January 22. Today is our birthday, Martians. And there’s nothing more poignant than sharing the moment of birth — especially if what’s being born is a hideous mutant! Let’s have a look at the conception and birth scene of X-Men‘s Nightcrawler. Writer Chuck Austen reveals Mystique as Nightcrawler’s mom!
Sean Phillips rocks the artwork on Nightcrawler’s birth. This sets the stage for even more mind-blowing artwork by Phillip Tan in the Draco storyline, where we learn more about Nightcrawler’s demonic dad. Phillip Tan did the cover for this issue. Tan would stay on the book for too short a time. We really dig his style: distinctive, detailed, and over-the-top.
Chuck Austen’s run on Uncanny X-Men (#410-443) and X-Men (#155-164) is much maligned, but it does have some pretty awesome moments!
Collector’s Guide: From Uncanny X-Men #428.
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I’ve proposed a slightly different origin for Kurt.
Hope you come and weigh in:)
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Quite a bit of research you’ve done there, Nathan!
Those of you who haven’t seen Nathan’s “fan fix” site, here’s his post about the twists and turns of nightcrawler’s origins prior to the stoy we posted here:
http://fanfix.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/nightcrawlers-parentage/
If you’ve ever wanted to clean up some convoluted continuity or just explore your own possibilities for dangling story threads, check out Nathan’s “How Would You Fix…?”
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Thanks so much:)
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