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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 8, 2017 12:19:35 GMT -5
I was wondering, did they ever resolve the Red Skull having Professor X's brain (like, did he lose it, or did they just start ignoring it) Red Skull having Chuck Xaviers brain was resolved underwhelmingly in the pages of Uncanny Avengers. After Red Skull was defeated I think Rogue cremated the brain but can't remember exactly. Gah. If Xavier's brain was still functional, why didn't they just bring Charles back? It's not as if he hadn't been cloned before. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2017 14:52:13 GMT -5
Ye gods, that sucked so badly it's untrue. Haven't been so disillusioned with Marvel's output since I bailed on comics completely in the mid-80s. My read list is down into low single digits, and I don't think I'm far from giving up entirely - I think all I'm left with at the moment are Thor, Old Man Logan and Astro City.
By the way, for those of you who think Xavier is gone, check out Astonishing X-Men (or don't, it's not actually very good, but Xavier is in it)
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 8, 2017 15:04:48 GMT -5
Red Skull having Chuck Xaviers brain was resolved underwhelmingly in the pages of Uncanny Avengers. After Red Skull was defeated I think Rogue cremated the brain but can't remember exactly. Gah. If Xavier's brain was still functional, why didn't they just bring Charles back? It's not as if he hadn't been cloned before. I don't remember the exact mechanics, but IIRC from Uncanny Avengers, Red Skull stole the body and somehow hooked the brain up to some machine so he could have his mental powers. He also somehow made his own mutants (not sure if that was related or not). |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 8, 2017 15:37:03 GMT -5
Ye gods, that sucked so badly it's untrue. Haven't been so disillusioned with Marvel's output since I bailed on comics completely in the mid-80s. My read list is down into low single digits, and I don't think I'm far from giving up entirely - I think all I'm left with at the moment are Thor, Old Man Logan and Astro City. By the eway, for those of you who think Xavier is gone, check out Astonishing X-Men (or don't, it's not actually very good, but Xavier is in it) Really? In what capacity? (Come on Marvel... give us a time-displaced teenage Xavier! That's what all of comicdom wants!)  |
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Post by Warmonger on Sept 8, 2017 15:48:10 GMT -5
So was there ever any endgame with Frank turning on Cap/Hydra or anything?
Because I don't buy the theory for a second that Castle would willingly participate in the annhilation of thousands of innocent people just to please Cap and be given the authority to wage his war with no interference.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 9, 2017 8:43:38 GMT -5
I could see them dealing with that a bit in the epilogue, but they may also just ignore it completely and do something else, as they did with Superior Iron Man.
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 9, 2017 17:30:23 GMT -5
Red Skull having Chuck Xaviers brain was resolved underwhelmingly in the pages of Uncanny Avengers. After Red Skull was defeated I think Rogue cremated the brain but can't remember exactly. Gah. If Xavier's brain was still functional, why didn't they just bring Charles back? It's not as if he hadn't been cloned before. It wasn't that simple. The Skull had half of Xavier's brain grafted to his own. His personality was gone, the Skull just had the part that gave him his powers. It was removed from him by Beast, who can now apparently perform brain surgery and build time machines despite being a biochemist. |
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 9, 2017 17:31:50 GMT -5
Gah. If Xavier's brain was still functional, why didn't they just bring Charles back? It's not as if he hadn't been cloned before. I don't remember the exact mechanics, but IIRC from Uncanny Avengers, Red Skull stole the body and somehow hooked the brain up to some machine so he could have his mental powers. He also somehow made his own mutants (not sure if that was related or not). I think you're misremembering. |
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Post by bor on Sept 10, 2017 0:07:17 GMT -5
Gah. If Xavier's brain was still functional, why didn't they just bring Charles back? It's not as if he hadn't been cloned before. It wasn't that simple. The Skull had half of Xavier's brain grafted to his own. His personality was gone, the Skull just had the part that gave him his powers. It was removed from him by Beast, who can now apparently perform brain surgery and build time machines despite being a biochemist. Yeah Beast, like most of the big brains in the Marvel universe, has really become a general expert in most science fields insted of having a focus in recent years. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Sept 11, 2017 0:06:16 GMT -5
Gah. If Xavier's brain was still functional, why didn't they just bring Charles back? It's not as if he hadn't been cloned before. It wasn't that simple. The Skull had half of Xavier's brain grafted to his own. His personality was gone, the Skull just had the part that gave him his powers. It was removed from him by Beast, who can now apparently perform brain surgery and build time machines despite being a biochemist. In Marvel having a graduate degree (even in, say, economics) makes you an expert in every field of science and also lets you build androids. It is nice to see that SOME writers understand Marvel canon as it dates back to Smilin' Stan. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 11, 2017 6:01:30 GMT -5
I don't remember the exact mechanics, but IIRC from Uncanny Avengers, Red Skull stole the body and somehow hooked the brain up to some machine so he could have his mental powers. He also somehow made his own mutants (not sure if that was related or not). I think you're misremembering. I read a few issues last night... it seems he still had the powers right after standoff, but he was in hiding with his daughter for some reason. Not sure I care enough to read more (they're pretty bad) but we'll see  |
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 11, 2017 8:43:43 GMT -5
I think you're misremembering. I read a few issues last night... it seems he still had the powers right after standoff, but he was in hiding with his daughter for some reason. Not sure I care enough to read more (they're pretty bad) but we'll see No, I mean he had Xavier's powers, but no hooking up to machines was involved-he had part of Xavier's brain in his own skull. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 11, 2017 21:09:45 GMT -5
ahhh.. OK, I gotcha. He was only in one panel, so it wasn't clear. Now that you say that it sounds familar.
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Post by String on Sept 13, 2017 11:43:11 GMT -5
Gah. If Xavier's brain was still functional, why didn't they just bring Charles back? It's not as if he hadn't been cloned before. It wasn't that simple. The Skull had half of Xavier's brain grafted to his own. His personality was gone, the Skull just had the part that gave him his powers. It was removed from him by Beast, who can now apparently perform brain surgery and build time machines despite being a biochemist. Beast can be blamed for quite a bit of crazy and irresponsible things of late but not for this.  |
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 13, 2017 15:14:38 GMT -5
It wasn't that simple. The Skull had half of Xavier's brain grafted to his own. His personality was gone, the Skull just had the part that gave him his powers. It was removed from him by Beast, who can now apparently perform brain surgery and build time machines despite being a biochemist. Beast can be blamed for quite a bit of crazy and irresponsible things of late but not for this. I meant Beast removed the brain from the Red Skull, not from Xavier... |
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