response 26 of 40:

Apr 19 17:30 UTC 1999

Excalibur ended with issue #125 and i believe the team may 
have disbanded, but either way.. it saw
Nightcrawler, Collossus, and Kitty Pryde returning
to the US and the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men #360 and X-Men #80.

i personally believe that any character has the capability to
be "popular" if given a good writer and enough word of mouth.
i guess the trick is to make a character so "kewl" that people
will buy his comics even when the writing sucks.

Characters I feel are worthy of half Wolverine's Recognition:
(again i feel any character could be.. but here's a few off the top
of my head)- Spider-Man 2099, Prowler, Nova, Black Cat, Blue Shield,
Quasar, Silver Sable, Sleepwalker.... any of these characters are
interesting enough to merit the recognition Wolverine gets, but don't get
hardly any.. something i'd attempt to remedy if i ever became a comics writer.

response 28 of 40:

Jun 16 08:17 UTC 1999

but hell, they've been baiting us since December of last year =P

response 30 of 40:

Jul 4 17:05 UTC 1999

will do. as soon as i go back and reread the response you're responding to.

response 32 of 40:

Jul 29 21:27 UTC 1999

as far as I can see, they are continuing to delay the possibility of 
Wolvie getting back any adamantium.

response 34 of 40:

Aug 11 19:14 UTC 1999

heh, Marvel just decides to give its characters a challenge and a change 
every so often.  I'm not sure if Capt. America got back his original 
shield, for example..isn't he still carrying that energy one?

returning the adamantium, I think, will just be a people pleas

response 36 of 40:

Aug 16 23:23 UTC 1999

really?  Hmmm, I'm not sure, either, but the adamantium was said to have
repressed his feral instincts somewhat.  I have said it was harder for Wolvie
to fight without the adamantium because he had to think harder to make up for
the disadvantage.  Apparently, he thinks harder not just to compensate for the
physical damage loss..and that his claws can now be broken, but he has to fight
to repress the animal urges now.



That's why I found it interesting they gave Sabertooth adamantium.  One more
plot development, and *BAM* he had a sense of honor that drove him crazy.



I'm sure you remember the Seige Perilous story.  Since Wolvie didn't pass
through the Seige Perilous, being nailed to a crucifix, he suffered a reduced
health factor due to the trauma of ripping himself off.  Thereafter, his body
began rejecting the adamantium transplants, causing him excruciating pain from
time to time.  He was quoted as saying pain was good for him.  By the way,
Jubilee was with him at the time he went down-- she didn't pass through the
Seige Perilous either-- and I wonder if Marvel ever decided to make good on
that fact with another story idea.



I think I also mentioned that this was akin to the fact DC has been giving
Superman numerous challenges-- Superman and Batman have been compared in..I
believe it was this conference, and it was Batman himself who pointed out Supe
could beat anyone with his hands tied behind his back.  Interesting to see the
writers noted what we did here.  I think Marvel has been doing this to Wolvie
just to promote some better character development.  I still disagree that
keeping him mysterious and as a supporting character would have been the best
idea-- I've liked some of the challenges.

response 38 of 40:

Sep 29 22:58 UTC 1999

hehehe.. too late.  Everything that Marvel has said in recent issues 
(editorials, I mean) seem to say that Wolvie *will* get his adamantium 
back, and probably in issue #145 or so.

response 40 of 40:

Sep 30 01:33 UTC 1999

i think issue #145 is next month so we'll know then and
there should be some sort of hints in #144 which i'll be 
picking up tomorrow on the weekly comic shop run.