dub@pur-phy.UUCP (Dwight U. Bartholomew) (04/13/84)
This may be nothing at all, but... I recently got hold of a copy of Avengers Annual #10 and in the early pages we see Spiderwoman going to visit Carol Danvers, who is recuperating from a fall in an orphanage. Just as Jessica Drew (Spiderwoman) is entering the front door, a red-headed, little girl (who is leaving the orphanage) comes up to her and says something like "Hi there, my name is Madylene Pryor and I'm going home!" Now, I don't know how often it is that a name gets recycled in the Marvel universe, but it does seem strange that Madylene Pryor just happens to be the maiden name of Scott Summer's (alias Cyclops of the X-men) new wife (who bears an all too striking resemblence (sp?) to the late Jean Grey (Phoenix)). (No this is not a lisp program!) O.k., anyone else out there notice this possibly innocent fact and/or have any ideas as to what it means? Dwight Bartholomew UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,harpo,allegra,inuxc,seismo,teklabs}!pur-ee!Physics:dub INTERNET: dub @ pur-phy.UUCP
hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) (04/21/84)
<AHA! A continuity buff!> HEY, someone else noticed!! Yes, indeed, there was a little girl named Maddy Pryor, and she did show up a few months before the adult character of the same name was brought out in XMen. THAT was the reason why I was convinced that Jean Grey managed to reincarnate, as a normal. Incidentally, who out there has paid attention to the very occasional character Firebird? A woman of mexican indian background, with the most Interesting power (another Sunfire type), who, when changing, gets this Interesting aura of flames shaped like a birdie. THAT one had me going for a while, until I realized that the reason was to keep the trademark active on the "bird of flames" imagery. Hutch.