Anna Marie: Rogue Appreciation 2019

[Daedra]

Ah thanks, I wonder if she'll use it as a weapon Hope so, 'nuff said

found it, it may be nothing but it looks suspicious:

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[Ultimate Rogue]

Cool, Thanks very much Daedra

[Ultimate Rogue]

Big issue for Rogue in Mr and Mrs X #9

Spring is blooming here in Wales so I'd rather not spend much time at computer, got stuff to do outside, so I'll simplify my many thoughts of the issue into some positives and negatives;

Positives;

Acknowledgement of Xaviers efforts to help her, the Wonderman moment, remembering Hecatomb

Rogue not wanting to let Simon go - It's nice to see Rogue speak highly of him, something the Avengers don't do. It does absolve Wanda of any blame, but that doesn't bother me. I always hated the forced conflict between the two. Rogues compassion towards Wanda in Childrens Crusade was a 'damn right', 'I'm proud of you Rogue' moment to me when I read it at the time.

Jim Lee design still looks good


Negatives;

"Monster instead of hero?" - I'm justifying this dialogue as, seeing the first half of the comic being when Rogue is being overly critical of herself, I'd like a revisit of this when she is in a better frame of mind to declare that she KNOWS that she was always destined to be a Hero. (self effacing can be twisted and used by haters, so I'd like a more confident declaration of knowing her value at some point)

The hands!!!!!!

Still no details of her powerset (I've got a theory on this, but it's too much to go into for now)

Undecided;

"Stealing to make whole" - but I admit that I've never read the dazzler solo stuff, so this might be from there.

Some pics from issue;







I've only touched upon half of the stuff that happened in the issue, a real thought provoker! Kelly Thompson did good, imo.

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X-Factor #38 Mar 1989
Inferno! Giant-Sized Spectacular! Part 5 of 7 - "Duet!"
Continued from Uncanny X-Men #242...

With the demon N'Astirh seemingly destroyed, the combined forces of the X-Men and X-Factor
are surprised to not only find that the Inferno spell is still in effect over Manhattan,
but that the Goblin Queen still has all her powers and is holding Marvel Girl as her hostage.
Before the two groups of mutants, Madelyne tells her estranged husband Cyclops that she is doing all this for revenge against all those
who destroyed her life, which she maintains was nothing more than borrowed from others,
alluding to the fact that she was not born by conventional means.
When Colossus points out that the gate to Limbo has been closed and N'Astirh defeated he tells her to give up her mad quest.
Madelyne refuses, having her own horde of demons to command and that she still intends to sacrifice her son Nathan.

When the two teams attempt to attack, Longshot's tainted luck powers cause the group bad luck,
causing them to bump into each other, while fighting the Goblin Queen's demons.

This leads to the two groups getting into blows once more.
As Cyclops and Storm battle, Storm once more calls X-Factor mutant hunters saying that they had
recorded media reports following their missions to allow them to keep tabs on X-Factor's operations.
When Scott wonders why they didn't know that X-Factor revealed their true purposes recently,
he asks her who was keeping the recordings for them.
Storm realizes it was Madelyne who did, and sees how the woman had deceived the X-Men,
and has likely been making sure that he two groups would not come into contact with each other for quite some time.
When Cyclops attempts to attack the Goblin Queen, the evil sorceress uses her powers to move the demonically
transformed father of Marvel Girl to deflect the blast. Storm's similar attempt to try and strike Maddy down is blocked.

The Goblin Queen then convinces Dazzler and Longshot (still tainted by the Inferno spell)
to help her in exchange for being "stars" of the battle.
With magically created spotlights following them wherever, the two agree to help,
attacking Dark Angel, blasting him out of the sky and in Maddy's proximity.
She uses her magical powers to break Warren's resolve and transform him into a demonic form before he passes out.
She then unleashes her full magical fury and sends the demons after the X-Men and X-Factor.
As the mutant groups fight through the demon hoards, the Goblin Queen orders Havok to slay his brother Cyclops.
Alex, very much in love with Madelyne now and under her thrall, willingly attacks his brother.
When Longshot and Dazzler attempt to try and kill Cyclops they are swept away by Storm.

Dark Angel meanwhile manages to shake off Madelyne's influence and uses his wings
to cut the magical restraint that has been keeping Marvel Girl under Maddy's thrall.
This also causes some sort of magical feedback that allows Wolverine to shake off Inferno's influence on him and regain his control.

As the other members of the X-Men and X-Factor are busy keeping Dazzler and Longshot under wraps, Cyclops and Havok battle it out.
Havok does not listen to any of Scott's attempts to talk sense into him and when Alex puts himself at risk of being buried under rubble,
his gambit works out when his brother saves his life allowing Alex to knock him out.
Marvel Girl meanwhile has shaken free of the Goblin Queen's control and the two are locked in mental combat,
and Maddy creates an impenetrable force-field around the two women and young Christopher Summers
so that the others cannot interfere with their final battle together.
As the two women battle it out, Madelyne once more begins to allude to the fact that she was artificially created.
MG wars on, furious that between the Phoenix Force and Madelyne, portions of her natural course in life have been usurped by other people.

While not far, Cyclops is about to be blasted by Havok when Dark Angel fires his razor sharp feathers at Alex,
sending him over the edge of the Empire State Building. Despite this, Havok unleashes a powerful blast in the hopes of sending Cyclops
over the edge of the cliff as well. Cyclops manages to grab onto a ledge and save himself, while Havok is rescued by the Dark Angel.
Inside the force bubble, Madelyne reveals to Marvel Girl the horror that they both share:
the experience of Jean Grey's school friend Annie Richardson's death.
As MG struggles to free herself suddenly a portion of the Phoenix Force appears.
The portion of it's power explains that following it's death on the moon, it attempted to send a
portion of itself (with it's memories and experiences) to MG as she was healing below Jamaica Bay.
However MG refused it when she learned the genocide it caused in her image and it instead found a host in Madelyne.

Outside, the regrouped X-Men and X-Factor begin determining a means to find a weak spot in the telekinetic shield.

They manage to convince Dazzler to help by pointing out to her that Madelyne has tricked her and that she is not the star of this battle.
Havok is also convinced to help, however still angry at his brother for how Madelyne was abandoned,
he only does so to help his brothers estranged wife over anything else.
With a common cause the two groups begin attacking the field in an attempt to break through and rescue MG.
Inside, MG learns the shocking truth about Madelyne Pryor:
That she is in reality a clone of MG herself created by the evil mutant known as Mr. Sinister.
Sinister had intended for Madelyne to be the perfect mate for Cyclops in order to spawn a child for some unrevealed reasons.
When she fulfilled her intended purpose and after Cyclops abandoned her to join X-Factor, Sinister sought to eliminate her and take the child.
He would send the Marauders to assassinate her.
However she would join up with the X-Men who seemingly sacrificed their lives to save the world.
Eventually her seething hatred would lead to a deal with N'Astirh.

Outside, Psylocke manages to convince the depressed Longshot that he still has his good luck power
and has him toss one of his daggers at the shield to find a weak point.
Finding it, the teams manage to burst through just as Madelyne attempts to kill both herself and Marvel Girl.
With this distraction, the Goblin Queen tosses young Christopher, sending his father diving for his boy.
Attempting to kill them all in the chaos, Madelyne is over powered by MG, who's love for the X-Men gives her the strength to fight back.
MG then decides the only solution is to accept the portion of the Phoenix Force that resides in Madelyne,
and in the process also absorbs all of her clones memories and is restored.
The power of the Phoenix Force manages to break the Inferno spell
and make MG a complete woman once more. However Madelyne dies in the process.

With the battle over, Jean goes to Scott who is both in mourning for the
death of his wife but also eternally happy to finally be reunited with his son.
In the aftermath, everyone gathered notes that the X-Men haven't been restored to normal following their exposure to the Inferno spell
and wonder if this will cause problems to them in the future. Beast commends Warren for his selfless acts that day and his ability to
fight against his evil impulses and rechristens him Archangel. Cyclops tries to make amends with his brother,
however Alex still resents Scott for what he did to Madelyne and tells him that if he could join her side again he wouldn't do things differently.
In the end Marvel Girl looks at the lifeless body of the woman cloned from her DNA and realizes the pure evil that is Mr. Sinister
and rallies both groups together to hunt Sinister down and put a stop to him before he causes this sort of travesty again.

Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Walter Simonson and Al Milgrom.

[Bl00dwerK]

Rogue looking like one of the Misfits from Jem and the Holograms.

[juan678]

rogue pokemon art by Magickmarker

[mikeb]

found it, it may be nothing but it looks suspicious:

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One thing I believe you need to notice is SOM's words about what Machus has planned for Carol..."Something you can't possibly expect or defeat..." I don't believe he is talking about Rogue. I believe he is talking about Carol herself. Carol has always been her own worst enemy. That is Carol's greatest weakness. I Believe that Machus is shrewdly using Rogue to exploit this weakness. Carol can not exploit the rational excuses for exploiting what happened between her and Rogue decades ago: "Rogue was an Evil mutant", "Rogue was Mystique's protege", "I had to do something to keep me from being exploited for what I was ever again". Rogue here is nothing but cannon fodder for Muchus. If Carol kills Rogue she would be killing an innocent person who for years has proven herself to be a noble hero. Could Carol live with the guilt of doing such a thing? Would that "break" her will when she realizes what she did? (Sometimes it takes awhile for the reality of a situation to sink in for Carol.) Also, I think Carol's fragile wounded ego is why she couldn't see that she screwed up all those years ago when she had that fateful encounter with Rogue.

[Ultimate Rogue]

Preview pages of Captain Marvel #4 STARING Rogue







Bang goes my theory about her powers. Looks like distance absorbing is happening *pfft......snort of derision*

[Ultimate Rogue]

[mikeb]

I don't think N man would want Rogue for a bride. Rogue is a lot sassier than the Yankee Witch!

[Ultimate Rogue]

The weirdo is one crazy weirdo for wanting Carol as a bride

[Kurisu]

In other more troublesome news, lets head over to Captain unlikeable Marvel;

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Ah Dang it,

I can't do spoiler tags so, close your eyes if you don't want to see



Yikes, I like Rogues look here, but the words trouble me.

Why is Thompson so inconsistent with Rogue’s voice? Either write the accent or don’t.

[Digifiend]

Preview pages of Captain Marvel #4 STARING Rogue







Bang goes my theory about her powers. Looks like distance absorbing is happening *pfft......snort of derision*

Why is this out before Mr and Mrs X #10, which it clearly spoils?

[mikeb]

The weirdo is one crazy weirdo for wanting Carol as a bride

It's not as a bride, per se, he wants Carol ONLY to give him powerful children. In other words, Carol is nothing more than BREAKING STOCK! (I guess he sees her for the COW she is! )

[mikeb]

N man seems to know about Rogue's and Carol's past, but, I find it very suspicious he doesn't mention the Marcus quagmire that proceeded it. The way Carol chose to deal with the aftermath of the ordeal she went through with Marcus ended setting her up for what happened in San Francisco. Carol needs to finally face that fact.