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Below are the 17 most recent journal entries recorded in the "Daily Scans" journal:

October 20th, 2009
12:24 am [zechs27] [Link]	The Magneto and Rogue Affair Uncanny X-Men #269, + 274-275 Dial Uppers Beware! ( Read more... ) Tags: char: ka-zar, char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: nick fury, char: rogue/anna marie, creator: chris claremont, creator: jim lee, publisher: marvel comics, title: uncanny x-men (36 comments \| Leave a comment)
12:10 am [angelophile] [Link]	More advance Marvel solicits This time from Comicbookresources.com, featuring the advanced X-men solicits and some stuff like might be of interest to certain members of the community. ( Large images under the cut. ) Tags: char: deadpool/wade wilson, char: gambit/remy lebeau, char: jubilee/jubilation lee, char: lockheed, char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: mystique/raven darkholme, char: northstar/jean-paul beaubier, char: rogue/anna marie, char: x-man/nate grey, genre: solicitations, group: x-men, publisher: marvel comics (94 comments \| Leave a comment)
September 4th, 2009
11:27 pm [dr_hermes] [Link]	The real source of the X-Men Every comic book, cartoon and movie featuring the X-Men should in all fairness have a credit on it somewhere, "Inspired by the 1945 'Baldy' stories of Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore." I'd read some stories by Henry Kuttner that I thought were clever and amusing (the Hogbens series, the one about Gallagher the drunk inventor) and some that seemed tedious and lame (those uninspired Elak of Atlantis epics). But until I found myself lost in MUTANT, I didn't quite realize how astoundingly good Kuttner (and his wife Moore, usually collaborating to some degree, here as "Lewis Padgett") could be. This is the real stuff, genuine pulp style science fiction. It's full of inventive details and clever plot twists, with a strong premise that today seems to have a even stronger appeal for readers than it did back then.. Created by atomic radiation, a new race of bald telepaths fights a desperate secret war between their two factions of the sane and the paranoid mutants. The paranoids (who at one point are mockingly called "Homo Superior" as compared to Homo Sapiens) see themselves as godlike supermen inevitably destined to conquer and rule the pitiful normal humans. The sane mutants are struggling desperately to keep knowledge of even the existence of the paranoids from become known, fearing that vastly more numerous normals will massacre them all. It's not a simplistic struggle between pure good and evil, as even the sane Baldies resent being forced to submit and bow their heads, keeping a low profile in the hopes that their children will be fully assimilated. (Did Stan Lee ever mention in the letters columns that he and Jack Kirby had enjoyed the 'Baldy' stories by Kuttner? Certainly, they both had read a lot of pulps back in the 1940s, Kirby even illustrating some of them. As Jewish men alive during the Holocaust, did the 'Baldy' stories have special resonance for them?) All the mutants are born completely hairless, but in an attempt at blending in and going unnoticed, most of them wear fake eyebrows, eyelashes and wigs. At first, the more defiant and unruly mutants go around natural (I'm bald and I'm proud!), but widespread lynching dampens that trend. We as readers following the Baldies can see they are mostly honorable and discreet, would never use their telepathic abiities unfairly and in fact go out of their way to do useful constructive work in their careers. Still.... you can see how just knowing there are people out there who can literally read your mind without your knowledge or consent would be seen as threatening. And who doesn't have dirty little secrets and vices they want to keep hidden? (Put your hand down, you in the back. You're as bad as the rest of us.) Although they can communicate freely with each other, the Baldies can only read a normal human's surface thoughts; it's a real effort to put a thought into a person's mind, and there's no sign that Baldies can mentally coerce anyone, let alone brainwash or control someone's actions. This makes them still dangerous but much more vulnerable and recognizable than Marvel mutants who can blast destructive rays from their eyes or make Army tanks fly apart. In addition to the tension of the desperate underground war going on unsuspected by the normal humans, the "Baldy" series also has an intriguing backstory that is gradually revealed. [An incredibly lengthy review of the "Baldy" stories can be found over on my Retro-Scans site, for those who are interested. One more indication of how Lee and Kirby were deriving the X-Men from the "Baldies" is shown in how Magneto also had telepathic powers in the earliest issues. He was not as capable as Professor X, but he could scan minds and astral travel. This was quickly dropped, but it is an echo of Kuttner's vision of two groups of telepathic mutants warring with each other over humanity.) Tags: char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: marvel girl/phoenix/jean grey, char: professor x/charles xavier, creator: jack kirby, creator: stan lee, publisher: marvel comics, title: uncanny x-men (29 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 5th, 2009
11:06 pm [xdoop] [Link]	The difference between Magneto and Wolverine. ( Image behind the cut. ) Tags: char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: wolverine/logan/james howlett, creator: chris claremont, creator: dave cockrum, group: x-men, publisher: marvel comics, title: uncanny x-men (11 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 3rd, 2009
06:57 pm [xdoop] [Link]	Rachel and Magneto ( Images behind the cut. ) Tags: char: beyonder, char: callisto, char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: phoenix/marvel girl/rachel summers, char: professor x/charles xavier, char: shadowcat/kitty pryde, creator: chris claremont, creator: john romita jr., group: x-men, publisher: marvel comics, title: uncanny x-men (75 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 25th, 2009
12:25 pm [xdoop] [Link]	CCI: X-Men Panel ( Uncanny X-Men #516 ) ( New Mutants #6 ) ( X-Men: Necrosha #1 ) Tags: char: cypher/doug ramsey, char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: selene gallio, event: necrosha, title: new mutants, title: uncanny x-men (43 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 12th, 2009
03:53 pm [xdoop] [Link]	Is Magneto really a bad person? ( Find out inside. ) Tags: char: luna maximoff, char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: quicksilver/pietro maximoff, creator: david hine, creator: roy allan martinez, publisher: marvel comics, title: son of m (28 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 27th, 2009
01:33 pm [xdoop] [Link]	Magneto vs. the Red Skull! ( Images behind the cut. ) Tags: char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: red skull/johann schmidt, creator: kieron dwyer, creator: mark gruenwald, creator: ron lim, event: acts of vengeance, publisher: marvel comics, title: captain america (28 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 24th, 2009
11:18 pm [ar_feiniel_] [Link]	Magneto Becomes an Emo Drunken Bum and Gets Schooled By Dani I don't know why but badasses turning into big piles of emo always crack me up. ( A couple pages from The New Mutants #39 ) Tags: char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: mirage/danielle moonstar, char: stevie hunter, creator: chris claremont, creator: dell barras, publisher: marvel comics, title: new mutants (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 7th, 2009
06:35 pm [xdoop] [Link]	One Perfect Moment: Magneto ( Images behind the cut. ) Tags: char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: shadowcat/kitty pryde, char: storm/ororo munroe, creator: chris claremont, creator: dave cockrum, group: x-men, publisher: marvel comics, series: one perfect moment week, title: uncanny x-men (21 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 5th, 2009
03:54 pm [xdoop] [Link]	Ultimatum #4 ( More of the same. ) Tags: char: angel/archangel/warren worthington, char: dormammu, char: dr. strange/stephen strange, char: hawkeye/ronin/clint barton, char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: sabretooth/victor creed, char: valkyrie, creator: david finch, creator: jeph loeb, event: ultimatum, group: ultimates, publisher: marvel comics, title: ultimatum (75 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 3rd, 2009
02:51 pm [colonel_green] [Link]	Jeff Parker Double-bill Four scans from Exiles #3, and three from Agents of Atlas #6. ( Something is rotten in the states of Genosha and Atlantis. ) Tags: char: blink/clarice ferguson, char: gorilla man/ken hale, char: jimmy woo, char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: marvel girl/phoenix/jean grey, char: namora/aquaria nautica neptunia, char: panther/t'chaka, char: polaris/lorna dane, char: scarlet witch/wanda maximoff, char: sub-mariner/namor mckenzie, char: venus, char: white queen/emma frost, creator: gabriel hardman, creator: jeff parker, creator: salva espin, title: agents of atlas, title: exiles (15 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 13th, 2009
06:36 pm [seriousfic] [Link]	Professor X and Magneto are about to kiss. ( 'Goddamnit, Charles...' ) Tags: char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: professor x/charles xavier, publisher: marvel comics, title: uncanny x-men (31 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 3rd, 2009
01:59 am [proteus_lives] [Link]	The Death of Doug Ramsey Greetings True Believers! I saw several New X-Men posts and it got me thinking about the original crew of muties, The New Mutants. Aside from a few holes, I own pretty much all of the original 100 issue run of NM. To this day it's one of my favorite comic series. Serious, funny, heart-breaking, great characters. In an era where the phrase "Protecting a world that fears and hates them." really meant something. New Mutants was Buffy before Buffy. Outcasts, nerds, jocks, pagans, farmboys, casanovas, mean teachers, evil adults, the agonies of growing up. All while being mutants who occasionally have to save the world and live up to the mantles of those who came before them. This post is from the TPB, Fall of the Mutants. An X-Crossover (Back when crossovers were still a new/clever idea.) It concerns the death of one of the New Mutants. A boy named Doug Ramsey. His code name was Cypher and his power was Omnilingualism, meaning he could translate any language spoken, written or on a computer. Weird huh? His death was controversial. He was apparently one of those character you either loved or hated. (He's also one of the few MU characters that has never returned from the dead. So his death still has some impact.) What did you think of Doug Ramsey? ( Read more... ) Current Location: Outer Dark Tags: char: ani-mator/frederick animus, char: bird-brain, char: cannonball/sam guthrie, char: cypher/doug ramsey, char: magik/ilyanna rasputin, char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: mirage/danielle moonstar, char: sunspot/roberto da costa, char: warlock, char: wolfsbane/rahne sinclair, creator: bret blevins, creator: louise simonson, group: new mutants, publisher: marvel comics, title: new mutants (17 comments \| Leave a comment)
April 30th, 2009
12:01 am [xdoop] [Link]	Magneto and Wolverine. ( Now here is a riddle to guess if you can. Who is the monster and who is the man? ) Tags: char: magik/ilyanna rasputin, char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: wolverine/logan/james howlett, group: x-men, publisher: marvel comics (26 comments \| Leave a comment)
April 12th, 2009
11:02 am [xdoop] [Link]	Magneto and Xavier, in "Defying Gravity" ( Video behind the cut. ) Tags: char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: professor x/charles xavier, creator: alan davis, group: x-men, publisher: marvel comics (8 comments \| Leave a comment)
March 9th, 2009
01:26 am [nonners] [Link]	Pietro and Wanda: Iffy Long Before Ultimates Context? Who needs it? ( Read more... ) Tags: char: ant-man/wasp/hank pym, char: captain america/steve rogers, char: hawkeye/ronin/clint barton, char: hercules/marvel, char: magneto/erik magnus lehnsherr, char: quicksilver/pietro maximoff, char: scarlet witch/wanda maximoff, publisher: marvel comics (20 comments \| Leave a comment)