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colonel_green (colonel_green) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-07 12:53:00

Entry tags:

char: beast/hank mccoy, char: blink/clarice ferguson, char: forge, char: marvel girl/phoenix/jean grey, char: panther/t'chaka, char: polaris/lorna dane, char: scarlet witch/wanda maximoff, creator: jeff parker, creator: salva espin, publisher: marvel comics, title: exiles

Interdimensional Ladies' Man

Four scans from this week's Exiles #2.

So the Nu-Exiles have arrived in an alternate Genosha, tasked with helping Wolverine, but instead find Wolverine's head on a pike and Magneto triumphant. They take a look at the history of the island, and find that in this reality Professor X and Magneto made their relatioship work and formed the X-Men together along Xavier's lines, drawing in members of groups like the Brotherhood and the Hellfire Club. In the "can't win for losing" category, this united mutant front just made people more suspicious of them, and Sentinels killed Professor X, leaving Magneto to carry on alone (and hook up with Moira, whose wedding is nigh). After Xavier's assassination, war broke out, and regular heroes led by Captain America sided with the government against them. Eventually, they gave mutantkind Genosha to live in, but have been trying to nuke it since. They aren't sure why Wolverine was trying to get rid of Magneto.

The Exiles decide to infiltrate the royal palace by swapping in their Wanda and Lorna (who, since they grew up with dad in this reality, are bitchy rivals and hate each other) for the AU Wanda and Lorna:

Wanda and Jean being friends seems to be an idea that Parker is really fixed on, between this and First Class.

Team B heads off to take out Lorna. They select Panther to make the stealthy KO, but he apparently quails at the last second at hitting such a pretty face, and hits on her instead. Forge and Polaris intervene, and an extended battle between the two Lornas over hitting each other witH Forge's metal arm ensues...

Hilariously, they're given away by Polaris not wearing the black dress like gossipy Jean earlier read she would.

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	mullon 2009-05-07 11:47 am UTC (link)
	I like this version of Black Panther more than the regular version. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	vignettelante 2009-05-07 11:54 am UTC (link)
	Based on these pages, he reminds me of Peter Parker (in a good way). Especially his mask's expressions. (Though that first shot of him with his mask off is just weird--between one eye squinting and the huge grin--but the rest is better) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blake_reitz 2009-05-07 02:59 pm UTC (link)
	Without the mask, he looks a lot like he was drawn by CrissCross. Especially with the huge grin and squinting eyes! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	akodo_rokku 2009-05-07 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	I was absolutely expecting him to be Peter, with the wise-cracking and walking on walls. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neotoma 2009-05-07 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	I thought he was some version of Peter too. Maybe he just spent too much time with the Avengers as a child? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	seawolf10 2009-05-07 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	Motto. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mykie1234 2009-05-07 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	Do we know yet if he's a mutant? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	akodo_rokku 2009-05-07 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	Apparently yes, either Mystique or Kitty mentions at the party later that the security systems would have kicked him off the island if he didn't have the X-Gene. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pyrotwilight 2009-05-13 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	Actually it says if he entered the island but since they were teleported in it seems likely they bypassed that. Of course we could presume they have such scanners in the city as well though since it'd be silly not to. Still it'd be fun to see him suddenly activate his X-Gene somehow. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	neuhallidae 2009-05-07 12:01 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, God, the "please stop accusing me of being unfaithful to my mother" just made me die. I have to start reading this. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dorksidefiker 2009-05-07 12:14 pm UTC (link)
	Indeed you must! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dorksidefiker 2009-05-07 12:16 pm UTC (link)
	I need a Jeff Parker Is My Master Now icon. (Reply to this)

pyrotwilight
2009-05-07 12:46 pm UTC (link)

A terrific issue it was! I'm of course now worried about which character will die. It's been two issues, we're due.

Wanda in her undergarments was a nice plus.

I love The Panther and his silly expressions. Interestingly the issue kinda suggests he might be a mutant without knowing it. And his parents was fun, here I just assumed he was a young T'Challa.

And yes, a tug of war wrestling match with Forge's arm is just plain hilarious.

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	long_silence 2009-05-07 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	They're all alive on the cover of issue 4. Of course covers lie. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sianmink 2009-05-07 01:05 pm UTC (link)
	Right this new run of Exiles goes on my list. Curse you all. (Reply to this)

	ex_octopusso248 2009-05-07 01:25 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not a regular Marvel reader, but I do like to pride myself in knowing most of the characters pretty well. But, why are there two Wandas? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	arilou_skiff 2009-05-07 01:50 pm UTC (link)
	This is the Exiles, the entire premise is a team of misfits drafted from various different alternate realities to fix the timeline. They're Wandas from different universes. The original series was AWESOME for the first few arcs, and even had a good run by CHUCK AUSTEN (Yes, It's as shocking as it sounds) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-05-07 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	And then we had Claremont reboot the thing, and nobody speaks of that ever again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pyrotwilight 2009-05-07 03:31 pm UTC (link)
	Who did what now? Exiles ended at 89. I've been waiting for the series to re-start for two years. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mykie1234 2009-05-07 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	Well Betsy got with Sabretooth which I thought was one redeeming aspect... maybe the only one... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-05-07 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	I have only ever picked up a few issues of this book. I like the way they were doing Scarlet witch so I thought I woukld try it out long-term. I was NOT dissapointed... (Reply to this)

	seawolf10 2009-05-07 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	Holy fuck. JEFF PARKER is writing EXILES?! Fucking SOLD. This might even be better than Winick's original creation run! I will be picking this and the first issue up ASAP, and I'll be buying all the issues, and the inevitable trade -- something I'd only been doing for Secret Six up until now. THIS gets my support. THIS is good old-fashioned comic-book fun. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pyrotwilight 2009-05-08 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know him or what he's written before but he IS awesome. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neuhallidae 2009-05-08 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	Who, Jeff Parker? Agents of Atlas and Marvel Adventures: Avengers will give you all you need to know on his awesome. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pyrotwilight 2009-05-08 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	Marvel Adventures you say? Well I'm already getting the issues but now I'm doubly sold! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neuhallidae 2009-05-09 12:41 am UTC (link)
	I didn't read MA: Fantastic Four, so I don't know how much of that he did, but he did MA: Avengers up through either 15 or 16. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ex_menagerie993 2009-05-08 02:07 am UTC (link)
	Exiles? Good again? So confused! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pyrotwilight 2009-05-08 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	I know! Kinda hard to believe. (Reply to this) (Parent)