Hepzibah Appreciation

[Come To Deathstrike]

The Official Mike Choi Endorsed Hepzibah Appreciation Thread.

Oh, Hello.
I see you have stumbled upon this little haven, whereupon we admire all things Mephitisoid.
And we are not the only ones, oh no, Art God Himself Mike Choi, has this to say on the matter.

I have never drawn Sage. I don't really know who she is.

I would draw a Hepzibah mini in a heartbeat if Craig and/or Chris wrote it. It would sell maybe 3,000,000,000,000 copies (total), but I'd have a lot of fun doing it. She's got personality!

Hell, I'd write it. It'd be 3 issues of her in San Diego. She'd spend a day talking to animals at the zoo, Marky Mark-style, a day getting freaked out by everything at Sea World and getting drunk with all the Anheiser-Busch products, then a day picking fights with cos-players at Comic-Con.

The sequel is her in Tijuana. It'd be a MAX book.


(Not for the reasons you're thinking of, you sicko.)

As you can all see, she inspires passion amongst the very elite.
Here is where the enlightened multitude come to give praise to Hepzibah, and educate the unenlightened.

Do you have a genuine love for the character?
Would you like to discuss her as of yet unexplored origin?
Perhaps her relation to the shortlived Avengers foe Mephitisoid?
Do you perhaps want to learn more about her?
Discuss with us and Mike Choi, new Mini series ideas for her.

Let the appreciation begin.

[Come To Deathstrike]

Things you need to know about Hepzibah. #1

Real Name
A combination of odors unintelligible to humans

Aliases
Mam'selle Hepzibah, Zee

Occupation
Space pirate, adventurer

Place of Birth
Planet Tryl'sart, Cyrane Om'ir, Shi'ar Empire

Known Relatives
Christopher Summers ( Mate)
Scott, Alex &Gabriel Summers, (Commonwealth Stepchildren.)

Group Affiliations
X-Force, X-Men, Starjammers

Height
5'6"

Weight
120 lbs.

Eyes
Green

Hair
Black-and-white

Powers
Hepzibah possesses enhanced agility, speed, and reflexes, retractable claws, hyper-keen senses, and night vision. Mephitisoids also possess the ability to generate mind-altering pheromones.

Abilities
Hepzibah is a brilliant natural athlete and skilled hand-to-hand combatant. She is also an expert marksman, and is knowledgeable in the operation of a wide variety of ship-sized weaponry. And she can operate Magic space Guns

First Appearance
X-Men #107 (1977)



Updates and details to Come.

[Waterlily]

Her origin has never been explored?

Would you like to see it revealed or should she remain mysterious?

[frog]

I want her to go back to being a Skunk Lady!

[Pixie_Solanas]

I want her to go back to being a Skunk Lady!

Amen. Amen x 1000.

[jarrod]

I think she should join X-Force so we can speed up the inevitable.

[Come To Deathstrike]

Also, Jarrod is banned.

[Seres]

I was young back then. Perhaps twenty, or so. I'd been introduced to X-Men comics through Joss Whedon, whose writing I greatly admire when he isn't busy killing everyone I love. Through this, I discovered a whole new world filled with characters who had backstories I couldn't understand, clones, zombies, psychic entities and all matter of bizarre goings-on. More than once, I had to head to Wikipedia to tell me what the heck was going on.

I slowly grew to understand the characters more and more, and to realise how they all knew each other. Siryn was Banshee's daughter! It all seemed much clearer once I realised that particular point. I moved to X-Factor and Grant Morrison's New X-Men run, and then followed event comics like House of M and Inferno. All the while, I was learning and developing my mind so that everything fit inside like a peanut.

New X-Men and then X-Men were up next, and I knew that from then on I would always like this franchise the most out of any within comics. But still, I thought: there is no character who truly represents everything that I am about. Sure, Karma was amazing, and Lockheed was my favourite dragon of all time, but these were the days before Rain Boy was even a blip on my radar. The X-Men were great, but it felt like something was missing.

One cold Winter morning there was a thump by my door, and I found a parcel had been pushed through. I unwrapped it, and found in my nervous hands a pristine copy of "The Rise And Fall Of The Shi'ar Empire" trade. Although I have an understandable lack of interest for anything that involves the Shi'ar, I found Polaris appeared within the first comic, and was hooked. It was a riveting, rollercoaster read that I couldn't sit down to read. The adrenaline that flowed out of every single page kept me standing in a yoga position many would know as "The Crow" while I read.

Still though, this blockbuster of epic proportions was missing something, I felt. That's when I reached issue #482, and on one of the first few pages I saw someone. I didn;t know who it was back then, of course, but now I know that it was a character called Hepzibah! There was no going back now. With every issue that followed, I was entranced by her, with her hissy attitude and magic space guns. Time went on, and Hepzibah returned - and this time she was holding her own with Storm, of all people!

And then in Messiah Complex, Hepzibah was yet again the star of the show. Many people I know who have read this event have failed to remember anything about the ending. "Cable?" they say. "Oh, was he in that event, then?" All anyone remembers is Hepzibah, and the way she attacked a sentinel whilst completely unarmed. It was stunning.

Most recently, there was Mike Choi. It has never been a better time to salute Hepzibah for being a true role model for modern society. So thus begins The Offical Mike Choi Endorsed Hepzibah Appreciation Thread.

Amen.

[Seres]

Also, Jarrod is banned.

[AcesX1X]

this person is not allowed anywhere near the lovely hepzibah, so i nominate for any mention of this person to also be banned as well.

[darknessatnoon]

This thread is founded on Mike Choi's slander of Sage. Anyone who posts in it from this point forward is banned with jarrod.

[Swashbuckler]

HEPZIBAH! How I love her so. Her ability to go from sassy bed-head hussy to fully accessorized battling super-star amazes me. Look at how quickly she transforms.....

And her love of guns makes me smile as well. This skunk woman will not tolerate road kill jokes.

[Seres]

This thread is founded on Mike Choi's slander of Sage. Anyone who posts in it from this point forward is banned with jarrod.

Save it for the Sage Thread, you.

[Psycwave]

Hepzibah!!!! YAY!! Love is in the air.

[AcesX1X]

lovely hepz before her makeover: