From: [p--b] at [festival.ed.ac.uk] (Paul O'Brien) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks Subject: X-Men Danglers FAQ - Part 7 Date: 27 Dec 1995 17:06:10 GMT ========================================= The X-Men Danglers FAQ, Part 7: Wolverine ========================================= Last updated: 21 December 1995 Issues covered: #1-95. NB: I don't own issues #1-9. If anybody has any danglers for them, feel free to mail them to me. Danglers -------- 1. #16: This story suggests repeatedly that there is some connection between Wolverine and the Hand of God, the warrior allegedly sent by God to destroy Ba'al back in pre-Atlantean times. What's the link? 2. #25: Does Logan's bedtime story to the brat have any resemblance to his own past? Yes, I know what they said in the letters column. But the story fairly clearly indicates that Logan's story is auto- biographical. 3. #27-30: What exactly is the Master Form anyway? Aside from the fact that it's the key to the Lazarus Project, we are told virtually nothing about it. Karma says it contains a secret of some sort. For that matter, what was the Lazarus Project anyway? Issue #30, p.2 suggests that the Project may have been something to do with building cyborgs. 4. #27, p.11: Coy's comments suggest that Leong and Nga have some connection with the Lazarus Project, or at least with the Broker. What? Does Coy have Leong and Nga? If he doesn't, what's the link? 5. #34, p.21: Logan appears in Normandy in 1944 as a member of the Canadian army. How did he end up there? Yes, obviously he joined the army. But he was last seen in Madripoor earlier in the war, so what happened? 6. #35, p.12: How does Logan recognise Inez? Time hasn't been altered yet. 7. #36, pp.20-21: Wolverine asks some very good questions: why has he remained in his 1992 form, while Puck has reverted to his 1937 appearance? 8. #37, p.20: Other than altering a photograph, what else changed as a result of Deathstrike's killing Hans Schlechter? Isn't altering the timestream supposed to be really dangerous? 9. #44: Who is Gretchen's child going to be, and why is that demon thing trying to kill her? 10. #49, p.16: The first appearance of the recurring motif of the fanged tree nursing some radiators within Logan's mind. What's the significance? 11. #49, pp.6-7: What were Logan and Creed doing in Cuba? Issue #50 confirms that this flashback is genuine and suggests that it has some significance. 12. #50, p.9: How did Silver Fox end up in HYDRA? 13. #50, p.21: Which other victim of the Weapon X project "never found his key"? Wildcat is a safe bet, since the others have all been accounted for, but nonetheless... 14. #50, p.26: Who are the people on the Weapon X list? Wolverine and Sabretooth are self-evident. Mastodon has been seen. Fox is Silver Fox. Kestrel is John Wraith. Vole is apparently Aldo Ferro, as seen in issue #64. Who is Wildcat? 15. #50, p.32: The Professor calls the cabin memory an implant. But haven't we seen the real cabin? 16. #55, p.4: How did Cylla end up in the packing crate? Silver Fox's comments in issue #57 suggest HYDRA involvement. 17. #57: Why did Silver Fox want Mariko Yashida dead? 18. #61, p.6: What exactly is John Wraith's position? Why is Nick Fury taking orders from him? 19. #61, p.20: What happened to Mastodon to kill him? We don't get to hear Hines's explanation in full, but what little we do hear suggests that it was something to do with the Weapon X project. Why did it only affect Mastodon? 20. #64: What on Earth actually happens at the end of this story? Aldo Ferro turns into a tree, swallows Sabretooth, and shrivels into a pod. Ri-i-ight. Why did Shiva show up? Why is it retargeted at Vole? 21. #65, p.17: Why does John Wraith owe Wolverine for Terry Adams? In issue #66, he claims that he wasn't even on the mission. And why is the site of the cabin classified? And if it is classified, why do they just leave Wolverine in the forest? Won't he be able to work out where he is once he finds his way back to civilisation? 22. #67, pp.6-7: Maverick is investigating a serial killer who is stalking mutants. This is never referred to again. 23. #68, p.22: Elena Ivanova declares her intention to avenge her mother's death by killing Sabretooth. 24. #72, p.10: What happened to Gateway after the Reavers were slaughtered, and why is his portal still open? 25. #72, p.17: Who hired Reno and Molokai to kill Dr. Lee and why? Note that Jubilee thinks they were hired to kill another Dr. Lee entirely. 26. #76, p.19: Without his adamantium, Logan's immune system won't work properly - or so he tells Heather Hudson. Never referred to again. 27. #80, pp.14-15: Jaime Munoz is carrying out experiments into rebonding adamantium. Apart from the obvious, he raises several other questions. Where did he get a tissue sample from the Weapon X project? How did he find out about the project at all? And what is the DNA flaw that he found in Logan? 28. #82, p.22: Logan leaves Amiko in Yukio's care. 29. #86: The Adversary escaped? How does this tally with current issues of X-Factor? 30. #86: Will Bloodscream, Elsie-Dee and Albert ever find Logan? Well, Bloodscream won't. He was sucked into the dimension of the N'Garai in X-Men Unlimited recently. 31. #87, p.20: Maverick reveals that he has the Legacy Virus. 32. #93, p.21: Why did Zoe Culloden and Noah banish the Juggernaut to another dimension? According to Noah, Cain "knows too much". What about? One interpretation of this would suggest a connection between Landau, Luckman and Lake and Onslaught. 33. #94: The point of this story appears to be that Wolverine has turned into a wraith. Uh? 34. '95: When did Maverick regain his mutant power to absorb kinetic energy? Since the Legacy Virus causes mutant powers to grow in strength, it might be responsible. 35. #95: What the hell is Dirt Nap? Zoe's comments in this issue suggest that it's an agent of Landau, Luckman and Lake. ---------------------- end of part seven ---------------------------