Fall of the House of X #1 - Preview

[Frontier]

Bringing back the Mutant Circuits idea like it actually had any meaning .

It's nice to see Wolverine and Colossus busting heads again even if I'm convinced the only thing Orchis ever really succeeded at is becoming a villain group the audience is happy to watch our favorite heroes slaughter before they go back to not killing in the Brevoort era (presumably).

Duggan Scott still simping for Jean. I mean, she has been drawn pretty tall lately.

[Sandmans_Raven]

Sigh. No Rogue or Gambit in the preview or on any covers. I’m debating if I should order this or not. Maybe skip it and pick it up if summaries sound good.

Honestly, I don’t want Duggan writing Rogue and Gambit. And I say this knowing they show up in X-Men soon

[JB]

Nor Firestar. I’m having withdrawal!

Firestar will likely continue to appear in X-Men I'm thinking. Along with Peter and Logan, Gambit, Rogue, ShadowKat, and Nightcrawler are to be on this roster.

[Hakka84]

I agree. In the recent two decades Jean was drawn taller that how a 1.68 woman would look. At the same time, those who were meant to be very, very tall (Ororo and Betsy) were shortened most of the times - those two should be, as per canon, as tall as, say, Warren, and taller than Bobby - I don't recall many times these heights were portrayed accurately though - even when they are wearing heels. (same applies to men - Scott is a lot taller than Warren and Bobby, but I don't recall them that much different in recent eras).
I always pictured Emma around Jean's height and... she's 10cm taller, instead! She stands head to head with Ororo and Betsy without the need of high heels. She's Charlize Theron-tall, compared to Jean who should be a little less than Jennifer Lawrence. :O

Well...if you look at it as Piotr using his mutant strength and power to throw Logan who uses his mutant claws against the opponent then in essence, by basic definition, it is a "mutant circuit".

But yes, it isn't really a mutant circuit by "Krakoan definition" which involves physically combining two or more powers to create a different, specific and desired effect.

I think that was Duggan being a bit silly and shouldn't be read as a serious or factual.

My first impression is that someone in the future is mislabelling something, giving great importance to something that was actually not so special. As if they were speaking of something that has become legendary, while it actually is just a (awesome) fighting move (not much unlike a flyer carrying another non-flying mutant above the target and then drop them, IMHO) - historians don't always get things right.
Of course, I might be wrong and those narration boxes are to be taken seriously.

[Omega_DCD]

The fastball special accreditation is laughable, especially since the much more worthy Z'Noxx feat also happened first.

Heck, by that standard, even 60s Jean having Bobby create 4 full sized "Icemen" and telekinetically using them to pummel Blastaar, is an even earlier mutant circuit.

[charliehustle415]

Fastball special being the first mutant circuit is bullshit.
Fastball special being a mutant circuit is bullshit.

pure funnybook **** right here.

you gotta give it to Duggan for being so silly in an era that X-Men has been so dour and doom forward

[Grinning Soul]

Sorry, I had to remove your pics, guys.

According to this image, she's suppose to be 5'4"...

When Cockrum created his "how to draw the X-Men series", I *think* Marvel hadn't determined those characteristics yet. It might have been an effort to make their depiction consistent? I don't know.

Anyway, I've seen quite some of her official "character sheets" with 5'6''. I'll post two below.

Jean being drawn tall is probably because of the movies where Famke Janssen towered over everybody except Hugh Jackman.

I'd say it predates the movies. She looked tall during the original X-Factor run already.

I remember being *really* surprised when I learned she was supposed to be 5'6''.

And according to this one, from the Marvel Database, she's 5'6".

Indeed. Thanks. :)

Here are two examples. Sorry, I can't remember from where I got the first one anymore. The second is more recent, from Phoenix Resurrection.





Anyway, it's just a curiosity. Very few artists pay attention to their official heights.

I'm happy Werneck remembered Frenzy is supposed to be a tower. :)

[CGAR]

Some of you really focus on height when you know artist draw them whatever way they want

He said redhead. It’s Jean.

[ARkadelphia]

"Tall" isn't exactly how I'd describe Jean. Storm, Psylocke, or Emma maybe. Jean is and has always been one of the shorter X-Women. Only Kitty and Jubilee are probably shorter.

He must have been describing Firestar then.

[Grinning Soul]

Some of you really focus on height when you know artist draw them whatever way they want ;)

He said redhead. It’s Jean.

Exactly. But if it isn't Jean, he'll have some explaining to do when she gets out of the WHR! :D

[Keno]

I have no problem with Jean having a shorter height. Kitty and Jubilee or Laura are usually depicted as young adults so they seem always short and has the probability to grown in height. Even Kitty has grown in height to 5ft 6. So there should always be room for shorter women.

[Kitty&Piotr<3]

Oh gods, are egos tied into the idea of Jean not being a tall girl?

Color me sooo surprised.

[Frontier]

He must have been describing Firestar then.

She's canonically 5'8" so she is taller than Jean. But she doesn't telikinetically control sharp objects so .

[dragon1440]

Some of you really focus on height when you know artist draw them whatever way they want

He said redhead. It’s Jean.

How tall is MJ? And with her new powers if she gets lucky with her powers she could hold knifes in the air. And she funny. Face it Cyclops, you just hit the Jackpot.

[Grinning Soul]

Oh gods, are egos tied into the idea of Jean not being a tall girl?

Color me sooo surprised.

Are egos tied into the idea of Jean *being* a tall girl?