People keep forgetting Rogue's primary mutant power is life force absorption and not mimicry like Synch's.
"Cable was right!"
Rogue is redundant they could have found the other hundreds of mutants who could be tanks for the team and her primary power is taking people's powers and using them herself like Synch. She very rarely uses her powers to just flat out kill her opponents
Gosh, is there really this much discourse when you get two telepaths on the team? That happens way more often.
I'm looking forward to seeing both Rogue and Synch on the team as an opportunity to flesh out both their strengths, limits and differences.
The dinosaurs are trying to join the X-Men team and they're being told no.
I'd say a bigger issue is that Lorna's outfit looks too similar to Abigail Brand's costume. But going just by these looks, I think the compare and contrast between Lorna and Jean is good. Elements that are in common, elements that are different.
As always I'd prefer Lorna in some variant of her iconic costume. I'd complain under other circumstances, but under these circumstances (Lorna on the main book, big spotlight that she's joining the team due to vote), I'm okay with it.
The Trial is Rogue and/or Gambit on trial for horny crimes.
Currently I'm planning to buy the digital of this as it comes out, and same for Hellfire Gala issues. I don't know if I would buy physical or not under ordinary circumstances, but that's a bit moot given I'm not going to go out and buy physical during COVID unless it's a really blow my mind best thing ever issue for Lorna.
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Ghosts of Genosha minicomic focused on Polaris, written by me and drawn by Fin_NoMore.
Polaris 50th anniversary minicomic written by me and drawn by Mlad!
Gallery of Polaris commissions (without NSFW or minicomics)
Anyone else have a resounding shrug to the line up? Its just...ok?
Le Suck it, Dolphin!
-God I am so tired.
SCOTT SUMMERS AND EMMA FROST DESERVED BETTER.
Yeah, this is a great team for him to be on, 'cause he's got a lot of utility that he can 'Synch,' between Polaris and Jean, or self-healing, with Laura, or sheer blasty firepower, with Cyclops or Sunfire. About the only thing missing is a genuine 'tank' like Colossus or Rockslide or Gentle, since I'm not sure he can 'Synch' with the tanky powers that Rogue has borrowed from Captain Marvel or Wonder Man... (I have no idea if he would instead 'Synch' with her actual mutant power, to drain life-force, memories and powers of others with a touch, and not whatever random other people's powers she's stolen this week.)
And Everett being on the team with Laura is great, given their recent history.
Apparently so. And oh look, there's Xavier in the darn picture, sealing his approval of this team that has zero of Magneto's Acolytes or Brotherhood mutants on it, zero of Stryfe's MLF, zero of Sinisters Rough Boy's or Marauders, zero Genoshans, zero Arakkoans, zero members of other mutant groups like Mutant Force or the Morlocks, etc., etc.
This is very much a traditional X-Men team, not a 'Krakoan' team.
And I suspect that's gonna be a plot point, and that this might be the Xavier-picked lineup on 'launch,' but not the Krakoan-approved final form of the team a year from now...