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sandoz_iscariot (sandoz_iscariot) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-14 19:55:00

Entry tags:

char: colossus/piotr rasputin, char: lockheed, char: professor x/charles xavier, char: shadowcat/kitty pryde, creator: chris claremont, creator: paul smith, group: x-men, publisher: marvel comics, title: uncanny x-men

Uncanny X-Men: A Girl and Her Dragon
When Kitty met Lockheed! Scans from UXM 166 and 168, by Claremont and Smith.

In UXM #166, the X-Men are in space fighting the Brood. On the Brood homeworld, Kitty is separated from the team...

The Brood homeworld is destroyed, and Kitty is sad that her friend was apparently killed. Back on Earth, Professor X demotes Kitty to the New Mutants squad. ("Professor X is a JERK!") But an alarm goes off while Kitty is alone:

Help arrives and...

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	(Anonymous) 2009-09-15 12:33 am UTC (link)
	Aww, wonderful scans. Love Paul Smith's art. Why did they have to age Kitty so much? Now she's dead because nobody liked her any more. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-09-15 12:42 am UTC (link)
	Heh, I'm one of those people who wishes they aged Kitty more. ;) I liked her. Not Whedon's direction for her, true, but Rachel needs to fly across space and get her out of that space bullet pronto. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	taggerung301 2009-09-15 12:45 am UTC (link)
	ah man, that icon from this comic is adorable! :D (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-09-15 12:46 am UTC (link)
	Thanks! I just made it, it's free for the yoinking. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-09-15 01:23 am UTC (link)
	No, she's dead because Joss Whedon liked her too much, and that's what he does with the ones he likes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sinisterlink 2009-09-15 04:57 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, it's pretty sad that people were betting from day one that Kitty was going to "die" after Whedon said that he really liked her character. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-09-15 02:54 pm UTC (link)
	I used to be a fan. Then I realized the man has only one act, one schtick, one line of patter. And after you see it a couple of times, it gets old. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-09-15 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	He also said that Cypher had the power he most wished he had. Thank heavens Doug was already dead... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-09-16 04:10 am UTC (link)
	Probably because, like most fans and/or gamers, he thought of a hundred ways to twink it into Ultimate Power. Alas, it wouldn't actually work for the same reason that Reed Richards hasn't turned the Marvel U into a sci-fi wonderland - Status Quo Is God. (I have omitted the TV Tropes link. AM I NOT MERCIFUL?) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-09-16 07:47 am UTC (link)
	Actually, to be fair to Whedon, he said he liked the power because he's hopeless at languages himself. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	roily_rogue 2009-09-15 08:02 am UTC (link)
	I don't think they aged her very much. They just made her crankier. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bj_l 2009-09-15 08:49 am UTC (link)
	In years they've aged her about eight or so, about the same as Rahne. In terms of mood, well can you blame her being pissy sometimes? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bariman1987 2009-09-15 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	That's why we have "Wolverine: First Class," aka "The Awesome Adventures of Kitty Pryde (and Her Sidekick Wolverine)." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	taggerung301 2009-09-15 12:40 am UTC (link)
	loved this! :D (Reply to this)

	the_jeff 2009-09-15 02:36 am UTC (link)
	This is one of the first X-Men comics I read, after spots of the Brood storyline. I forget how old I was at the time, I think this is mid 80s? So between 13-16 I think, and I totally fell in love w/ Kitty. She's easy to relate to, while being almost accidentally bad ass. It doesn't hurt that Smith's art is his utterly fantastic (thanks for the name, btw). (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-09-15 02:43 am UTC (link)
	Paul Smith was always one of my favorite Uncanny artists. Such clean, expressive artwork. (Reply to this) (Parent)

sinisterlink
2009-09-15 04:55 am UTC (link)

I love how the brood are all, "HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, RUUUUNNN!!!!" and then we see a full body shot of Lockheed and he's just this teeny little dragon.

Love the art in this, especially the panel of Kitty picking up Lockheed and him going, "Cooooo". So cute.

Also have to add that I'm looking forward to the upcoming Brood story in Astonishing X-Men. The Brood is one of those groups of villains that has always managed to creep me out.

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	freezer818 2009-09-15 05:52 am UTC (link)
	I liked Lockheed so much better like this, when he was basically an ur-Pokemon, not that talking alien spy whateverthefuckthatwas. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-09-15 02:52 pm UTC (link)
	Motto. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	angelophile 2009-09-15 06:22 pm UTC (link)
	Oh yes. One of my lead favourite parts of Whedon's run. And there were quite a few to choose from. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	magus_69 2009-09-15 07:07 am UTC (link)
	If my cat had superpowers, she would totally be like Lockheed. (Reply to this)

	calliopes_pen 2009-09-15 02:09 pm UTC (link)
	I love those two issues. The issue with the first appearance of Lockheed was the first issue of Uncanny X-Men that I ever read. I was 2. (Reply to this)

	angelophile 2009-09-15 03:12 pm UTC (link)
	Love love LOVE this. (Reply to this)

	psychop_rex 2009-09-16 08:02 am UTC (link)
	I love Lockheed. I think the fact that comics can accomodate the concept of a tiny alien dragon alongside serious drama is an excellent reason for my continuing interest in them. What's happened to the little guy, anyway? I haven't been keeping up with the X-books, but it's my impression that he's pretty much vanished since about the late '90's. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-09-16 08:07 am UTC (link)
	Lockheed is still very much around! He was recently in the Pet Avengers mini, and in Astonishing X-Men there was a big reveal that he was a super intelligent government agent who could speak more languages than Professor X. (Um...no thanks Whedon. I like cooing Lockheed.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-09-16 10:53 am UTC (link)
	slaps forehead Pet Avengers, right right right. How could I forget that? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	xdoop 2009-11-13 06:47 am UTC (link)
	Old post, but didn't he speak in Excalibur when he threatened Wisdom? (Reply to this) (Parent)

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