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cat_13145 (cat_13145) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-02 19:45:00

Current mood:	stressed
Entry tags:	char: dr. strange/stephen strange, char: gomurr the ancient, char: juggernaut/cain marko, char: marvel girl/phoenix/jean grey, char: professor x/charles xavier, group: x-men, publisher: marvel comics, title: x-men unlimited

First Attempt at a Post: X Men Unlimited 12
For some reason, this story wasn't included in the Onslaught complete series, despite being a brilliant story.
See how thing would probably work in reality for Cain Marko.

First attempt at this so please be helpful
O.K. We start with Dr Strange wandering along in his astral plane form (as you do).

Just as Strange notices the symbol, Gomurr, who catches the symbol with his staff, appears. He stands there, grinning, and asks if there is no hello for him, Gomurr the Ancient. After all he did for him, Logan and the kid with the wings; he expected a warmer greeting. Didn’t the Ancient One (no relation) teach Strange any manners?

Dr. Strange apologizes, but didn’t expect to see him. Gomorr replies

Then we get a nice view of Juggernaut's hallucinations within the gem, a vast volcanic landscape that seems to be trying to destroy him (please save all analysis for the comments). Then we get what has to be some of my favourite X Men Panels ever.

Yeah for evil Xavier!
Then Physlocke inaccpictably changes to Storm,

we learn a demon called Sprite is resonsible for Cain's hallucinations,and Gomorr drags Cain off.

Hugs Cain. We then get the retelling of Cain's father's death (Cain was trying to blackmail him over his involvement in Xavier's father's death, he knocked over some chemical and started a fire. Mr Marko senior saved Xavier, but only saved Cain as an after thought, leading to all the brothers problems (or at least adding to them).
it looks for a moment like we might get some real progress with Cain, then Sprite shows up.

Of course Cain ignores Gomorr and goes off with Sprite. Unfortunately she's working for the Cyttorak who tries to kill Cain. Gomorr and another magic practitioner called Tar join forces to give Cain back the power of the Juggernaut (which he has lost since been separated from the ruby), Cain defeats Cyttorak and gets spat out of the ruby.

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And finally just for crack (and these are all from Marvel. I didn't do anything to them except post them...

Including these bits, I counted the issue to be 52 pages, so I'm fairly certain I'm still with in the limit

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	irenem 2009-05-02 02:40 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not exactly a vet, but I'm pretty sure that the pic outside the cut is way too big. Try moving that one in and putting a little thumbnail outside, for people using LJ feed. Otherwise, I don't think there are any issues. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cat_13145 2009-05-02 02:42 pm UTC (link)
	Do you know how I do that? The images I've got took me nearly an hour to post. All help VERY gratefully recieve. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irenem 2009-05-02 02:46 pm UTC (link)
	Isn't there a code for the cut? So you'd move the code for that pic inside, and put a smaller one outside--that you'd just have to make in Paint, just cut out a little bit of one of the pages as a preview. Alternatively, you don't really NEED a pic outside the cut, just text is fine. Sorry if I'm almost useless, I haven't been active here for very long. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cat_13145 2009-05-02 02:50 pm UTC (link)
	Relax, you're doing slightly better than me (I haven't even uploaded a userpic yet). Hope that's a bit better. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irenem 2009-05-02 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	I think it'S small enough, or at least small enough that no one will care. Hoera! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	midnightvoyager.livejournal.com 2009-05-02 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	Goddamn ugly art is goddamn ugly. aauuugh. It makes little dips into good, then goes all the way off to eye-burning at random. Alas. The story is good. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cat_13145 2009-05-03 01:24 am UTC (link)
	I confess I tend to read the story and only worry about the art work if it doesn't fit the story. As I point out, I can't even draw a straight line with a ruler, so I'm in no place to judge. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	zegim 2009-05-02 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	The questions and answers section was good crack. Even if Wolverine looks so... horrible in his portrait. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sianmink 2009-05-02 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, what the heck? I know he's supposed to be hairy and not particularly good-looking (Movie !wolverine excepted) but at what point did he turn into a orcy-looking thing? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sir_mikael 2009-05-02 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	After his adamantium got ripped out his healing factor went bezerk and he beacame more feral. And weird looking. But I could never tell if he was supposed to look deformed or if that was just an/several artist thing. For a while I'm not even sure he had a visible nose. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	taggerung301 2009-05-02 05:48 pm UTC (link)
	did Wolverine like that fugly in any comic series, or is this a one-time screwed up picture? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sir_mikael 2009-05-02 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	When his adamantium got ripped out his healing factor went into overdrive and made him more feral. Which means many artists drew him this deformed for a while. I believe it passed. And then he got adamantium back. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	A sample of the Legacy Virus sir_mikael 2009-05-02 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	Really, Storm? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: A sample of the Legacy Virus cat_13145 2009-05-03 01:31 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. The woman at the bottom clearly has purple hair. but in the next panel (see above), she has white hair. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: A sample of the Legacy Virus

sir_mikael
2009-05-03 05:29 am UTC (link)

I was actually commenting on the fact that Storm would choose to include a sample of the Legacy Virus in the time capsule mentioned in the last pages, which I find hard to believe/unwise.

But yeah the hair changes between those panels too, so it's clearly two different ppl. Maybe Storm just hung around in the background off-panel and then walked on-panel or something, while Psylocke did the opposite.

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	Re: A sample of the Legacy Virus unknownscribler 2009-05-03 11:01 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, Storm's idea is horrible! She'd quite possibly wipe out the poor future mutants who opened the capsule and accidentially exposed to themselves to the virus. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: A sample of the Legacy Virus sir_mikael 2009-05-03 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	"She'd quite possibly wipe out the poor future mutants " Now now, why just the mutants? Dr Moira McTaggart got the virus, and there has been variations of it that only killed humans. It's like Storm rather morbidly says: "It would serve as a reminder that mutants and humans are similar both in life and in death." Clearly Storm is planning on killing everyone. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-05-02 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	The Venture Brothers has made it impossible for me to take Dr. Strange seriously anymore. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sianmink 2009-05-02 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	But, if you are after mere parlor tricks, you will be sorely disappointed. For if I reach behind your ear, it will not be a nickel I pull out, but your VERY SOUL!! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	proteus_lives 2009-05-02 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	"They must smell my cat!" (Reply to this) (Parent)

	blake_reitz 2009-05-02 07:10 pm UTC (link)
	You know, I really liked this costume for Strange. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lonewolf23k 2009-05-02 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Seconded. It had all the cool elements of his old costume, but modernized the whole ensemble nicely. And I loved the idea of the Cloak of Levitation being turned into a coat. It worked for him. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kd_the_movie 2009-05-03 05:02 am UTC (link)
	sweet...Gommur. If nothing else, I fucking loved the Crimson Dawn storyline just because of Mad's art. Need to go track down those issues. (Reply to this)

	Mod Note: schmevil 2009-05-03 03:10 pm UTC (link)
	Your preview image is still a bit too big. For future reference it can be a max of 300x400. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Mod Note: cat_13145 2009-05-04 01:16 am UTC (link)
	O.K. sorry, I'll correct that. Thanks. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kingrockwell 2009-05-03 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Fly straight up as far as I can go, then remind myself that my original wings could never have taken me as high." D'awwwww~~ Also, looks like you got the Time Capsule page doubled. Otherwise, great post! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cat_13145 2009-05-04 01:18 am UTC (link)
	It's on a list of things I intend to fix this morning. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	silverzeo 2009-05-04 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	THe F was wrong with Logan on the Bio Page? And how long did that went on? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cat_13145 2009-05-05 01:28 am UTC (link)
	see above comments for explanation, They explain much better than I do. basically though it was during his "feral" Period. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	silverzeo 2009-05-05 03:17 pm UTC (link)
	How many heroes have NOT going through their feral/furry period? (Reply to this) (Parent)