually, I think Carol was "running things"
>	at this point) had a rather sly look on her face.
>	3.The touch was, to me at least, very ostentatious.
>	4.If I remember correctly, the next panel was a different
>	scene, and we never found out exactly what happened there
>	after the scene change.
>
>Conclusion?  Rogue/Carol was *deliberately* absorbing Betsy's mind,
>kind of like one of Wolvie's "never let down your guard" stunts.

One flaw in that argument: Psylocke would have dropped unconscious.
Rogue's power works instantaneously (remember all those "the slightest
touch and I'll absorb your psyche and powers" lines Claremont threw at us?
Kinda like "I'm the best at what I do" or "the focused totality of my
telekinetic powers" or any remark made about Wolvie's skeleton...)

When her power kicks in, the person drops unconscious and is supposedly
supposed to be unconscious until the transfer wears off.

I have yet to hear of a post-Muir Isle Saga appearance of Rogue _in an
X-Book_ (no comments about Dark Angel or Death's Head II, please) where she
has absorbed anybody's powers.

I subscribe to the theory that Rogue's lack of control over her powers is
psychosomatic; she thinks she can't, so she can't. (At least, that's what
they seem to be leading up to...)

If there is a retcon in any recent isle that I'm unaware of, let me know.

Jay (=
From: jdelacr@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Jorge DeLaCruz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.xbooks
Subject: Re: Illyana Rasputin
Date: 18 Dec 92 22:02:08 GMT
Organization: The Great Beyond

In article <1992Dec7.195144.5779@news.columbia.edu> kps@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Karthik P Sheka) writes:
>In article <1992Dec7.192400.26586@cs.unca.edu> mcmahan@cs.unca.edu (Scott McMahan -- Genesis mailing list owner) writes:
>>Shiva (margan@yale.edu) wrote:
>>: Does anyone...ANYONE...have any idea when Magik's gonna be back?
>>
>>I hope and pray never. Instead of digging the new mutants up for 
>>cheap rip-off story lines that debase the memory of the once
>>incredibly great comic, they ought to show a little respect
>>and leave them in the past.
>
   if one of the Mojo crossovers showed X-Force in the Future with CANNONBALL,
 SUNSPOT and some new mutants, but DARKCHILDE was one of them. Looked like
 Magik

   also in recent X-Men, Colossus goes home to see his Sister.....


                                  Jorge
From: poole@cs.widener.edu (Phil Poole)
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Subject: Re: Stupidest Mutant Power -- top this if you can!
Date: 19 Dec 1992 23:43:40 -0500
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After reading the thread I just had to jump in.

How about a guy who has x-ray vision through everything but Glass and
has to wear glasses.





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From: REBECCA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Rebecca Drayer)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.xbooks
Subject: Re: Stupidest Mutant Power -- top this if you can!
Date: 16 Dec 92 06:47:42 GMT
Organization: Yale University

In article <1gmh55INNli0@agate.berkeley.edu>
joak@ocf.berkeley.edu (Jonathan A. Kung) writes:
 
>My undying awe goes to anyone who can come up with a more useless
>power.
 
How about this?  A mutant who can change the color of his urine.  (Like one
of Piers Anthony's Xanthians)  Can you imagine what might happen.
 
Random Person: "Oh my God, it's a Sentinel!!!"
Mutant: "Don't worry; I'll save you!"  <whips out his "weapon" and starts
                                          firing green piss>
 
Yeah, it's dumb.  It's also 2:00 a.m. and I've got a really BIG final
tomorrow...    :-)
 
 
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From: magnus@IASTATE.EDU (Coinspinner)
Subject: Re: Stupidest Mutant Power 
Reply-To: magnus@IASTATE.EDU (Coinspinner)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 04:16:26 GMT


	Without a doubt the dumbest power EVER was an actual marvel mutant from the
pages of Alpha Flight.  It was the issue that had Alpha Flight with X-Factor as
they fought the zombie hord of a lady who died of food poisoning and discovered
her mutant body to animate corpses----INCLUDING HER OWN!  Even though I dearly
hold the X-Men & Company (TM) {MOJO :)} in the highest of regards, this really
takes the cake.  Come on, animate dead flesh?  Gah.  A lot of times its neat to
dream up being some super powered individual, but imagine yourself having this
power?   "Stand back folks, I'll animate all the dead bodies to carry the
surviors away."    Heck, you could animate your Turkey dinner, roadkills, and
have a guarenteed spot on the David Letterman show.
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From: dhenry@plains.NoDak.edu (David Henry)
Subject: Re: solo + rusty + skids = xforce
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 05:33:45 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

>question should Solo the green garbed teleporting gun totting vigilante join
>xforce ?

Why? He's never been in a mutant book so far, why add more characters
to worry about?

>should rusty and skids join xforce ?

Let's see what happens to X-Force now that Cable's gone for a few months...

>
>another question: does cable have outstanding bills with AIM ?
>in other words could he possibly owe AIM money.

Doubtful. Most of his tech was stolen from Wal-Mart.

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My mind is a jackal.--Richard Darwin // What was the question? --Kate Bush
"All you of Earth are IDIOTS!"-P9fOS // Thanks... for the memories.--Rogue
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From: lazarus@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
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Subject: Re: Stupidest Mutant Power
Date: 17 Dec 1992 06:10:24 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
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The mutant ability to read one's own mind.

Bystander: "What do YOU think, Captain Feedback?"
Captain Feedback: "I shall read my own mind and then tell you...
	YEEEEEEAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
	I think I shall never do that again..."

OR...

A mutant with the ability to explode with devastating force.
Only once...

Pedestrian: "My God... a monstrous Komodo Dragon has beached and
	is eating New York!  Please, A-Bomb, SAVE US!"
A-Bomb: "Fuck YOU..."


OR...

A mutant with the power to shapechange any one of his bodily
	appendages to mimic any OTHER of his bodily appendages...

No... I'm not even going to THINK about that one...

Bart -Laz- Smith
The 'Cat
(Who actually intends to create a super-hero with the power to explode
	only once.  >;)  )
From: dhenry@plains.NoDak.edu (David Henry)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.xbooks
Subject: Re: Rogue's Powers
Date: 13 Dec 92 21:59:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: ns1.Bz7x3K.CGn
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

Christopher A. White writes:
>A couple of things ...

Yog-Sothoth and Ben Grimm. Satisfied?

>Rogue has never absorbed someone's powers when unconcious.

Well, that's obvious. If she's unconscious, she's not going to be running
around touching people, now, is she? And, when she's out, her teammates,
at least, aren't going to be groping her up (okay, except Gumbo, the slime),
and most X-Villains are far too happy bragging and talking dirt than to
actually spend time stomping on her unconscious form.

For what other few old-time Marvel fans who read this list, do the current
crop of X-villains remind you, in some little way, of the classic Dormammu?
Boasting and pontificating at the drop of a hat... they don't have his
grandeur, of course, and certainly not his neat hairstyle, but still...

>Rogue has absorbed powers without intending to, one which comes to mind
>is when she was knocked out and then awakened by smelling salts. The
>salts were broken under her nose and then her hand immediately placed on
>an unconcious chuck. She was able to absorb his powers and communicate
>with the other XMEN.

Yep. She also crash-landed into Colossus in X-Men/Alpha Flight #1 and took
his powers by accident.

>Lastly, Cyclops' power is controlled through mechanical means, as was
>havoks at some time. Maybe Rogue will get a wrist-watch/power-grounding/
>communication/ginsu device from someone (Forge?)

Maayyyyybe she will. Mayyyyybe she won't. We don't know!

"How do you cut your hair?" --Richard Darwin

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From: ejs16@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Eric Jaron Stieglitz)
Subject: Re: Mutant Crossovers
Reply-To: ejs16@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Eric Jaron Stieglitz)
Organization: Me, Myself, and I
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 00:16:46 GMT

In article <168BEF329.REBECCA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu> REBECCA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Rebecca Drayer) writes:
>In article <102151@netnews.upenn.edu>
>dmcclue@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Patrick McClue) writes:
> 
>>
>>Slight correction:
>>
>>Storm never went through the seige perilous...she was captured by Nanny before
>>the others went through.
> 
>Question: Is Nanny the same as Magneto's robot "Nanny" that showed up around
>UXM #112 or so?  This was the robot that took care of the X-Men while they
>were imprisoned in chairs that blocked their voluntary control of their
>bodies and powers.

No. Nanny was a scientist for the Right, an anti-mutant group headed by 
Cameron Hodge, the ex-director for the old X-Factor. Because she had minor 
telepathic abilities, the Right imprisoned her in armor that made her
look like Humpty Dumpty. Because some of the Right's activities involved
kidnapping children, she tried to rescue children from their adulthood
and keep them in a "Peter Pan" existance. For a full summary of her story,
read some of the issues of X-Factor in which Nanny causes trouble. I think
that her origin is around issue #35.

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From: c60b-3fe@web-3f.berkeley.edu (Mikel B.)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.xbooks
Subject: Re: NATHAN = ????? (NEW IDEAS)
Date: 16 Dec 1992 02:16:44 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In article <1992Dec15.155842.865@afterlife.ncsc.mil> jdelacr@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Jorge DeLaCruz) writes:
>  P.S. another CABLE/STRYFE thoery, what if STRYFE was a result of trying
>  to exact the techno-virus from CABLE.
      ^^^^^

   I'm assuming you meant "extract".  And if so, what would Cable be?
The result of leaving the virus free to run it's course?
Of course they are going to try and extract the virus from Nathan.
If they don't it will kill him.

Mikel B.
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From: c60c-3gg@web-4e.berkeley.edu ()
Subject: Re: Iceman (was Re: Super Strength)
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 11:52:02 GMT

In article <101801@netnews.upenn.edu> dmcclue@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Patrick McClue) writes:
>I remember reading in OHMU that Iceman's "armor" cracks whenever he moves and
>instantly seals itself...this is one man who can never sneak on anyone!
>
>It would be really cool if Bobby actually made useful objects with his ice 
>powers...like razor-sharp blades and not just little snowballs.  Also, he
>should just be able to freeze a room at sub-zero temperature..that should 
>stop just about any one.
>
>I guess the writers forgot about Iceman's power boost that he got in that 
>Thor issue (I don't know which one...back in his X-Factor days).  Wilce
>Portacio decided not to draw the belt because he didn't like the way it looked,
>but there was no story explaining how he got control again.
>
>Wouldn't a Iceman, Spiderman, Firestar team-up be funny? :)
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Patrick


Ahh, *grin*, the all mighty Spider-Friends :P

							J.T.
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From: c60c-3gg@web-2e.berkeley.edu ()
Subject: Re: X-men #17 (spoilers?)
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 05:36:07 GMT

In article <schmidt2.724605606@husc11> schmidt2@husc11.harvard.edu (Gary Schmidt) writes:
>Hey, this is a sort of far-fetched theory, but ...
>
>
>In the recent issue of X-men (not Uncanny), there is a brief scene of about
>two pages or so in the Ginza district of Japan, where a woman dressed all in
>purple beats the tar out of some nameless street gang members, apparently as
>"practice". Then she takes off her mask and says "I'm ready to take revenge on
>the X-men now", or something to that effect. It's remarked that she speaks
>Japanese with an unusual accent. It's also shown that she has long purple hair.
>
>Could this possibly be some relation to Psylocke? Like, for instance, suppose
>we found out that the current Psylocke and the original Betsy Braddock were
>somehow not the same person after all? Because when you think about it, the two
>really have very little in common (except the purple hair!)
>
>I doubt it, but it's a fun speculation ... 
>
>						-G.S. (no sig)


Doesn't this somehow adds validity to the theory that Psylocke may be
the X-traitor?  And obviousely they renewed the god-damn awful
Cyclopse-Psylocke love interest thing in the new issue (damn, she's got
HUGE thighs).  

Any thoughts on this?

						J.T.
From: rlcarr@animato.network23.com (Rich Carreiro)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.xbooks
Subject: Re: X-Men 17 and X-Factor 87
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In article <BzH75G.5q8@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dv52151@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (RedSwordTarga) writes:

>  I loved this one too, except I have to disagree with you on the costume. WHY
>  does every female in comics have to wear a FMP costume? Geesh.. These are 

I agree with the sentiment, but what's "FMP"?

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