BEST Retcons in X-Men history

[Bamf25]

I started what turned out to be the worst reton thread. How about lets talk about the best Retcons!!! To me these are needed changes that either fixed a fualty character, fixed an old bad retcon, made a character more interesting, or moved a stalled or sterile character forward.

Have fun!

[timbox]

Easy, Sage as a part of the O6.

[just another user]

Timbox beat me to it. I genuinely love that one.

[darknessatnoon]

LOL

no comment, but that I love you guys!

[just another user]

Close thread!

[DeniseXfrost]

Emma is 28 duh!

[Slyfer]

Three words



Whendon, Cassady and Rasputin!

[B. Kuwanger]

Easy, Sage as a part of the O6.
.....what? I've been hearing that name for a while, and avoided it. What's this?

[jarrod]

I tend to like the grander conspiracies and networked histories. So stuff like what Carey's doing with Xaiver/Sinister, what BWS did with Weapon X, what Claremont did with Farouk/everybody, lots of Nicezia's Gambit/Cable stuff, etc. At least as long as it's done well (ie: not by Loeb/Way).

[DeadXMan]

the only thing I'll give Austian cred for.

Getting rid of Priest Kurt

[MuhollandDriver]

A retcon i would love to see is somehow making Jean the Phoenix...not some avatar of a cosmic entity that impersonated her.

[morwen]

I started what turned out to be the worst reton thread. How about lets talk about the best Retcons!!! To me these are needed changes that either fixed a fualty character, fixed an old bad retcon, made a character more interesting, or moved a stalled or sterile character forward.

Have fun!

The 'X' in 'Weapon X' is for Ten.

[Josef F.]

Easy, Sage as a part of the O6.

WIN!

I also like

Professor X leads teams of crazy orphans to their death on alien planets!

[KiplingKat]

A retcon i would love to see is somehow making Jean the Phoenix...not some avatar of a cosmic entity that impersonated her.

Claremont already attempted to do that with an add-on story to one of the Classic X-Men (#43), or at least he tried to reconcile the two versions.

[KiplingKat]

Magneto not being Xorn was a good necessary retcon, if a little clumsily executed. Planet X should have never been published in the first place, but barring that bad decision, retconning it out ASAP was the right way to go.

[Josef F.]

Magneto not being Xorn was a good necessary retcon, if a little clumsily executed. Planet X should have never been published in the first place, but barring that bad decision, retconning it out ASAP was the right way to go.

Error 1010010101010.

"Magneto, you have returned!"
"GRR"
"Why Are you so angsty and chinese now?"
" I am on drugs and genocidal, got a problem?"
"Yes, i thi-"
"VEGETABLE"

Class.

[tornshattered]

Magneto not being Xorn was a good necessary retcon, if a little clumsily executed. Planet X should have never been published in the first place, but barring that bad decision, retconning it out ASAP was the right way to go.

Agreed. I know I'm now pissing a lot of you off right now, but I really liked Deadly Genesis.

[The Lucky One]

Magneto being a Holocaust survivor, and having been friends with Professor Xavier back in the day, is probably the best one I can think of.

Oh, and Wolverine being a grizzled old soldier with adamantium bonded to his skeleton, rather than a snotty teenager with a pair of gloves that have claws in them. That's a pretty good one.

-D

[psycwave]

Agreed. I know I'm now pissing a lot of you off right now, but I really liked Deadly Genesis.

I agree. I loved that story plus it brought Darwin. I know people are pissed about Vulcan being the 3rd summers brother, but Sinister only said "brothers" there could still be more out there. So don't hold out on hope for Gambit and Adam X. O yeah and Sage as original 06

[KiplingKat]

Magneto being a Holocaust survivor, and having been friends with Professor Xavier back in the day, is probably the best one I can think of.

Those were awesome character developments, but they really weren't actually retcons. There were hints that Xavier and Magneto went back further than Cape Citadel since almost day one, and putting the Holocaust in Magneto's background was filling in a backstory that simply hadn't existed yet (though one could say that there were hints of Magneto having gone through some form of predjudice before Uncanny #150). As it didn't replace anything, it was just revealed backstory, not a retcon.

[Jackob]

the best has to be that nightcrawlers dad is an actual demon.
hands down the coolest development in x-men history.



i am dead serious.
J/k

[psycwave]

the best has to be that nightcrawlers dad is an actual demon.
hands down the coolest development in x-men history.



i am dead serious.
J/k


You are obviously drunk

[Jackob]

no how cool is it that the devil is the father of the most devote x-man.
also a plus i here kurt has 2 wangs.

chucks develop ment of kurt is just a awsome as Ways development of who wolverine is.


and yes i am joking.

[pryde15]

I agree. I loved that story plus it brought Darwin. I know people are pissed about Vulcan being the 3rd summers brother, but Sinister only said "brothers" there could still be more out there. So don't hold out on hope for Gambit and Adam X. O yeah and Sage as original 06

Petra & Sway carried that storyline! Don't lie!



And there can't be that many more, since both of his parents were murdered, at different times though.

[psycwave]

Petra & Sway carried that storyline! Don't lie!



And there can't be that many more, since both of his parents were murdered, at different times though.

True Petra and Sway were marvelous. I don't know Corsair seemed lik the type who got around. hell I wouldn't be surprised if him and Hep have some bastard child running around in space...

[Jackob]

but for reals my the bes one to me was that wanda and peitro were magnetos kids. i thought that was realy cool.

[pryde15]

True Petra and Sway were marvelous. I don't know Corsair seemed lik the type who got around. hell I wouldn't be surprised if him and Hep have some bastard child running around in space...

Skunk/Human half breed! Make it happen Marvel.

[nikbackm]

Skunk/Human half breed! Make it happen Marvel.

She's a cat!


(That happens to have a skunk tail)

[psycwave]

She's a cat!


(That happens to have a skunk tail)

She is a skunk-cat hybrid

[Jackob]

so she is a Skat

[Anodyne]

A retcon i would love to see is somehow making Jean the Phoenix...not some avatar of a cosmic entity that impersonated her.
That could be done by simply declaring that "Phoenix" is Jean's code-name--and the "Phoenix Force" is the name some people use for the cosmic energy resource upon which all acts of creation or destruction draw. Others call it "Falkon" or "Shiva."

The retcon/revelation I want that hasn't happened yet: The X-Men learn that Madelyne Pryor sincerely meant it when she cried "Save the baby" in X-Factor #37. She managed to regain control just long enough to toss her son into the air--away from the Goblin Queen. It was an act of love and desperation, like Kate Summers shoving her boys out of a burning plane.

[nikbackm]

so she is a Skat

Well, better than scat at least.

[tornshattered]

That could be done by simply declaring that "Phoenix" is Jean's code-name--and the "Phoenix Force" is the name some people use for the cosmic energy resource upon which all acts of creation or destruction draw. Others call it "Falkon" or "Shiva."

The retcon/revelation I want that hasn't happened yet: The X-Men learn that Madelyne Pryor sincerely meant it when she cried "Save the baby in X-Factor #37. She managed to regain control just long enough to toss her son into the air--away from the Goblin Queen. It was an act of love and desperation, like Kate Summers shoving her boys out of a burning plane.


Wow, I never thought about that. An amazing idea. U should kill Questada and take his place in Marvel. I really mean it.

[psycwave]

Wow, I never thought about that. An amazing idea. U should kill Questada and take his place in Marvel. I really mean it.

You must be a member of X force....or a skrull

[DDM]

.....what? I've been hearing that name for a while, and avoided it. What's this?

Sage reveals that Xavier recruited her around the same time he formed the original X-Men, but he purposely kept her apart & did not let the other X-Men know about her; Xavier kept her separated on purpose to be his spy. Sage has resented Xavier since. Technically, she was never part of the original X-Men. Read about it in X-Treme X-Men #19-22 & #40-45.

[darknessatnoon]

I have some thoughts about falsehoods. I will discuss them next week.

[Slung]

Well, better than scat at least.

She is a Scunt.

[MarvelGirlBoy]

Martha Johansson is No-Girl.

Morrisson was so awesome, he even retconned himself.