wbpesch@ihuxp.UUCP (Walt Pesch) (07/16/84)
What's happening with the X-Men? Who's going to turn out to be the leader? For the SECRET WARS there was a conflict between Cyclops and Storm, now it looks like Professor X is trying to assume total command or the X-men. While Xavier is great teacher, he has no right to be the field general of the X-men! He has spent much, too much time out of action in the mansion with Cerebro. While Wolverine's suspicions of a bad situation arising from Xavier's assumption of command may have been unfounded, I believe that this has further fragmented the group. Now that Storm has (temporarily) lost her powers it makes it look like Xavier is a prophet. Now I'd never recommend Wolverine to be team leader, but he is the choice for the original Alpha Flight leader. Maybe somebody like Nightcrawler would be a good choice to assume field leader role. Xavier should stick to finding and honing mutant's powers (such as with the New Mutants.) Mad Dog ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch
kel@ea.UUCP (07/22/84)
#R:ihuxp:-79800:ea:2300002:000:771 ea!kel Jul 21 17:05:00 1984 I may as well point out that Professor X was the original leader of the X-Men, and as a fully functional telepath, is eminently qualified to coordinate the actions of a group. Whether he can regain the authority he had when he began the X-Men and Bobby Drake was sixteen, is doubtful. With Cyke and Storm out of the picture for now, leadership almost certainly falls to Xavier. The Newties will finally be more or less cut loose with Xavier's increased involvement with the X-Men, and that will have far-reaching consequences. Eventually, Storm will return, and Professor X will probably return his attention to the school. I see Wolverine as a plausible leader for Alpha, and the experience as a maturing influence he could really use. Just guessing, Ken
lmaher@uokvax.UUCP (07/23/84)
Ken, perhaps Magneto will reconcile with Professor X and become the teacher of the newties. Otherwise I agree that the Professor will be leader of the X-Men until Storm either recovers or becomes familiar with her Magical skill. Why do you think Wolverine is immature? More than any other X- Man, he is a realist with immense practical skill in getting the job done. Do you consider him immature because he's willing to kill a villain rather than see innocents die? This isn't a flame, I'd just like to know. And I agree that it will be great to see him with Alpha Flight, but Heather's going to become leader in #21. Carl ..!ctvax!uokvax!lmaher
harry@ucbvax.UUCP (Harry I. Rubin) (07/24/84)
How old is the esteemed Prof. X anyway? It has been a lot of years since he rounded up Scott, Bobby, Hank, etc. to form the original X-men, it must even have been a lot of years in the comic. So aside from questions about leadership qualities, how does the Prof. have the physical stamina to go running around with the team? I am curious, X. Harry (harry@berkeley, ...!ucbvax!harry)
guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) (07/26/84)
> How old is the esteemed Prof. X anyway? For what it's worth (which may not be much, considering the cavalier way comics deal with their timelines and play revisionist history games), according to the original X-Men episodes with the Juggernaut Prof. X fought in Korea. If he was ~18 in 1954, that makes him ~48 now. > So aside from questions about leadership qualities, how does the Prof. > have the physical stamina to go running around with the team? Well, if anybody asked Claremont *et al* that question they'd probably fudge by saying "well, he's got this new clone body and that's in much better shape than the original was, even discounting the fact that the old one's legs were broken and the new one's aren't." Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy
hutch@shark.UUCP (07/27/84)
< They pelted us with rocks and garbage! > The reason why Prof. X seems so *>Young<* nowadays is that at the end of Slimeworld, his body was taken over and transformed into a Broodqueen. The Xcritters managed to capture this entity, and found a few cells which weren't genetically damaged. They used technology from the Shi'ar empire and cloned him up from there. Then his mind(!) was transplanted into the clone-body. Amazing, no? The thing is, they could have (and probably did) stop the forced aging of the clone body at a relatively young age. Say, 24 or 25? Notice that Claremont hasn't said this happened. Yet. Hutch
wjb@burl.UUCP (Bill Buie) (07/27/84)
-- Someone asks if the venerable professor has the stamina in his old age to lead the X-Men. Don't forget that the professor has recently had a clone transplant. Presumably, his new body is young. -- --Bill Buie
ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) (07/31/84)
How old is the esteemed Prof. X anyway? It has been a lot of years since he rounded up Scott, Bobby, Hank, etc. to form the original X-men, it must even have been a lot of years in the comic. So aside from questions about leadership qualities, how does the Prof. have the physical stamina to go running around with the team? I am curious, X. Harry (harry@berkeley, ...!ucbvax!harry) ************* Funny you should mention that. Professor X is less than two years old. Anyone remember back many issues where his mind was trans- planted into a 'new' cloned body? That's why he can walk now. Even assuming forced aging during the cloning process, one would think they would only age the body to prime (early twenties). As to how old his 'old' body was, I don't know. Does anyone else? -- "Trivia is important." Ron Christian Watkins-Johnson Co. San Jose, Calif. (...ios!wjvax!ron)