Ray is on the cover of the next Giant Sized (whether she’s in it is another matter, I suspect not, but hey, having her drawn by Alan Davis again is always a bonus).
Ray is on the cover of the next Giant Sized (whether she’s in it is another matter, I suspect not, but hey, having her drawn by Alan Davis again is always a bonus).
Can u post the image please? I can´t find it
Edited: I found it. I hope see Rachel drawn by Alan Davis because Alan Davis is god.
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Last edited by askani_son; 01-14-2020 at 11:39 AM.
Sorry, darling.
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There you go. But I’m guessing Ray herself won’t be in the book, we’ll see when it comes out.
I'd like to see her in that book with Nightcrawler and I have to say Red hound costume from Excalibur days is probably my favourite costume for her.
As someone who used to volunteer at a trauma center for the physically and emotionally abused, it only bothers me because it feels like they're trivializing just how bad it was for Rachel to be turned into a hound and potentially forced to do extremely heinous things. Some of the things she may not entirely recall herself, as the mind's defensive mechanisms can be very powerful in its efforts to protect a victim's psyche. That Rachel isn't a basket case is already proof enough to me how strong she is. But just as it doesn't make a rape victim stronger to be able to share a park bench and tea with the person that repeatedly raped them, or a child stronger for being able to use a steak knife at dinner after having his arms almost completely severed by his knife-wielding mother, I don't think it's a good look for Rachel to bask in her inner hound. That's not her. That was never her. But now they're saying it is as if it was a merry time to be had by all.
She definitely came off as such under Hickman's pen, however I hope Rachel and Lorna gets to fully develop a relationship they could be great friends.
Honestly, I've been waiting for years for a writer to put all the X-telepaths on a team to investigate a major psychic event. Hickman for all his faults was inspired bringing Jean/Storm/Emma together for that upcoming one shot. All I need now is a team of Xavier, Jean, Emma, Rachel, The Stepford Cuckoos, and Bets taking on a team threat.
Thats my favorite version of Rachel ever. Excalibur version. I still don't like what CC did with her in Reload. I loved his XSE/Reload every way else, though. I don't like girly Ray I like Badass Ray and the matronly hair clashes with the spikes. I don't want her to have the mullet again of course but I think she looks best with short hair.
Something like these looks.
Edit: Sorry for the rather large pics as they aren't this big on the webhost I'm using.
Last edited by From The Shadows; 01-16-2020 at 03:52 PM.
I love coming to my comic book store and seeing Rachel on the shelf, I hope I can see her more times this year (factor yeahhh).
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I 'met' her in Excalibur, so for me her 'Hound costume' is the natural one. In this costume, I saw her confident and mature, not at all traumatized.
I can also argue that the red leather costume cannot really be called 'Hound costume' because this latter was black, didn't seem in leather, made her look like a silhouette, although both have also spikes…
Another costume would be good too, I would mean that Rachel isn't stuck in the past, providing it is sober, elegant in line with her sharp mind (when she is written like I first saw her… which is apparently not the case anymore since a long time).
“Strength is the lot of but a few privileged men; but austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time.” Goethe
The look she has on X-Factor(both costume and hair) is my favorite for her, so I have nothing to complain about.
I feel like the coat is too clunky. it was nice when depicted right and the frill resembled the Phoenix tail, but I think a streamlined costume works best for fighting and such. This and her Starjammers outfit are my favorite among the more recent costumes of hers.