• Uncanny X-Force starring....PUCK!




    Announced today on Comics Alliance, as part of Marvel's Marvel NOW! initiative the January launching Uncanny X-Force #1 by Sam Humphries and Ron Garney will feature Puck as part of it's line-up!

    The group that we start off with right off the bat is Psylocke, Storm, Puck and Spiral, and we have a few more characters joining the group in the first few issues. In my mind, all those characters are wild cards. They're all strong personalities, they're all strong in terms of their powers, they've all got dark secrets and they've all got a rebellious streak. That to me is a really attractive part of the book, being able to balance all those character dynamics at once.

    CA: When I think of the most powerful X-Men characters, Puck is definitely one that always comes to mind.

    SH: [Laughs] Oh, you sweet talker. Don't lie to me. I think Puck is a character that deserves more love. He's like a Canadian Indiana Jones, he's an adventurer. He's also gone out and faced a lot of dark stuff out in the world, but he does it with this wry sense of humor. He's a guy that despite being short of stature, he always finds a way to kick somebody's ass. That kind of character who has a wit and determination is fun to write, and I think he's going to be a good mix with these other characters in the book who all tend to be super-serious all the time.
    http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/0...ies-on-taking/

    Marvel NOW! follows on from this Summer's Avengers Versus X-Men event, and sees a more integrated Marvel Universe, which we previously speculated would bring Alphans more into the MU.

    The addition of Puck to the book sees Puck continue a higher profile in the MU from his appearances in the Wolverine Goes To Hell arc.



    No preview artwork is available as it stands, but Garney has previously drawn Puck in Uncanny X-Men #421-#422.

    With Northstar in Astonishing X-Men, Puck in Uncanny X-Force, and hopefully Jeffries somewhere in an X-book it's a good time for regular guest appearences.

    Stay tuned to AlphaFlight.net for more information as it arises!
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Uncanny X-Force starring....PUCK! started by Tiberius Bane View original post
    Comments 41 Comments
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      Yes, but as BVG points out, what're the odds of them making their stories follow his character, vs. his twisting his character to say what they want to say?

      ~ Le Messor
      "Insomnia isn't anything to lose sleep over."
    1. rplass's Avatar
      rplass -
      Another article, this time from CBR:

      http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=41085

      with some quotes:

      While more characters will join as the series progresses, Humphries' initial line up of characters will include Psylocke, Storm, Alpha Flight member Puck, and the six armed sorceress known as Spiral. "This is a line up of haunted, powerful people. You may not want to be in a room with them, but it's a great line up for a comic."Psylocke, Puck, and Spiral have all done morally ambiguous -- and especially in Spiral's case -- down right villainous deeds. Each of these characters would be somewhat at home in a team that tackles morally murky missions like X-Force. Storm, however, has more of an uncompromising reputation so her inclusion in the team might surprise some readers -- but not Humphries. "Listen, Storm is the same woman who ran off in Tokyo and re-emerged looking like a punk rocker from CBGB. She may be a queen, a goddess, a teacher and a leader, but she's still a rebel, and a wild card."
      Like Storm, Puck is a veteran of hero teams, but the diminutive adventurer is not a mutant and therefore has never been a member of the X-Men. He's best known as a member of the Canadian super team Alpha Flight and was last seen helping his team mates and the Red Hulk repel an invasion of Earth by the Mayan Gods. "Puck is a bad ass. He's like the Marvel Universe Indiana Jones. Despite being small of stature the guy has no problem staring into the dark abyss and responding with a sarcastic jab."
    1. EccentricSage's Avatar
      EccentricSage -
      I'll definitely be checking this out. It's normal for a writer to pay some lip service about the characters they're going to be using, but this reads different. It's such an unexpected mix of characters, and the writer sounds like he knows and loves these characters, like this is a genuine fan wanting to write about a character he's excited about. I appreciate that.

      I'm hoping the 'strong powers' part was just poorly worded. When the interviewer teases him, he talks about the strength of Puck as a fighter, the strength of his spirit, and the strength of his wit. He doesn't say anything about 'powers' when elaborating, so I'm hopeful nothing silly will happen to 'power up' puck, because we don't need writers overpowering characters left and right to prove how cool they are.
    1. Flightpath07's Avatar
      Flightpath07 -
      He was together by the time Hulk:Mayan Rule came around.
      I own those issues, and I respectfully disagree. There is not enough face-time for Puck there, nor does he say enough, for us to actually know that he is now not bat-s*%t crazy anymore. And if he WAS written as NOT crazy in Hulk, that may very well just be because the writer didn't pay enough attention to how he had been previously written, rather than because he had been "cured off panel" or something like that. Which means a future writer of Puck, may then choose to ignore that he seemed to perhaps be cured of the crazies in Hulk, and write him as still crazy anyways. Who knows?

      "This is a line up of haunted, powerful people. You may not want to be in a room with them, but it's a great line up for a comic."Psylocke, Puck, and Spiral have all done morally ambiguous -- and especially in Spiral's case -- down right villainous deeds. Each of these characters would be somewhat at home in a team that tackles morally murky missions like X-Force.
      I categorically deny that Puck is anything like that. Puck is the glue that holds Alpha Flight together, a true hero, not some dark and twisted patsy that belongs with psychopaths and killers. I have a strong feeling i will be dropping this new series almost as fast as i can read the first few issues.

      "Listen, Storm is the same woman who ran off in Tokyo and re-emerged looking like a punk rocker from CBGB..."
      Geez! Hello! CBGB's was Ramones territory. Ramones' fans did NOT look like Storm did, they were not THAT sort of punk-rockers. The spikey-haired look started in England, then moved on to LA, before finally catching on with the rest of the world; by that time, Ramones were years past ever playing CBGB's, and the trashy bar was nothing more than a trashy bar again. Aren't the Marvel offices in NYC?! Geez, get the facts about your own city right!
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      Quote Originally Posted by EccentricSage View Post
      I'll definitely be checking this out. It's normal for a writer to pay some lip service about the characters they're going to be using, but this reads different.
      Yes, it does.

      Quote Originally Posted by EccentricSage View Post
      I'm hoping the 'strong powers' part was just poorly worded.
      Given that what Phil quoted specifically says he's not a mutant, and compares him to Indiana Jones (a non-powered human), I'm going with 'yeah'.

      Quote Originally Posted by Flightpath07 View Post
      I categorically deny that Puck is anything like that. Puck is the glue that holds Alpha Flight together, a true hero, not some dark and twisted patsy that belongs with psychopaths and killers.
      I categorically agree!

      Quote Originally Posted by Flightpath07 View Post
      CBGB's was Ramones territory...
      Never heard of it.
      I've heard of the heebee geebees... even had them a couple of times...
      And heard of the beehee Bee Gees... No, wait, I haven't.

      ~ Le Messor
      "Inside every big problem is a small problem trying to get out."
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      'kthx.
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      Actually I disagree with you both (not sure if Messor was agreeing or disagreeing), it has been shown several times even way back in Alpha Flight vol.1 he had a dark past. Even after vol.2 he became an alcoholic, formerly a demon inside him and recently got back from Hell.

      We know in his past he was a mercenary and has fought in the Tonkin Gulf, has ties to the Russian KGB, fought in Maracaibo. He is friends with Domino and Taskmaster and various other mercenaries. Guy does not have a clean past.

      Heck, he led these guys remember?
      http://alphaflight.net/showwiki/Outcasts
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      I think some are over-reacting. Wait and see the issue when it comes out and then judge his personality
    1. Flightpath07's Avatar
      Flightpath07 -
      Quote Originally Posted by -K-M- View Post
      Actually I disagree with you both (not sure if Messor was agreeing or disagreeing), it has been shown several times even way back in Alpha Flight vol.1 he had a dark past. Even after vol.2 he became an alcoholic, formerly a demon inside him and recently got back from Hell.

      We know in his past he was a mercenary and has fought in the Tonkin Gulf, has ties to the Russian KGB, fought in Maracaibo. He is friends with Domino and Taskmaster and various other mercenaries. Guy does not have a clean past.

      Heck, he led these guys remember?
      http://alphaflight.net/showwiki/Outcasts
      Yes, but he became SO MUCH more than that! I don't want to see him revert!

      Quote Originally Posted by -K-M- View Post
      I think some are over-reacting. Wait and see the issue when it comes out and then judge his personality
      Yes, i intend to both over-react, and wait and see.
    1. PWalk's Avatar
      PWalk -
      I like it, I always thought Judd should be featured in another book say MCP or something. In an X-Book? Sure why not? His history reads like Wolverines in a way lending plenty of history to be explored.
    1. Flightpath07's Avatar
      Flightpath07 -
      Um...yeah? Except, some people feel Wolverine's past was better left in the dark, especially with what they have made of it.

      Not saying Puck'll be the same. We'll see.
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      Quote Originally Posted by -K-M- View Post
      Actually I disagree with you both (not sure if Messor was agreeing or disagreeing), it has been shown several times even way back in Alpha Flight vol.1 he had a dark past.
      I think I was disagreeing, and therefor you and I are now agreeing. But how can I know? I'm just (counts on fingers) one guy!

      Quote Originally Posted by -K-M- View Post
      I think some are over-reacting. Wait and see the issue when it comes out and then judge his personality
      I think most of us are saying we don't know enough yet to judge. But some of us are reacting to what little we do know.

      Quote Originally Posted by Flightpath07 View Post
      I don't want to see him revert!
      Yes, i intend to both over-react, and wait and see.
      Quoted for agreement, then LOLZ!

      [QUOTE=PWalk;89027]I like it, I always thought Judd should be featured in another book say MCP or something./QUOTE]

      Am I deluded (I mean, more than we thought), or did he already have an MCP story?

      ~ Le Messor
      "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world."
      ~ Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
    1. Legerd's Avatar
      Legerd -
      This sounds hopeful. I think the only way to get a successful AF series is to give the characters more face time, and this is a definite way to do it. As long as he is given equal treatment as the other characters, and not used as comic relief or a punching bag then I'm signing on for this book.

      Puck has done some sketchy things in the past--the reason he ended up in Hell--so it's not surprising he would end up on a team like this. However, even with his new I-went-to-Hell-and-all-I-got-was-this-messed-up-personality, I really hope they don't turn him into a soulless murderer. I don't mind him being hardnosed, and willing to do things other heroes aren't, but I don't want him to be running around killing people then heading home to knock back some beers like it's all in a day's work.

      I guess it's wait and see.
    1. Flightpath07's Avatar
      Flightpath07 -
      Yes, wait and see. So why am i now dreading opening the pages and seeing how he is written, rather than being excited?
    1. Legerd's Avatar
      Legerd -
      Quote Originally Posted by Flightpath07 View Post
      Yes, wait and see. So why am i now dreading opening the pages and seeing how he is written, rather than being excited?
      Because you're an AF fan with as much faith in Marvel as they have earned from their past AF character assassinations.
    1. Flightpath07's Avatar
      Flightpath07 -
      Quote Originally Posted by Legerd View Post
      Because you're an AF fan with as much faith in Marvel as they have earned from their past AF character assassinations.
      At first, I thought my stomach was aching from laughing after i read this. Then i realized it was from sobbing.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      For those who haven't heard of Humphries before, there's a pretty decent interview over at CBR: http://robot6.comicbookresources.com...sam-humphries/
    1. Flightpath07's Avatar
      Flightpath07 -
      Interesting. I own issue 1 of Fanboys vs. Zombies, and really enjoyed it, but never continued with the series; never realized it was this same author. Higher Earth was also one of those series that i was interested in, and very nearly purchased, then backed away for monetary reasons at the time.
    1. Chris's Avatar
      Chris -
      Quote Originally Posted by Flightpath07 View Post
      Interesting. I own issue 1 of Fanboys vs. Zombies, and really enjoyed it, but never continued with the series; never realized it was this same author. Higher Earth was also one of those series that i was interested in, and very nearly purchased, then backed away for monetary reasons at the time.
      As I wait for a new Nova or Guardians of the Galaxy book, I've been looking for other cosmic super hero books from other companies. I almost bought Higher Earth also but when I flipped through the pages, the two main characters reminded me of Cable and Hope so I passed and I've been buying DnA's Hypernaturals instead. Has anyone read Higher Earth? If yes, any good?