Shi'ar Death Commandos Appreciation -- They killed Jean's entire family! :D

[Home made ectoplasm]

Plus they were drawn by Chris Bachalo! ♥ ♥ ♥

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/77/616872-shi_ar_death_commandos_chris_bachalo01.jpg

[Justin K.]

SeGa is the one I enjoy the most. He is the one with the killer bugs correct?
I also enjoy Hypernova.

[Home made ectoplasm]

SeGa is the one I enjoy the most. He is the one with the killer bugs correct?
I also enjoy Hypernova.

I was kinda confused for the first issue of End Of greys because it wasn't immediately clear from the pic above who was who.

I like 'em all tbh

[lockerogue]

I have a feeling this thread is going to turn into a war zone mess. Other than that I liked Hypernova and Warshot. Did they die during War of Kings?

[7thangel]

i like 'em but i would have absolutely loved 'em if they had done the same to the summers.

[Slant]

I kinda like the name "Flaw".

[fortyseven]

I found them to be really interesting. They all have really interesting looks and powers (from what we saw of them). I would have liked to read stories about them. Probably the best villians Claremont created in recent years.

[alf_to_the_rescue]

I appreciate the random character design.

[Prodigy55]

Some of the best Shi'ar related characters. They are all really cool, but I really love Warshot and Krait.

[Slant]

Is it me or am I seeing more names than people?

[Psycwave]

Krait and Offset were the best. Even if they did commit genocide.

[Psycwave]

Is it me or am I seeing more names than people?

Sega is the mist.

[Slant]

Sega is the mist.

Which one is Shell?

[Prodigy55]

Shell is the rocky guy in the back, I think.

[Home made ectoplasm]

Krait and Offset were the best. Even if they did commit genocide.

They were killing to prevent a further genocide perpetrated by the Greys. Jean started it.

[Slant]

Shell is the rocky guy in the back, I think.

So thats what they named their Onix.

[ZNOP]

Maybe I missed it... Cassandra Nova (as Charles Xavier) "backjacks" the Shi'ar Empire -- yet, the Shi'ar Death Commandos come to Earth gunning for Rachel's entire family?

[Prodigy55]

Can't believe Jean let this all happen while she was just chilling in the WHR. Why would she save Emma and not her own parents?

[lockerogue]

Can't believe Jean let this all happen while she was just chilling in the WHR. Why would she save Emma and not her own parents?

Because she's using Emma as a vessel. She will emerge soon along with Astrid Bloom.

[zMadMonk]

Can't believe Jean let this all happen while she was just chilling in the WHR. Why would she save Emma and not her own parents?

She was probably still bitter that she never received that Barbie Dream House that one Christmas....

Plus, I don't think they killed off her entire family. Hope was born in Alaska, no? Red herring? ::shrug::

[Filthy Mutie]

Sega is my favorite, since he/she is a testament to how Chris Claremont lost his mind.

"Sega," CC? Really?

[Washout]

Do the Death Commandos appear in Wandering Star?

[Justin K.]

I like that they even appeared in New Exiles.

[Washout]

I like that they even appeared in New Exiles.

Really? Were they fun? I didn't read New Exiles. I wonder if Mike Carey would be interested in bringing them back.

[zMadMonk]

Sega is my favorite, since he/she is a testament to how Chris Claremont lost his mind.

"Sega," CC? Really?

Sega isn't just a gaming system or tech company, you know. In slovenian, it means "extends" which is pretty much what SeGa's powers did. Put a space in between "Se Ga" and it translates to "it" which fits, too.

I doubt seriously he named a character after a gaming system.

[Justin K.]

Really? Were they fun? I didn't read New Exiles. I wonder if Mike Carey would be interested in bringing them back.

The bug lady ate someones face.

[Filthy Mutie]

Sega isn't just a gaming system or tech company, you know. In slovenian, it means "extends" which is pretty much what SeGa's powers did. Put a space in between "Se Ga" and it translates to "it" which fits, too.

I doubt seriously he named a character after a gaming system.

Yeah. Good thing those Shi'Ar Death Commandos are versed in Slovenian.

[Quinnhop]

If they weren't dead, I'd love to see a one-shot of them versus The Children of the Vault, written by Carey and with art by Bachalo.

[Master of Sound]

I really liked SeGa (cloud character), Offset (Locust female and 2nd in command) and Colony (A hive colony of metal/flesh eating bugs)

Least were Devo, Warshot and Flaw, but that's probably because they did not get a lot of screantime.

Now that Blackcloak is killed Offset is suppose to be their leader, but their commandor (Arkari) has bbeen killed too, so it is unclear whatever will happen to them.

[KusaSan]

They were killing to prevent a further genocide perpetrated by the Greys. Jean started it.

Yeah they were heros.

[Joe Acro]

I was kinda confused for the first issue of End Of greys because it wasn't immediately clear from the pic above who was who.When they received an entry in one of the recent Handbooks, a different image was used, but I still had the same problem. In fact...


I really liked SeGa (cloud character), Offset (Locust female and 2nd in command) and Colony (A hive colony of metal/flesh eating bugs)The problem was that it took me a while to figure out Colony (not pictured in the image in this thread) was a bunch of insects. I naturally assumed those were just those dots Bachalo includes in his art (like the ones coming off Shell in the image here). Man, that was an annoying fifteen minutes.


I have a feeling this thread is going to turn into a war zone mess. Other than that I liked Hypernova and Warshot. Did they die during War of Kings?It is assumed, I believe, that they all died, though only one was killed during War of Kings itself.


They were killing to prevent a further genocide perpetrated by the Greys. Jean started it.I've never understood why they didn't kill Rachel. All that effort, and you just brand the person most likely to get it. Makes no sense. (Ignoring that the story was completely pointless anyway.)

[tlp0708]

i like 'em but i would have absolutely loved 'em if they had done the same to the summers.

this!


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[Bronze Badger]

I would have liked them more if they had succeeded in eliminating Rachel. At least they were able to humiliate her with a tramp stamp. Black Cloak was my favorite because he looked like one of those bird dudes from Dark Crystal.

[darknessatnoon]

I liked Sega because Claremont named him after a gaming system and Flaw because his name described the entire concept of the Shi'ar Death Commandos.

[tlp0708]

I would have liked them more if they had succeeded in eliminating Rachel. At least they were able to humiliate her with a tramp stamp. Black Cloak was my favorite because he looked like one of those bird dudes from Dark Crystal.

But the tramp stamp was kinda cool looking.

[darknessatnoon]

But the tramp stamp was kinda cool looking.

It looked like a dick tattooed to her back.

[tlp0708]

It looked like a dick tattooed to her back.
double post

[tlp0708]

It looked like a dick tattooed to her back.

Keep your sexual preference out of this.

[Washout]

Keep your sexual preference out of this.

It really did look like a penis, though.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4yYGtj1zcf4/Sw1GRIxgetI/AAAAAAAAAC0/PlnNRkHYYbE/s1600/440px-Phoenix_rachael_3.jpg

[tlp0708]

Just because you folks like peen doesn't mean it appears everywhere.

Keep it clean.

[Filthy Mutie]

Just because you folks like peen doesn't mean it appears everywhere.

Keep it clean.

I don't like peen, and that has always looked like a peen.

[tlp0708]

I don't like peen, and that has always looked like a peen.

Pervs. You're offending my delicate Puritanism.

[Washout]

I don't like peen either, but the phoenix is obviously a phallic symbol.

Phoenix is Jean Grey's penis. . . with wings.

[Come To Deathstrike]

Basically, the Death Commandos are the Shi'ar X-Force.

[darknessatnoon]

Just because you folks like peen doesn't mean it appears everywhere.

Keep it clean.

It looks circumcised. It's clean.

[Leirus]

I don't like peen, and that has always looked like a peen.

It is not just a peen, it is a flying peen...

[Swashbuckler]

Definitely a cock tattoo on Rachel's back. That's well established. She's a horrid character and deserved to be branded. She also has stretch marks on her face courtesy of Ahab. Rachel's one marked up moron. The Commandos lost a lot of respect from me by leaving her alive.

[tlp0708]

I'm curious; how often do threads become about peen?

[tlp0708]

Definitely a cock tattoo on Rachel's back. That's well established. She's a horrid character and deserved to be branded. She also has stretch marks on her face courtesy of Ahab. Rachel's one marked up moron. The Commandos lost a lot of respect from me by leaving her alive.

Ahab and his sperm whale?

[darknessatnoon]

Definitely a cock tattoo on Rachel's back. That's well established. She's a horrid character and deserved to be branded. She also has stretch marks on her face courtesy of Ahab. Rachel's one marked up moron. The Commandos lost a lot of respect from me by leaving her alive.

I loved how that story involved Rachel trying to glom onto Kitty's therapist, Maureen Lyzinski. You don't go see the same therapist as your roommate. I hope she stole that phone number from Kitty's purse because I don't think that Kitty is dumb enough to share.


I'm curious; how often do threads become about peen?

You mean "penis," and it definitely a phallus on Rachel's back. That's not us being dirty-minded. It's obvious.

[Leirus]

Definitely a cock tattoo on Rachel's back. That's well established. She's a horrid character and deserved to be branded. She also has stretch marks on her face courtesy of Ahab. Rachel's one marked up moron. The Commandos lost a lot of respect from me by leaving her alive.

They had a sense of comedy. They let her live with a flying flaming penis on her back. How can you not like that?


*Lol, not a Phoenix, a Cock-ta-too pfffff*

[worstblogever]

I have to admit, Bachalo's designs on CC's idea were outstanding. Particularly liked Black Cloak, Warshot, and Sega.


The thing that gets me, though... was when CC tried to bring them back in the New Exiles arc, and had a version of them on another Earth where they looked the same, had the same code names... but were actually what happened to a lot of the X-Men in that universe (that version of Hypernova was a Samantha Summers, and Warshot and Devo refer to each other as Alex and Scott, and had powersets that matched Havok and Cyke).

[tlp0708]

You mean "penis," and it definitely a phallus on Rachel's back. That's not us being dirty-minded. It's obvious.

I'm joking.

[darknessatnoon]

That really was Claremont's most hilarious period. Rachel and her cock tattoo. Rachel and Emma in a bubble bath together. Rachel unable to use a cell phone and stairs at the same time. Rachel making out with Nightcrawler. Rachel becomes a dinosaur.

[Master of Sound]

Definitely a cock tattoo on Rachel's back. That's well established.


Well, I do feel sorry for the guys having one looking like that! Guess you need a dirty mind to see that in the tattoo....

[tlp0708]

Rachel and Emma in a bubble bath together. Rachel unable to use a cell phone and stairs at the same time.

When did these happen?

[Swashbuckler]

When did these happen?

In an arc about the Hellfire club. Viper becomes the "White Warrior Princess" of the club. It was pitiful. It was also his chance to bring back Selene, but it went no where.

[tlp0708]

In an arc about the Hellfire club. Viper becomes the "White Warrior Princess" of the club. It was pitiful. It was also his chance to bring back Selene, but it went no where.

Before or after Death of the Greys. I'm slowly collecting that era in tpb.

[darknessatnoon]

Unfortunately I can't find scans of Rachel vs. the Stairs on google. I bet jarrod has them bookmarked.

[tlp0708]

Do you have scans of Rachel and Emma in a bath?

[darknessatnoon]

Do you have scans of Rachel and Emma in a bath?

No, I would have posted them if I had.

[tlp0708]

Damn. I was looking forward to those. I need to track down the tpb then.

[Swashbuckler]

It's in this TPB...

Uncanny X-Men - The New Age Vol. 2: The Cruelest Cut

Issues 450 - 454 I believe.

[darknessatnoon]

http://img2.pict.com/9a/c8/2b/1972193/0/uncannyxmen4520021.png

[tlp0708]

It's in this TPB...

Uncanny X-Men - The New Age Vol. 2: The Cruelest Cut

Issues 450 - 454 I believe.

Thank you!


http://img2.pict.com/9a/c8/2b/1972193/0/uncannyxmen4520021.png

Thank you!

[worstblogever]

Claremont proves again he is the master of scripting bubbles or foreign object in the way of naughty bits.


I picture him watching the scenes in Austin powers where they do the same for whole scenes, and standing up in the theatre, screaming in outrage, "THAT'S MY THING! THEY'RE STEALING MY THING! DAMN YOU MIKE MYERS!"

[Washout]

For some reason, I have that image of Emma and Rachel in the bath saved on my computer. I have no recollection of doing it, and I don't know why I would, but I'm kind of glad I did.

[Joe Acro]

I'm curious; how often do threads become about peen?At least once every two days.

[MartinRedmond]

It was kinda lame that Rachel couldn't kill them because they have "rights". 9__9♥

[jarrod]

Awesome thread. <3 <3 Death Commandos <3 <3 Chris Bachalo <3 <3


i like 'em but i would have absolutely loved 'em if they had done the same to the summers.
Mystique's going to handle that. <3

[jarrod]

Unfortunately I can't find scans of Rachel vs. the Stairs on google. I bet jarrod has them bookmarked.
You know me too well.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w213/jarrodand/OMGSHOES2.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w213/jarrodand/OMSSHOES.jpg

[darknessatnoon]

I just noticed the man in the hat next to the levitating pennies. Could Magneto have tripped her?

[jarrod]

I just noticed the man in the hat next to the levitating pennies. Could Magneto have tripped her?
Timbox pointed that out to me once before. It's definitely him.

[Valeria Kementari]

I love Hypernova, and I lvoed when they made Jean's mom regret she was ever born

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/valechan/deafeat.jpg

[Slant]

I can't look at Bishop the same anymore. I wonder what was really going through his head. "I'm the hero with the muscles." disgusting.

[jarrod]

I can't look at Bishop the same anymore. I wonder what was really going through his head. "I'm the hero with the muscles." disgusting.
I think he's looking down Sage/Wolverine's shirt.

[Filthy Mutie]

What a crappy telekinetic.

[darknessatnoon]

I think he's looking down Sage/Wolverine's shirt.

So? Who wouldn't be?

[7thangel]

Rachel becomes a dinosaur.because i can't resist

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z158/7th_angelz/dino-rachel.jpg

[jarrod]

What a crappy telekinetic.
At least she didn't blow her own hands off.



So? Who wouldn't be?
I think this is why Bishop had such an emotional response to the Wolverine's-really-Sage reveal later on. He can't handle his own bisexuality. I'm guessing DODT wasn't repealed in the X.S.E.

[jarrod]

because i can't resist

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z158/7th_angelz/dino-rachel.jpg
Ugh. Dazzler/Nocturne/Psylocke/Sage/X-23 fans have *nothing* to complain about in comparison.

[eurazn]

Ugh. Dazzler/Nocturne/Psylocke/Sage/X-23 fans have *nothing* to complain about in comparison.

Dino R'Chel really was an epic troll.

At least she was redeemed when pushing Lilandra into a laser, though, and for that I will always be grateful.

[worstblogever]

I can't look at Bishop the same anymore. I wonder what was really going through his head. "I'm the hero with the muscles." disgusting.

Probably something about killing babies.


Which, that's the difference between Hope and Rachel. Both could house the Phoenix Force and bring about Bishop's future, in theory. The difference is, Hope is capable, and dangerous and Rachel...

well, the Shi'ar Death Commandos, stairs, and dinosaurs seem to indicate why he wasn't threatened by her.

[jarrod]

Dino R'Chel really was an epic troll.

She pushed Lilandra into a laser, though, and for that I will always be grateful.
DnA, Yost and Millar have all saved the day in little ways. I want McCann (the man who made me love Dazzler) to do her next.

[7thangel]

Dino R'Chel really was an epic troll.

At least she was redeemed when pushing Lilandra into a laser, though, and for that I will always be grateful.

only somewhat redeemed. it took darkhawk (controlled by razor) to finally rid us of that alien skank.

[Home made ectoplasm]

Did I see some promo art somewhere that suggested these guys are coming back? (Think it was a recent X Position or Cup O Joe)

[The_Greatest_Username]

Can't believe Jean let this all happen while she was just chilling in the WHR. Why would she save Emma and not her own parents?

Because she knew what her mom really thought about her. She saved Emma Frost out of amusement.

[ZNOP]

Because she knew what her mom really thought about her. She saved Emma Frost out of amusement.


That or to punish Scott by saddling him to a barren Emma Frost :evilsmile:

[Home made ectoplasm]

That or to punish Scott by saddling him to a barren Emma Frost :evilsmile:

Emma's quite fertile actually. The cuckoos are the product of her eggs, as is Ruby Summers. Jean got sterilized by the cosmic radiation when she was piloting that space craft though.

[Prodigy55]

i really dig krait.

[fortyseven]

Did I see some promo art somewhere that suggested these guys are coming back? (Think it was a recent X Position or Cup O Joe)

Nick Lowe's twitter had it! I posted it a while ago.

https://p.twimg.com/AadEmHkCQAA13sf.jpg:large

Looks like they are coming back in Wolverine and the X-Men!

EXCITED!

[darknessatnoon]

They're going to disconnect Kitty's IV bag. Bastards.

[Home made ectoplasm]

Will they also tattoo a cock on her back?

[darknessatnoon]

Will they also tattoo a cock on her back?

They'd better not. She won't be able to be buried in a Jewish cemetery with tattoos.

[Home made ectoplasm]

I love Hypernova, and I lvoed when they made Jean's mom regret she was ever born

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/valechan/deafeat.jpg

This is great, I'm surprised it isn't posted in more threads.

[xhx23x]

Should we assume this means they're counting Wolverine and/or Quentin as part as Rachel's family too and are killing them off?

[The_Greatest_Username]

The cuckoos are the product of her eggs
That's exactly why she's barren

[Filip]

Should we assume this means they're counting Wolverine and/or Quentin as part as Rachel's family too and are killing them off?

I don't think they're coming for genocide this time. They just want to destroy the school bearing the name of Phoenix wielder.

[ZNOP]

Emma's quite fertile actually. The cuckoos are the product of her eggs, as is Ruby Summers. Jean got sterilized by the cosmic radiation when she was piloting that space craft though.


Your cleverness is sadly lacking but duly noted...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5e/Warsong3.PNG/150px-Warsong3.PNG

Last I checked... Someone was brave enough to stick their hand up into Emma's toxic snatch and removed all of her follicles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovarian_follicle) to create the Cuckoos, (I.e,. she no longer has any viable eggs left.) and as such, Ruby will never be born on Earth 616 :evilsmile:

[Home made ectoplasm]

Your cleverness is sadly lacking

:frown::frown::frown:

[darknessatnoon]

Your cleverness is sadly lacking but duly noted...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5e/Warsong3.PNG/150px-Warsong3.PNG

Last I checked... Someone was brave enough to stick their hand up into Emma's toxic snatch and removed all of her follicles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovarian_follicle) to create the Cuckoos, (I.e,. she no longer has any viable eggs left.) and as such, Ruby will never be born on Earth 616 :evilsmile:

Ruby is the daughter of a Cuckoo plus Scott. PAD never said it was Emma.

[xhx23x]

I don't think they're coming for genocide this time. They just want to destroy the school bearing the name of Phoenix wielder.

Aww. >_> Well, as long as they start with the damn statue.

[xhx23x]

Ruby is the daughter of a Cuckoo plus Scott. PAD never said it was Emma.

I never considered this. Oh, Irma. You'll make it one day after all.

[Lyrd]

Sega is my favorite, since he/she is a testament to how Chris Claremont lost his mind.

"Sega," CC? Really?

I know, right?!

[Lyrd]

Will they also tattoo a cock on her back?

BWA HA HAA!! I've ALWAYS thought that!

[Filip]

Aww. >_> Well, as long as they start with the damn statue.

I would like to see it destroyed in similar fashion as Justice. Black Cloak tightly holding her while giving some tender dialogue how Phoenix must be extinct etc...

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e56/tbondurant/jlaearth2_p68.jpg

[jarrod]

They're going to disconnect Kitty's IV bag. Bastards.

Brood Baby will save her.

[ZNOP]

Ruby is the daughter of a Cuckoo plus Scott. PAD never said it was Emma.

Now, wouldn't that be a revelation. At the very least it would only be pedophilia and not incest or some other twisted nonsense.

[ZNOP]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e56/tbondurant/jlaearth2_p68.jpg

Hey!!! Who's the artist "trolling" Superman?

[Filip]

That's Ultraman.

And it's the same one who gave Jean unnaturally thin wrists and ankles. Frank Quitely!!!!

[Home made ectoplasm]

At the very least it would only be pedophilia and not incest or some other twisted nonsense.

only be pedophilia and not incest? I'd say incest is the lesser of the two evils.

[Meehl]

only be pedophilia and not incest? I'd say incest is the lesser of the two evils.

I doubt there is a problem. Sophie or whomever would have to have been kind of old to give birth to Ruby taking into account the future thing.

[xhx23x]

I doubt there is a problem. Sophie or whomever would have to have been kind of old to give birth to Ruby taking into account the future thing.

It's Irma if it's going to be one of them. And Essentially the Cuckoo's will always be minors to Scott since their chronologically like 2 or 3 years old. They appear to be 16-17ish.

[ZNOP]

only be pedophilia and not incest? I'd say incest is the lesser of the two evils.

Ah, I see the correlation now :biggrin:

[Meehl]

It's Irma if it's going to be one of them. And Essentially the Cuckoo's will always be minors to Scott since their chronologically like 2 or 3 years old. They appear to be 16-17ish.

The letter of the law speaks to the chronological age of the body tissue, not the age of mentality or personality.

[jarrod]

The letter of the law speaks to the chronological age of the body tissue, not the age of mentality or personality.

Do the Couscous legally exist? I'd like to see some birth certificates?

[MartinRedmond]

They were killing to prevent a further genocide perpetrated by the Greys. Jean started it.

WRONG D'Ken started it, then the HFC made Jean insane. I DO miss CC, he would introduce so many new villains and challenges.:frown: