From: bxp1628@hertz.njit.edu (Brian Perler)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.xbooks
Subject: Re: Why don't they
Date: 23 Jul 92 18:29:31 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Jul21.000818.21166@leland.Stanford.EDU> moreno@leland.Stanford.EDU (david moreno) writes:
>
>
>	I have a question and a comment regarding technology in the 
>mutant realm.
>
>Question:  
>----------
>	Why doesn't someone (probably the beast, since Forge is gone) create
> personalinhibitor fields for Cyclops and Rogue.  It should be easily 
> accomplished seeing as how Maggie created one somewhat more complex 
> that worked on everyone but him (Uncanny X-men 150).  It could be made 
> to respond to mental commands and be resistant to enemy disruption.
>
>	I've wondered about this for a long time and every time I hear 
> those two whine about not being able to get close to anyone because 
> of their powers I think you idiots, why not just do this.
>
>Which leads me to my comment:
>------------------------------
>
>	The X-men better get someone to design an anti-inhibitor device.  
> I can just see some joker with an inhibitor and an uzi just do away with 
> our noble heroes.  What an ending.
>
>	Again on this inhibitor field thing, the X-men could make one 
>that worked on everyone but them.  I would love to see this.

Okay, time for a little history.  Trust me, I will get to the point
eventually.  In the Balder the Brave limited series, Balder displayed
a new power (which hasn't been used since):  he generated heat in some
way, and caused the frost giants in Asgard to shrink in size.  Later,
Loki decided to fix this situation by finding a way of generating
cold (hey, I didn't write it) to restore the frost giants to their
previous size.  His choice?  Iceman.

Loki had Iceman hooked up to some machine or something, and had him
generating cold.  However, Loki needed more than Iceman usually put out,
so he was boosting his powers in some way.  Thor (the REAL one) had to
rescue Iceman, but not before the frost giants went back to normal.

Back to Earth (no more Asgard).  Iceman's powers, as a result of Loki's
treatment, were out of control.  He was creating much more ice than he
wanted, and really couldn't shut down his powers in any way.  Then, he
(and the rest of X-Factor) were captured by the Right (I think) who
used belts to inhibit their powers.  After defeating the Right (I don't
remember how; I'm just trying to make a point here), the other members
of X-Factor (including Cyclops) discard the belts, but Iceman keeps
his (somehow, he figured out how to control the belt, so he could 
control his powers).

Iceman wears this belt for a while, then, for some reason, when he joins
the X-Men again, it disappears, and he doesn't have the boosted powers
anymore.  (Told you I'd get to the point)  So:  First of all, what
happened to the boosted powers?  Second:  they do have the exact thing
you're asking for Cyclops and Rogue.  They just don't use them.  Why?
For lack of a better answer, I guess it's just that they'd have less
angst that way, and you know Bob Harras can't allow that.

I don't know the specific issues the above occured in (except for
Balder the Brave #4, but that's rather irrelevant), and I don't feel
like going through my back issues to find out (not that I could even
let you know for at least a week, but that's also irrelevant).
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