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- Summary: FAQ for rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks--X-Men comic books
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- Frequently Asked Questions
- Part 0: Table of Contents
-
- Version 2003.02, last updated November 2003
- URL: http://users.rcn.com/kateshort/faqs/racmxFAQ/contents.html
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- ------------------------------
- Subject: Welcome!
-
- Welcome to the rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks general FAQ! The page you
- are currently reading includes the list of recent changes and the Table
- of Contents for the entire FAQ. This FAQ is posted monthly to the
- newsgroups rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks and rec.arts.comics.info.
-
- The FAQ Keeper cheerfully accepts any corrections and suggestions! The
- Keeper of the RACMX FAQs is Kate the Short (mailto:racmx@yahoo.com).
-
- If your newsreader has a search/go-to command, you can quickly page
- through this FAQ by searching for any of the Contents as spelled. A
- plus sign in parentheses (+) indicates a change to the contents listed
- since the last FAQ update.
-
-
- ------------------------------
- Subject: Recent Changes (+)
-
- ALL:
-
- Part 1:
- Updated list of X-Teams.
- Updated list of starting points for back issue collections.
- Updated definition of mutant.
-
- Part 2:
- Typo patrol.
-
- Part 3:
- Updated list of X-Men.
- Updated classes at Xavier's.
- Updated Professor X's legs.
- Updated gay X-Men.
- Updated Rogue/Gambit sex.
- Updated Mystique family tree.
-
- Part 5:
- Updated whatever happened to everyone.
-
- Part 6:
- Updated Magneto's existence.
- Updated Hellfire Club members list.
- Updated Wolverine's origin.
-
- Part 7:
- Added secondary mutation / appearance change question.
-
- Part 8:
- Updated _X-Men_ cameos.
- Added _X-Men 2_ information.
- Updated credits.
-
-
- ------------------------------
- Subject: Table of Contents (+)
-
-
- Part 1:
-
- PURPOSE/INTRO
-
- NEW (OR RETURNING) READER INFORMATION
- * The current list of X-Titles and Teams (+)
- * Hints for picking up back issues and older storylines (+)
-
- WHAT ARE THE X-BOOKS?
- * Philosophical Meanderings and Inspirations
- * What is a mutant? (+)
-
- RACMX NEWSGROUP QUESTIONS
- * Can you explain Paul O'Brien's review grading system?
- * Why do all those annoying dinos keep on complaining about
- the X-titles here? If they don't like the books, why do they
- read them?
- * What is this Kid Dynamo thing? Where can I find it?
- * Where can I get scans of comic art? Why doesn't anybody post
- pictures on the newsgroup?
-
- COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS
-
- OTHER RACMXERS WHO MAY BE OF ASSISTANCE
-
-
- Part 2:
-
- HISTORY OF THE X-TEAMS AND X-TITLES
- * The 1960s and 1970s: Early history
- * The 1980s: An explosion of new titles
- * The 1990s: Claremont's exit, mega-crossovers
- * 2000 and beyond: New (and newer) directions
-
-
- Part 3:
-
- X-MEN COMIC BOOK QUESTIONS
- * Who were the original X-Men? Who was the first X-Man? Who have
- been X-Men? (+)
- * How come Professor X has so much money?
- * What classes does the Professor offer at his schools, anyway? (+)
- * Wasn't there a title released in 1963 about a team of super-
- powered misfits who banded together under some smart guy in a
- wheelchair to fight against prejudice and the right to just be
- yourself ... by DC Comics?
- * When did Professor X start walking? Isn't he supposed to be in a
- wheelchair? (+)
- * Are there any gay X-Men? (+)
- * Why do people hate the X-Men when they love the Avengers and the
- Fantastic Four?
- * Why can't Cyclops just wear contact lenses?
- * Why doesn't Forge invent something that would neutralize powers
- so mutants like Cyclops and Rogue can live normal lives? And how
- can Rogue cut her hair, if she's invulnerable?
- * Did Psylocke dye her hair? What about Rogue's stripe?
- * I've got an idea! Why don't Rogue and Gambit use Leech so
- they can have sex? Have they already had sex? (+)
- * Is Rogue's inability to control her powers psychological in nature?
- * Why does Rogue have claws? When did that happen?
- * Was Rogue raped by the guards in the first Genosha storyline?
- * What is the relationship between Mystique and Nightcrawler? Why
- is Rogue involved in it, if she isn't blue? (+)
-
- Part 4:
-
- X-MEN COMIC BOOK QUESTIONS
- * Why do so many people hate Scott Summers?
- * How many Summerses are there, anyways?
- - Simplified family tree
- - The third Summers brother
- - Timelost children
- * What's the relationship between the Phoenix, Jean Grey,
- Madelyne Pryor, and Rachel Summers?
- - Is Maddie Pryor in Avengers Annual #10?
- - Is Jean or Phoenix dead on the moon?
- - When did Jean take the codename Phoenix? Is she Phoenix?
- - Who's the Madelyne in X-Man?
- - The problem with Excalibur #52
- * What's the relationship between Cable, Stryfe, Ahab, and
- Nate Grey?
- - Cable and Stryfe
- - Who's Ahab?
- - Is Stryfe dead?
- - What's the deal with Nate?
-
-
- Part 5:
-
- X-MEN COMIC BOOK QUESTIONS
- * How old is Kitty Pryde? Jubilee? The rest of the X-Men?
- * What are the names and ages of the Guthrie siblings? How
- many of them are mutants?
- * What happened to the New Mutants and X-Force kids? (+)
- * What happened to Excalibur? (+)
- * What happened to X-Factor? (+)
- * What happened to Generation X? (+)
- * What about everyone else? (+)
-
-
- Part 6:
-
- X-MEN COMIC BOOK QUESTIONS
- * Is Magneto Jewish or Gypsy? Was Joseph Magneto? (+)
- * What is the Hellfire Club? Who are its members? (+)
- * What is the relationship between Wolverine and Sabretooth
- supposed to be?
- * Does Wolverine have any real memories anyway? How about
- real bones?
- * Who was Wolverine before he was Wolverine? Does he even
- have a real name? (+)
- * Wolverine can regularly regenerate himself from a drop of
- blood, right?
-
-
- Part 7:
-
- X-MEN COMIC BOOK QUESTIONS
- * Which X-Men haven't been mutants?
- * What is the Siege Perilous?
- * Why did the X-Men lose their invisibility to electronic
- scanners?
- * Psylocke, Revanche, Kwannon, Betsy Braddock ... help?
- * When did Psylocke and Phoenix switch powers? Wasn't Psylocke
- telepathically holding the Shadow King captive?
- * When did the Beast turn blue and furry? Wasn't he unfurry
- again for a while? When did he become a lion?
- * How come other mutants seem to be changing their powers and
- appearances? (+)
- * Is Longshot Shatterstar's father?
- * There's an External at my door. What does that mean? Should
- I be concerned? Is it contagious?
- * Who are the Twelve? Why are they important?
- * Is Apocalypse dead?
- * What is the Legacy Virus? Who's had it? Hasn't there been a
- cure for a while?
- * What is the Soulsword? Who has Magik's Soulsword now?
- * Is the Malice who worked with the Marauders the same one
- that appears in Fantastic Four now and then?
- * Do you lose your mutant powers in the Savage Land? Where is
- the Savage Land, anyway?
- * What happens when the Blob meets the Juggernaut?
-
-
- Part 8:
-
- COMICS INDUSTRY QUESTIONS
- * Why did Chris Claremont leave the X-titles? Why did Peter
- David leave X-Factor?
- * Are any Marvel staff reading racmx?
- * What's a dangler? Is it related to a six month gap?
- * What's a Claremontism?
-
- X-MEN OTHER-MEDIA QUESTIONS
- * How is _X-Men: The Movie_ different from the comics?
- * What cameos are there in _X-Men: The Movie_? (+)
- * What's new in _X-Men 2_? (+)
- * What other movies or cartoons are there?
-
- HISTORY OF THIS FAQ
-
- CREDITS (+)
-
-
- *** Continued in Part 1 ***
-
-
- Compilation Copyright 2000-2003 by Katharine E. Hahn
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