Official Handbook Updates

[suzene]

The fact of which is echoed in her comment in the CW:AF oneshot.

I read that as more of a snipe at Northstar for going off and joining the X-Men without her. I'm just surprised that Aurora's listed as having joined up back during SI when they gave Northstar a recruiting scene in UXM after that cross-over had wrapped.

[Ahab]

They are Mantlo creations, and yes, he is unavailable. We always prefer to go back to the original creators, but, in cases where that's not an option, editorial can approve new information.

I remember reading that the Derangers were going to debut in Alpha Flight and then they were scheduled to have their own series afterwards. (I vaguely recall it being a mini-series, though I could be wrong.) I remember being surprised when they were all killed off (except for Goblyn). Does anyone else remember this?

[Phil]

Yeah, I seem to remember a letters column or a Marvel Age interview or the like.
I'm sure someone posted something here about it, my mind says Del for some reason, but I haven't trusted my mind in years...

[rplass]

It was advertised in Comic Book Reader #219 in 1984, along with sketches. It was solicited a few other times in subsequent comics-related magazines but was never published.

Love,
rplass

[-K-M-]

Really? We'll I'll be.... I did not know that. Can't say I was a fan of the characters though.

[Ahab]

It was advertised in Comic Book Reader #219 in 1984, along with sketches. It was solicited a few other times in subsequent comics-related magazines but was never published.

Love,
rplass

Have we seen the sketches? And do we know why plans changed?

[Ahab]

Jeffries does get an entry but he's made out to be quite the nutjob. Too bad. It's a shame this got into print, but since it's a Files-type book, its just the opinion of Steve Rogers. Even still though, it sucks to see that kind of thing.

Northstar also gets an entry, which is oddly not verbatim from his previous entry in this trilogy, while Aurora, who is a member of the X-Men, does not get an entry. Why Jean-Paul gets 2 entries and his sister only gets one is a little weird but not so unexpected. At least they put Northstar into the ' X-Men' part of the book and not the 'Mutant Community' potpourri section.

Love,
rplass

I actually didn't mind the writeup. Though I would love to see Jeffries at his former glory, the man is bound to be messed up for a while. Brainwashed by Dept H, then the Zodiac, then Weapon X? Then he lives in isolation, is finally reunited with his wife who was held prisoner and hurt by his creations and then is killed in battle? It's no wonder he is a damaged man. And though he is certainly powerful using the Box armor, it is completely understandable why he has distanced himself from it. I want to see him used more and used well, but seeing him a little off isn't out of the realm of credibility to me given what he has gone through...too bad the X-men is so overcrowded right now that no one has room to develop his story further...

[Phil]

I knew I'd seen it somewhere on here:


http://www.alphaflight.net/showthrea...ine-Marvel-Age-...)

[Ahab]

I knew I'd seen it somewhere on here:


http://www.alphaflight.net/showthrea...ine-Marvel-Age-...)

Thanks - I never saw that thread! I like the designs - interesting that some changed and that Breakdown isn't included.
Seeing Laura and Goblyn together, it made me think back on the first time we saw the Derangers in the containment tubes. Who was the other person in the tube with Goblyn supposed to be? It wasn't Laura. Was it another super-powered individual that managed to escape? Or was she meant to be...um...Goblyn's lunch?

[cmdrkoenig67]

I always wondered about that other girl in the containment tube with Goblyn too, Ahab (I lol'ed at your idea of her being lunch). I'm guessing she was some sort of art error?...I dunno. She could possibly be the springboard for a new character, though.

Dana

[Le Messor]

I remember that thread.

Yeah, I imagine it was an art error, or that they changed Laura's look after printing.

'Shadow' is a good name for the Deans.

- Le Messor
"I don't have any solution but I certainly admire the problem."
~ Ashleigh Brilliant

[-K-M-]

I was actually suprised the Master of the World didn't get a mention in Heroic Age - Villians due to the fact he and Cap met in Avengers (well not directly).

Could be the fact he is believed to be dead though.

[Flightpath07]

I was actually suprised the Master of the World didn't get a mention in Heroic Age - Villians due to the fact he and Cap met in Avengers (well not directly).

Could be the fact he is believed to be dead though.

Apparently Captain America isn't following Chaos War, where 'everybody' is dead!

[Loki]

Might be of interest
http://uncle-gus.deviantart.com/gallery/26429536

especially
http://uncle-gus.deviantart.com/gall...29536#/d2xshnh

[Flightpath07]

Thanks Loki! Been awhile since I saw somebody draw Manbot, that is for sure...