And the solits combined with current events lead me to strongly believe Polaris is another.
And the solits combined with current events lead me to strongly believe Polaris is another.
I realy had to think on this one, because for some reason, even though the notion is very quite possible, I find it hard to base the assumption that Northstar could be one of the new Horsemen based solely off that description (although his current mental instability does make him a lead candidate). Northstar may not have been the most noble in the past, but I always read it to be that, yes, he was a hard-core seperatist terrorist, but something reformed him (Byrne would have us believe Mac did it, but I don't buy that). I mean, if you want to base it off of past alone, then Banshee is as much a candidate as any, since his past was less than stellar in itself - ranked up there with Northstar. Hell, Wolverine and (from what little insight we've received on the matter) Puck have done MUCH worse than what Northstar had done in his brief terrorist career.Originally Posted by kozzi24
Now, I'm going to reiterate: yes, I DO believe Northstar would be more than fitting to be a Horseman based on his CURRENT state. But to say that it's not out of the question because of what he did in the past, that's insinuating that Jean-Paul was nothing more than a wolf in sheep's clothing - plotting for something like this since his inception in Department H all those years ago - something I just don't buy, based off his attitude and such.
Allan 'HappyCanuck' Crocker
"Hey... Philosophers love wisdom, not mankind."
- Stephen Pastis, Pearls Before Swine
The solicit to X-Men #184 inidicates that there will be three new horseman (from the possibles posted online) and one old horseman, so it looks unlikely that it'll be JP now..
I wonder if they'll keep Ahab as the fourth Horseman? If not him...who?
Dana
ALPHA FLIGHT IS RESURRECTED, LONG LIVE ALPHA FLIGHT!
I agree it would be interesting, and welcome to the board.Originally Posted by Vortex
Welcome Vortex! If you count Wolverine, there was a Canadian horseman
Ben
That is true...heh...Logan's definately Canadian...cept Marvel always makes it seem like Canada is some kinda hush project...they don't localize it...I mean publisize it as much...possibly due to area...maybe Alpha Flight is more known in Canada than the USA...not sure.
Actually, it was explicitly stated that none of the horsemen have ever been horsemen before, so JP's still got a chance.Originally Posted by Phil
I'd say Northstar stands a more than decent chance of ending up as a horseman.
If you look at what's been revealed as well as Joe Q's hints on JP's future in the Marvel universe, I wouldn't be at all shocked.
It wasn't so mysterious in Northstar's case....his body-snatchers were the Hand, who resurrected him and used him(as well as several other dead heroes and villains) as a superhuman assassin.Originally Posted by Vortex
Dana
ALPHA FLIGHT IS RESURRECTED, LONG LIVE ALPHA FLIGHT!
I just hope that, esp if Northstar does become a Horseman, he and Sunfire (both REALY good characters - ironically with AF connections) doesn't fall into the same catagory of the OTHER Horsemen.
Of the previous 9 Horsemen, only four have resurfaced (that I'm aware of):
- X-Factor 'saved' Warren after becoming the first Death
- Warren, alongside Psylocke and Jubilee (plus a couple others) saved Wolverine after he became Death #3
- After saving Wolverine, Warren helped out a mysteriously quatroplegic Abraham Kieros (War #1)
- I'm not sure who saved him (tho I think Kitty was involved), but Caliban joined X-Force, first after he became Death #2, then later rejoined after becoming Pestilence #2, again, no idea how he survived.
That still leaves Plague (Pestilence #1), Autumn Rolfson (Famine #1), Deathbird (War #2), Ahab (Famine #2), and Eric the Red (Death #4*) unaccounted for.
(* Even though this appears in an alternate mental state described by Apocalypse in X-Men Unlimited, I can't explain as to how he exists in Apocalypse's mind, since, with the exception of one case, Eric the Red was always a form worn by others to entice some sort of action. Both Cyclops and Magneto have worn the Eric the Red armour. the Real Eric the Red, iirc, was killed after the X-Men were transported to the Shi'ar homeworld in their first confrontation with D'Ken.)
Allan 'HappyCanuck' Crocker
"Hey... Philosophers love wisdom, not mankind."
- Stephen Pastis, Pearls Before Swine
... later sent with Nick Fury's SHIELD after Wolverine 'saved' him. They still haven't explained why Nick would tell Kitty at the end of the story that his body was never recovered, and with Wolverine still gone quite loco after House of M, don't think we'll be seeing that resolved anytime too soone.Originally Posted by cmdrkoenig67
Allan 'HappyCanuck' Crocker
"Hey... Philosophers love wisdom, not mankind."
- Stephen Pastis, Pearls Before Swine
And after the events of Secret War Fury is now AWOL and no longer associated with S.H.I.E.L.D...