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July 10th, 2009
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Sneaky girl...
Well, it's finally been confirmed in-text (as opposed to just an interview with Jeff Parker) that the new Exiles' Blink is the same one from the old Exiles.


Blink teleported out to find food -- because this Earth's North America has been devastated by neutron bombs -- and returned to discover that her teammates had been captured by the machines now ruling North America.




I won't post the last page -- featuring what's happened to Lorna -- because it's a real doozy and I don't want to spoil the shock. What I will say is...

Since she's on the cover for #6, she's not dead, but she may be wishing she was.


Now, I didn't follow Claremont's bastardization of Exiles...was there anything in there that would account for why Blink's been hiding her past from her new team-mates?


P.S. Anyone recognize all the robots in the crowd scene on the first page? I see Awesome Andy, but I have no clue who the others are.

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From:[info]scorpiokyle
Date:July 10th, 2009 09:18 pm (UTC)
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well i recognize Arnim Zola and HERBIE
From:[info]stolisomancer
Date:July 10th, 2009 09:23 pm (UTC)
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The one next to Andy with wings and an Iron Man chestplate is the classic Super-Adaptoid.
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From:[info]pyrotwilight
Date:July 10th, 2009 09:29 pm (UTC)
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No reason has been given yet. I assumed she and Morph decided to make their own team for some reason given he was their Timebroker but this issue and her "whoever you are" makes me question that.
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From:[info]bluefall
Date:July 11th, 2009 07:37 pm (UTC)
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Eh, remember, the bugs never really completely knew what was going on themselves. It would be incredibly awkward, but possible, for her to be referring to the machine in general (always kind of a tricksy thing) rather than Morph particularly.

No, I don't buy it either, but it's not ironclad, is all.
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From:[info]kamino_neko
Date:July 10th, 2009 09:29 pm (UTC)
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Let's see...aside from those already named, and the obvious Sentinels, there is a Shogun Warrior (not one of the originals, but he's an obvious reference), and M-11 (The Human Robot)...
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From:[info]jkcarrier
Date:July 10th, 2009 09:42 pm (UTC)
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Dunno why Arnim Zola is there, since he's not a robot. A cyborg, at best.
The giant samurai robot is Red Ronin, from the old Godzilla series.
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From:[info]foxhack
Date:July 10th, 2009 09:46 pm (UTC)
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Technically he's 100% a robot; it's only his mind that is human.

I don't like him being there either, but there's no silly fleshy humans around, so I guess he decided "Oh, cool" and stuck around.
From:[info]jlbarnett
Date:July 10th, 2009 10:14 pm (UTC)
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Vision and Ultron both have human brain patterns.
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From:[info]foxhack
Date:July 10th, 2009 10:17 pm (UTC)
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But they weren't born humans. ;)
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From:[info]thanekos
Date:July 10th, 2009 11:18 pm (UTC)
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but he did use the same mind-transfer stuff to switch Hitler into the body he'd be wearing the Hate-Monger outfit in, and apparently that guy's just considered a Hitler clone, so eh.
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From:[info]foxhack
Date:July 10th, 2009 11:23 pm (UTC)
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Well, I guess that it could be argued that Arnim Zola's just a robot with a dead guy's memories. *shrugs*

Hitler Clones are awesome, though.
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From:[info]icon_uk
Date:July 10th, 2009 11:59 pm (UTC)
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just a robot with a dead guy's memories

The MU has a few of them; The Vision, Douglock, Jocasta.... They should form a support group.
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From:[info]kamino_neko
Date:July 10th, 2009 10:23 pm (UTC)
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Did Red Ronin ever appear in Shogun Warriors, so I can at least salvage some dignity of my wrong guess? <_<
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From:[info]icon_uk
Date:July 10th, 2009 10:35 pm (UTC)
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Nope, sorry.
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From:[info]kamino_neko
Date:July 10th, 2009 10:52 pm (UTC)
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Curse you, Marvel licencing of unrelated Japanese media!
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From:[info]foxhack
Date:July 10th, 2009 09:46 pm (UTC)
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From:[info]leikomgwtfbbq
Date:July 10th, 2009 11:18 pm (UTC)
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PROOF I'VE BEEN ON SCANS_DAILY TOO LONG AND TOO OFTEN: That was one of my immediate thoughts, actually.

*facepalm!*
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From:[info]foxhack
Date:July 10th, 2009 11:23 pm (UTC)
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We could make her scream "CLAAAAREMOOOOOOOOOOONT" instead. :p
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From:[info]volksjager
Date:July 10th, 2009 10:18 pm (UTC)
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The big guy is Red Ronon from the Avengers book.
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From:[info]volksjager
Date:July 10th, 2009 10:18 pm (UTC)
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Sorry "Red Ronin".
From:[info]moneyless_jew
Date:July 10th, 2009 11:33 pm (UTC)
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Does this mean ol' Sage is rotting away with nothing to do? It warms my heart to think of her dying alone.
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From:[info]pyrotwilight
Date:July 10th, 2009 11:46 pm (UTC)
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Whaddaya mean, Sage never joined the Exiles. >.> *cough*
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From:[info]kamino_neko
Date:July 10th, 2009 11:49 pm (UTC)
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Claremont's run is easy to render discontinuity! No continued characters except Morph, and his changes can be explained as...Morph. Just...Morph.
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From:[info]pyrotwilight
Date:July 10th, 2009 11:57 pm (UTC)
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I don't understand. Who is this Claremont fellow? Exiles ended with issue 89 and I had to wait 2 years for the book to be re-launched.
From:[info]stolisomancer
Date:July 11th, 2009 12:44 am (UTC)
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Oh, he was a really good writer on Uncanny X-Men back in the day, but sadly, he retired in 1991 and became a sheep farmer.
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From:[info]kitty_tc_69
Date:July 11th, 2009 06:11 am (UTC)
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I wonder how many people who hate on Claremont for only using his "favorites" on the Exiles know that he was only allowed by editorial to use characters that he'd created.
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From:[info]kamino_neko
Date:July 11th, 2009 06:28 am (UTC)
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That isn't why I hate on him - that is, in fact, one thing that let me hold out hope for his run, despite thinking Claremont had passed his prime by the time he left X-Men.

It's the crap way he got rid of some of the characters he wasn't being given access to (Spider-Man, for instance...there are so many things wrong with 'Spider-Man always falls for Gwen Stacy', if it were PETER, but it was Miguel), and the dreadful writing of his pets.
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From:[info]jcbaggee
Date:July 11th, 2009 04:15 am (UTC)
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Hiding her past? I was under the impression its a different Blink from a different universe. Her not knowing how to work the Tallus certainly seems to support that.
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From:[info]pyrotwilight
Date:July 11th, 2009 04:26 am (UTC)
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They made it unclear but hinted it was her from the start.
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From:[info]kamino_neko
Date:July 11th, 2009 04:26 am (UTC)
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No, it's the same Blink, Straight from the horse's mouth.
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From:[info]silverzeo
Date:July 11th, 2009 06:38 am (UTC)
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No Sentential Prime?
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From:[info]silverzeo
Date:July 11th, 2009 05:03 pm (UTC)
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Or maybe even Circuit Breaker? I would think Marvel would try to put in some of their original characters from their take of the Transformers series...
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From:[info]cainofdreaming
Date:July 11th, 2009 02:33 pm (UTC)
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Is that Growing Man in the panel after Zola? He looks a bit less yellow than usual.
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From:[info]sir_mikael
Date:July 12th, 2009 07:34 pm (UTC)
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The hunch-backed robot could be Quasimodo.

I knew H.E.R.B.I.E aspired to world domination.

Nice to see it's the Blink we know and love, will be interesting finding out what the charades are all about.
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