From: [p--b] at [festival.ed.ac.uk] (Paul O'Brien) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks Subject: X-Men Danglers FAQ - Part 4 Date: 27 Dec 1995 17:03:26 GMT ============================================ The X-Men Danglers FAQ, Part 4: X-Men Vol. 2 ============================================ Latest update: 27 June 1995 Issues covered: #1-41 Closed danglers --------------- 1. #1, p.45: Why does Psylocke crave physical action? Because she's under the influence of Kwannon's personality. 2. #3, p.25: What happened to Fabian Cortez after escaping from Asteroid M? Various other stories, and eventually he died. 3. #3, p.25: Did Magneto survive the explosion of Asteroid M? Yes. Simple, huh? 4. #5: Who are the Upstarts? See Part 3. 5. #5, p.20: What is the significance of the "Project Xavier" file? Dealt with in issues #12-13. 6. #5: Who is Maverick? When were Maverick, Sabretooth and Wolverine all part of the CIA? Mainly answered in this storyline and issues of Wolverine. Their time in the CIA appears to be from several decades ago, before Wolverine received his adamantium skeleton. 7. #6: Why does Sabretooth recognise Gambit's scent? They met in Paris several years ago, as seen in issue #33. 8. #7, p.15: Maverick calls Sabretooth by his first name, but Sabretooth doesn't recognise it. Why not? Because of the memory implants from the Weapon X programme. 9. #9, p.22: How did Bella Donna Boudreaux receive her powers? From Candra, as revealed in the Gambit mini-series. 10. #15, p.29: Did Apocalypse raise Stryfe? Yes. See Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix #1-4. 11. Annual #3: Who are the new Hellfire Club members and what are they going to do? Nobody important and not a great deal. Students of mediocre villainy at its best are referred to Spider-Man Team-Up #1, in which the Hellfire Club demonstrates its full hopelessness. 12. #???: We are told that Zero is the first of many. And indeed he is. He's one of a series of peacekeeper robots, as explained by Garrison Kane in Deadpool: The Circle Chase #4. This dangler has been on the list since I took it over, and I still haven't tracked down the issue it comes from. Any ideas? Danglers -------- 1. #1, p.41: Rogue suddenly wakes up and finds herself in Genosha. Given that she was shot down over Soviet airspace and that Genosha is near Madagascar, how on Earth did she get there? It has been suggested that the Genoshans abducted her from the scene of her battle with Magneto. 2. #1, p.45: Wolverine recognises Fabian Cortez's scent from somewhere. Where? 3. #2, p.29: How did Jean Grey know that the other X-team had turned against them? 4. #5: A whole load of questions regarding Maverick. Who is the Major? Why is he so young? What's the story with Janice and Logan? 5. #7, p.31: What happens to the C-synth now? 6. #8, p.7: A reference to Barrington, who is also mentioned in Wolverine's computer research a couple of issues earlier, and in the back-ups to issues #10-11. Who is he? 7. #8, p.22: How did Bella Donna Boudreaux find the X-Men's mansion? David R Henry suggests, through gritted teeth, that Candra told her. 8. #9, p.22: What did the Brood intend to do with the Thieves Guild and the Assassins Guild's children? What were they being programmed for? Presumably the Brood wanted them as host bodies, but they seemed to be going to a lot more effort than normal. 9. #11: Maverick refers to Isabel. Who is she? 10. #11: Who's the big guy in the back-up strip? Actually, it's Warhawk, who fought the X-Men in a filler issue about fifteen years ago. But he seems to be referring to as-yet unrevealed events. 11. #11: Who is Mojo II? Do we really trust him? 12. #11: What about Dazzler's pregnancy? And is she really Shatterstar's mother? Nicieza says that she isn't - that was why he gave Shatterstar a different real name and made it clear that he was genetically engineered with no real parents. However, the recent change of creative team on X-Force means that this is still open. 13. #12-13: This plot leaves several questions open. The major two are: was Xavier's mutation deliberately induced by his father, and is there a connection between Xavier's father and Wolverine's adamantium skeleton? 14. #14, p.15: The Dark Riders wake Apocalypse. The narration seems to indicate that this tomb has laid undisturbed for centuries. Are we to believe that Apocalypse has been buried for all this time? If so, who have the X-Men battled until now? I'm toying with deleting this one on the grounds that it's probably just bad writing; but for the moment I'll let it stand. 15. #23, p.8: Mister Sinister refers to Scott having more than one brother. How many are there, and who are they? Consensus is that Adam X is probably one, but this remains very open. Current issues of Captain Marvel are likely to address the question. 16. Annual #2, p.3: The Crimson Commando shows up having been transformed into a cyborg. Obviously this is a result of his disastrous mission to Kuwait a few years previously, but this major change in the character has never been properly dealt with. 17. Annual #2, p.45: What about Pyro's Legacy Virus infection and Empyrean in general? Recent comments by Avalanche in X-Factor confirm that Pyro is still alive. 18. #30, p.30: Why does Moira think that Cable holds the key to a vaccine for the Legacy Virus? 19. #33, p.23: Gambit says that he's met Sabretooth several times in the past, and implies that those stories show him in a very different light. What's the story, and why didn't he just tell Rogue? 20. #34, p.20: What does Mister Sinister intend to do with his accumulated genetic material? Why does he want Brian Xavier? Does W. Wilson refer to Deadpool, or is he just another president? Who is K Creed? One correspondent suggests that K Creed is probably Wild Child. Unfortunately, recent issues of X-Factor give his real name as Kyle Gibney. 21. #36, p.3: Why can't the Phalanx assimilate mutants? Hodge himself says that the stated reason is inadequate. 22. #36, p.19: Why have the Phalanx got Sara Grey, and what happened to her? Jean implies that Sara is dead in issue #39, but no evidence is offered. 23. #38, p.12: Why is Adam X looking for "Milbury"? How did "Milbury" know Carter Ryking's father? Note that Milbury is usually a pseudonym for Mister Sinister. Adam is looking for him because that's the name of the client who hired Arcade to kill him, and that bit will be deleted from the next edition of this FAQ. 24. #38, p.14: Xavier moans about his lost data and proposes retrieving it from Commcast. This has never been mentioned again. 25. #38, p.15: Is that really Destiny's ghost in Legion's dreams? If so, what on earth is she playing at? If not, why is Legion having hallucinations about somebody he met once (and, admittedly, killed)? 26. #39, p.22: Who are the two people watching Scott and Jean in hospital, and why are they doing it? Well, one of them is probably Mister Sinister, but the other one could be anybody. 27. #44, p.18: After leading the remaining Acolytes to the X-Men's former Australian base, Cyclops notes that somebody has been accessing the computers there. 28. #45, p.17: Graydon Creed runs for President. 29. #45, p.18: What is the significance of the theatre in Seattle? It has been pointed out that the delapidated sign outside could once have read "Essex Theatre", which would suggest a connection with Mister Sinister under one of his recurring pseudonyms. 30. #45, p.36: What is the history of Gambit and Mister Sinister? How was Sinister there before in Remy's time of need? And what does Sinister mean when he says "Soon, it will be time to play the hand I dealt you?" This was taken by many readers as implying that Gambit was the X-Traitor. It might be worth mentioning that various sources have told me that Gambit was going to be the X-Traitor when Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio originated the plot. 31. #46, p.9: What happened to the missing government scientists and how is Onslaught involved? 32. #46, p.20: How did Magneto end up in South America? His landing pod was programmed to head for his arctic headquarters, and it took Colossus there. --------------------------- end of part four ---------------------