Iceman #2 review *spoilers*

[jalsrix]

I finally read the issue, it's quite interesting.

spoilers:

Christian's new powers are telepathy, telekinetic and holographic projection. He was able to project an image of his dad. Emma wanted Bobby's help because Bobby had a similar childhood as Christian except that his dad wasn't as dominating as Christian's dad. Bobby was lucky enough to join the X-Men family who accepted his powers and sexuality. Christian wasn't as lucky as Bobby to find an accepting family with regards to his sexuality. Emma promises to heal Christian's broken mind which was caused by years of being forced to take pills supposedly to 'cure' his gayness , now that their father is dead. The boo-boo part is that Christian's powers shouldn't have been able to affect Emma with a mind-blast because they are siblings. Mutant siblings aren't able to affect each other, it seems that Sina Grace didn't read this fact. There's a surprise villain at the end.

end of spoilers

[blinkmagick]

The thing about siblings is not always the case.

[Diammandis]

The thing about siblings is not always the case.

Emma was immune to Adrienne's and Cordelia's powers and vice versa,,,so one would think it would apply to the rest of her siblings

[Havok83]

Emma was immune to Adrienne's and Cordelia's powers and vice versa,,,so one would think it would apply to the rest of her siblings

thats an assumption which clearly isnt the case here. Its not a goof as this is the first time his powers were seen

[davetvs]

Emma was immune to Adrienne's and Cordelia's powers and vice versa,,,so one would think it would apply to the rest of her siblings

Christian wasn't, didn't Adrienne out him using her psychometry?

[ariwl1]

The siblings being immune to each other's powers trope feels like a goofy silver age plot point more than anything, not the least bit in how inconsistently it's applied.

[Infernal-Ginger]

not a Bobby fan but with Emma having a big part, I will pick this up....nice seeing her brother again

[FeniSam]

The thing about siblings is not always the case.

They could be hinting at Christian being powerful enough that he by-passed the entire Frost Sibling Immunity thing, because the sisters were immune to each other's powers, even the one who never displayed anything noteworthy power-wise (I always mix Cordelia and Adrienne up, sorry.)

Although Bobby seemed tangential in his own book, I liked how Sina used Bobby's subconscious as a canvas for the parallels. It actually made me wish to see Christian's story continue in this book (if any other writer decides to pick up on it, again), though the end seemed to imply it won't. That may be my only beef with this mini so far: it seems to lack cohesiveness. Throwing Sinister in at the end actually felt like it cheapened the issue, which was a solid stand-alone up until that point.

Still, can't wait for issue 3!

[Anduinel]

Although Bobby seemed tangential in his own book, I liked how Sina used Bobby's subconscious as a canvas for the parallels. It actually made me wish to see Christian's story continue in this book (if any other writer decides to pick up on it, again), though the end seemed to imply it won't.

Yeah, my only real complaint was that Bobby seemed to get a little sidelined in his own book by the Frost sibling drama. But I was enjoying the Frost sibling drama, so I'm not exactly raging.

[FeniSam]

Yeah, my only real complaint was that Bobby seemed to get a little sidelined in his own book by the Frost sibling drama. But I was enjoying the Frost sibling drama, so I'm not exactly raging.

I'm actually relieved they addressed the Christian issue, that was a plot thread that really needed to be resolved. But in general yeah, Sina needs to get the book to be more cohesive and focused on the title character, lol.

[Askani's Flame]

The thing about siblings is not always the case.

Right. Alex and Scott are immune to each others to a degree, but not to Gabriel. And vice versa (he's not immune to Alex and I believe Cyclops as well).
So it's not a hardened fact that siblings are immune. I mean look at M and Emplate.....