X-MEN RED: Cast Reveals Thread

[Tycon]

I think it would have been better if they had added Dust to this roster instead of Gabby. Cool powerset, and would bring an interesting dynamic to the group.

Pixie instead of Nightcrawler.
Dust instead of Gabby.
Cipher and Mercury instead of Trinary.
Hellion or Loa instead of Namor.
Add Surge just because she's EXTREMELY underused.

oops is that just Jean teaching the NXM?

[Rosebunse]

The whole saintly thing just started after her death. She was a real person on Morrison's NXM, and so is Jeen since she was created.

You have to remember, for me and many other fans who have only really gotten into comics in the past decades, Jean Grey was sort of this ghost who hung over the X-Men. She's been dead for a rather long time and many of us actually assumed she'd be dead for far longer. We've only really seen her as this Saint Jean figure that Logan and Scott made her be.

[protege]

And Kurt is German.

Speaking of India, whatever happened to thunderbird?

[Calaigah]

If she gets the solo book away from the teen, then she can interact with actual family and friends. Hopefully that's what happens. Teen Jean NO longer needs her own book. Keep her in BLUE or send her home.

[protege]

There goes my dreams of having an X-team for every colour

I hope Kurt leaves Gold; I hope everyone leaves Gold

Yeah, if I started collecting X-men again, I could color coordinate it!🤣

[MechaJeanix]

I think they're talking about when Cyclops was possessed by Apocalypse and was "dead" for a year.

You are correct. They are referring to the X-men Revolution Era (when Claremont came back to the books). Cable was on the same team as Jean, Storm, Beast, and Gambit. Jean and Cable had some good moments during that run (though the run itself was brief).

[Havok83]

If she gets the solo book away from the teen, then she can interact with actual family and friends. Hopefully that's what happens. Teen Jean NO longer needs her own book. Keep her in BLUE or send her home.

she's more interesting in Blue anyway and her solo has been a disappointment

[Cerridwen]

this is the most boring lineup ever

[protege]

Well that sucks. Put Cable on a friggin' X-team already. Damn. I don't even care which one.

The problem I have with cable is that he never stays on a team for very long.

[ariwl1]

You have to remember, for me and many other fans who have only really gotten into comics in the past decades, Jean Grey was sort of this ghost who hung over the X-Men. She's been dead for a rather long time and many of us actually assumed she'd be dead for far longer. We've only really seen her as this Saint Jean figure that Logan and Scott made her be.

Jean's never been above being a bit tempermental. It's a quality a lot of her fans love.




Realized both these were directed at Logan after the fact. Eh...I'm keeping it.

[berserkerclaw]

After my initial thoughts i just have to comment what the hell is this? I want an actual X team. Gentle Namor X23 and Gabby arent xmen. I have no problem with the characrers themselves. I love x23 but i dont see the reason these characters are following Jean. Plot details are needed lol.

[danielsan52]

I really thought Jean would be in an all star line up. I mean, bringing her back after 13 years to lead such an underwhelming team, made mostly of characters she has almost no connection to, is just such a let down!

An all star team would have been a bore.

Also.... read the book before you judge!

[protege]

I think they're talking about when Cyclops was possessed by Apocalypse and was "dead" for a year.

I don’t Think I was reading X-men back then.

[ClanAskani]

You are correct. They are referring to the X-men Revolution Era (when Claremont came back to the books). Cable was on the same team as Jean, Storm, Beast, and Gambit. Jean and Cable had some good moments during that run (though the run itself was brief).

Yup. Claremont did a great job adding small character moments with Jean & Nathan and writing the characters in a really believable way - when he wasn't happy about baby Nathan Christopher being turned into Cable. Cable had his own series at the time and it was handled really well with Claremont and Weinberg working together to plot how Scott's death impacted Nathan - but by the time Scott came back, editorial started changing everything. Nathan had some great moments with a lot of other X-Men, like Rogue too. It really worked with having him on the team for a character-driven reason.

It's those type of character moments that are very very rarely included in X-books now because they require the reader to follow a much larger plot and character arcs.

[protege]

Pixie instead of Nightcrawler.
Dust instead of Gabby.
Cipher and Mercury instead of Trinary.
Hellion or Loa instead of Namor.
Add Surge just because she's EXTREMELY underused.

oops is that just Jean teaching the NXM?

I’d be down with that as well.