Re: The importance of Kid Vulcan as a new X-Man?
- From: Michael <jandm16@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:07:09 -0700
Jimmy Fury wrote:
I'm guessing this topic is kind of spoiler-ish if you haven't been
keeping up with Deadly Genesis. If not, why not? So, mini spoiler
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Ok, I've been thinking about how important it is that Kid Vulcan is a
successful addition to the X-Men cast, primarily as a new (old?) X-Man.
Bear with me on this.
Think of all the non-successful attempts in recent years to add new
characters to the core X-Men roster. Marrow, Maggott and Cecilia Reyes
for better or worse never really stuck around. Slipstream, Lifeguard,
Thunderbird III - the less said, the better (or maybe they never got
their chance either). Most of Generation X have been killed off or
depowered, and the original New Mutants disappointingly never seemed to
have graduated to being full X-Men - with the possible exception of
Cannonball, and let's face it he's been on and off the cast like a
yo-yo. Juggernaut left when Austen and is now on a side book, Sage got
booted off the main cast for Psylocke's ressurection - and unless
Claremont writes her, I don't see her returning (despite the fact I
personally think she's been very well integrated, when she isn't just a
walking deus ex machina). Emma Frost may be the only "new" X-Man to
have truly stuck around - but then again, her ascent to X-Man status
has been a very very long one, consistent with the character, and
perhaps well earned. However that said, given the way the wind seems
to be blowing, she could become a villian yet again...
The point is this. Given the large pile of unsuccessful, non-permanent
additions to the main X-Men cast, hopefully a good, interesting
character will be the one to break this rut. Will it be Kid Vulcan?
Hopefully. He has a backstory that ties him in important ways to the
X-Men. He has a direct familial relationship with Cyclops and Havok.
He's set to be the driver of the first Brubaker written Uncanny X-Men
arc. His chances of success, on paper at least, seem almost a dead
cert.
But will he be? If Kid Vulcan fails as a character - if once Brubaker
leaves, he's just shuffled off into limbo - what chances are there for
*any other new X-Men*? Or should they work at developing existing
characters, or finally letting in the New Mutants or Gen X into the
cast?
Thoughts, feelings, opinions? Does what I'm saying make any sense? I
hope so.
Except that (still a Kid?) Vulcan is slated to be a villain.
Michael
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