Category Archives: Forgotten Characters
UN-Forgotten Characters: Phantazia
Sometimes, all you have to do is wait for everything to fall apart. At long last, after years of the Krakoa-era of the X-Men comics, obscure Brotherhood of Mutants villain Phantazia has finally made an appearance. She’s never been a popular character or a major character. But she’s got a damn cool look, and it’s surprising nobody uses her more.
Not that she’s being used now.
Still, we’re in the Fall of X crossover now, with Krakoa falling apart. And only now has Phantazia appeared. Was she on Krakoa all along? What’s she doing now? Did she play a hand in the fall? We’re…probably never going to find out.
Join me after the jump for Phantazia’s brief return!
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UN-Forgotten Characters: Southpaw
He did it. That mad man did it!
At long last, after nearly two decades of build-up, writer Dan Slott has finally brought us the Reckoning War in the pages of Fantastic Four. And in doing so, he’s finally brought together the characters of Gauntlet and Southpaw as they were always meant to be: cannon fodder for an evil, alien suit of armor.
Most importantly for this moment, it’s Southpaw’s first appearance in more than a decade.
I haven’t been reading Reckoning War, so I can’t exactly comment on how awesome it probably is. But I did recently learn that this moment I’ve been waiting for for many years has finally arrived. Sort of. Not exactly the way I wanted it to go down, but it has happened nonetheless. And I think it’s a neat enough occurrence to mark the occasion.
Join me after the jump for why it’s a big deal that Southpaw is back!
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Whatever happened to that new Pyro?
When the X-Men moved to Krakoa and introduced mutant resurrection, one of the most prominent characters brought back from the dead was the classic X-Men villain Pyro. He’s an all-star member of the Brotherhood of Mutants, and died a tragic death from the legacy virus way back in the ancient year of 2000. When he returned in the Krakoa-era, Pyro was one of the main characters in the new Marauders series. He’s been a prominent player ever since.
But his return seems to have kicked out a new Pyro introduced shortly before Krakoa.
X-Men: Blue and X-Men: Gold were one of the last major status quo shifts before Marvel completely upended the X-Men. Classic team designations, new characters and prominent storylines saw the X-Men franchise take one last, desperate gasp at being normal before writer Jonathan Hickman changed everything. And the new Pyro was a medium player in X-Men: Gold.
So why hasn’t he been welcomed in the new mutant nation of Krakoa? Join me after the jump to learn more about this guy!
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UN-Forgotten Characters: Rhapsody Has Returned
Every comic book character is somebody’s favorite. There have been so many comics across so many decades, with so many people reading them at random, that certain issues and certain characters are going to stick with those people.
One of those characters for me is the mutant Rhapsody, a character who made a single storyline appearance in an issue of Peter David’s X-Factor all the way back in 1992. I don’t remember how little 9-year-old me got ahold of the issue, but so much about what I love in comics can be traced directly back to X-Factor #79.
Join me after the jump for the full story and Rhapsody’s return at the Hellfire Gala!
Read the rest of this entryForgotten Characters: Phantazia
Whatever happened to Phantazia?
There are a bajillion different mutants in the X-Men corner of comics, and I’m sure more than a few have been left by the wayside over the decades. But what about Phantazia? She looks cool and she was a female member of the Brotherhood of Mutants before it was cool!
Phantazia is one of those weird characters who pops up in a specific role, gets used in the background a couple of times and then disappears almost completely. But you can’t deny that she has a really cool look. Purple is a badass super-villain color.
So what became of that cool looking female member of the Brotherhood? Join me after the jump to find out!
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