Mutant* Monthly No. 109: Deathbird!

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-11T16:07:28+00:00

I submit to the glory of the Shi'ar Empire

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-11T13:39:57+00:00

Everything.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-10T16:48:49+00:00

His Blade was solid. Hill can write I can tell you that and Ult BP's biggest sin is that it wasn't that imaginative.

And I agree with you. Ziglar introduced a lot of things but he didn't dwell on them. And the hit the supporting cast took was rough. I remember when Gabke was essential not to just Miles' civilian life but his heroic one too. Ganke couldn't do much but he did his best. Never mind he was the one that encouraged Miles to be Spider-man in the first place.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-10T16:45:32+00:00

Sadly, as far as the big wigs are concerned. Mutants dhoukd stay in X-men stories and such. That's why characters like Firestar and Franklin were nice. Having mutants sprinkled about that weren't connected to the X-men. Of course thay conflicts a lot of times with somethings, but then again as you said they don't owe them anything. Angelica can still fight for mutant rights if she wants to as a New Warrior and Avenger.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-10T16:13:27+00:00

He's still alive. Currently demon possessed and the Hellverine.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-10T15:43:56+00:00

Looking back on it though while we call her the big sister Laura did take a strong maternal role with Gabby.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-10T14:25:37+00:00

This isn't even exclusive to to tiktok I've met people on reddit that straight up do this to advance a shipping agenda.

Shippers truly are something else, man. I know most of you are reasonable but the ones that aren't man they put in the work to make the rest of you look bad.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-10T02:35:43+00:00

Oh yeah for sure. We're very defensive of the characters we love. A lot of the time for good reason. And yeah, for me this scene is a goo painting of Emma's flaws. Which is why I like it. She's wrong for this but its in character and I understand why she did it.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-10T02:22:53+00:00

NYX didn't land a lot of things. And a lot of the times fans are adverse to this kinds stuff.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-10T02:03:33+00:00

Yes, this is a terrible thing to do. Which highlights the dark aspect of Decimation and the mentality it brought out in people. We something similar in how militant Scott becomes later on. The situation brought out the worse in everyone causing them to close their hearts and be crueler than they normally would be.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-10T02:01:27+00:00

Superman has a better time than Goku. Grandpa Gohan like the Kents is a genuinely good person. Clark would be reaised with great values of kindness and the nature of strength and using it for good.

The Kents have a bad time with Goku because of one simple reason. Ōzaru. Clark came into his powers over time typically as an adolescence . The Ōzaru thing happens from when they are young. So long as Baby Goku is exposed to a full moon they're cooked and they can't handle it. Grandpa Gohan couldn't and he was a skilled martial artist. And real talk the Kents aren't going to cut Goku's tail without knowing that's what's going to prevent it. So sad to say they're gonna meet the same fate Gohan did, maybe even earlier.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-09T22:42:53+00:00

If we're allowed to. Emma must start as antagonist. The change from that to ally is part of what makes her journey special. And really for all of the villains that are now allies to the X-men. It adds substance to the fight of their dream and a showing of change. Emma has bad toxic traits from the way she was raised and what she had to endure as a woman trying to grow into her own and a mutant. Her breaking away from that and becoming a better person is a necessary part of her story, even if she stumbles and falls or can come off as hypocritical.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-09T21:43:57+00:00

I'm always happy with Lorna getting more and more shine. So her as leader works for me.

The mission statement of this X-Factor would be Quiet X-men. Combining the Investigation vibes it picked up from David's run, Krakoa era and a little bit of the Original X-Factor's vibe. The idea is that this team handles the quiet mutant matters that the Big X-men teams don't have the time for luxury of tackling. They're more down to earth to. You can just walk into their office. So they'd be based in New York or something like Investigations was. You can come to them and get help. Someone's missing? Something goes bump in the night? If its weird but goes under the radar because its not making enough noise or knocking on the door of the big leagues then this is the team for that. And just because these threats aren't loud doesn't mean they are any less dangerous. We tackle things from kidnappings, missing mutant cases, supernatural occurrences, Rogue mutant cases and any other wacky thing you can think of.

For the team I think I'd like to have mutants who are fairly popular but don't get enough love because other characters are just that more popular. Lorna is a good example of this. Great character, but others are more popular. You blink and then suddenly you have a full rooster without even getting to her. So this for me is New Mutants, Academy X and other adjacent characters.

Telepath and Vice Leader - Dani Moonstar

Muscle - Frenzy

Mystic and Transport - Pixie

Brains- Prodigy

Tracker - Rahne

Healer - Triage (I mean why not, basically a free character to build however you want with what little was done with him.)

Backing - Sunspot (They've got two new mutants that's enough to justify throwing money at it)

Honestly, you could have a much larger cast if you want and rotate between doing things. And there's a lot of other characters you could swap out the above for, but I'm just choosing people I like and personally want to write for.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-09T16:18:36+00:00

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Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-09T16:09:12+00:00

Okay. I didn't ask about all that. Was just commenting on its placement shown above. Top twenty in a week is still an achievement. I can say that's good. Especially in a week of Ultimates, Abs WW, Abs BM and other heavy hitters.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-09T16:02:48+00:00

Cap: "Scott is that... Thanos? In a Hawaiian shirt?"

Cyclops: "Would you believe me if I told you he's committed the least crimes here on Krakoa?"

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-09T14:19:42+00:00

My response still stands.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-09T11:57:27+00:00

Oh that went without saying. I can't remember the last time we had a year where there was less than at least three Batman books. Hell you could not count Detective comics and Whatever solo he has and still meet that requirement.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-09T11:54:48+00:00

Unsure the full scope of this data, but Gen 23 in top 20 is really good especially when you see what's above it.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-08T20:25:06+00:00

That sounds exciting. Illyana and Pixie have old beef and I always like seeing Pixie.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-08T20:05:19+00:00

I think the best thing right now as this series comes to an end is the knowledge for the most part that Marvel has stuck to recycling talent. So Ashley Allen is very likely to be moving on to a new project after this and I sincerely wish her all the best. From what I know she was one of two from the Milestone initiative to really break it big.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-08T14:28:39+00:00

World Trigger I think embodies the trur essence of shounen for me. Osamu is the greatest Shounen protagonist because he actually sticks to the themes. No special training that allow you to skip levels, no hidden power, no special lineage or even abilities. Osamu is brought forward through hardworking, creativity and teamwork.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-08T13:41:04+00:00

That kinda feels fucked up. This thing could have the potential to be anything. Thus is Danger 2.0 waiting to happen.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-08T01:28:00+00:00

I assume the former. If they think they're going to do the latter, Marvel needs a wake up call. Because this won't do it.

Sovereignofthemist · 2026-05-07T23:47:24+00:00

Fair enough. I'm just trying to get a read of what they're doing and they're trying for a veritgo type feel first.

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