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Tweak says, "You come from sad whale family"

icon_uk (icon_uk) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-03-13 19:39:00

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char: cannonball/sam guthrie, char: cypher/doug ramsey, char: karma/xian coy manh, char: legion/david haller, char: magik/ilyanna rasputin, char: magma/amara aquilla, char: mirage/danielle moonstar, char: sunspot/roberto da costa, char: warlock, creator: adam kubert, group: new mutants

They're back baby, including the bestest little mutant of them all!
IGN releases details about the new New Mutants series, with a variant cover by Adam Kubert

Details here

And who is that cute little blond guy in a new costume, all breathing and animated and everything? Albeit with a bit of a technorganic look to his outfit...

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	suzene 2009-03-13 03:27 pm UTC (link)
	Pretty -- and poor David is back too! Still...do not want RAWR!Doug. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-03-13 03:35 pm UTC (link)
	Don't worry, we'll always have happy Doug (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	suzene 2009-03-13 03:49 pm UTC (link)
	And slash-bait Doug! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

icon_uk
2009-03-13 04:05 pm UTC (link)

I always found that such an ironic comment from someone who wore the figure hugging New Mutants costume as a matter of course. :)

And it's not just slash though, Doug broadcasts "Hug me, I'm cute" somewhere in the megawatt range to both sexes...

And look at his success rate with the ladies! Kitty, Betsy, Cyndi (a "special" case there) and Rahne. Tarot, possibly Roulette (Not much evidence there but she did pick Doug to party with...

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	angelophile 2009-03-13 03:36 pm UTC (link)
	I wouldn't necessarily believe that Doug is back and alive in the present day based on one cover, to be honest. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-03-13 03:38 pm UTC (link)
	Oh I don't believe it for sure either, but allow me my moment of insane optimism would you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dreadpirate 2009-03-13 03:40 pm UTC (link)
	I will join you in this moment of insane optimism :) Because I saw that and was all "Dooooooouuuggg." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	daningram 2009-03-13 04:05 pm UTC (link)
	But if we don't crush your hope swiftly, Marvel will, only they'll drag it out over a period of months! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-03-13 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	Dude, they shot him dead pointlessly before my youthful eyes... I have both been there and done that... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	majingojira 2009-03-13 03:42 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe Dust is the metanarrative human sacrifice they need to bring back Doug? What? I'm not bitter! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	moneyless_jew 2009-03-16 12:52 am UTC (link)
	I must mention though, didn't Guggenheim have some plan for Doug? He previewed Doug's return, then brought on NuCypher. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	daningram 2009-03-13 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	It's a damn shame that Wolfsbane, who's character would thrive in this series, is locked in the completely terrible X-Force series. And to add salt to the wound, she's the only cast character locked in that damned book! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	angelophile 2009-03-13 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	Er... she is? I thought there was talk of a character leaving and a character joining New Mutants and I joined the dots and assumed Rahne. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	scottyquick 2009-03-13 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	I think they were talking 'bout Xian. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	angelophile 2009-03-13 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	I thought she was in the initial announced lineup. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	daningram 2009-03-13 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	Everytime the writers have been asked about Wolfsbane, they just say she's in X-Force and praise that terrible, terrible writing. (Reply to this) (Parent)

geoffsebesta
2009-03-13 04:28 pm UTC (link)

This isn't really my kind of art but as examples of phoned-in X-duggery go, this is good. I especially like the almost-perfect-but-a-little-too-low-on-the-tip glow on the nose. This is the work of consumate professionals who have done this a zillion times before and don't really care much about it any more. I enjoy this sort of work because you can see all the technique without messy inspiration getting in the way.

So, as to character choices, are we essentially saying that the last twenty years of NM history didn't happen? Because I'm down with that.

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	ceru 2009-03-13 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, what a perfect summary. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	shanejayell 2009-03-13 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	Dani's face is kinda f-ed up. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2009-03-13 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	Looks like the colorist messed up and made her headband flesh colored. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-03-13 04:59 pm UTC (link)
	Possibly, but I don't think her headband ever covered that much of her forehead, and if you look you can see a small red section just underneath her parting, which suggests her headband is higher up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	strangething.livejournal.com 2009-03-13 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	I think the red spot is supposed to be skin toned. It's above the band. Also, that's not how you fire a bow. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-03-14 02:29 am UTC (link)
	She looks like a guy to me. -tim gueguen (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	crinosg 2009-03-14 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	she looks like she has caveman brow. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thandrak 2009-03-13 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	Xian's hips won't unsway! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	suzene 2009-03-14 05:00 am UTC (link)
	Sassy lesbian alert! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-03-13 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	I find Dani's eyebrows disturbing. Are they attempting Secret Invasion with Neanderthals this time? (I think that's Dani with the bow, isn't it?) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-03-13 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, that's her. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ceru 2009-03-13 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	Aww, Doug, baby, don't be so grumpy just because you were pointlessly killed and have been ignored for decades! The awesome power of communication will probably not save you from a whuppin' if you keep making that cranky face at people. (Reply to this)

moneyless_jew
2009-03-16 12:50 am UTC (link)

That cover is beautiful and now I might have to buy it even though a NM reunion written by Zeb Wells does not sound exciting. I LOVE the New Mutants and grew up with them, but I fail to see the point here. As goofy as it was Young X-Men had the right idea - mix the NMs in as teachers for the current kids. What are all the New Mutants going to do now? I was just getting used to them being X-Men, not segregated in their little group.

Also, Legion? Put Legion on the team? Well, that'll go well.

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