GLX: Civil War

[spidervenom]

If marvel approached you to write a civil war glx title what would be your premise

[Huzzah!]

Dan Slott write it

thats my premise

[Beast]

I'd ask them what they were smoking, and if I could have some. :D

[Effect]

What is Glx?

[lordlad]

What is Glx?
Great Lakes X-men, Formerly Known as GLA, Great Lakes Avengers

[Miss Kitty Fantastico]

Dan Slott write it
Strong Truth, that.

At a guess, I'd see the GLXers in a 'human face of the crisis' sort of role. They're kind of screwed either way, so might as well get some mileage out of it. There's reasons they'd be pro-reg - Val's out already ;) , as is Doorman (and he's technically dead, though State v Newton in She-Hulk might make that legally irrelevant), Mr Immortal has already lost all his 'private life' loved ones (and seems destined to continue doing so no matter what happens with registration), and Squirrel Girl already idolises law enforcement, and Iron Man. Only Bertha would really have a problem, practically, with registration, because there'd be a decent chance that her identity would leak out - not due to a villain, but as gossip - and that'd ruin her career.

On the other hand, they're all idealists at heart - they may feel it's their duty as superheroes to oppose this attack on their personal freedoms, even though ('cept for Bertha) it wouldn't really affect them in concrete terms. And whatever you may say about them, they're dedicated - every time they go out to fight evil they're up against nigh-impossible odds, so taking up one more impossible fight isn't something that'd necessarily cow them into obedience. If they were to go anti-reg, they'd be sitting ducks for whatever brute squads SHIELD and the other hard-liners put in the field to take down anti-reg supers.

That could well be their story - they're just decent people, without any earth-shaking powers, who most days don't really matter to the big picture. They're just trying to do what's right, but because they're supers, they're going to have real bad-asses hunting them down, who don't care that they're little league superheroes, and that they couldn't really do much damage if they tried. It'd be like putting the boy scouts up against a SEAL team, and that could be used to really show up the underlying menace of the pro-reg side - there are pro-reg idealists who want to do it right and for the good of everyone, but there's also (inevitably) going to be hard-liners who want it done fast and no-questions-asked, and don't care if that means coming down hard on good people.

I think that could work. The GLXers aren't just a joke, they're real people, and they can be really hurt. I mean, show of hands: who didn't tear up at least a bit when Squirrel Girl found Monkey Joe's remains? Her all hunched over in defeat, "He was a good squirrel... He was my friend..." That got to me.

[Ogre U AHole]

Nice write-up Miss Kitty. But I don't think you should get all gung-ho with the GLA. The gist I got from the series is that they're kind of the best heroes nobody knows about or would even believe if you told them.

I do agree that Bertha is the only one with anything to really lose by revealing her identity, and even at that it should be played as a silly superficial issue that if people knew she was this large super-lady they might find her less appealing as a model.

I'd have the GLA all agree to register and even be excited about it since they think it will put them on the super-hero map. Except Bertha. She's down on the whole idea and the GLA have to contemplate whether they want to kick her out of the club or not.

In the meantime, SHIELD shows up to check out the newly registered GLA. The GLA is courteous to them until they ask where the last (and as of yet unregistered) member Big Bertha is. GLA look at each other and sort of spontaneously decide to start covering for her.

Then that would be the gist of the series as SHIELD attempts to discover Bertha's ID and the rest of GLA always have to find a way to cover for her.

Ultimately, they stage a death scene for Big Bertha to get SHIELD to lay off. Hell, you could even bring in Leather Boy for the spot but Squirrel Girl would want to kill him, so who knows? But supposedly Bertha is dead so SHIELD leaves them be. Then the final epilogue reveals Bertha in a new identity... Large Marge.

[CMBMOOL]

I like the GLX and I hope they come out of Civil War alive cause if not then it'll be a bad time at Marvel!!! :mad::mad:

[Tommy]

SHEILD is not going to mess with Squirrel Girl... Let alone her friend the Angel of Death.

[Alan2099]

I'd go the short story route, like the Christmas special. In the various short tales, we'd see the heroes approach the events from a variety of angles. Among other things we'd see...

They would hold a press conference to announce their secret identities to the world in hope of publicity. Nobody would notice or care.

They'd travel to Washington to investigate because there's ALWAYS a supervillian behinmd these kind of things. They would end up stubbling across a C-grade villian and mistaken belive he's behind it all and try to stop him.

Squirrel Girl beats up Galactus, Abomiantion, and Magneto

The Third Grasshopper is about to reveal his SHOCKING secret identity in an event that will change EVERYTHING!... except he gets killed before he can do it.

[Ogre U AHole]

They would hold a press conference to announce their secret identities to the world in hope of publicity. Nobody would notice or care.

The Third Grasshopper is about to reveal his SHOCKING secret identity in an event that will change EVERYTHING!... except he gets killed before he can do it.

Glorious. :D

[drwho]

Here is a suggestion the New Warrriors wanted to go on vacation but since they had that tv show they couldnt so they paid GLX to dress up like them and they really caused the deaths. That would make much more sense.

[StoneGold]

Real simple. They agonize over what they are going to do... and then SHIELD rejects them because they suck.




And I like them, but the whole point behind them is that they suck.

[Miss Kitty Fantastico]

Oh yeah, we've got to have the third Grasshopper show up and die. After all, registration should be a big issue for him - 90% of his screen time (such as it is) is devoted to him pondering the implications of his secret identity. "It's my duty as a hero to obey the law... but at what cost? If my enemies ever learn that Cindy Shelton is my daughter, they could-" SLICE! as he accidentally slams into a SHIELD helicarrier rotor, or something.

I have this theory about Grasshopper: I think he's some sort of cosmic balance for Squirrel Girl. She can take on anyone and not only survive, but kick their asses - maybe that only works because her string of improbable successes is karmically balanced by Grasshopper's equally-improbable deaths. It's heinously unfair to Grasshopper, but averaged over him and Squirrel Girl, the laws of probability are being maintained.

I did hear a rumour a couple of weeks back - sorry, I can't recall where, another online forum probably - that the GLXers might appear, possibly as hunted anti-reg heroes, in the Cable & Deadpool tie-in issue(s).

[Majinlex]

I heard that too. It's on the Marvel website synopsis of C&DP #30
It sounds like they may only get a few pages from how it's described.

[Spiderchick1974]

Have them all die horribly and painfully, and then have the entire world forget they existed.

[Alan2099]

Sounds like you're not a fan.

[jade_nova]

Since they are such minor heroes I would just have the whole Civil War thing pass them by. Just like House of M passed them by.

[Huzzah!]

I would love to see the GLA kick the crap out of the New Avengers


Squirel Girl would destroy Iron Man

[jade_nova]

I would love to see the GLA kick the crap out of the New Avengers


Squirel Girl would destroy Iron Man

I could see her shoving nuts into his exhaust vents and other openings.

[Huzzah!]

All she would have to do is have doorman stand next to him and start beaning him with almond joy