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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 28, 2014 15:03:34 GMT -5
I've heard that, although the letters page didn't reflect it, reader mail was heavily negative about his version (except for Namorita; folks seemed to love Namorita). Yes, I was 15 when she debuted. I remember Namorita very clearly. Remember her outfit in Marvel Two-In-One #2? It's been close to forty years since I read it but I haven't forgotten that comic!
Gil Kane art!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 28, 2014 16:02:39 GMT -5
I've heard that, although the letters page didn't reflect it, reader mail was heavily negative about his version (except for Namorita; folks seemed to love Namorita). Yes, I was 15 when she debuted. I remember Namorita very clearly. First time I saw her was in New Warriors, #44 I think was the first issue I bought. Though I wouldn't include her costume in that team here, as it seemed functional, feminine and appropriate for a gal whose Atlantean. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 28, 2014 17:35:35 GMT -5
I don't remember Gil Kane's version and I've never seen a New Warriors comic - looking at some of the covers, her skin must have turned Atlantean blue at some point. Bill Everett's original version was a radiantly pretty Caucasian-skinned blonde in a bikini.
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 28, 2014 17:47:27 GMT -5
I don't remember Gil Kane's version and I've never seen a New Warriors comic - looking at some of the covers, her skin must have turned Atlantean blue at some point. Bill Everett's original version was a radiantly pretty Caucasian-skinned blonde in a bikini. Here's the Kane version from MTiO #1: Attachment DeletedCan't help with the New Warriors look. Cei-U! Have scan, will travel! |
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 28, 2014 17:57:34 GMT -5
Yep, that's the Everett look I remember, as done by Kane.
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Post by Paradox on Oct 28, 2014 18:03:51 GMT -5
Yes, at one point...early 2000s, I think, they physically changed her to blue and more scaly like the "original Atlanteans".
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 28, 2014 18:20:10 GMT -5
Yes, at one point...early 2000s, I think, they physically changed her to blue and more scaly like the "original Atlanteans". The 90s New Warriors brought about this Namorita, which minus scales I guess, just got blue skin and a more aquatic look rather than human look. Though I don't remember the changes to get powers if any. It's the only New Warriors I've read so I've not seen the one you speak of.  |
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 28, 2014 23:10:31 GMT -5
Wow ! I've never seen this look for Namorita but love it.
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Post by Dizzy D on Oct 29, 2014 4:37:14 GMT -5
She had several looks during New Warriors and she has changed back and forth a bit over the years between skin colours IIRC. Last I saw her (DnA Nova) she was Caucasian again. (Haven't read the currrent New Warriors series, but I don't think she is in the current line-up).
I quite like the blue look they had for her (they did have a terrible photocover when they introduced that look though).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 6:44:54 GMT -5
Spiderman is my favorite Marvel Hero - At one point he fought a villain by the name of Chameleon, this is the worst rendering of him ever.  Chameleon from Marvel Comics |
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Post by the4thpip on Oct 29, 2014 6:54:09 GMT -5
Yes, at one point...early 2000s, I think, they physically changed her to blue and more scaly like the "original Atlanteans". Was that around the time they turned the Wasp into a wasp-like creature and hinted that Wolverine was really a mutated animal? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 7:03:03 GMT -5
How about this rendering of Jubilee from X-Men?  Terrible! |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 29, 2014 7:58:03 GMT -5
She had several looks during New Warriors and she has changed back and forth a bit over the years between skin colours IIRC. Last I saw her (DnA Nova) she was Caucasian again. (Haven't read the currrent New Warriors series, but I don't think she is in the current line-up). I quite like the blue look they had for her (they did have a terrible photocover when they introduced that look though). I had forgotten she was in Abnett & Lanning's Nova, though I don't have the whole series. I think up to around #20 or so. So she might not have been in it yet. Are you talking about this one? It was my first New Warriors comic. How about this rendering of Jubilee from X-Men? Terrible! Not all the AoA costumes were a improvement or at least a equally interesting look as their original 616 counterparts at the time. But for me, there were a lot of AoA costumes that would be included in a "Favorite Character's Favorite Costume" thread. Though not many of them from Gambit & the X-ternals were that good. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Oct 29, 2014 8:45:24 GMT -5
She had several looks during New Warriors and she has changed back and forth a bit over the years between skin colours IIRC. Last I saw her (DnA Nova) she was Caucasian again. (Haven't read the currrent New Warriors series, but I don't think she is in the current line-up). I quite like the blue look they had for her (they did have a terrible photocover when they introduced that look though). I had forgotten she was in Abnett & Lanning's Nova, though I don't have the whole series. I think up to around #20 or so. So she might not have been in it yet. Are you talking about this one? It was my first New Warriors comic. How about this rendering of Jubilee from X-Men? Terrible! Not all the AoA costumes were a improvement or at least a equally interesting look as their original 616 counterparts at the time. But for me, there were a lot of AoA costumes that would be included in a "Favorite Character's Favorite Costume" thread. Though not many of them from Gambit & the X-ternals were that good. That's the cover, yes. And Namorita indeed turned up at the end of the series. (Issue #32 starts the storyline that would bring her back). And I can forgive them for having bad costumes in AoA. They were meant to look like they were put together from whatever they could scavenge. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 29, 2014 9:32:11 GMT -5
That's the cover, yes. And Namorita indeed turned up at the end of the series. (Issue #32 starts the storyline that would bring her back). And I can forgive them for having bad costumes in AoA. They were meant to look like they were put together from whatever they could scavenge. Ah, I see. An interesting read at all? I enjoyed up to where I left off with Nova. It along with Abnett & Lanning's GotG, and Darkhawk are a few of the post Conquest stories I would like to catch up with at some point. Good point on the AoA costumes. It never really clicked that in a environment like that, scavenging for a functional and protective armor/costume, would be appropriate. Some of them didn't change much (Cyclops being a hugely noticeable one, and for that matter, himself as a character either) but some like Nightcrawler, Sabertooth/Wildchild and Blink's were far better than their 616 versions. |
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