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· Comics / Marvel / X-Men
One more thing about the original X-Terminators. They were one of those smaller groups that never became a big, long-running team. Their own series was only four issues, but I thought they were a fun little side group. The characters kept g...
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WIZ KID: TAKESHI MATSUYA Takeshi, usually called Taki, enters the story in X-Terminators #1. He's a wheelchair user with a talent for transforming technology, and that ability becomes extremely important to the crisis. N'astirh wants machin...
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LEECH: A POWER THAT CHANGES WHAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN DO Leech can suppress powers around him. On a page full of mutants, that can change a situation quickly, including for people who are trying to help him. In the opening of X-Terminators, tha...
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ARTIE MADDICKS: THE YOUNGER KIDS MATTER TOO Artie communicates through projected images. That gives him a role in this story that doesn't depend on being the biggest fighter or the loudest person in the group. When he and Leech are taken, g...
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RICTOR: JULIO ESTEBAN RICHTER Rictor's power involves generating powerful vibrations. He can shake and break things, which makes the space around a fight important as well as whoever he's aiming at. In this miniseries, he's part of the olde...
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BOOM-BOOM: TABITHA SMITH Tabitha can create explosive energy spheres with a delay before they go off. That's the basic power behind the Boom-Boom name, and it gives her plenty of ways to get someone's attention. She also has a fairly unusua...
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SKIDS: SALLY BLEVINS Skids has a protective force field with a slippery surface, which is where her name comes from. It makes her difficult to hold and gives her a very different way of handling danger from the team's fire and explosions. S...
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Today is a pretty chill work day. Catching up on followups, some X Postings, and working on some writing projects today. Also trying to figure out how this sponsored labs is going to go with my forge, thinking through some ideas on that as...
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RUSTY COLLINS: TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING Rusty's fire powers first appeared in X-Factor #1, where losing control of them had serious consequences. By the start of X-Terminators, he's one of the young people X-Factor has been helping. In...
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X-TEAM SPOTLIGHT: THE X-TERMINATORS This is the young X-Terminators group from the four-issue miniseries cover-dated October 1988 through January 1989, written by Louise Simonson with art by Jon Bogdanove. The name has a little history. X-F...
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LOCKHEED: GIVE THE DRAGON HIS OWN ENTRY Lockheed goes into this lineup with Kitty, so he gets a separate spotlight too. He's a small, flying, fire-breathing alien who looks like a purple dragon. His connection with Kitty goes back to the X-...
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PHOENIX: RACHEL SUMMERS BRINGS HER OWN HISTORY The Phoenix in this lineup is Rachel Summers. She's the daughter of Scott and Jean from an alternate future, and her history includes the persecution and forced service associated with the Houn...
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SHADOWCAT: KITTY PRYDE HAS ALREADY BEEN THROUGH A LOT Kitty is still young when Excalibur begins, but she has already been an X-Man through some very serious experiences. She arrives with training, relationships and losses that matter to th...
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NIGHTCRAWLER: KURT IS STILL RECOVERING The Sword Is Drawn gives Kurt a scene that says a lot about where he is at this point. He's practicing against robots with swords, getting into the whole swashbuckling performance. Then he's injured, t...
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MEGGAN: THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH HER POWERS Meggan can change her appearance, but her powers are also tied to empathy and to what is happening around her. Other people's feelings and expectations can affect how she presents herself. That...
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CAPTAIN BRITAIN: BRIAN BRADDOCK Brian already has a superhero history before Excalibur begins. He brings his own connections, enemies and responsibilities into the group, along with superhuman strength and flight. He's also Betsy Braddock's...
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X-TEAM SPOTLIGHT: EXCALIBUR Excalibur brings together Captain Britain, Meggan, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat and Rachel Summers as Phoenix, with Lockheed right there alongside them. The team starts in The Sword Is Drawn, followed by the ongoing E...
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ICEMAN: BOBBY ALREADY KNOWS HOW TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE Bobby Drake was the youngest of the original X-Men, but by X-Factor he has years of experience behind him. Coming back to this group means coming back to people who already understan...
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ANGEL: WARREN HELPED MAKE THIS REUNION POSSIBLE Warren Worthington is still Angel at the beginning of X-Factor: feathered wings, flight, and the original team's long history behind him. His money matters here too. Putting together an organi...
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BEAST: PAY ATTENTION TO WHICH HANK YOU'RE LOOKING AT Beast's appearance changes during X-Factor, so a picture of him from one part of the run can give the wrong impression of another. He starts this book in his furry form. In the opening st...
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