Matthew Rosenberg Takes Over Astonishing X-Men. Team: Havok, Dazzler, Warpath

[DDM]

My headcanon is Fantomex must be the biological father of the Cuckoos, they are natural blondes unlike Emma, so they must have a blonde father, he was created by the Sublime Weapon Plus program as Weapon XIII, and the Cuckoos were the successor, Weapon XIV.

In my headcanon Steve Rogers is their sperm donor. It makes too much sense.

[ISnowNothin]

Havok, Colossus, and Dazzler on the Outback team. Dazzler and Beast are friends from her solo. Beast and Havok were teammates when Havok first joined the X-Men. Beast and Colossus were on Astonishing, the original run, together. Warpath is the wildcard but wildcards are fine.

As has been pointed out, Jimmy was in space with Havok with the whole fighting Vulcan run along with Rachel and Polaris, and was teamed with Colossus on Utopia

And also, everyone either seems to forget or be unaware, but Beast and Dazzler were more than just friends, they dated seriously.
There was an entire mini series about, Beauty and the Beast, and they were off in California together, and a big deal was made of their love in the story.

So there are multiple connections across the team dynamic, and even an ex-couple in Ali and Hank.

[Harpsikord]

In my headcanon Steve Rogers is their sperm donor. It makes too much sense.

Are you trying to imply that the Cuckoos are the result of 70+ year old sperm?

[WhiteQueenEmmaFrost]

Three blonde's on one team? Seems like overkill .

Bendis had 6

Emma’s actually a brunette.

And Psylocke is a natural blonde, but per the copyright Emma is blonde

Why can’t we ever get rid of Land?

his art is actually clean and has some aesthetic value. There's been some really really bad art on the Xbooks lately.

My headcanon is Fantomex must be the biological father of the Cuckoos, they are natural blondes unlike Emma, so they must have a blonde father, he was created by the Sublime Weapon Plus program as Weapon XIII, and the Cuckoos were the successor, Weapon XIV.

They don't need a father if they're genetic clones. And there are people on this board that believe an ancient sentient virus can exist, but won't believe that the same ancient sentient virus could make the cuckoos blonde because one of Emma's origin stories has her as a brunette. Choosing your child's hair/eye color is actually something you can do now. Dr's can adjust the genes of an embryo.

[Knives]

I wonder if Havok still cares about Janet and her daughter that Kang stole after returning to normal?

Does marvel still care?

[lurkerforyears]

In my headcanon Steve Rogers is their sperm donor. It makes too much sense.

It has to be either Steve or Fantomex, the other blonde characters who have been in the weapon X or Plus program wouldnt make that much sense (Sabretooth, Wildchild, Maverick sometimes is blonde depending on the colorist)
The Cuckoos also don't age, they looked the same 150 years in the future in Here Comes Tomorrow. But I think Fantomex makes much more sense. Their newest creation (not from a century ago), both Fantomex and Cuckoos wear created in The World, he even only wears white.

Having Psylocke in this book would make it much more Outback era, but having Emma in it would make it a book about the characters that were fucked up most in the last years (Emma, Beast and Havok) both options are good.

[ColossusFan]

just more f@#king nostalgia

[DDM]

Are you trying to imply that the Cuckoos are the result of 70+ year old sperm?

And 50+ year old eggs.

[ChildOfTheAtom]

his art is actually clean and has some aesthetic value. There's been some really really bad art on the Xbooks lately.

His art is gorgeous imo

[lurkerforyears]

Bendis had 6



And Psylocke is a natural blonde, but per the copyright Emma is blonde



his art is actually clean and has some aesthetic value. There's been some really really bad art on the Xbooks lately.



They don't need a father if they're genetic clones. And there are people on this board that believe an ancient sentient virus can exist, but won't believe that the same ancient sentient virus could make the cuckoos blonde because one of Emma's origin stories has her as a brunette. Choosing your child's hair/eye color is actually something you can do now. Dr's can adjust the genes of an embryo.

Why would sentient bacteria care about hair colour? The Cuckoos seem to have an age supression factor, like many weapon X characters, that genetic enhancement makes sense if they are a weapon and you want them to last. Making them blonde doesnt seem like a worthy investment when designing a weapon.
And I also prefer them as daughters of Emma instead of identical clones, that makes them more like twins of Emma.

[lurkerforyears]

I wonder if Havok still cares about Janet and her daughter that Kang stole after returning to normal?

Does marvel still care?

I think it would be very hard to bring her back. Kang made to never have existed iirc, even if Alex has the memories.

[ColossusFan]

His art is gorgeous imo

I enjoy Greg's art as well

[WhiteQueenEmmaFrost]

His art is gorgeous imo

well...you like to argue...so..

Why would sentient bacteria care about hair colour?

It (Sublime) doesn't that's my point. Fans DO care about that sort of thing. Hair color/Skin color....arguments for days

And 50+ year old eggs.

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[WheelchairX]

I hope Dazzler's powers are used in different ways - stealth missions and blowing people's faces off again? Also, I like this team - Not overused like Gold's but not entirely new either - I'm ready for this.

[Bgred37]

Dazzler, Havok, Colossus--- Australian outback strong.... Beast has solid history with all of them and can help Alex's image. Warpath could be a fun addition, and underused.

Perfect other addition IS Psylocke. I'd love if Moonstar could even slide into this team for an interesting dynamic, too. Lacking in the psi department.

So this leaves X-Men Gold down to Kitty, Storm and Rachel... possible Iceman, Rogue, Magma, Ink, Armor (who cares about Ink and Armor?)... they're lacking males there where as this team is heavy.

I feel like a real shake up is coming and swaps all around. July Solicits should be revealing on where all the teams stand.