Avengers Versus X-Men #6 First Look

[RadioActiveLunch]

To me, it looks like Cyclops is wearing a thong on the outside of his Phoenix clothing/armor. Am I the only one?

[Eman Resu]

Phoenix took the time to restore Colossus' hair but left Scott without proper eyesight, damn.

this made me spit my milk


Anyway, I have been enjoying this "event" to my surprise...The Phoenix Five...meh, but the rest has been great.

I am surprised we haven't seen more of Wanda, I thought I remember Axel billing this as SW vs. Phoenix sort of deal.

Does anyone know if Marvel has any plans on bringing Jean back, or is this an attempt to divorce her from the bird once-and-for-all? I mean, I assume she will eventually be back, but is this beginning of that arc?

[alf_to_the_rescue]

Does anyone know if Marvel has any plans on bringing Jean back, or is this an attempt to divorce her from the bird once-and-for-all? I mean, I assume she will eventually be back, but is this beginning of that arc?

On a grand scale probably, in the short term I'd say no not within this event itself.

[Regino]

On a grand scale probably, in the short term I'd say no not within this event itself.

It's Eman Resu's second post. Please don't crush her/his soul.

[drakeon]

LOL! And I thought I was pessimistic about Namor's role in this event. Man, that would be heavy duty trolling of Cable fans.

Haha, right! I've been wanting an x-book that I actually enjoy. When Cable ended and my interest in deadpool, gen hope, and xforce went away Xsanction gave me hope for a return to the x, but then by its end Cable was in a coma. So AvX is a Cable fans last chance to have the story of Hope finally wrap up so Cable can move on to new things. Cause honestly "the lights" were very dissapointing to me.

[Rheged]

To me, it looks like Cyclops is wearing a thong on the outside of his Phoenix clothing/armor. Am I the only one?

He's trying to co-opt Namor's speedo, damn his eye! Of course, he's doing it wrong.

Haha, right! I've been wanting an x-book that I actually enjoy. When Cable ended and my interest in deadpool, gen hope, and xforce went away Xsanction gave me hope for a return to the x, but then by its end Cable was in a coma. So AvX is a Cable fans last chance to have the story of Hope finally wrap up so Cable can move on to new things. Cause honestly "the lights" were very dissapointing to me.

I'm not a big Cable fan, but for your sake, I hope this happens and not, you know, the other ... trolling.

[Eman Resu]

It's Eman Resu's second post. Please don't crush her/his soul.

did i seem like i was rooting, in either direction?

[AcesX1X]

Because, as I said, she has always been underused and awfully written. Her only function is either to be Cyclop´s girlfriend, the creepy fetish of Wolverine, Xavier´s little guilty secret, an unattainable girl for half the other original team, and, when she is the Phoenix, to lose control and kill herself to avoid becoming evil.

I´m not speaking of how she is usually written, but of how she could be written. She could be a very positive and interesting character; she is attractive, powerful, smart, nice, heroic, likeable, and somewhat manages not to come as a Mary Sue, and everybody (readers and characters) know and has a connection to her, so it would be easy to write her as the protagonist of her own stories, but she is perpetually written as "The Girl", that is defined by the attraction/love others feel towards her, and they don´t know what to do with her otherwise; they can´t write her as her own person.

jean clearly has a very strong support base that love her for who she is. it isn't fair for you to try and turn her into something she is not. if her story doesn't interest you, then that is your issue.

[Jackraow21]

Haha, right! I've been wanting an x-book that I actually enjoy. When Cable ended and my interest in deadpool, gen hope, and xforce went away Xsanction gave me hope for a return to the x, but then by its end Cable was in a coma. So AvX is a Cable fans last chance to have the story of Hope finally wrap up so Cable can move on to new things. Cause honestly "the lights" were very dissapointing to me.

Well, based on all the comments from the editors about how "excited" they are about Cable showing up in this event and him "playing a large role in the Marvel Universe going forward", I'm fairly optimistic that they won't troll us Cable fans by just giving us a shot of him lying there in a coma. Now, having said that, it would be a heavy duty trolling of the highest magnitude to have him show up in this event and then die (again) by the end of it, and his death being the significant role he plays in moving the Marvel U forward...but they've done that so many times in crossovers and events that I cannot imagine them going back to that well again...

...then again, this is Marvel we're talking about here, and doing something creative and new with their non A-list characters tends to be really hard for them sometimes. Hell, just focusing on the non A-list seems to be difficult, much less doing something cool with them. We'll see. I'm cautiously optimistic at this stage about Cable's future and his role in AvX.

[Eman Resu]

could Cable possibly lead a team of X-Men?

I only ask, because for the past few years (and this comes from someone strictly observing X-Men peripherally)...I felt they were building Scott into a mutant menace, a'la Magneto.

As things continually go wrong for him, he becomes more militant, which (seems to) comes to a head in schism, leading into and including AvX...Granted, they can tease his eventual break for years and years to come, but am I the only one who sees it coming?

Since 'the events of Genesis, with Scott finding everything he's learned was a lie, he's seemed to become more of an antagonist in all of these crossovers. Plus, Magneto is currently "a good guy", so...



anyway, techno-free cable running a team might be interesting.

[antiochene]

Well, based on all the comments from the editors about how "excited" they are about Cable showing up in this event and him "playing a large role in the Marvel Universe going forward", I'm fairly optimistic that they won't troll us Cable fans by just giving us a shot of him lying there in a coma. Now, having said that, it would be a heavy duty trolling of the highest magnitude to have him show up in this event and then die (again) by the end of it, and his death being the significant role he plays in moving the Marvel U forward...but they've done that so many times in crossovers and events that I cannot imagine them going back to that well again...

I would think (hope? no pun intended!) that at this point, Nathan's all killed out in their eyes. I really think this "large role" is going to be with the X-Men - he fits in far too well with the Blue Side's mindset of late. Heck, Scott's basically turning into his son...

[Lady_Alternate]

I'm fairly optimistic that they won't troll us Cable fans by just giving us a shot of him lying there in a coma.

I think you having to suffer a mini of him written by Jeph Loeb was trolling enough. I'm not so certain we'll see Cable again before the ashes of AvX have settled.

[Jackraow21]

Oh, we'll definitely see him in Act II. C.B. Cebulski confirmed that at Kapow Con.

[drakeon]

Well, based on all the comments from the editors about how "excited" they are about Cable showing up in this event and him "playing a large role in the Marvel Universe going forward", I'm fairly optimistic that they won't troll us Cable fans by just giving us a shot of him lying there in a coma. Now, having said that, it would be a heavy duty trolling of the highest magnitude to have him show up in this event and then die (again) by the end of it, and his death being the significant role he plays in moving the Marvel U forward...but they've done that so many times in crossovers and events that I cannot imagine them going back to that well again...

...then again, this is Marvel we're talking about here, and doing something creative and new with their non A-list characters tends to be really hard for them sometimes. Hell, just focusing on the non A-list seems to be difficult, much less doing something cool with them. We'll see. I'm cautiously optimistic at this stage about Cable's future and his role in AvX.

The house of recycled ideas! Say Cyclops makes the big sacrifice in the conclusion and Cable steps in and takes his place to honor his father....oh wait, that happened in Apocalypse the Twelve. But him being on Xforce, or the xmen would be a nice change as long as he gets a better role then in Supernova's.

[Jackraow21]

While he didn't play a huge role in the Supernovas arc, the rest of that run saw Cable in a pretty sizeable role on Rogue's team of X-men. Especially the Condition Critical arc.