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This week it’s a lot of fun and games. I’m bringing in a new character, Santa Jim or Santa Mister Marvel I’ll explain later.

Oh boy… *shakes head*


Tim emails

I am going through an obscure Spider villain phase so how ’bout some info on the following folk?

Light Master?

Real Name: Dr. Edward Lansky.
Occupation: Physics professor, Vice-Chancellor of Empire State University. Criminal
Place of Birth: New York City.
Marital Status: Single.
Known Relatives: None.
Powers: Flight. Light bursts and other manipulations of light.
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 175 lbs.
Eyes: Brown.
Hair: Brown.
First Appearance: Spectacular Spider-Man Vol.1 #1

Slide?

Real Name: Jalome Beacher
Occupation: Chemical Engineer turned Criminal
Place of Birth: unknown
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: none
Powers: Move at very high speeds by means of sliding and also almost impossible to grasp
Height: unknown
Weight: unknown
Eyes: unknown
Hair: unknown
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #272

Bloodshed?

Real Name: Wyndell Dichinson
Occupation: Carjacker, mercenary and drug-dealer.
Place of Birth: New York.
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: Richard Dichinson, brother
Powers: Enhanced physical abilities.
Height: Unknown.
Weight: Unknown.
Eyes: Brown.
Hair: Black.
First Appearance: Web of Spider-Man # 81

Hypertron?

Real Name: Sturdevant E. Robbins
Occupation: PR Agent turned criminal
Place of Birth: unknown
Marital Status: married
Known Relatives: none
Powers: suit and disks
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
First Appearance: Web of Spider-Man # 83

Override?

Real Name: Greg Herd
Occupation: Scientist, bounty hunter
Place of Birth: unknown
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Annie Herd (wife, Aura)
Powers: override and control machinery and electronics within range.
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Eyes: Unknown
Hair: Unknown
First Appearance: Spectacular Scarlet Spider # 1

Will o’ Wisp?

Real Name: Jackson Arvad
Occupation: Adventurer, former scientist, criminal
Place of Birth: Scranton, Pennsylvania
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: none
Group Affiliation: The Outlaws
Powers: subsonic flight speed, enhanced reflexes, peak human stamina and reflexes
Height: 6′ 1″
Weight: 195 lbs.
Eyes: White
Hair: blond
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Vol1 # 167

And, of course, Spot?

Real Name: Jonathan Ohnn
Occupation: Researcher employed by Kingpin
Place of Birth: unknown
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: none
Powers: powers come from the spot-like space warps on his body. The warps connect Spot to the Spotted Dimension, and he can reside in either dimension.
Height: 5′ 10″
Weight: 170 lbs.
Eyes: blue (white as Spot)
Hair: black (none as Spot)
First Appearance: Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 # 98


Dan emails

I’ve been a big fan of Deadpool for years and a big fan of City of Heroes since it came out, which brought up this question: is Deadpool a mutant or is his origin science-based? No one I talk to can agree on this one. Even Marvel called him a mutant in the solicitations for Cable/Deadpool #1.

Deadpool is mutant. He was born with the X-Factor gene and fast healing factor.

Yup, DP is definitely a mutant, he most likely wouldn’t have survived the Weapon X process if he wasn’t. And City of Heroes does kick all kinds of ass! – The Overlord


The Dark posted

Here are some more questions. Hopefully, I will make it into the article again!

Who are the Stepford Cuckoos? I am kinda out of the loop with X-Men at the moment. What powers do they have?

The members: Celeste, Esme, Mindee, Phoebe, and Sophie Cuckoo
First Appearance: New X-Men 118
Powers: telepathic powers that work when they’re together.

If you could design your own team in the 616 universe, who would be on it and who would be their top foe?

Hmm. Good question. I’ll go with a 10-member team. Just because I need a nice roster:

Captain America (leader)
Spider-Man (comic relief)
Thor (strength)
Silver Surfer (pure power)
Mister Fantastic (brains of the operation)
Doctor Strange (magic)
Invisible Woman (tactics)
Elektra (fighter)
Phoenix (Jean, telepathy)
Rogue (just because)

This team would fight just about any villain, but their top villains would be Thanos, Doom, & Magneto.

Did any other countries try the whole super soldier/Weapon X project like America and Canada did?

Russia had its own little ideas with such people like Omega Red and the Super Soviets.
Sunfire has mostly mutants helping him.
England has had different heroes but I don’t think any were “created” by the government.
Germany did create the Red Skull and a few others in WWII.

I remember Bullseye having a spine coated in adamantium. How did he get it?

We’ve covered this before I think but I’ll do it again. After Daredevil paralyzed him, Bullseye underwent an adamantium bonding process that not only granted him mobility, but made his skeleton virtually unbreakable. Although developed by Dark Wind, the same man who perfected the process that replaced Wolverine’s skeleton with adamantium, this procedure appears to only lace the bones with adamantium.

Here is a question that has racked my pal’s brain for a long time: Juggernaut can’t be stopped once in motion and the Blob can’t be moved when he sets himself. What would happen should Juggy charge the Blob?

I’ll go with a stale mate.

Back when he was at full strength, I’d say Juggs would take down the Blob no problem. Nowadays, it could go either way. – The Overlord

What has the spider-villain, Shocker, been up to?

He’s still involved in crime. Actually he appeared recently during the Secret War limited series, plus I have a feeling he may show up in MK Spider-Man too.

Yeah, that’s enough. Don’t want to be a pest.

Don’t worry you’re no pest.


X-Men The End # 6

This will end the first part of the limited series and will cover the new characters in issue 6.

Nico

Real Name: Nico
Occupation: student
Place Of Birth: unknown
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: unknown
Group Affiliation: none
Height: unknown
Weight: unknown
Eyes: blue
Hair: blond
First Appearance: X-Men The End # 6

Spikes

Northstar
Real Name: Jean-Paul Beaubier
Occupation: Adventurer, former professional skier, terrorist in French Canadian separatist movement
Other Aliases: Jean-Paul Martin
Place Of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: unnamed mother (deceased), unnamed father (deceased), Jean-Marie Beaubier (twin sister, aka Aurora), Louis Martin (mother’s cousin, adoptive father, deceased), Mrs. Martin (mother’s cousin-by-marriage, adpotive mother, deceased)
Group Affiliation: X-Men, former member of Alpha Flight
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 125 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #120

Kid Colossus

Real Name: Peter Rasputin Jr.
Occupation: Adventurer
Other Aliases: Colossus II
Place Of Birth: Savage Land
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin (Father, Colossus),
Group Affiliation: X-Men
Height: unknown
Weight: unknown
Eyes: Blue, (transformed) Silver
Hair: Black
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men Annual #12

Juggernaut

Real Name: Cain Marko
Occupation: Adventurer, formerly mercenary, soldier
Other Aliases: Formerly Exemplar of Physical Power
Place Of Birth: Berkley, California
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: Kurt Marko (father, deceased), Marjory Marko (mother, deceased), Sharon Xavier Marko (step-mother, deceased), Charles Francis Xavier (step-brother, aka Professor X), David Charles Haller (nephew, aka Legion, deceased)
Group Affiliation: -X-Men, former partner of Black Tom, formerly Commission on Superhuman Activities, Exemplars
Height: 6′ 10″
Weight: 900 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Here: red brown
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #12

Cargill

Real Name: Johanna Cargill
Occupation: Adventurer, formerly
Other Aliases: Frenzy, Ambassador Cargill
Place Of Birth: unknown
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: none known
Group Affiliation: X-Men, Genoshan Unified Military Patrol, Acolytes, Alliance Of Evil
Height: unknown
Weight: unknown
Eyes: brown
Hair: black
First Appearance: X-Factor # 4

Polaris

Real Name: Lorna Dane (legal name after her adoption, her given name is unrevealed)
Occupation: Adventurer, graduate student in geophysics, former US Government operative
Other Aliases: formerly Polarity, M-2, Magneto II, Malice IV
Place Of Birth: unknown
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: Erik Lehnsherr (father, aka Magneto), unnamed mother (deceased), Peitro Maximoff (half-brother, aka Quicksilver), Wanda Maximoff (half-sister, aka Scarlet Witch), Zala Dane (sister, aka Zaladane, presumed deceased), unnamed uncle and adoptive father (deceased), unnamed aunt and adoptive mother (deceased), Crystal (sister-in-law), Luna (niece)
Group Affiliation: X-Men, Formerly Acolytes, Genoshan Cabinet, The Twelve, Marauders and X-Factor
Height: 5′ 7″
Weight: 115 lbs.
Eyes: Dark green
Hair: Light green
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #49

Dust

Real Name: Sooraya Qadir
Occupation: Adventurer
Other Aliases: none
Place Of Birth: Afghanistan, former Student
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: none known
Group Affiliation: X-Men, Formerly Hellions
Height: 5′ 3
Weight: 109 lbs
Eyes: brown
Hair: black
First Appearance: X-Men # 133

Wither

Real Name: Kevin Ford
Occupation: Adventurer, former student
Place Of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: Mr. Ford (father, deceased), Mrs. Ford (mother, deceased)
Group Affiliation: X-Men, Formerly New Mutants
Height: 5′ 7″
Weight 131 lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: Brown
First Appearance: New Mutants Vol.3 #3

Diana

Real Name: Diana
Occupation: student
Place Of Birth: unknown
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: none known
Group Affiliation: none
First Appearance: X-Men The End # 6

Oliver

Real Name: Oliver
Occupation: student
Place Of Birth: unknown
Marital Status: single
Known Relatives: none known
Group Affiliation: none
First Appearance: X-Men The End # 6

Magneto

Real Name: Erik Magnus Lehnsherr
Occupation: Revolutionary, leader of Genosha, former would-be conqueror, secret agent, teacher of the New Mutant
Other Aliases: The Creator, White King, White Pilgrim
Place Of Birth: somewhere in Northern Europe
Marital Status: widowed
Known Relatives: unnamed father (deceased), unnamed mother (deceased), unnamed older sister (deceased), Madga (wife, deceased), Ayla (daughter, deceased), Pietro Maximoff (son, aka Quicksilver), Wanda Maximoff (daughter, aka Scarlet Witch), Crystal Maximoff (daughter-in-law), Luna Maximoff (granddaughter)
Group Affiliation: Excalibur, Formerly Ruler of Genosha, Acolytes, Hellfire Club, New Mutants, X-Men, Savage Land Mutates, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Height: 6′ 2″
Weight: 190 lbs.
Eyes: Blue-gray
Hair: White
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men # 1

Callisto

Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Adventurer formerly Model, former leader of the Morlocks, bodyguard for Moira MacTaggert
Other Aliases: none known
Place Of Birth: unknown
Marital Status: unknown
Known Relatives: none known
Group Affiliation: Excalibur, Formerly Morlocks, Gene Nation.
Height: 5′ 9″
Weight: 130 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
First Appearance:

The rest of the series:

Marvel Handbook Issue 1

Marvel Handbook Issue 2

Marvel Handbook Issue 3

Marvel Handbook Issue 4

Marvel Handbook Issue 5


Now it’s time for Santa. Santa Jim that is.

Ho Ho Ho. Alright all you good little boys and girls of Marvel Comics step right up and you will get your gifts.

The first gift will go to Beast. I give you a can of nair. You look like you need a good shave. Here is a razor as well.

The second gift to Professor Xavier. I give you some Rogaine as well as this wig until your hair grows.

The third gift goes to you Cyclops. I give you a full library of joke books. You need a personality.

We continue with Wolverine I give you knife sharpeners and a vacation from comics for a month or two.

Iceman you look cold so I’m giving you two tickets to Hawaii.

For Colossus rust remover and metal polish.

For Pyro a fire extinguisher.

Isn’t Pyro dead?!? – The Overlord

Nightcrawler I’m sending you to a brothel to get you out of that church kick.

For Kitty Pryde I give you a litter box.

Emma I’m sending you to become a nun.

Scarlet Witch I give you a Ouija board.

Rogue I give you mistletoe so you can get kissed by whoever.

Jean I give you your own psychic hotline.

Lots of corpses getting presents this year, huh Santa? – The Overlord

Gambit I give you a lifetime supply of playing cards.

Deadpool I will give you a day at a beauty.

Captain America I give you your own gym.

Spider-Man I give you bug spray

Jubilee I give you some fireworks.

Well, that’s a bit redundant. – The Overlord

Nick Fury nicotine patches.

Forge a computer manual.

Storm her own Weather Channel

Blob I give you slim fast.

Quicksilver a treadmill.

What?!? – The Overlord

Multiple Man an “I’m with stupid” shirt.

Strong Guy weight lifting equipment.

Daredevil I give a seeing eye dog.

Iron Man some alcohol.

Wow…don’t ever take up counseling, ok? – The Overlord

Thor a new hammer.

Vulture a cane.

Archangel a pilot’s license.

Punisher some shooting lessons.

What? – The Overlord

Hulk an anger management book.

Human Torch a swimming pool the shape of a fire hydrant

Mister Fantastic a lifetime supply of string cheese.

Thing a face shaving kit.

Invisible Woman an extremely see through nighty that’s one size too small for her.

I’m not touching that… – The Overlord

Luke Cage a bullet prove vest.

Spider-Woman a life-like Spider Man blow up doll, fully capable of satisfying all her… needs

She-Hulk her very own tanning bed.

Bishop a futuristic looking gun, but instead of a bang when you pull the trigger there’s a BANG flag.

Polaris… a year’s worth of free psychiatric care.


Daron any final words?

After that…I really don’t know what to say…I’m actually at a loss for words.

I think at this point I’ll just wish everyone a Merry Christmas & and a Happy Holiday, and we’ll see you all back here next week.

Alright then my turn. Notes:

Not too much. I’m just going to wish everyone reading and everyone at Comics Nexus a Happy Holidays.

Reporting from my corner of the Marvel Universe I’m Jim Trabold. Have a great week and see you again next week.