Guns for Hire - The Random Appreciation Thread.

[Tycon]

Guess who's showing up in the Secret Empire tie-ins for X-Men Blue????

[Thievery]

Guess who's showing up in the Secret Empire tie-ins for X-Men Blue????

I know Random is a teenager and Blue is a book about teenagers but I really like the adult appearance of Random a lot better. A miner complaint I guess but I hope they use his adult looking version more than the teen version.

[marhawkman]

In theory, Random should be able to change the way he looks.

[Thievery]

Yes, but I just never could get over Random being a teenager. It really ruined the character for me.

[Geek Mangacomic]

Yes, but I just never could get over Random being a teenager. It really ruined the character for me.

Same thing here. It made no sense.

[marhawkman]

Lots of things in comics make no sense.

[Adam-X]

Yes, but I just never could get over Random being a teenager. It really ruined the character for me.

I really disliked Random as a teenager idea that they did - I, too, feel it took away from the character. However, that said, Rage (from Avengers, New Warriors) is pretty much just like Random - and he's most frequently wrote very adult like in tone. So if they use Random as a teen, but keep him mostly in his adult form, I am more than happy with that - and the fact that Bunn is writing Random? It's literally too amazing to believe!! (Although, as a teen he was shown with hair - in that picture he looks bald and not wearing a bandana which I actually also liked). But again, anything that puts him on people's radar makes me happy.

[Thievery]

I don't have the comics in front of me, but wasn't it Mike Carey who kept Rando in his adult form as an Acolyte. as I said I don't have the comics anymore so I could be wrong.

[marhawkman]

In fairness, the incarnation of Acolytes that included Random was probably the shortest lived one. So never showing him in his "true" form wasn't much of a shock.

[Thievery]

YA I knew I had something wrong as I no longer have the comics. I'm glad it was just that Random had a short run with the team. I would look a lot more foolish if Random had actually not been an Acolyte in that story.

[Adam-X]

Yes... It'd be nice if Random remained in his tougher, appearance... because now, he sort of looks like Maggot.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Rage is a good comparison.

Yes! And I think that's why I was a bit bummed when they revealed Random was a kid. Just wish they had left him as an adult.

I can understand that.

[Adam-X]

Sadly his appearance in X-Men Blue was a tease... he was in one or two panels, I think, at the most.

Was hoping for way more.

[marhawkman]

his short tenure as an Acolyte was pretty good I think.

[Adam-X]

his short tenure as an Acolyte was pretty good I think.

Yeah. Anything that's got Random in it, I'll read. So I enjoyed it, if for no other reason, than the fact he was being used.